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1. ADEN-Coloured postcard of the P&O steamship “GALSETTE” in the harbour at Aden. Not postally used & published by the Hotel de L’Europe, Turkish Shop. She was the final ship used to sort mail on the Bombay-Aden route before WWI. Res £6

2. ADEN-Censored postcard of the camp, church & general view of Aden addressed to Cleethorpes with GEO VI ½ & 1½ Anna values tied by d/ring SHEIKH OTHMAN/+ dated 31.1.1942. At left is diamond censor PASSED-BY-CENSOR/No.4/ADEN in violet ink. Res £22

3. ADEN-Green on buff “Honour” envelope addressed to Hull & redirected to Scarborough with GEO VI 2½ Anna value tied by d/ring ADEN/+ dated 18.2.1941 and HULL machine cancel dated 17.4.1942. At left is RAF Censor No.648 Res £18

4. ADEN-Clean & neat cover to Bombay with GEO VI 1 Anna value on the back, tied by d/ring ADEN CAMP dated 31.10.1942. On the front is PC22 Opened By Censor tape, tied by diamond Aden censor No.18 in violet ink. Alongside is octagonal Indian censor DHC/33 Res £15

5. ADEN/AIRGRAPH-Pictorial Christmas 1943 airgraph addressed to a gunner in Aden, from Douglas, Lanark with d/ring cancel dated 9.11.1943. Comes complete with delivery envelope with War Savings slogan at top right. Res £15

6. ADEN/WWII-Tobacco fund acknowledgment card addressed to Tooting, London, cancelled by d/ring ADEN/+ dated 25.4.1944. At left is illustration of members of the three services & RAF censor No.59 in violet ink. Res £15

7. ADEN/AUSTRIAN CENSORSHIP-Airmail cover to Vienna with GEO VI 20c on 3 Annas, 5c on 1 Anna & 2 x 50c on 8 Anna values tied by d/rings ADEN CAMP/+ dated 4.10.1952. At left is Austrian Z.1 censor’s mark No.30 in violet ink & below is plain brown censor tape. Res £12

8. ADEN/TELEGRAM ENVELOPE-Pictorial Cable & Wireless greetings telegram envelope addressed to a company in Little Aden with 3 x 5c QEII values affixed & tied by d/ring ADEN GPO dated 26.12.1958. Sadly, no contents! Res £15

9. ADEN-Registered airmail cover to Salisbury, Rhodesia with QEII 5c, 10c, 15c overprint & 1/-25c 1959 revised constitution values tied by s/rings ADEN CAMP/REG dated 6.2.1959. At left is appropriate Camp reg label Res £12

10. ADEN/INSTRUCTIONALS-Cover addressed to Crater with 5c & 10c QEII values tied by large part ADEN camp machine cancel dated July 1959. At left are framed NAME UNKNOWN & RETURN TO SENDER in black ink. Res £12

11. ADEN/HOSPITAL-Small, stampless OHMS cover, registered to Little Aden with d/ring cachet at top right QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL/ADEN in blue-black ink. At left is CRATER reg label & on the back is s/ring CRATER/ADEN dated 26.4.1961 Res £8

12. ALBANIA/WWI-Stampless postcard of SKUTARI addressed to Hungary, cancelled by Austrian military cancel SCUTARI [SCHKODRA] dated 23.8.1917. Alongside is s/line K.u.K RESERVESPITAL SCHKODRA in violet ink. Fine condition. Res £25

13. ANGOLA-Black & white postcard of the wreck of the “ZAIRE” on the beach at LOBITO, addressed to Surrey with Portuguese Angolan 20c tied by octagonal cancel PROVINCIA DE ANGOLA/LOBITO dated 25.5.1907. Res £12

14. ANTARCTICA/GERMAN-Set of u/mm labels in green, blue, violet & brown issued for the 1958-60 expedition & in commemoration of the 1901-03 Ritscher expedition. Rarely seen or offered. [4] Res £8

15. ANTARCTICA/GERMAN-TETE BECHE Mini-sheets of four labels x 2 in brown, depicting the 1901-03 Ritscher Expedition. Scarce item-see illustration Res £22

16. ANTIGUA/LEEWARD ISLANDS-QV 1d red Leeward Islands postal stationery postcard to Birmingham, cancelled by s/ring ANTIGUA with fleuron at base, dated 3.3.1893 Res £15

17. AUSTRALIA/INDIA LETTER-Entire dated 15.3.1838 at BATHURST with framed BATHURST/POST PAID cancel in red ink at top right, addressed to Hatton Garden. With rate mark of 1/2d. On the back flap is very good framed INDIA LETTER/ WEYMOUTH in red ink and crowned oval GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY dated 27.3.1838. The contents refer to emigration & the offers being made by the NSW Government. An important letter addressed to a family member & in superb condition. Res £250

18. AUSTRALIA/WORK HOUSE-Entire dated 19.7.1839 at Sydney, addressed to Leicestershire & redirected to the WORK HOUSE, Manchester. At top right is red inked oval PAID SHIP LETTER/CROWN/DATE/SYDNEY dated 20.7.1839. On the back is lightly struck INDIA LETTER/MARGATE in red ink above London arrival mark dated 25.12.1839. Letter is a legal document from a settler to his brother, setting him up as his rep in the UK. Res £120

19. AUSTRALIA/VICTORIA-Cover to ECHUCA with QV 2d violet tied by large part oval cancel POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/HOTHAM/DATE dated 15.8.1887. On the back is Melbourne & ECHUCA cancels dated 15th & 16th August respectively. Res £25

20. AUSTRALIA/TASMANIA-QV 1d pink postal stationery postcard addressed within Campbell Town, cancelled by oval barred numeral cancel 16 with s/ring CAMPBELL TOWN/TASMANIA alongside dated 8.12.1891 Res £15

21. AUSTRALIA/TASMANIA-QV 1d pink postal stationery postcard with added ½d orange embossed die placed below the 1d one. Superb mint condition. Res £22

22. AUSTRALIA/N.S.W-1½d blue pictorial postal stationery postcard with an illustration of MOSSMAN BAY on the other side. Addressed to Exmouth, Devon & cancelled by 227 numeral cancel. At bottom left is EXETER transit dated 9.1.1899 & on back is s/ring dated 1.12.1898 Res £22

23. AUSTRALIA/QUEENSLAND-Pictorial advertising envelope for R Harper & Co., “AVENA” porridge, addressed to Hobart with 2d Queensland value tied by BRISBANE duplex cancel dated 23.3.1904. On the back is advert for Silver Star Starch. Res £35

24. AUSTRALIA/QUEENSLAND/THURSDAY ISLAND-Japanese postcard to Burdletown with 1d tied by superb 336 numeral cancel of Thursday Island. Alongside is equally, if not better, unframed circular cancel THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENSLAND dated 20.12.1904 Res £50

25. AUSTRALIA/TASMANIA-Postcard of a ship alongside at Hobart Wharves, addressed to London with ½d & 1d pictorial values tied by s/rings AUGUSTA-GATE/TAS dated 11.7.1904 Res £15

26. AUSTRALIA/TASMANIA/RAILWAY-Cover addressed to Campbell Town with 2 x 2d pictorial values tied by s/rings LONGFORD/TASMANIA dated 24.5.1909. On the back is s/ring T.N’L RY-No.3/TASMANIA dated 24.5.1909 & at right is poor TPO No.5 cancel dated same day. Res £30

27. AUSTRALIA/N.S.W/MILITARY-1d postal stationery postcard addressed to the Sgt Major of the Royal Australian Artillery at Fort Youngs?, South Australia with stamp impression cancelled by superb BROKEN HILL/N.S.W dated 9.7.1909. The message is of a military nature & from a Lance Corporal. Res £15

28. AUSTRALIA/TASMANIA-QV 2d turquoise postal stationery envelope addressed to Hobart, cancelled by s/ring WESTBURY/TASMANIA dated 10.12.1909 Res £15

29. AUSTRALIA/RAILWAY-Postcard addressed to Yorkshire with 1d NSW tied by large part s/ring TPO No.3 WEST/N.[S.W] dated 29.4.1912. Alongside is scarce cachet POSTED AT CHARLTON SIDING in violet ink-see illustration Res £35

30. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA COMMEM Stamps booklet issued 9.5.1927, originally containing 16 x 1½d stamps. Now contains just a pair of the commems, cancelled to order at PERTH on 12.5.1927. On the back is an illustration of HMS RENOWN Leaving Portsmouth with the Duke & Duchess of York on board-see illustration Res £25

31. AUSTRALIA/AIR MAIL-Neat cover addressed to Flight Lt Denny, RAF at Shrewton, Wilts with 3d green airmail & 2d GEO V value tied by s/ring FLINDERS/VIC dated 24.12.1931 Res £8

32. AUSTRALIA-MacRobertson Miller Aviation Aerial Service 1st flight cover from Adelaide to WHYALLA with 3d blue Kookaburra, TWO/PENCE overprint on 1½d and 3d green airmail tied by reg s/ring cancels of ADELAIDE dated 22.2.1934. On back is similar cancel & WHYALLA arrival mark dated the following day. Res £30

33. AUSTRALIA-GEO V 1½d brown postal stationery postcard [H&G No.28] addressed to Edinburgh with further 1½d GEO V value & 6d Kookaburra added & tied by s/rings AIR MAIL-3-3/SYDNEY N.S.W dated 5.3.1935 Res £20

34. AUSTRALIA/HOBART EXHIBITION-Cover addressed to Dorking, Surrey with re-used 1d on 2d pictorial cancelled by WYNYARD s/ring dated 24.10.1912, placed between GEO V ½d & 1½d values tied by s/ring cancels of HOBART dated 4.9.1931. At bottom left is ART, ANTIQUE & HISTORICAL EXHIBITION “Posted At” cachet in violet ink. Res £20

35. AUSTRALIA/WWII-Censored airmail cover to the Atlas Stamp Co., Geneva with 3 x 6d brown airmail values [SG 139] tied by GPO SYDNEY Airmail cancels dated 25.1.1940. At left is “Opened By Censor” tape tied by unframed PASSED BY CENSOR/S.39 in violet ink. Res £15

36. AUSTRALIA/DEFENCE CANTEENS-GEO VI 1d brown ADC postal stationery envelope addressed to Sydney, cancelled by s/ring FIELD P.O/097 dated 9.9.1943. At left is framed Australian Imperial Force censor mark No.801 Nice item-very clean. H&G No.IB12 Res £25

37. AUSTRALIA/WWII-GEO VI 7d postal stationery airmail letter sheet addressed to Scotland, cancelled by GPO SYDNEY Airmail cancel dated 15.12.1944. Across the top is red on yellow tape “2 Opened by Censor” tied by diamond framed 2/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1681 in violet ink. Possibly first day [annotation in ink at left] Res £15

38. AUSTRALIA/P.O.W-1/- P.O.W airmail letter sheet addressed to Germany from a German Medical Officer held at GRAYTOWN, cancelled by MELBOURNE machine cancel dated 14.4.1944. With “Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant” cachet on the front, alongside Australian censor’s tape. On the back is German censor’s tape & cachet. Res £120

39. AUSTRALIA-GEO VI 5½d brown registered postal stationery envelope to Edinburgh [part of address crossed out with added 3½d Duke of Gloucester value tied by s/ring reg cancel of Adelaide dated 13.4.1945. At left is No.4 “Opened By Censor” label tied by diamond framed 4/PASSED/BY/ CENSOR/6 in violet ink. Res £15

40. AUSTRALIA-Airmail cover to Oxfordshire with GEO VI 2d violet x 2 & 1½d green tied by SYDNEY slogan cancel dated 15.7.1946. Below is framed cachet NOT ELIGIBLE FOR/AERIAL MAIL. FEE DEFICIENT/SYDNEY No.1 in violet ink. Res £8

