Mauritius 1843 Stampless cover to France via London
Stampless envelope to France written from Port Louis sent on the steamer 'Margart' with hand-stamp 'Ship Letter' on reverse, boxed Anglo French accountacy 'Colonies & c Art12' routed via London, charged 8 erased and taxed 21 on arrival in Marseille. (pt)
Mauritius 1867 Stampless cover from Calcutta
Stampless envelope written from Calcutta sent on the steamer 'Hurse' with 'Ship Letter' hand-stamp in blue with handstruck '6d/To Pay' and Mauritius cds on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
Mauritius 1895 Registered cover to CurePipe
Registered envelope to Cure-Pipe bearing SG101, 1c pale violet, SG103, 2c green, SG118, 2 on 4c carmine, SG120, 2 on 38c on 9d violet, SG121, 2 on 38c violet, SG123, 1 on 2c pale violet and SG124, 1 on 16c chestnut tied by B64 numeral with registered endorsment routed via Forest Side with boxed Carrier and Curepipe arrival. Attractive item. (pt)
Mauritius 1889 Postal stationary card to Flaco
Postal stationary card 2cents brown cancelled by Port Louis B53 duplex addressed to Flaco and endorsed ' Missent' with St.Julien transit. Very fine. (pt)
Norway Spitzbergen 1904 Picture Postcard to Egypt
Postcard written from Spitzbergen bearing Polar Post 10 ore blue cancelled by Eisfjord rubber datestamp, routed via Magdalenen Bay, Spitzbergen mixed with Norway Yvert 50, 10 ore red tied by Hammerfest double ring with Alexandria arrival. Very rare destination item from Spitzbergen. (pt)
Cameroon German 1913 Envelope to Switzerland
Cover bearing German Cameroun SG K22, 10pf red tied by Duala Kamerun datestamp, underpaid with Swiss postage dues Yvert 44, 5c green and red and Yvert 45, 10c green and red (2) applied and tied on arrival by Engstringer double ring. (pt)
Germany Wurttemberg 1898 POSTAL STATIONARY LETTER
Postal stationary letter card 10pf red upgraded with SG92, 10pf rose tied by Tubingen (Stadt) datestamp addressed to the Austrian Lloyd steamer at Colombo with arrival and forwarded to the steamer "Sachsen" at Bremenhaven. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Tunisia 1917 Incoming Mail
Mail from France bearing Sower Yvert 138, 10c red tied by Marseille datestamp, underpaid with tax hand-stamp and bearing Tunisia Yvert 31, 5c green tied by Tax hand-stamp. Nice combination. (pt)
French Colonies French Maroc 1913 Mouring Cover
Envelope to France endorsed "Corps Expeditionnaire du Maroc Occidental" bearing Postes Cherifiennes Yvert 3, 5m green (pair) tied by "Postes Cherifiennes" hand-stamp in violet with Military cachet and Tanger transit on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
Bushire British Occupation 1915 Envelope to Ispahan
Cover bearing SG5, 6ch brown and green tied by Bushire (Depart) double ring with Ispahan No 2 arrival. Scarce item of Occupation mail. (pt)
Mauritius 1839 Stampless cover from Paris via La Havre
Stampless envelope written from Paris with boxed P.P. sent via La Havre with Bureau Maritime on reverse and Mauritius Post Office datestamp. (pt)
Mauritius 1861 Stampless cover from Ponicherry
Stampless envelope written from Ponicherry, French India sent on the steamer 'Elodie' with handstruck 'Ship Letter' and Mauritius receiver on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
Malaya Federated States1906 Red Band Envelope
Cover to Telok Anson bearing SG33, 3c brown tied by Kajang datestamp, routed via Tanjong Malim, Gopeng and Kuala Lumper with Telok Anson squared circle arrival. Very nice item paying the domestic letter rate. (pt)
Mauritius 1842 Stampless envelope to France via London
Stampless envelope to France written from Port Louis cancelled Mauritus Post Office double ring, charged 1/6 in m/s routed via London with boxed 'Ship Letter Plymouth' in black (Robertson 6), French entry cachet charged 8 erased and taxed 33 with Bordeaux arrival on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
South Africa 1945 Censored Envelope to Belgian Congo
Cover bearing SG105, 1/2 d green (4) tied by Johannesburg datestamp with "Opened by censor" label and Elisabethville receiver with "Congo Belge / Censure" label. (pt)
Mauritius 1844 Stampless cover to France Bordeaux
Stampless envelope to France written from Port Louis sent on the steamer 'Bellecrevle' with bearing accountacy 'Colonies & c Art12' routed via London with boxed 'India Letter Deal' in black (Robertson1), French entry cachet charged 8 erassed and taxed 20 with Bordeaux arrival on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