41. AUSTRALIA/PAQUEBOT-Airmail envelope from the “Castel Felice” of the Italian Sitmar Line, addressed to the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand with 1/- Platypus tied by s/ring THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENSLAND dated 5.4.1961. Alongside is s/line PAQUEBOT in violet ink. Hosking 1516 [rated “D”] Res £15

42. AUSTRIA-5h postal stationery postcard H&G No.216 addressed to ZITTAU, cancelled by s/ring TEICHSTATT dated 1.12.1911. Alongside is 2h Red Cross label for the support of the “Brave Troops in the Field”. Centrally is unframed GEPRUFT in red ink. Res £8

43. AUSTRIA-Cover addressed to Moravia with SG244 tied by d/ring military cancel of OLMUTZ dated 17.4.1918. The stamp is also tied by unframed, violet inked cachet K.u.K MILITARZENSUR/OLMUTZ Res £8

44. AUSTRIA/WWI/POSTAGE DUE-5h green postal stationery postcard H&G No.216 addressed to FREUSTADT, cancelled by d/ring ZNAIM 2 ZNOUMO 2/9 dated 20.10.1916. At left is manuscript tax mark & 2 x 5h postage dues [SG D273] tied by d/ring PRENSTAT POD RADHOSTEM FRUESTADT OM RADSHOT/C dated 22.10.1916. Res £12

45. AUSTRIA/UK/DOUBLE POSTAGE DUE-Underpaid, undelivered cover addressed to Poste Restante, Innsbruck from Birmingham with GEO V 1d & 1½d tied by d/rings dated 2.7.1922. Below is 1½d tax mark applied in London. At left is Austrian 5k blue postage due & UK ½d & 1d dues tied on the return to Birmingham on10.8.1922. On the back is a further 5k due & 2 x 20k values tied by d/ring of Innsbruck dated 3.7.1922-see illustrations. Nice example of Poste Restante/Postage Due use. Res £25

46. AUSTRIA/AIRMAIL TOO LATE-Neat cover addressed to the Park Lane Hotel, London with 2 x 5g & 3 x 30g values tied by d/rings of Vienna dated 22.6.1935. At left is German/French bilingual cachet ARRIVE APRES LE DEPART DE L’AVION in violet ink. Res £18

47. AUSTRIA-CENSORED Postcard addressed to Oxfordshire with 1s blue 1874-1949 commem & advertising label for the Vienna Exhibition/Fair, tied by special Vienna Messe cancel dated 13.9.1950. Below is Austrian censor No.837 in violet. Res £5

48. BAHAMAS-Small cover addressed to the Denver Bible Institute, USA with GEO VI 3d blue tied by NASSAU machine cancel dated 6.6.1946. On the back is lovely colourful advertising label for the “WORD OF GOD”-“HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE”. Res £8

49. BAHAMAS-GEO VI 7d orange postal stationery airmail letter sheet addressed to USA tied by Nassau machine cancel dated 1.11.1950. Below is typed 1st flight by Speedbird Stratocruiser to New York endorsement. Res £8

50. BAHRAIN/WWII-Censored commercial cover to Bombay with Indian GEO VI 3p and 4 x 2 Anna overprint values tied by d/rings BAHRAIN/REG/+ dated 25.3.1942. On the back is Bahrain registered label, tied by Bombay arrival marks dated 8.4.1942 Res £75

51. BAHRAIN-Censored cover to Oxfordshire with 4 x 3a6p GEO VI Indian overprint values tied to the back by BAHRAIN/PERSIAN GULF machine cancels dated 5.12.1944. At right is PC90 black on white censors tape. Res £60

52. BARBADOS-Postcard of a children’s cricket match, Barbados, addressed to the Isle of Wight with 1d red tied by s/ring BARBADOS/GPO dated 9.8.1909. Alongside is s/ring SOUTHAMPTON/PACKET LETTER dated 23.8.1909 Res £15

53. BASUTOLAND/ROYAL VISIT/AIRMAIL-Registered airmail cover to GREECE with GEO V ½d x 2, 3d & 1/- values tied by crowned oval cancels for the visit of PRINCE GEORGE dated 1.3.1934. At bottom left is registered cachet ROYAL VISIT in violet ink & at top left is pictorial Greek airmail cachet, tying airmail label-see illustration. Res £65

54. BASUTOLAND-Commercial cover to Johannesburg with a pair of GEO VI 1d values tied by d/ring MASERU/SOUTH AFRICA dated 27.6.1944 Res £6

55. BASUTOLAND/WWII-Airmail cover to the UK with GEO VI 3d & 1/- values tied by d/ring LERIBE/+ dated 24.7.1944. At left is South African censor’s tape tied by the Coat-of-Arms “C” cancel. Res £15

56. BASUTOLAND-Airmail cover to Germany with a block of four & a pair of the QEII 3d values tied by d/rings ROMA MISSION dated 27.6.1958 Res £8

57. BASUTOLAND/LESOTHO-Commercial cover to MASERU with Basutoland 1c green LESOTHO overprint tied by d/ring MOHALESHOEL dated 17.11.1964 Res £6

58. BECHUANALAND-Rather rough cover addressed to Brighton with GB 2d QV Jubilee value overprinted BRITISH/BECHUANALAND tied by indistinct numeral cancel. Below is s/ring PALACHWE/KHAMAS TOWN dated 21.1.1895. On the back is MAFEKING Squared circle and BRIGHTON/S.C dated 14.12.1895. Roughly opened & repaired [none missing] Res £45

59. BECHUANALAND-Cape of Good Hope QV 1d brown postal stationery postcard [two corner faults] overprinted BRITISH/BECHUANALAND, addressed to London with added ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d & 4d GB overprint values tied by s/rings MOCHUDI/BB dated 20.5.1901 Res £45

60. BECHUANALAND/ROYAL VISIT-Registered cover to Pretoria with GB GEO V ½d, 1d x 2, 1½d & 2d BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE values tied by crowned oval cancels SOUTH AFRICA/ROYAL TOUR dated 27.6.1925. At left is manuscript registered endorsement of the Royal Tour. Nicer Prince of Wales item-see illustration Res £75

61. BELGIUM/UK/EXPRESS MAIL-Small cover sent registered, insured express mail to Brighton with Belgian 20c [damaged] & 2 x 35c values tied to the back of the cover by ANVERS STATION cancels dated 16.10.1909. On the front is London I.S reg label, Insured label & 3 strikes of the EXPRESS FEE PAID 3d in black ink. Res £22

62. BELGIUM-Registered cover to Haarlem with SG133 pair with tabs, 134 block of four with tabs and the 1915 Red Cross trio SG157-59 affixed & tied by s/rings BAARLE-HERTOG/BAARLE DUC dated 10.3.1915. Possible 1st day for the Red Cross values, but not certain. Res 318

63. BELGIUM-WWI patriotic military “postal stationery” postcard with portrait of King Albert the first at right, addressed to the Belgian enclave village of BIRTLEY, Co. Durham with usual Belgian military s/ring cancel dated 30.9.1916. Written from Dieppe Res £12

64. BELGIUM/ROYALTY/CENSORSHIP-Crested envelope from the “Cabinet du Roi” addressed to France with Belgian 3f50 green tied by Brussels slogan cancel dated 13.3.1970. At left is cogwheel style circular framed CENSURE/VU in black ink at left. Res £6

65. BELGIAN CONGO/MARITIME-Postcard of MATADI addressed to Stonehaven, Scotland with 30c on 10c black & red pictorial and 50c Archer tied by d/ring COURRIER DE/HAUTE MER/PAQUEBOT/ANVERSVILLE. Undated, but dated 11.10.1926 by the sender. Res £20

66. BELGIAN CONGO-Neat commercial cover sent registered airmail to BRISTOL with 1, 2 & 5f pictorials tied by s/rings IRUMU/POSTES dated 17.3.1934. Routed via Cairo. Res £18

67. BELGIAN CONGO-Small cover to Switzerland at the printed paper rate with 4 x 5c national Park values & 40c green pipers tied by s/rings LEOPOLDVILLE 1/POSTES dated 14.4.1939 Res £8

68. BELGIAN CONGO-Postcard addressed to Zurich with 15c, 20c x 2, 1f & 2f values tied by s/rings COSTERMANSVILLE dated 30.1.1946 Res £8

69. BERMUDA/WAR TAX-Cover addressed to London with 1d badge & similar 1d with WAR TAX overprint tied by Hamilton machine cancel dated 22.5.1918. At left is circular framed P.C/BERMUDA in violet ink. Res £22

70. BERMUDA/WAR TAX-A similar cover to different London address with same combination of stamps similarly cancelled on 3.8.1918 & with same PC/BERMUDA cachet in blue ink. Res £22

71. BERMUDA/AIRSHIP MAIL-Commercial cover to a New Jersey chemist with Bermuda 2½d green tied by Hamilton machine cancel dated 17.4.1925. At top right is near complete cachet AIRMAIL/SERVICE/BERMUDA in black ink. At bottom right is unframed cachet in green ink AIR MAIL BY AIRSHIP/LOS ANGELES FROM LAKEHURST, N.J Res £25

72. BERMUDA/KEY PLATE/WWII-Cover sent airmail to Yorkshire with GEO VI 2/- key plate [SG116] tied by Hamilton slogan cancel dated 20.10.1939. At bottom right is PASSED BY CENSOR/4/BERMUDA in green ink. Res £40

73. BERMUDA/USA/FRANCE/INTERCEPTED MAIL/SERVICE SUSPENDED-Neat little cover addressed to Paris with US 5c tied by New York machine cancel dated 10.10.1940. The cover was intercepted by the British & has the Bermudan PC90 Opened By Examiner tape 833 at left. Centrally is RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED in red ink & 2 strikes of the French RETOUR A L’ENVOYEUR/ RELATIONS POSTALES/INTERROMPUES in violet ink. On the back is the New York return cancel dated 19.9.1941 Res £35

74. BERMUDA/AIRPORT TAX/KEY PLATE-Pan-American Airways ticket wallet etc for the flight to New York. On the front cover is GEO VI 12/6d Key Plate tied by rubber circular cancel CUSTOMS/BERMUDA dated 15.10.1943 in violet ink. Res £25

75. BERMUDA/KEY PLATE-Cover, sent registered airmail to Harrow, Middx with GEO VI 2/- Key Plate & 3d Perot centenary values tied by s/ring HAMILTON dated 9.8.1954. Central horizontal fold doesn’t detract. Res £25

76. BOLIVIA/CONDOR FLIGHT-Plain card pre-addressed to Rio de Janeiro with four stamp franking to total of 65c tied by violet rubber cancels CORREOS DE BOLIVIA/CORREO AEREO/DATE/LA PAZ dated 30.7.1930. With “Lloyd Aero Boliviano Bolivia-Brazil” special airmail label & cachet at left. Muller 24 Res £35

77. BRITISH GUIANA-Locally addressed cover to the Receiver Generals Office, Georgetown with 2 x 1c red overprints on $4 Inland Revenue values tied by GEORGETOWN/B GUIANA d/rings dated 5.11.1890 Res £22

78. BRITISH GUIANA-6c Registered postal stationery envelope size G [H&G No.9] addressed to New York with added 6c blue centenary value, stamp impression & reg label, all tied by s/ring registered cancels of British Guiana DATED 24.10.1932 Res £30

79. BRITISH GUIANA/RAILWAY/KAIETEUR FALLS SLOGAN-Very neat commercial cover to Bristol with GEO V 4c tied by s/ring BERBICE RAILWAY/BRITISH GUIANA dated 30.8.1933. At left is pictorial d/ring cachet slogan for KAIETEUR FALLS in violet ink. On the back are transits of NEW AMSTERDAM & GEORGETOWN dated the same day-see illustration Res £45

80. BRITISH GUIANA-Neat little cover to Edinburgh with 4 x 1c GEO V values tied by GEORGETOWN d/rings dated 1.1.1938 Res £8

81. BRITISH GUIANA-Registered cover to Queenstown, Georgetown with GEO VI 4c & 6c tied by s/rings BOURDA/BR GUIANA dated 2.12.1952. At left is blank reg label cancelled appropriately. Res £20

82. BRITISH HONDURAS-Commercial cover to USA with GEO V 5c tied by d/ring PUNTA GORDA/BRITISH HONDURAS dated 7.3.1935. Alongside is a further strike. Res £25

83. BURMA-Forces airmail letter sheet endorsed “ACTIVE SERVICE” addressed to Shoreham with GEO VI 1½ Anna red/orange tied by d/ring MINGALADON CANTONMENT/++ dated 2.9.1947. The writer is Lt Colonel Crowhurst of HQ Burma Command, who tells of the ASSINATION OF THE BURMESE MINISTERS! Res £20

84. CAMEROONS-GEO VI 3d Nigerian registered postal stationery envelope addressed to Scotland with added 1/- value tied by s/ring NYASOSO/CAMEROONS UUKT dated 26.2.1951. The stamp impression is further cancelled by oval registered cancel dated 2 days later. Res £45

85. CAMEROONS-Plain registered cover to Scotland with GEO VI Nigerian 1½d brown strip of 3 tied by two strikes of the oval registered cancel of BAMENDA CAMEROONS UUKT dated 26.5.1952. At bottom left is local BAMENDA registered cachet in black ink. Res £25

86. CANADA-Pre-addressed neat little cover to Liverpool with QV 2c & 3c values tied by target cancels in black ink. Alongside is unframed circular cancel KINGSCROFT/ QUE dated 19.5.1891. At left is red inked s/ring PAID/LIVERPOOL/COL PACKET/DATE/2E dated 30.5.1891. On the back is circular unframed cancel AYERS FLATS/QUE dated 19th may. Res £25

87. CANADA-Handwritten cover sent airmail by the Governor General to The DUKE of GLOUCESTER at St. James’ Palace with 10c & 20c OHMS Overprint values tied by s/rings OTTAWA/CANADA dated 14.5.1951. On the back is Imperial Crown & at bottom left is initial “A”. Res £30

88. CANADA/FRENCH MONUMENTS-Pair of illustrated covers commemorating the pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge etc to unveil the Canadian Memorial on Vimy Ridge on 26.7.1936. One has French 75c commem tied by special machine cancel dated 26.7.1936 & the other has Canadian 13c racing yacht value tied by Quebec cancel dated 18.7.1936. Below is Canadian Pacific oval cachet of the SS “MONTROSE” dated 16.7.1936 [2] Res £15

89. CANADA/BERMUDACHANNEL ISLANDS/WWII-Crested Pacific Steam Navigation Co. envelope addressed to Paget, Bermuda with 3c Canadian GEO VI value tied by oval dumb cancel. Alongside is framed PASDSED BY/CENSOR in blue ink. The sender, Lady Belfield, gives her address as the St Brelades Bay Hotel, Jersey. At left is censor’s rape & on the back is s/ring PAGET/BERMUDA dated 2.3.1940-3 months before the German occupation. Res £18

90. CANADA-Stampless Canadian House of Commons crested envelope addressed to Ontario, containing a Christmas card from an MP with green pictorial House of Commons machine cancel dated 6.12.1973. The card is signed by the MP. Res £8

91. CAYMAN ISLANDS-Registered cover to London with GEO V 1d, 1½d 2d & 2½d 1932 centenary values tied by d/rings GEORGETOWN dated 19.1.1933. On the back is oval registered cancel of KINGSTON, Jamaica dated 6.2.1933 Res £30

92. CEYLON/WAR TAX-Picture postcard to France with GEO V 2c & 3c values and 5c with overprint WAR/STAMP/ONE CENT tied by COLOMBO Krag machine cancel dated 2.6.1919 Res £12

93. CEYLON/INSURED MAIL-Registered, Insured cover to MAHAWELLA with GEO V 20c, 1 Rupee & 2 Rupee values tied by s/rings COLOMBO dated 1.12.1928. On the front are appropriate labels, but with some gum staining at left from the Insured label. On the back is s/ring MAHAWELLA dated 5.12.1928 Res £20

94. CEYLON/WWII-Baggage label addressed to London, cancelled by 3 Rupee 65c meter cancel of Colombo dated 8.2.1942. At bottom right is “V” shaped PASSED-CENSOR-6A in violet ink. Res £6

95. CEYLON-Stampless O.A.S endorsed envelope addressed to the Rochdale Observer Tobacco Fund office, cancelled by d/ring E.A/APO 61 dated 24.8.1942, above diamond-shaped PASSED BY-5 IND FD-CENSOR-UNIT/G. At left is triangular PASSED-BY UNIT-CENSOR Res £12

96. CEYLON/CHINA ROUTE AIRMAIL-Registered, censored airmail cover to Birmingham with GEO VI 1r & 5r values tied by MATALE s/rings dated 25.2.1941. On the back is 20c value similar tied. At left is Opened By Censor tape, tied by superb red wax seal POSTAL CENSOR/3/A. At right is Examiner 2219 PC90 tape. The cover is endorsed BY AIRMAIL CEYLON-CHUNGKING-ENGLAND & has transit oval cancel of NEW YORK dated 22.3.1941. A really nice item! Res £35

97. CEYLON-Airmail cover to Margate with block of four & 2 single 15c VICTORY values and 10c definitive tied by KANDY/REGISTERED d/rings dated 3.1.1947 Res £6

98. CHILE/FALKLAND ISLANDS/MARITIME-Real photo postcard of the SS “OROPESA” addressed to Midlothian with GB GEO V 1d tied by s/line CABOTAJE in violet ink. Alongside is d/ring CORONEL/CHILE dated 14.4.1923. The writer complains that they should be in Punta Arenas, but are still anchored in the FALKLAND ISLANDS at PORT WILLIAM. Res £50

99. CHINA-Registered cover to The Hague, Holland with German 20pf blue, 50pf violet & black and 2m blue, all with CHINA overprints & tied by s/rings SHANGHAI/ DEUTSCHE POST dated 21.5.1902. At bottom left is blank German reg label with s/line SHANGHAI inserted in black ink. On the back is Dutch receiver dated 30.6.1902-see illustration Res £65

100. CHINA-Postcard of the Palace Gate, Seoul, Korea, addressed to Devon with Hong Kong EDW VII 4c tied by s/ring LIU KUNG TAU dated 17.5.1904. Alongside is s/ring SHANGHAI dated 2 days later. Card is slightly foxed & a little weak. Res £22

101. CHINA/INDIA/HONG KONG-Indian QV 1 Anna overprint postal stationery envelope addressed to CANTON, cancelled by d/ring BOMBAY dated 11.7.1905. At top left is endorsement PER STR “MALTA”, VIA HONG KONG. On the back is CANTON arrival mark dated 27.7.1905 & Mail Sorter transit mark SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG dated 21.7.1905 with index C. Res £55

102. CHINA-Postcard of an execution in Peking addressed to Los Angeles with German 10pf Germania overprinted 4c & CHINA, tied by s/ring PEKING/DEUTSCHE POST dated 21.9.1910. Alongside is partial transit d/ring NAGASAKI in violet ink Res £22

103. CHINA-Postcard [corner damage] from the UK addressed to Wellington Barracks, Hong Kong with EDW VII 1d tied by indistinct d/ring cancel dated 2.5.1909. At left is SHANGHAI/BPO s/ring dated 21.5.1909 with index C. Also stampless O.A.S cover to Customs at AMOY, cancelled by Krag machine cancel ARMY P.O.1 dated 21.1.1919. On the back is d/ring SHANGHAI BR PO/V dated 21.3.1919 and d/ring BRITISH POST OFFICE/AMOY dated the same day. [2] Res £60

104. CHINA-Cosmopolitan Correspondence Club of Milwaukee crested envelope pre-addressed to the club in Milwaukee with German 10c blue Germania overprint tied by d/ring SCHANGHAI/DEUTSCHE POST dated 12.6.1912 Res £25

105. CHINA/REDIRECTION-Postcard from London addressed to Canton & redirected to the Peak Hotel, Hong Kong with GB GEO V 1d tied by London machine cancel dated 28.7.1913. Alongside is Chinese 5c violet “junk” issue cancelled by pen cross for redirection. Res £18

106. CHINA-Underpaid cover from Edinburgh addressed to Shanghai with GB GEO V 1d tied by Edinburgh d/ring dated 3.12.1916. At left is hexagonal T/30/L tax mark & alongside is framed 12 CENTS TA in red ink applied in China & framed cachet in red ink DUPLICATE NOTICE/DATE with manuscript date 5.1.1917 inserted. Res £65

107. CHINA/EXPRESS MAIL-Registered Express airmail cover to Stoke Poges, UK with 1946 overprints SG824 x 2, 830 and 839 tied on the back by NANKING cancels dated 9.9.85. On the front is framed EXPRESS cachet in violet ink, black on red EXPRESS label & NANKING S.O No.10 reg label. On the back is large Chinese language cachet in red ink. Originally from the Dutch Embassy at Nanking. Res £22

108. CHINA-Commercial cover addressed to The Bund, Shanghai with SG942 & 945 tied by SHANGHAI cancels dated 6.5.1947. On the back is local censorship mark half quarter in black ink. Staple holes from one staple at top left & slight damage on opening at bottom left corner. Res £18

109. CHINA/SAMPLE POST-Registered airmail cover to London with framed bilingual cachet SAMPLE across the address. On the back are 3 x SG1696, 3 x SG1697, 3 x SG 1700 and single SG1652 tied by TSINGTAU cancels dated 56.11.1 Res £20

110. CHATHAM ISLANDS-Pictorial map postcard of the islands, un-addressed, but with triple ring cancel CHATHAM ISLANDS/NZ on the picture side, dated 7.1.1920 Res £22

111. CHATHAM ISLANDS-Picture postcard from series No.12 “Maori and Moriori in Camp, Chatham Islands” with NZ GEO V 1½d brown tied by similar cancel to the previous lot, dated the same day. Alongside is a further cancel. Again, un-addressed. Res £22

112. COCOS KEELING ISLANDS-Commercial airmail cover from TORQUAY to Singapore with a pair of GB UPU 6d commems tied by National Savings Week slogan dated 25.10.1949. On the back is circular unframed cancel COCOS KEELING/IS with manuscript date 15.12.1949 inserted in blue ink. Most unusual-is this normal? See illustrations of front & back. Res £50

113. COLOMBIA/AIRMAIL-Small OHMS cover from the British legation at Bogota addressed to Swanage, Dorset with 8c blue Colombian pictorial & a pair of 15c light green airmail values with CORREO AEREO overprints tied by d/rings SERVICIO DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS/BOGOTA dated 7.6.1932. On the back is a similar cancel for BARRANQUILLA dated 3.6.1932 Res £12

114. COOK ISLANDS-Registered plain cover to USA with 5d pictorial & similar stamp with 1/6d surcharge affixed & tied by s/rings RAROTONGA/COOK ISLANDS dated 1.4.1960 [FDC for the surcharge value] Res £5

115. CRETE/GERMAN OCCUPATION-Stampless cover from a member of the 1/100th mountain regiment; 5th mounted division, addressed to Germany & endorsed FELDPOST at top right, above Eagle & Swastika Feldpost cancel dated 9.6.1941. At left is unframed cachet DIENSTSTELLE/FELDPOSTNUMMER 24911B in blue ink. This FPO was situated at MALEME, Crete. Res £25

116. CURACAO-Registered airmail cover to Devon, UK with 12 stamp franking [8 different] tied by d/rings ARUBA/ORANGESTAD dated 2.1.1939. At top and bottom are unframed PAR AVION JUSQUE AUX E.U.A/BY AIRMAIL TO USA in violet ink. Arrived in the UK on 16.1.1939 Res £15

117. CYPRUS/MARITIME-Clean cover addressed to Alexandria with ¾ & 1p 1878-1928 commems tied by s/rings SEA P.O/CYPRUS dated 24.5.1929. At left is unframed cachet in green ink S.S BILBEIS/CYPRUS-EGYPT. On the back is the Alex receiver dated 25.5.1929 Res £60