China German 1902 Registered German China PSC
PSC 10 pf red upgraded with SG25, 20pf blue tied by Weihsien Deutsche Post Datestamp with boxed Weihsien Registered hand-stamp in violet addressed internally to Kaumi with arrival on front. Very attractive item. (pt)
Mauritius 1844 Stampless Cover from Paris via London
Stampless envelope written from Paris with Bureau Central despatche with boxed PP. Routed via London with Paid transit and 'Paid Ship Letter / London' oval with Mauritius Post Office arrival o reverse. (pt)
South Afica Transval 1911 Postal Stationery Card
PSC 1/2 d green upgraded with SG273, 1/2 d green tied by Nylstroom double ring addressed to Egypt with Port Said and Giza arrival with boxed instructional "Unclaimed / Non Reclame" with oval "Return to Sender" and sent back to South Afica with "Returned Letter Branch / Johannesburg". Nice item. (pt)
Gold Coast 1937 Registered Air Mail Envelope to France
Cover bearing SG106, 2d grey, SG108, 3d blue, SG109, 6d purple and SG110, 1/- orange tied by oval Registered Nsawam Gold Coast datestamp with registered label routed via Accra and logos with arrival in Rouen. (pt)
Canada Quebec 1933 Envelope to French Togo West Africa
Cover bearing SG302, 2c brown and SG303, 3c red tied by Quebec slogen with Lome Togo arrival on reverse. Nice destination. (pt)
Philippines 1876 Handstruck Printed Matter Envelope
Printed Matter Rate Cover to France written from "Van Polanen Petel Co, Manila" bearing Malaya Straits Sttlements SG11, 2c brown tied B/172 cachet with French entry cachet "Poss G. V. Brind A. Mod." datestamp in red and taxed with handstruck 25c in red on arrival in Marseille. A superb and rare printed matter franking. (pt)
Canada 1933 Envelope to French Togo West Afica
Envelope bearing SG300, 1c green (pair) and SG303, 3c red tied by Quebec slogen with Lome Togo arrival on reverse. Nice destination. (pt)
Netherlands Indies 1864 Stampless Envelope to France
Cover cancelled by Pekalong datestamp with boxed franco, routed via Suez with French entry cachet and taxed 8 on arrival. Very fine. (pt)
Cochinchina 1886 Mail Env to Post and Telegraph Saigon
Local Mail envelope to the Post and Telegraph Saigon bearing Yvert 1, 5c bistre tied by Cochinchine Saigon datestamp. Very fine and scarce stamp on letter. (pt)
India 1905 Postal Stationery Envelope to Switzerland
PSE 1/2 anna green upgraded with SG119, 3p grey (4) and SG121, 1/2 a green (pair) tied by Sea Post Office / A. Set datestamp addressed to Switzerland with Berne arrival on reverse. A very fine quality cover. (pt)
India 1906 Registered Handstruck Postal Stationery Env
Postal Stationery Envelope one anna yellow upgraded with SG119, 3p grey (2), SG123, 1a carmine and SG124, 2a violet tied by Sea Post Office / A.Set datestamp with boxed handstruck "R/Sea P.O.A. Set" addressed to Switzerland with Berne arrival on reverse. A very fine quality cover of registered mail. (pt)
Malaya Singapore 1926 Paquebot Postcard to France
Picture Postcard of the "Bullock Market, Singapore" addressed to France bearing France Yvert 189, 15c brown (pair) tied by octagonal French Paquebot "Marseille a Yokohama No 2" datestamp. Very nice card. (pt)
Canada 1895 Steamer Postal Stationery Envelope
PSE 3 cents red upgraded with SG78, 2c green tied by Halifax N.S. squared circle addressed to the French steamer "Petrel" off Constantinople Turkey with British and French Post Office arrival on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
Hong Kong 1908 Postcard of Queensroad to Belgium
Picture Postcard of "Queensroad, Westpoint" addressed to Belgium bearing SG93, 4c red tied by Victoria double ring with Liege arrival. Nice card. (pt)
Belgian Congo 1943 Envelope to Elisabethville
Cover written from French Military Camp addressed to Elisabethville bearing SG258, 75c black and lilac and SG261, 1f 75 brown tied by Costermansville datestamp with adjacent boxed cachet and Elisabethville receiver on reverse. Nice item of domestic mail. (pt)
Egypt 1917 Military Mail Picture Postcard to France
Postcard cancelled by Port Said Egypt double ring with Army Post Office datestamp and military cachet "Mission Base de Suez". Very fine. (pt)
Malaya Straits Settlements 1913 Postal Stationery Card
PSC 3 cents red cancelled by Eastern & Oriental Hotel Penang double ring addressed to France with Tarn arrival. Nice postmark on stationary. (pt)