118. CYPRUS/AIRMAIL-Imperial Airways 1st Flight cover to JAFFA with Cyprus GEO V 1½p tied by LIMASSOL/CYPRUS d/ring dated 19.4.1932. On the back is the arrival mark dated the same day. Res £22

119. CYPRUS/LOCAL POST/RAILWAY-Plain postcard with full message addressed to [written in Greek!] with 2 x GEO V ¾p values tied by undated s/ring RAILWAY POST OFFICE/CYPRUS. On the back is s/ring receiver/transit mark PLATRES/ CYPRUS dated 3.8.1937 Res £25

120. CYPRUS-Commercial cover [Ex-Christmas card] addressed to California with GEO VI 2½p Coronation value tied by d/ring LEFKA/CYPRUS dated 1.12.1937. Alongside is CYPRUS/ORANGES d/ring pictorial slogan. Res £18

121. CYPRUS/WWII-Picture postcard of Sussex Castles addressed to a district medical officer at Paphos with GB GEO VI 3d tied by Eastbourne slogan dated 25.4.1940. Below is superb d/ring PASSED CENSOR/1/CYPRUS in red ink. Res £20

122. CYPRUS-Commercial airmail cover to Glasgow with GEO VI 1p & 2 x 2p values tied by d/rings LEFKA/CYPRUS dated 29.12.1947 Res £18

123. CYPRUS-Locally addressed cover within Larnaca with GEO VI 1½p 1948 Silver Wedding value tied by d/ring LARNACA/CYPRUS dated 20.12.1948 Res £5

124. CYPRUS/LOCAL POST-QEII 25m postal stationery airmail letter sheet addressed to London with stamp impression cancelled by undated s/ring AKANTHOU/G.R/ RURAL/SERVICE. On the back is the London arrival mark dated 9.2.1956 Res £8

125. CZECHOSLOVAKIA/RED CROSS-Registered cover to Reginald Barthel in London with 40, 60 & 125h values affixed with 20, 20 & 25h surcharges for the Red Cross respectively. Also 25h green airmail value affixed & tied by d/rings BANSKA BYSTRICA/C.S.P dated 10.12.1920. Also with appropriate reg label at left. Res £9

126. CZECHOSLOVAKIA/AIRMAIL-Postcard showing Marienbad addressed to VODIKOVA with 50h, 2k & 4k airmail values tied by d/rings MARIENSKELAZNE/ MARIENBAD 1 dated 16.7.1931. below is Prague telegraph d/ring cancel dated the same day. Nice item-comes with black & white postcard of the town. [2] Res £8

127. CZECHOSLOVAKIA/ORCHESTRA-Postcard from Belgium addressed to Czechoslovakia with 1f red tied by Brussels slogan dated 25.11.1938. At left is blue inked, framed cachet advertising the 1938 tour of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Res £8

128. DANZIG-Crested envelope of the United Baltic Corporation shipping line addressed to Harrow-on-the-Hill with Danzig 10 & 50pf values [SG270 & 274] tied by oval airmail cancel of Danzig dated 20.10.1931. At bottom left is Danzig airmail cachet in German, struck in red ink. On the back is the Berlin transit mark dated 21.10.1931 Res £15

129. DANZIG/POSTAGE DUE-GBGEO V 1d postal stationery postcard addressed to OLIVA, Danzig & cancelled by HERTFORD machine cancel dated 18.1.1933. Below is hexagonal T/10/L tax mark of London & 15pf blue postage due tied by d/ring DANZIG/OLIVA dated 20.1.1933. Not common! Res £25

130. DANZIG-Real photo postcard of the frozen sea at Zoppot, addressed to Germany with the 3 Winter Relief Fund values affixed & tied by oval airmail cancels of ZOPPOT dated 24.12.1935-see illustration Res £25

131. DANZIG-Postcard of the City addressed to New York from an American who has been cruising, latterly in Russia. With 25pf green airmail value [SG235] tied by Danzig slogan cancel dated 1.8.1938 Res £6

132. DUBAI-30np Postal stationery airmail letter sheet cancelled to order by hexagonal cancel DUBAI-POSTS dated 15.6.1963 [H&G No.2] Res £5
133. EGYPT-KHEDIVIAL SPORTING CLUB Printed 3m postal stationery postcard addressed to an officer in the Coldstream Guards at Cairo, cancelled by s/ring GHEZIREH/CAIRO dated 14.11.1906. At bottom left is d/ring receiver MILITARY POST OFFICE/CAIRO dated the same day. Res £9

134. EGYPT-CAIRO DISTRICT OFFICE, EGYPTIAN ARMY, ABBASIA Headed notepaper with envelope, addressed to Ireland with 5m red tied by s/ring ABBASSIA/[CAIRE] dated 17.12.1907 Res £12

135. EGYPT/POSTAGE DUE-Superb real photo postcard of the “SS STIRLING CASTLE OFF SWANAGE PIER”, Addressed to a member of the Royal Horse Artillery at Abbasia Barracks with GB EDW VII ½d tied by Blandford duplex cancel dated 1.9.1911. At bottom is hexagonal T Tax mark applied in London & at top left is 4m violet postage due tied on arrival on 9.9.1911. Alongside is d/ring MILITARY/POST OFFICE/CAIRO dated the same day. Nice item from which ever side you choose to display! Res £25

136. EGYPT/AUSTRALIAN FORCES-Stampless postcard addressed to NEUTRAL BAY, Sydney, cancelled by very distinctive d/ring cancel of MAADI in blue ink, and with separately applied s/line date of 24 DEC 1915 in violet ink. Res £15

137. EGYPT/WWI-Registered cover addressed in Arabic with 10m blue tied by d/ring ASSUIT/R dated 9.2.1916. At left is further [better] strike & inverted registration cachet. On the back is s/ring EDKOU dated 10.2.1916 & strangely, skeleton datestamp ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ19 dated 22.4.1916-almost 10 weeks after first posting! Res £12

138. EGYPT/PERFIN/THOMAS COOK-Postcard of the SS “NOVARA” at Yokohama [coffee cup stain on picture side] addressed to Edinburgh with 10m value [SG103] perfin TC/&S of Thomas Cook & Sons, tied by s/ring PORT SAID dated 10.1.1923 Res £8

139. EGYPT/MILITARY-Cover addressed to the 3rd Armoured Car Company, R.T.C at Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria with 5m brown tied by Cairo machine cancel dated 10.2.1929. Envelope contains pictures of an armoured car mishap from 2 different angles & are both dated [in error?] 1927 Res £12

140. EGYPT/MILITARY-Small, clean commercial cover to London with 1 Piastre deep blue & red 1p postal seal on the back, tied by Retta cancel in black ink. On the front is crowned d/ring EGYPT/6/POSTAGE PREPAID in red ink & s/ring M.P.O/CAIRO dated 20.3.1933 Res £12

141. EGYPT-CAIRO MISR EGYPTIAN AIRLINES Coloured identical labels in yellow, red & green, showing four-engine airliners in flight. Superb condition-ex-George King. 3] Res £15

142. EGYPT/P.O.W-Airmail cover to the British Zone of Germany with 5 & 50m airmail values & 2m orange definitive tied by d/rings FIELD POST OFFICE/235 [Fanara, Egypt] dated 12.4.1948. Cover is from a German POW held in Egypt. Res £15

143. EGYPT/QANTAS AIRMAIL-Neat little cover addressed to London with 30m green pyramid airmail value and Q.E.A Qantas pictorial airmail label tied by Cairo machine cancel dated 12.8.1951. At right is Egyptian censor mark in black ink. Res £6

144. EGYPT/UK/DIPLOMATIC BAG-Stampless cover addressed to the ministry of national Insurance, Newcastle with neat circular framed cachet BRITISH/PORT SAID/CONSULATE in violet ink. On the back is a Foreign Office receiver dated 3.8.1956 Res £10

145. EGYPT-SINAI MULTINATIONAL FORCE & OBSERVERS headed internal memo [unused] together with cover addressed to Hastings with QEII 16p Machin tied by d/ring FIELD POST OFFICE/136 dated 10.10.1983. At left is d/ring cachet of the British Contingent, MFO Sinai. Res £8

146. EGYPT-Cover addressed in Arabic with two BLOCKS of TEN of the 5p orange official stamps on the back & a block of four of the 25p official on the front similarly cancelled on 3.11.2001. On the address side is a framed “AR” cancel in black ink Res £6

147. EQUITORIAL AFRICA-Postcard of Jersey addressed to Disley, Cheshire with 50c & 1f overprints on GABON values cancelled by LIBREVILLE cancels dated 16.8.1927. Res £6

148. ERITREA-Picture postcard of mountain view addressed to Genoa with a pair of 10c Camel Colonial values tied by d/ring MASSAUA ERITREA/PARTENZA dated 25.12.1936 Res £10

149. ERITREA-Registered airmail cover to London with GB GEO VI 2d, 92 & 2/6d values with appropriate BMA ERITREA overprints & new values tied by d/ring ASMARA CENTRO/RACCOMANDATE dated 15.11.1958. At left is blank Italian style registered label with s/line ASMARA in violet ink-odd faults-see illustration Res £28

150. ESTONIA-Real photo postcard of a crowd at a stadium with plenty of military personnel apparent, addressed to Tallinn with 5c green [SG148-centenary of Parnu] tied to picture side by special d/ring KUBILEE OF PARNU cancel dated 24.6.1939. On the back is similar, superb cancel. Card is a view of the celebrations on the 23rd June. Res £25

151. ESTONIA/DISPLACED PERSON-Censored cover to France from an Estonian Displaced Person in the British run camp at LOHBRUGGE, HAMBURG within the British Zone of Germany. With 3 x 25pf values tied by HAMBURG d/rings dated 5.4.1946. At left is Civil Mails censors tape tied by censors mark No.20237 Res £18

152. FAEROES-Black and white postcard of a shoreline village addressed to Bournemouth with Danish 5 & 20 Ore values tied by THORSHAVN/*** dated 3.3.1948 Res £25

153. FALKLAND ISLANDS-QV 1d red postal stationery envelope addressed to A.J Cobb of BLEAKER ISLAND, cancelled by d/ring FALKLAND/ISLANDS dated 27.4.1910 with index inverted C. Comes with full write-up on Cobb etc. See illustration Res £45

154. FALKLAND ISLANDS/HMS AJAX-Crested Christmas card depicting the ship entering the Harbour at Venice, just before the outbreak of War. Res £12

155. FALKLAND ISLANDS/HMS EXETER-Half of a sheet of embossed, crested & headed notepaper and a postcard of the ship used from Weymouth on 13.6.1937 [2] Res £12

156. FALKLAND ISLANDS-Cover addressed to Donald Mortimer at Stanley with F.I.D 1d QEII Coronation value tied by s/ring SOUTH ORKNEYS cancel dated simplr 6 DE without year slug being struck. Res £8
157. FALKLAND ISLANDS/SS GREAT BRITAIN-Pictorial cover carried on the ship from the Falklands to Bristol with 1/- stamp from the ships issue tied by pictorial cancel dated 23.6.1970. Signed by the Captain & with rope-framed cachet CARRIED ON BOARD/SS GREAT BRITAIN/FALKLAND ISLANDS/TO BRISTOL in red ink. Res £8

158. FALKLAND ISLANDS-Strange cover [ex greetings card envelope] from Stanley to British Columbia with 2p tied by Stanley cancel dated September 1976. At left is sticker “Support/The Falkland Islands’/with to/Stay British”. Cover was undelivered & has s/ring DERBY from a machine cancel on the back, dated 28.4.1977. Why did it go to Derby? Cover was returned to sender. Res £12

159. FALKLAND ISLANDS/NEW ZEALAND-NZ QEII 38c registered postal stationery envelope addressed to Stanley [Via Argentina] with added 30c glacier value & stamp impression tied by s/ring PENROSE/NZ dated 17.5.1976. Nice! Res £15

160. FALKLAND ISLANDS-Neat registered cover to the Falkland Islands Co., London with QEII £3 butterfly tied by s/ring of MOUNT PLEASANT dated 12.10.1985. At top left is appropriate reg label & below is oval cachet POST OFFICE-MOUNT PLEASANT/DATE/FALKLAND ISLANDS dated same day. Res £12

161. FIJI/GERMAN STEAMER-Coloured art postcard of the German steamer “RELIANCE” addressed to Stuttgart with GEO VI FIJI ½d & 1d pictorials tied by superb d/ring DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSPOST/RELIANCE/DATE/HAPAG/ HAMBURG/a/VERGNUGUNGSREISEN dated 1.5.1938-see illustration Res £45

162. FIJI/TONGA/TIN CAN MAIL-Cover addressed to Tin Can Island, Tonga with GEO VI 5d Fiji value tied by registered cancel of SUVA dated 23.7.1952. With usual assortment of cachets in various colours. There are 6 on the front & 13 on the back! Res £25

163. FRANCE-Neat entire to Switzerland with 5c green & 25c blue Republic values tied by diamond numeral cancels 6316 with d/ring LYON/LES TERREAUX below, dated 6.2.1875. At top left is company cachet & on the back is Swiss TPO cancel AMBULANT/No.12 dated 7.2.1875 Res £10

164. FRANCE/MARITIME-Postcard of Colombo addressed to Paris with 25c Sower tied by octagonal cancel MARSEILLE A YOKOHAMA No.5 dated 27.4.1925 Res £8

165. FRANCE/AVIATION-Superb VICHY Aviation meeting postcard for the 4th September 1932 meeting, in pristine, mint condition-see illustration. Res £18

166. FRANCE/MARITIME-Commem 1f25c orange pictorial postal stationery postcard of the “NORMANDIE” at New York, produced for the 1939 New York philatelic exhibition. Yverte 44 in pristine, mint condition Res £12

167. FRANCE/INFANTRY DAY-Postcard of the national war memorial addressed to Poste Restante, Champs Elysees with the 55+70c and 65c+1f10c charity values [SG609 & 610] tied by s/ring JOURNEE N’ALE DE L’INFANTRIE/PARIS dated 7.5.1939 Res £8

168. FRANCE/PACIFIC ATOMIC TESTS/AUSTRALIAN SUSPENSION OF POSTAL SERVICE-French 1f15c postal stationery airmail letter sheet addressed to Victoria, NSW dated 3.7.1973. On the front is French “Return To Sender” cachet & on the back is a gummed label explaining that postal relations with Australia have been suspended since 16th May 1973 Res £20
169. FRANCE/AIR CRASH-Internal cover addressed to Paris from CASTRES, TARN dated 28.1.1988 with unframed COURRIER DETERIORE/SUITE ACCIDENTAL AEROPOSTALE/DU 29-01-88 at top left in red ink. The Vickers Vanguard came down at Toulouse airport in thick fog-see illustration. Res £45

170. GAMBIA-Registered cover to Hull with EDW VII 4d tied by partial oval registered cancel of Gambia dated 7.10.1910. At left is manuscript registration BATHURST/830 in blue pencil, alongside R within oval. On the back are London E.C hooded registered cancel dated 2.11.1910, RUSTWICK s/ring dated 3.11.1910 & HULL cancel similarly dated. Last on the market in 1980 [cost £45]-see illustration. Res £65

171. GAMBIA/WWII-Registered commercial cover to Birmingham with GEO VI 6d & 1/- values tied by oval registered cancel of Gambia dated 10.12.1943. At left is appropriate reg label of BATHURST & below is octagonal British type censors mark CROWN/PASSED/NN/3 in violet ink. Res £25

172. GERMANY/THURN & TAXIS-1865 Entire to Ethingen with 3g Silver Light Brown adhesive cancelled by 273 triple ring target cancel. Below is d/ring GOTHA dated 4.5.1865. With d/ring K.WURT FAHREND POSTAMT dated the following day, on the back. Res £35

173. GERMANY/RAILWAY-Bavarian 5pf green postal stationery postcard to an officer of the YORKSHIRE REGIMENT at Portsmouth with added 5pf pink/violet value & stamp impression tied by s/rings KB BAHNPOST/MNCH-WRZB dated 19.9.1890. A nice looker! Res £9

174. GERMANY/SOLDIERS LETTER-Yellow label headed “SOLDATENBRIEF” on romantic postcard written from COLN to WEISSENBURG, tied by d/ring COLN/[RHEIN] 1bb dated 25.7.1903-see illustration Res £22

175. GERMANY/SOLDIERS LETTER-Red on white label similar to the previous lot, tied to postcard of Luneburg heath addressed to Munich, by d/ring COLN dated 27.7.1912 Res £18

176. GERMANY/NAVAL/NORWAY-Postcard of the German warship “VICTORIA LUISE” addressed to BERGEN with 2 x 5pf Germania values tied by s/rings KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/No.6 dated 24.11.1909. Alongside is further strike. Res £15

177. GERMANY/AIRMAIL/WAR WOUNDED FUND-Lovely little cover addressed to Hamburg with 3 x SG105 & 2 x SG106 War Wounded Fund overprints and SG108 tied by BRAUNSCHWEIG.LUFTPOST d/rings dated 24.7.1919-see illustration Res £45

178. GERMANY/INFLATION-Postcard addressed to Vienna from DETMOLD with 3 x 100,000 on 400 & 2 x 250,000 on 500 tied by d/rings dated 9.10.1923. A very short-lived rate. Res £12

179. GERMANY/HOLLAND/POSTAGE DUE-Commercial item of mail addressed to Amsterdam, underpaid with 5pf tied by PIRNA d/ring dated 23.5.1933. At left is Dutch 20c postage due tied by crossed box cancel NIETIG of Amsterdam. At right is bilingual REFUSED in black. Res £9

180. GERMANY/AIRMAIL/SHIP MAIL-Illustrated Lufthansa & Zeppelin airmail envelope to LONG ISLAND with 50pf green airmail value tied by d/ring DEUTSCAMERIKANISCHE SEEPOST / BREMEN/NEW YORK / DATE / NORDDEUTSCHER / LLOYD/D EUROPA dated 24.9.1935. Centrally is framed pictorial cachet DEUTSCHER SCHLEUDERFLUG/25./26.9.35/D “EUROPA”-NEW YORK in violet ink. Nice item-see illustration. Res £45

181. GERMANY/IRELAND-A similar illustrated envelope, registered to DUBLIN, with 2 x 40pf Lufthansa 10th anniv values tied by d/rings HOLZKIRCHEN [OBERBAY] dated 6.1.1936. The reg label is similarly tied. Nice item! Res £35

182. GERMANY/CATAPULT MAIL-Postcard of the “BREMEN” addressed to Berlin with 15 & 50pf airmail values tied by the flag cancel of the BREMEN dated 9.10.1929. Below is framed MIT KATAPULTFLUG and circular framed KATAPULTFLUG v D “BREMEN”/CHERBOURG/BERLIN/10.10.1929, while at left is usual German airmail cachet of Berlin, all in red ink. Res £45

183. GERMANY/OLYMPICS-The complete set of 8 values for the summer games on special printed sheet “SONDERBRIEFMARKEN DER DEUTSCHEN REICHPOST” Etc., tied by pictorial games cancels dated 11.8.1936. Folded into four, but very clean! Res £30

184. GERMANY/SAIL TRAINING SHIP “HORST WESSEL”-Stampless cover to Kiel, cancelled by d/rings DEUTSCHE KRIEGSMARINE/NR.31 dated 6.6.1938. At left is framed “Eagle & Swastika” named ship’s cachet & at top is unframed, named ship’s cachet, both in violet ink. Comes with a postcard of the ship from a trainee on board Res £25

185. GERMANY/WWII-FRENCH 10c Sower postal stationery postcard addressed to Frankfurt, cancelled by Eagle & Swastika FELDPOST cancel dated 31.12.1940. On the back is message written from France on the 29th. Res £20

186. GERMANY/ACCOMMODATION SHIP “NEW YORK”-Stampless Feldpost cover to an engine room NCO on board the former liner in Kiel Harbour, cancelled by d/ring BAD WORISHOFEN dated 13.7.1943. The ship, used as accommodation by the German Navy, was sunk by the American air force on the 3rd & 4th April 1945 Res £20

187. GIBRALTAR/A83 MAILBOAT CANCEL-Small cover addressed to TORQUAY with GB QV 6d violet tied by the 3 bar horizontal numeral cancel A83 Mediterranean Mailboat cancel. Cover is known to have originated from Gibraltar on January 28th & was received in Torquay on 4.2.1860-see illustration. Res £250

188. GIBRALTAR-Neat little cover addressed to ORLEANS, France with QV 2½d blue from plate 23, tied by A26 Duplex cancel dated 12.5.1884 with index A. below is Bordeaux-Paris TPO mark dated 15th May. Res £22

189. GIBRALTAR-QV 20 Centimos registered postal stationery envelope size G addressed to Leipzig with added 75c green tied by superb oval registered cancel of GIBRALTAR dated 6.2.1891 with index B. Exhibition quality-see illustration Res £75

190. GIBRALTAR-EDW VII 2d registered postal stationery envelope size G addressed to Lyon, France with added 2½d tied by oval registered cancel of Gib dated 28.12.1909 with index D. At top is endorsement PER SS “OCEANA” Res £25
191. GIBRALTAR-Postcard of Commercial square, decked out with flags, addressed to Chester with GEO V 1d Gib value tied by superb s/ring GIBRALTAR/PAQUEBOT dated 16.2.1910 Res £7

192. GIBRALTAR/WWI-Censored picture postcard to GENOA with GEO V 1d tied by d/ring GIBRALTAR/25 with indistinct date. At left is manuscript date 13.12.1915 written by the sender. Below is s/ring PASSED CENSOR/14 DEC K5/GIB in violet ink. Res £30

193. GIBRALTAR-Airmail cover to the Foreign Editor of the Morning Post, London with GEO V 1d & 6d values tied by Travel Key slogan dated 27.5.1937 Res £8

194. GIBRALTAR/WWII-Censored airmail cover to Campbeltown, Scotland with GEO VI 5/- tied by GIBRALTAR/TIME/DATE/+ Krag machine cancel dated 14.7.1944. At left is A6055 censors tape. Res £45

195. GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS-Cover addressed to South Melbourne with GEO VI ½d x 2 & 1d Victory issue tied by d/rings POST OFFICE/OCEAN ISLAND dated 8.2.1947 Res £8

196. GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS-Stampless OHMS cover registered to BETIO, TARAWA cancelled by s/ring FUNAFUTI dated 12.9.1964. At bottom left is FUNAFUTI registered cachet in violet ink. Res £6

197. GOLD COAST-QV 1½d brown postal stationery postcard [corner fault] addressed to Colchester with 3 bar vertical numeral cancel 556 on stamp impression & with d/ring CAPE COAST/GOLD COAST dated 23.6.1891 at bottom left, below PAID/ LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET dated 19.7.1891. Card arrived on 20th July. Res £22

198. GOLD COAST-Commercial cover addressed to London with QV 2½d tied by 9 bar oval dumb cancel in black ink. Below is s/ring ACCRA/GOLD COAST dated 12.8.1895 without index. At left is red inked s/ring PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET dated 4.9.1895 and at top is endorsement PAID PER SS “BAKANA” Res £22

199. GOLD COAST-Small commercial cover, registered to Banbury with EDW VII 3d tied by s/ring cancel of ACCRA dated 6.11.1907. At left is PLYMOUTH 52 registered label & on the back is oval registered cancel of Plymouth dated 21.11.1907 & Banbury arrival mark dated the 22nd. Res £25

200. GOLD COAST/WWII-Airmail letter sheet addressed to Manchester with GB GEO VI ½d & 2½d values tied by d/ring FIELD POST OFFICE/106 dated 20.12.1943. Below, at left is square RAF censor No.114 [Takoradi RAF Stn] Res £9