United States 1881 Envelope to France Nice Quality
Cover bearing Scott 182, 1c blue (3) and Scott 183, 2c vermilion tied by cork cancel with New Orleans datestamp and St Gaudens arrival on reverse. Superb item of quality. (pt)
Great Britain 1896 Paquebot Env / Antanarivo Madagascar
Cover bearing SG172, 1d lilac and SG198, 1 1/2 d lilac and green tied by Birminham double ring with octagonal French Paquebot "Marseille a La Reunion L.U. No 2" datestamp on reverse. Mail to this French East African island is rare. (pt)
Great Britain Destination Mail 1852 Envelope to Holland
Cover bearing SG8, 1d brown imperf tied by 498 numeral with Manchester datestamp on reserve, routed via London with Amsterdam arrival and taxed 60 in m/s. Very fine and rare. (pt)
Burma 1940 Censored cover to France Rangoon Sorting
Censored envelope to France bearing SG22, 1a brown and SG25, 2a 6p claret tied by Rangoon Sorting with Passed Censor Rangoon/2 in violet and opened by censor label. Attractive. (pt)
Laos 1939 Cover to France bearing Indo China Yvert
Envelope to F: bearing Indo-China Yvert 133, 7c brown tied by Thakhek laos datestamp with Saigon Central transit on reverse. Nice item of commercial mail. (pt)
Rhodesia 1940 Censored mail from France to Lisbon
Censored mail from France bearing Yvert 375, 2f 50 grren tied by Dordogne datestamp addressed to Lisbon and forwarded to the Beligian Congo with Leopoldville arrival censor cachet with label then forwaded via Lourenco Marques with Ressano-Garcia ambulant with Lobito Angola transit and Rhodesia 'Opened by Censor' label and 'Passed by Censor 5/s.Rhodesia' cachet in red and readdressed back to the Congo from Devolvido. Wondrful item. (pt)
Great Britain 1844 Stampless Cover to Oran North Africa
Envelope cancelled by London Paid datestamp with oval PD, French entry cachet and taxed 10 in m/s on arrival with Oran Algeria on reverse. (pt)
Great Britain 1886 Registered Envelope to France
Cover bearing SG172, 1d lilac (2) and SG190, 2 1/2 d lilac tied by registered Glasgow double ring with Waterloo Street cds with oval Registered London transit and Rheims arrival. (pt)
Great Britain 1903 Hotel Cover front to France
Illustrated Cover front from the "Hotel Tudor Oxford St " addressed to France bearing SG230, 1 1/2 d blue and SG236, 4d green and brown tied by Continental Night Mail double ring with Lille arrival. (pt)
Great Britain 1902 Registered Fee Paid PSE to France
Postal Stationery Envelope 2d blue / grey upgraded with SG226, 2d green and carmine tied by Baker Street datestamp with oval Registered Fee Paid addressed to France with Isere arrival. (pt)
Great Britain 1905 Steamer Picture Postcard to France
Picture Postcard written from Bahia, Brazil to France bearing SG219, 1d red tied by oval "The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company / Posted on the High Seas" cachet in violet with octagonal Cherbourg French entry cachet and Loire arrival. Very fine. (pt)
Great Britain 1901 Postal Stationery Card to France
PSC 1d red cancelled by hooded "Leadenhall ST E.O./L 1d" datestamp with instructional "Too Late F.B.O.P.O." addressed to France with Tarn arrival. Fine item. (pt)
Great Britain 1894 Postal Stationery Card to Paris
PSC 1/2 d brown cancelled by London datestamp, addressed to Paris, underpaid with French postage due Yvert 29, 10c brown applied and cover forwarded to the Loire with tax hand-stamp and Yvert 29, 10c brown applied again. (pt)
Great Britain 1858 Embossed Envelope to France
Cover bearing G27, 2d blue pair (left stamp damaged) large crown wmk, perf 16) tied by Tunbridge Wells duplex with circular PD, routed via London with Calvados arrival on reverse. Rare stamps on cover. Cat £800 on cover. (pt)
Guatemala 1889 Envelope to France Bordeaux
Cover bearing SG43, 1c blue, SG44, 2c yellow brown (2) and SG 45, 5c violet tied by cork cachet with Guatemala datestamp, routed via New Orleans with Paris Etranger in blue and Bordeaux arrival on reverse. (pt)
Belgain Congo1943 Cover French Military Camp
Envelope written from French Military Camp addressed to Elisabethville bearing SG263, 2f50 red tied by Costermansville datestamp adjacent boxed cachet and Elisabethville receiver on reverse. Nice item of domestic mail. (pt)
Laos 1906 Picture Postcard of Pont de Verneville
Picture Postcard of the 'Pont de Verneville, Phnom Penh' bearing Indo-China Yvert27, 5c green tied by pak Se Laos double ring, routed via Bassac Laos with Saigon Central transit. Very fine. (pt)