201. GREECE/BULGARIAN BORDER COMMISSION-Stampless postcard of Salonica addressed to London with framed cachet COMMISSION DE DELIMITATION/DE LA FRONTIERE/GRECO-BULGARE in red ink at top right, alongside Greek d/ring cancel dated 20.9.1920. The Greeks deemed the card to be unpaid & taxed it. On arrival in the UK, a 2d due was affixed & tied by London d/ring on 11.10.1920. Nice item-scarce too! See illustration Res £40

202. GREECE/AIRMAIL SURTAXE-Cover from Drossos addressed to Brindisi with 3 x 10d & single 30d values tied by Athens d/rings dated 29.9.1926. At left is framed cachet SURTAXE AERIENNE/PERCUE EN/NUMERAIRE in violet ink. Has Brindisi airmail receiver on the back, dated 29.9.1926 and horizontal crease at bottom and some gum staining from the back flap, otherwise a nice thing. Res £25

203. GREECE/ROYALTY-Cover addressed to Spink & Son in London with 8d blue pictorial tied by d/ring ANAKTOPA dated 3.4.1939. At left is signature, different from the one on the back, placed below unframed oval cachet with crown at centre & wording around top & bottom. Could be good! Res £22

204. GRENADA-Censored cover to Edinburgh with GEO VI 2½d x 2 & single 6d tied by s/rings GPO GRENADA/B.W.I dated 2.11.1939. At left is OPENED BY CENSOR tape, tied by manuscript 7 in red pencil. Res £22

205. GRENADA/POSTAGE DUE-Postcard of St Georges, endorsed airmail & addressed to Italy with 25c colonial badge issue tied by GPO GRENADA/B.W.I dated 8.11.1961. Below is unframed T Tax mark with manuscript 5c alongside. Res £7

206. GUATEMALA/BISECT/WWII-Censored airmail cover to COLON, Panama with 5 stamp franking including 2c bisect, tied by slogan cancels dated 8.3.1942 or by 5 bar horizontal dumb cancels. At left is Guatemalan censors tape ABIERIA POR CENSUR/DEFENSA CO[NTINENTAL]/No.13036 Res £12

207. HAITI/BRITISH POST OFFICE-Stampless wrapper addressed to HAVRE, France with Port Au Prince oval company cachet at top right, above framed accountancy mark GB/1f 60c & alongside d/ring ANGL/AMB CALAIS E dated 15.2.1870. At left is superb British P.O s/ring PORT AU PRINCE dated 20.1.1870 with index A. On the back is London s/arc transit mark dated 14.2.1870 & Le Havre arrival mark dated 15th February. Centrally is further “10” French accountancy mark-see illustration of superbly clean item. Res £75

208. HOLLAND/POSTAL EXHIBITION-Very clean 6c on 7½c postal stationery envelope addressed to Alkien? With stamp impression cancelled by pictorial s/ring cancel AMSTERDAM/DATE/POST HORN ETC/NATIONALE POSTZEGELTENTOONSTELLING dated 9.9.1934-see illustration. Res £20

209. DUTCH INDIES/JAP OCCUPATION-3½c grey Occupation postal stationery postcard addressed to Djakarta, cancelled by BANDOENG Slogan cancel dated 4.5.2103. Not censored & with full message on the back. Res £20

210. HONG KONG/POSTAGE DUE/IRELAND-Underpaid postcard of the Peak Tramway addressed to RANELAGH, Ireland & redirected to KNOCKMORE with EDW VII 2c green tied by d/ring of VICTORIA dated 20.3.1911. Alongside is circular framed T Tax mark, over-struck by Rathmines s/ring dated 20.4.1911. Also with British 1d tax mark, s/ring BRAY & s/ring ENNISKERRY S.O/Co. WICKLOW dated 21.4.1911 Res £22

211. HONG KONG-Locally addressed cover to the Catholic Mission, Caine Road with GEO V 5c tied by d/ring VICTORIA/HONG KONG dated 1.9.1936. Below is circular framed 21. Res £15

212. HONG KONG-Registered cover from the Chase Bank, Hong Kong addressed to Francis Field in Sutton Coldfield with GEO VI 5c x 3 & single 10c & 25c values tied by d/rings REGISTERED/HONG KONG dated 30.3.1940. At bottom left is printed reg label HONG KONG/C Res £22

213. HONG KONG-Commercial airmail cover to Ohio, USA with GEO VI 30c blue & $1 orange & green tied by d/ring HONG KONG/5 dated 16.5.1947. below is s/line BY AIR TO OFFICE OF EXCHANGE ONLY in blue/black ink. The airmail label at left is cancelled by red inked parallel bars. Res £22

214. HONG KONG/POSTAGE DUE-Cover addressed to a Brigadier in Newcastle with GEO VI 10c violet tied by d/ring KOWLOON/HONG KONG dated October 1950. At centre is circular framed T tax mark with manuscript 10 Ctms below. Also tying the stamp is the UK 2½d tax mark of the Inland Section. No dues affixed on arrival. This tax mark is not yet recorded by Ted Proud in his book! Res £25

215. HORTA-Small cover, registered to Carcavellos, Portugal with 75c Horta value tied by d/ring cancel dated March 1897. The reg label with s/line HORTA in black ink is also tied by this cancel. On the back is oval cachet of MOYSES BENARUS & Lisbon arrival mark of 27.3.1897 Res £20

216. HORTA-Commercial registered cover addressed to the Eastern Telegraph Co., as previous lot with 5 x 25c & single 50c Horta values similarly tied by d/ring cancels on 17.12.1898. The reg label is similarly cancelled.-see illustration. Res £25

217. HUNGARY/WWII-Picture postcard of Matraban addressed to Budapest with 12f orange tied by lozenge type cancel KEKESTETO/DATE/POSTAL UGYN dated 22.7.1942. No censor markings. Res £8

218. ICELAND-Real photo postcard of the frozen waterfall at OXARARFOSS with man in foreground, addressed to London with 20 Aur brown & 1.50kr tied by d/ring KEFLAVIK airmail cancel dated 1.4.1951 Res £9

219. INDIA-Stampless cover to Worcester with two different cachets INDIA UNPAID and INDIA/UNPAID in black ink, on the front. With endorsement OVERLAND FOR SOUTHAMPTON at top. On the back is BOMBAY s/ring dated 6.12.1863 in red, LAHORE s/ring dated 27.11.1863 in black & WORCESTER receiver dated 15.1.1864 Res £40

220. INDIA-QV ¼ Anna brown postal stationery postcard addressed to RAWALPINDI, & cancelled by squared circle cancel KAHUTA dated 15.2.1892. Below is local POONCH stamp [either SG32 or 41] cancelled by square local cancel-see illustration Res £25

221. INDIA/O.H.M.S-Small OHMS postal stationery envelope registered to Tiverton with 1 Anna brown stamp impression, ½ Anna, 2 Anna x 2 & single 1 Anna OHMS overprint values tied by d/rings MADRAS dated 4.9.1897. Centrally is d/ring A.R mark in violet ink. The cover arrived in Tiverton on 28.9.1897, via London Res £25

222. INDIA-OHMS crested Government of India envelope addressed to FEROZEPORE with 1 Anna QV value overprinted OHMS tied by RAWALPINDI d/ring dated 8.5.1901 Res £9

223. INDIA/CHINA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE-Postcard of the bridge at the Summer Palace, Peking addressed to Essex with QV 1 Anna red C.E.F overprint tied by d/ring FPO No.1 dated 25.9.1905. At left is s/ring BASE OFFICE dated the same day, with index B. Res £25

224. INDIA/OHMS MIS-USE Postcard addressed to Streatley, Berks with EDW VII 1 Anna OHMS overprint tied by circular framed T tax mark. At left is manuscript UNPAID & UK 2d tax mark of the Foreign Branch. At right is semi-circular BENARES CANT 1 Anna postage due mark. At bottom left is SEA POST OFFICE s/ring dated 30.3.1907 Res £7

225. INDIA/AIR MAIL/SWITZERLAND/POSTAGE DUE-Cover addressed to WINTERTHUR, Switzerland with GEO V 8 Anna airmail tied by d/ring BROACH RMS dated 7.3.1931. The manuscript “Air Mail” is scored through & “Over ½oz” inserted below. At centre is circular framed T Tax mark & at left is framed INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR/TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL in black ink. On arrival, 2 x 30c postage dues were affixed & tied by d/ring on 21.7.1931 Res £25

226. INDIA/SWEDEN/SERVICE SUSPENDED-Roughly opened, censored cover sent airmail to Sweden with GEO VI ½, 1 & 4 Anna values together with 1 Rupee value tied by d/rings BURNPUR dated 29.4.1940. At right is inverted, unframed cachet SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURNED TO SENDER in black ink. Res £30

227. INDIA/SWEDEN/SERVICE SUSPENDED-Censored cover to Sweden with GEO VI ½ & 3 Anna values tied by d/ring BURNPUR dated 26.4.1940. Below is double-framed cachet SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURNED TO SENDER in violet ink. Res £35

228. IRAN/PALESTINE/SWITZERLAND-Airmail cover to WINTERTHUR with Iranian 10chIRAN airmail overprint, 2 x 1r & single 5r values tied by d/ring cancels of TEHRAN dated 3.1.1940. At left is scarcer red on blue Palestinian PC22 censors tape “H.No.36 Opened By Censor”. On the back is BAGHDAD transit s/ring dated 8.1.1940 & framed Palestinian Censor mark No.28 in violet ink. Res £18

229. IRAQ/ALAN COBHAM AIRMAIL-Cover addressed to Hampstead with Iraqi ½ Anna x 2, 1 & 4 Annas tied by framed TYPED cachets BY AIR/IRAQ TO GREAT BRITAIN/WITH ALAN COBHAM. Stamps are further tied by d/rings of Baghdad dated 27.9.1926. Comes with letter dated 24.9.1926. The letter refers to a daring cross-desert journey from Lebanon to Tripoli, Rutbah & then on to Baghdad. Finally, the writer says that he hopes “TO SEND THIS LETTER BY ALAN COBHAM-THE STAMPS MAY BECOME VALUABLE………THE MAIL IS LIMITED” Cover has light foxing, which can be rectified-See illustration Res £250

230. ITALY/GB/RAILWAY-GB QV 2d registered postal stationery envelope size G addressed to MODENA with 2 x 2½d Jubilee issue tied by 3 bar numeral cancels of HULL. At left is oval registered cancel of HULL dated 7.7.1890 alongside d/ring CALAIS A PARIS TPO cancel dated 8.7.1890. At bottom left is scarcer framed No.63 MODANE-TORINO I registered cachet dated 9.7.1890 Res £18

231. ITALY/VESUVIUS-Postcard of the erupting volcano addressed to Slough with 10c tied by squared circle cancel of MESINA dated 5.12.1904. At left is d/ring cachet VESUVIO dated 3rd December. Res £6

232. ITALY/GERMANY/SERVICE SUSPENDED-Stampless cover addressed to an Italian worker at the R.A.W factory, Frankfurt with T.S in black at top right, d/ring RUDIANO at bottom right dated 20.12.1944 and three different RETURN TO SENDER cachets, two of which incorporate SERVICE SUSPENDED and the other RETOUR/20 APR 1945 struck at top right. Nice item & scarce between these two countries-see illustration. Res £50

233. ITALY/EGYPT/POSTAGE DUE-Postcard of Alexandria addressed to “FERMO POSTA” [Poste Restante?] Italy with 2 x 5m brown values tied by s/ring ALEXANDRIA dated 9.7.1938. At left is 25c postage due tied by d/ring MONTE CATINI. Res £7

234. IVORY COAST/POSTAGE DUE-Postcard of the Equestrian Statue, Port Elizabeth, addressed to the Telegraph Office, Abidjan with EDW VII 1d cape of Good Hope tied by Port Elizabeth d/ring dated 7.4.1908. At centre is manuscript 10 in blue pencil & 10c Ivory Coast postage due, cancelled by indistinct dumb cancel. Res £25

235. JAMAICA-QV 1d blue postal stationery postcard to the district engineer at SPANISH TOWN, cancelled by squared circle cancel OLD HARBOUR/JAMAICA [lightly struck] dated 16.11.1884. Alongside is s/ring receiver SPANISH TOWN/JAMAICA dated the same day. Res £22

236. JAMAICA-Pictorial advertising envelope of the MYRTLE BANK HOTEL, Kingston, addressed to London with black & white engraving of the hotel at left, advertising Isidore De Pass as the proprietor. On the back are 5 x ½d green QV values tied by s/rings KINGSTON/JAMAICA dated 4.3.1895. At right is London hooded circle receiver in red ink dated 21.3.1895 Res £22

237. JAMAICA/POSTAGE DUE-Postcard from MOFFAT, Scotland addressed to MANDEVILLE, Jamaica with 2 x ½d GEO V values tied by d/rings dated 30.7.1933. Alongside is hexagonal T/10/MR tax mark of MANCHESTER. Below is distinctively framed 1d tax mark of Jamaica in violet ink. Nice example! Res £25

238. JAMAICA-Banana producers association headed cover to London with SILVER JUBILEE 1½d tied by Kingston machine cancel dated 21.6.1935. On the back is super pictorial label in glorious Technicolor of the BLUE LAGOON. Label is tied by off-set machine cancel. Res £20

239. JAMAICA/GERMAN INTERNEE/WWII-Stampless cover with contents, addressed to a German Internee on Jamaica with d/ring OBERMARSCHACHT dated 22.3.1943 at top right. Opposite is octagonal CROWN/PASSED/D/5 and oval INTERNMENT CAMP/CHECKED No.2/JAMAICA, both in violet ink. Below this is circular Ab German censor mark. Nicer item in excellent condition. Res £35

240. JAPAN/PAQUEBOT/MISSENT-Cover to Germantown, Pennsylvania with GB GEO V 1½d tied by d/rings YOKOHAMA/JAPAN dated 19.11.1926. Alongside is framed PAQUEBOT in same violet ink. At bottom left is unframed MISSENT TO/READING, PA in similar violet coloured ink. Res £8

241. JAPAN-Crested NYK line envelope with matching notepaper with message written from the ASAMA MARU at Kobe on 9.9.1935 & addressed to Sussex. With 2 x 1½s blue values tied by d/rings in Japanese Text, dated 10.9.11. Below is circular framed 35/CTMS/T in violet ink. Nice item-very clean Res £18

242. JAPAN-Pictorial FDC for the “AIKOKU KITTE” Patriotic stamps issue of 3 values for the aerodrome fund 3+2, 2+2 & 4+2 tied by special pictorial cancels dated 1.6.1937 Res £7

243. JAPAN/UK/WRECK MAIL-Registered cover to London with 2 stamps remaining from 3 originally. Sadly the cover has had most of the address cut out from the envelope. On the front and back are two strikes each of the unframed SALVED FROM THE SEA in violet ink. On the back is British GPO opened and sealed tape with framed cancel LONDON/RECEIVED dated 27.7.1940-see illustration Res £40

244. JORDAN/PALESTINE-Postcard of Bethlehem addressed to Zambia with 40f “Game Protection” value tied by s/ring JEBEL AMMAN dated 18.12.1968. Also tied by this cancel is black on yellow label HAVE YOU EVER ASKED/YOURSELVES WHEN & HOW/PALESTINE/WAS WIPED OFF THE MAP? Res £18

245. K.U.T-Vignette postcard of CHINDE addressed to Scotland with GERMAN 10pf Germania tied by s/ring DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/AFRIKAISCHE/ HAUPTLINIE/*h dated 12.12.1907 with German s/ring of DAR-ES-SALAAM at left, dated 6.2.1907 Res £15

246. K.U.T-Cover addressed to India with GEO V 6c East Africa & Uganda value tied on the back by s/ring MASINDI/+ dated 24.11.1916. Alongside are Mombassa transit marks dated 3rd & 5th December Res £12

247. K.U.T-O.A.S Stampless cover addressed to THOMASTOWN, Ireland, cancelled on the back by Indian d/ring F.P.O/No.343 dated 25.2.1917. On the front is square censor mark No.3332 in red ink & signature of the censor. At top right is s/ring THOMASTOWN S.O/Co. KILKENNY dated 23.4.1917 Res £15

248. K.U.T-geo v 6C east Africa & Uganda Protectorate postal stationery envelope addressed to GULU GUNIYI with added 1c & 3c values & stamp impression tied by s/rings HOIMA/+ dated 11.12.1919. On the back is MASINDI/+ s/ring dated 11.12.1919-see illustration Res £28

249. K.U.T/GIRAFFE-Commercial cover to SWITZERLAND with 30c blue Tanganyika “Giraffe” stamp tied by d/ring dated 9.10.1924 Res £25

250. K.U.T/AIRMAIL/DELAYED MAIL-Cover to King William’s Town, South Africa with GEO V 5c & a BLOCK of FOUR of the 15c values tied by d/rings KISUMU dated 17.12.1931. At top is typed endorsement VIA FIRST AIR MAIL/CAIRO-CAPE. This mail was delayed in the Med due to bad weather & closed one day later on the 17th. Res £22

251. K.U.T-GEO VI 15c postal stationery postcard addressed to Johannesburg with added 15c & 20c values tied by d/rings DARESSALAAM/1 dated 28.2.1940. Written in French & of exhibition quality. Res £25

252. K.U.T/WWII/RED CROSS-Red Cross envelope registered to a PO Box No. in Pretoria with a pair of GEO VI 15c values tied by d/rings APO-U-MPK/11 dated 30.10.1940. At left is censor’s cachet No.35 & on the back is d/ring APO-U-MPK/2 dated 31.10.1940. These APO’s were situated at GIL GIL CAMP & the SALISBURY HOTEL, NAIROBI respectively. Nice item! Res £22

253. K.U.T/DIPLOMATIC MAIL/WWII-Stampless OHBMS envelope to the Governor of Kenya, Sir Henry Moore, with cogwheel oval cachet E.A COMMAND/No./DATE/ CENTRAL REGISTRY in violet ink & dated 30.5.1942 Res £8

254. K.U.T/NORTHERN RHODESIAN REGIMENT-25c blue postal stationery airmail letter sheet to Croydon, cancelled by d/ring E.A/A.P.O 72 dated 11.5.1944. This APO was situated at YATTA & is from Lt Williams of the 3rd Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Res £25

255. K.U.T/WWII-Airmail letter sheet addressed to the Radio Society of Great Britain, London with GEOV I 5c & 20c affixed & tied by d/ring APO cancels [indistinct number] dated 26.3.1945. At top is Opened By Censor tape, at left is dated RECEIVED ……A.P.O/DATE/RETURNED TO A.P.O dated 22nd [received] & 26th march [returned]. Below is framed PASSED BY BASE CENSOR/E.S No.11/01 IN VIOLET INK. Written from the REME base at KENANDA. Res £22

256. K.U.T-Small stampless OHMS envelope to NAIVASHA, cancelled by skeleton datestamp GIL GIL/KENYA dated 24.6.1946. On the back is NAIVASHA/KENYA receiver dated the following day. Res £8

257. K.U.T-GEO VI 15c postal stationery postcard addressed to North Kinangop, cancelled by NAKURU/KENYA machine cancel dated 29.5.1959. On he back is partial s/ring receiver NORTH KINANGOP/KENYA dated 30.5.1959 Res £15

258. KUWAIT-Modern postcard addressed to Genoa, Italy with 150f “Do Not Forget Our POW’S” stamp, tied by violet rubber cancel dated 23.10.1994. At left is unframed MISSENT TO MANILA in violet ink. Res £6

259. LEVANT, GERMAN-Lovely cover addressed to Athens with two pairs of the German 10 Para overprints affixed & tied by s/ring CONSTANTINOPEL/ DEUTSCHE POST dated 6.12.1892. Nice item-see illustration Res £35

260. LEVANT, GERMAN-Commercial cover to Zossenheim at Leeds with German 1 Piastre blue overprint tied by s/ring BEIRUT/DEUTSCE POST dated 2.4.1912 Res £22

261. LEVANT, BRITISH-Postcard of Balmoral Castle addressed to Newport, Monmouth with GB GEO V 1d Downey head overprinted LEVANT & tied by large part British PO in Constantinople s/ring dated 3.1.1912. The card is written from the SS “ADEN” & has oval cachet of G.F CRAWFORD/HARBOUR & BOSPHOROUS/DATE/ PILOT/CONSTANTINOPLE at top centre. In red ink & dated 3.1.1912 Res £8

262. LIECHTENSTEIN-Postcard addressed to London with a pair of SG98 tied by d/ring SCHAAN/LIECHTENSTEIN dated 19.6.1931 Res £10

263. MACAU/AIRMAIL-1st Flight cover from Macau to San Francisco with 5a airmail overprint and 2 x 50a and 2p values tied by hexagonal cancels of Macau dated 28.4.1937. At left is Macau-USA pictorial 1st flight cachet. Res £18

264. MACAU/AIRMAIL-Similar cover to previous lot with 1p blue tied by similar cancel dated 28.4.1937. Alongside is framed PAR AVION/DE……….A…….. With Macau & Guam entered. At left is pictorial 1st flight cachet & on the back is the GUAM arrival mark dated 30.4.1937 Res £18

265. MACAU/AIRMAIL-Similar cover addressed to San Francisco with 2p brown similarly tied on same day. Same cachets etc at left with Macau & Honolulu inserted. On the back is the Honolulu arrival mark dated 2.5.1937 Res £18

266. MACEDONIA/TURKISH EMPIRE-Postcard of the Military Hospital at USKUB addressed to London with Turkish 1p blue tied by bilingual d/ring FRIZOVIK. At left is London receiver dated 20.5.1910-nice item-uncommon-see illustration. Res £25

267. MADAGASCAR/NAVAL-Stampless cover to France endorsed at top CORPS D’OCCUPATION DE MADAGASCAR with d/ring naval cachet with anchor at centre MARINE FRANCAIS/SERVICE A LA MER in violet ink. Undated, but C.1900 Res £25

268. MADAGASCAR/WWII-Airmail cover to Durban with FRANCE LIBRE overprint values 2f50 & 12f50 tied by s/rings of ANALAKELY dated 5.6.1943 to the front of the cover. On the back are a block of 6 x 50c on 90c France Libre values & a single 50c on 65c similarly tied. At the left is the scarcer censor’s tape OPENED BY/BRITISH CENSORSHIP tied by framed PASSED BY/CENSOR/262-1 in violet ink. Res £25

269. MADAGASCAR/WWII-Commercial airmail cover to same address as previous lot with unframed MADAGASCAR ET DEPENDENCES/POSTER AERIENNE-TANANARIVE R.P/TAXE PERCUE:FR75 5C in violet ink at top centre. At left is s/ring of TANANARIVE dated 3.12.1944. At right is d/ring DURBAN used fro redirection to Johannesburg, dated 14.12.1944. At right is British censor tape OPENED BY/EXAMINER ZB/1 tied by square G/-1 in blue/black ink-se illustration Res £30

270. MALAYA-Cover to CANADA with EDW VII 4c tied by s/ring PENANG dated 21.2.1903 with index E. Alongside is s/ring WATERFORD/ONT dated 30.3.1903. With endorsement at top left VIA BRINDISI & UK Res £22

271. MALAYA-Cover to FRANCE with EDW VII 8c tied by d/ring SINGAPORE dated 7.1.1904. On the back of the envelope is a Naval Crest of a horse wearing the naval coronet, with anchor & the initials MM above. Res £22

272. MALAYA-EDW VII Straits Settlements 1c postal stationery postcard addressed to London with 2 added 1c values tied by single strike of the d/ring PENANG/+ dated 3.3.1911 Res £15

273. MALAYA/WWI-Stampless postcard to Norfolk from a member of the 25th Middlesex Regiment in barracks at Singapore, cancelled by d/ring SINGAPORE dated 24.4.1918 Res £12

274. MALAYA-Cover to Chicago, USA with GEO V 12c Straits value with gutter edging tied by d/ring ORCHARD ROAD/SINGAPORE dated 27.4.1925. On the back is d/ring SINGAPORE/H dated the same day Res £18

275. MALAYA-Registered cover to France with manuscript endorsement PER SS TOELAN TILLO on the front. On the back are GEO V Straits 2c & 25c values tied by registered cancels of SINGAPORE dated 26.10.1932. Alongside is Italian TPO mark for the Rome-Turin service dated 16.11.1932 Res £22

276. MALAYA/AIR MAIL-Neat little cover to London cancelled by d/ring BATU ROAD KUALA LUMPUR/F.M.S at top right, dated 23.6.1934. On the back is a block of four of the FMS 10c purple & yellow value similarly cancelled. Res £35
277. MALAYA-Airmail cover to London with 1c & 6 x 4c [3 pairs] Negri Sembilan values tied by d/rings SUNGEI GADUT/FMS dated 23.10.1935 Res £35

278. MALAYA-Registered cover to India with 1c, 2c & 4 x 5c Negri Sembilan values tied by oval registered cancels of SEREMBAN FMS dated 9.4.1937 Res £25

279. MALAYA-Postcard of aerial view of a jungle river addressed to London with PAHANG 4c tied by d/ring FRASERS HILL/FMS dated 27.9.1937 Res £12

280. MALAYA/MARITIME-Chinese red-band cover with pictorial letter sheet contents, addressed to Singapore with 4c Johore value tied by d/ring PAQUEBOT/ SINGAPORE dated 9.7.1929 with time 10am Res £28

281. MALAYA/WWII-Neat advertising cover for GRAFTON LABORATORIES of Singapore, addressed to Dagenham with a pair of GEO VI 4c Straits values tied by SINGAPORE Slogan DON’T WRITE ABOUT SHIPS dated 3.4.1941. Below is triangular PASSED FOR-TRANSMISSION/63 in violet ink Res £12

282. MALAYA/HORSESHOE ROUTE-Registered airmail cover to ELIE, Fife with GEO VI Straits 1c, 2c x 2, 5c x 2 & $1 x 2 tied by d/ring registration cancels of PENANG dated 9.12.1941. At left is appropriate reg label & framed PASSED FOR-TRANSMISSION/15 in a very much narrower triangular frame than is usual. Res £35

283. MALAYA-Japanese occupation postcard depicting adult & 2 children holding the Jap flag & bowing towards a shrine, addressed to Dunoon with GEO VI BMA/MALAYA 3c, 5c, 8c, 10 & 15c overprints tied by d/rings SINGAPORE/C dated 7.2.1946 Res £10

284. MALAYA/MILITARY-“Blue Triangle” airmail letter sheet addressed to Hereford, cancelled on the back by d/ring KUALA LUMPUR dated 18.2.1946, alongside Indian d/ring FPO/No.660 dated the following day. This FPO was situated in KL Res £8

285. MALDIVES-Nice little cover addressed to Wolverhampton with 2 x 10c green tied by d/ring dated 23.5.1950 Res £18

286. MALDIVES-Registered airmail cover to Vienna with 50l violet tied by d/ring MALDIVE ISLANDS dated 21.10.1956. On the back is COLOMBO transit dated 26.10.1956 & Vienna arrival dated 2.11.1956. At left is framed “R” and manuscript “A.R” Res £18

287. MALTA-Nice little registered cover to Kendal with 3 x 1d QV values tied by MALTA roller cancel. Below is oval framed “R” and oval registered cancel of MALTA dated 4.11.1901 Res £26

288. MALTA/MARITIME-Postcard addressed to Southsea with EDW VII 1d bi-colour value tied by superb rubber d/ring ADRIA/UNGHERESE with anchor at centre. Card is dated 3.5.1905-see illustration Res £50

289. MALTA/GIBRALTAR-EDW VII 2d registered postal stationery envelope addressed to Gibraltar with added pair of EDW VII 1d values tied by undated GPO Maltese Cross cancel. Below is smaller oval registered cancel dated 1.10.1906. On the back is Gibraltar registered receiver dated 1 week later Res £20

290. MALTA-Coloured postcard of HM TRANSPORT “SOUDAN” addressed to Belvedere, Kent with GB GEO V 1d Downey head tied by d/ring VALLETTA/ MALTA dated 9.4.1912. Alongside is s/line PAQUEBOT in black ink. Res £8

291. MALTA/WWI-Stampless O.A.S cover to London cancelled by d/ring VALLETTA/ MALTA dated 21.9.1914. On arrival in the UK it was cancelled by red inked Krag cancel LONDON FS/PAID dated 1.10.1914. On the back is s/line PASSED BY CENSOR & censors initials Nice! Res £12

292. MALTA/WWI-Harry Payne postcard of the Scots Guards addressed to Switzerland with GEO V 1d tied by s/ring MALTA dated 13.4.1916. Alongside is circular censor mark No.1077 Res £7

293. MALTA/WWI-Postcard to USA with Malta 1d tied by skeleton datestamp ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ7 dated 14.7.1916. Signed by “RUBY”, who must be one of the volunteer nurses from the States who came over to Europe to help out. Res £20

294. MALTA/WWI-Postcard addressed to Gillingham. Kent with GEO V 1d tied by s/ring COSPICUA/MALTA dated 1.12.1916 with index A. Alongside is double strike of the triangular censors mark No.4180 Res £12

295. MALTA/WWI-Stampless postcard to Kettering cancelled by s/ring ARMY POST OFFICE/H.D.1 dated 6.9.1918 with index A. Alongside is violet d/ring cachet with Maltese Cross at centre. Res £10

296. MALTA/WAR TAX-Postcard of IMTARFFA BARRACKS addressed to Colchester with 2 x ½d GEO V values & single ½d WAR TAX value tied by d/rings VALLETTA/MALTA dated 24.12.1917. At left is triangular framed censor No.4165 Res £9

297. MALTA/RFA “WAR BHARATA X89” A letter and cover addressed to TREFOREST from an admirer on board the RFA at Malta. With GEO V 1½d Postage & Revenue overprint tied by d/ring VALLETTA/MALTA dated 3.10.1928 Res £15

298. MALTA/AIRMAIL-Commercial cover to Harrow-on-the-Hill with GEO V 6d AIR MAIL overprint tied by rubber cancel AIR MAIL/MALTA dated 23.5.1932. below is d/ring of Valletta dated the same day. At left is framed BY AIR/TO GENOA ONLY in violet ink. Res £25

299. MALTA/WWII/AIRMAIL-Neat cover [with contents] by Imperial Airways to Driffield, East Yorks with GEO V 6d AIR/MAIL overprints x 2 & GEO VI 3d pictorial tied by d/ring AIR MAIL cancel dated 24.10.1939. Letter is written on INTARFA Royal Artillery Mess, crested notepaper. At right is triangular No.27 PASSED BY CENSOR cachet & censors signature. Would display nicely. Res £25

300. MALTA/WWII-Commercial cover to Glasgow with GEO VI ½d & 2d values tied by d/ring VICTORIA B.O/GOZO dated 1.11.1944 Res £12

301. MALTA/WWII-Airmail letter sheet addressed to Maidstone, Kent with GB GEO VI 3d tied by d/ring FIELD POST OFFICE/188 dated 7.2.1944. At bottom left is superb impression of the very scarce RAF censor mark type R28 in violet ink. Nice item-see illustration Res £45

302. MAURITIUS-Registered cover to Brighton, redirected on arrival to SURBITON with 12c on 36c value x 2 tied by s/rings VACOAS dated 28.3.1904. At bottom right is framed POSTED OUT/OF COURSE, 79 applied in London & d/ring BRIGHTON/3 dated 27.4.1904 Res £25

303. MAURITIUS-Commercial cover registered to Manchester with GEO V Silver Jubilee 20c value tied by the framed BICENTENARY EXHIBITION cancel with dated s/ring MAURITIUS struck in the appropriate place, dated 23.8.1935. On the back is 2c & 10c definitives similarly cancelled. Nice commercial usage-see illustration of the front of the cover. Res £45

304. MAURITIUS/JEWISH CAMP/PO BOX 1,000-Censored cover to South Wales from a female refugee at the Jewish camp. With GEO VI 12c tied by s/ring GENERAL POST OFFICE/MAURITIUS dated 28.9.1942. At right is triangular censors mark in violet ink. Address of sender is clearly PO BOX 1,000 Res £60

305. MAURITIUS-Printed 1st flight cover to Bournemouth with QEII 60c tied by skeleton datestamp FIRST FLIGHT B.O.A.C/MAURITIUS dated 8.1.1962 with time 9.15 Res £7

306. M.E.F-Airmail cover to Alloway, Scotland with 2/6d GEO VI value overprinted M.E.F tied by d/ring ASMARA FERROVA/ARRIVI PARTENZE dated 29.5.1944. Below is Egyptian censor in black ink. The censors tape at left has mostly been removed-see illustration Res £35

307. M.E.F-Neat little cover to London [commercial] with GB GEO VI 5d MEF overprint tied by s/ring BENGHAZI dated 24.12.1947 Res £22

308. MEMEL-Commercial cover to Hessel with French overprint values 30pf on 50c x 2 & 1 Mark on 40c x 2 tied by d/rings MEMEL dated 21.8.1922. Nice item! Res £25

309. MEXICO/PAQUEBOT-Postcard of Cuba addressed to Glasgow with Mexican 10c tied by d/ring VERACRUZ dated 26.9.1930. Alongside is s/line PAQUEBOT in violet ink. Hosking 2627 Res £15

310. MONTE CARLO-Illustrated hotel advert envelope from the HOTEL METROPOLE, addressed to Westminster with 25c tied by d/ring MONTE-CARLO dated 31.3.1902 Res £15

311. MOROCCO, FRENCH-Postcard of Catalan Bay, Gibraltar addressed to France with 1 Centimo French Morocco overprint tied to the picture side by d/ring MAZAGAN/ MAROC dated 5.9.1909. On the address side is similar cancel & French arrival mark. Res £12

312. MOROCCO-Stampless mourning cover to France with airmail label tied by red inked machine cancel CASABLANCA POSTES dated 31.12.1940 Res £6

313. MOROCCO/WWII/AIRMAIL-Censored airmail cover to Tunis with 2 x 1f brown tied by s/rings CASABLANCA BOURSE/MAROC dated 22.6.1940. At left is French censors tape tied by oval VA329 censor marks on front and back. Res £15

314. MOROCCO/WWII/AIRMAIL-Censored cover to Surrey with 3 x 4f50 & single 1f50 tied by s/rings FEDALA/MAROC dated 8.8.1944. At left is French censor tape & at the right is the British censor tape. Res £8
315. MOROCCO/CANADA/FRENCH AIR FORCE-Censored registered cover to a member of the French Air Force under training in Canada with 8 stamp franking tied by s/ring cancels of RABAT dated 30.8.1944. At left is French & Canadian censors tape. On the back are at least 13 transit marks in including LISBON on 8.9.1944 Res £25

316. MOROCCO AGENCIES-Gibraltar 5 Centimos overprinted postal stationery postcard to Holland with added QV 5 Centimos Gibraltar overprint tied by TANGIER duplex cancel dated 29.6.1898. Some tropicalisation & no message. Res £8

317. MOROCCO AGENCIES-Postcard addressed to Ohio with EDW VII Gibraltar 10 Centimos Agencies overprint tied by TANGIER Duplex cancel dated 9.6.1904 with index B. At left is GIBRALTAR transit dated same day. Res £12

318. MOROCCO AGENCIES/PARCEL POST-Parcel post label of the British Post Officer, Tangier with EDW VII 1/- Agencies overprint tied by s/ring of the BPO Tangier dated 4.7.1912. A very scarce item, but trimmed at right-see illustration Res £50

319. MOROCCO AGENCIES-GEO V 1d with 10 Centimos Agencies overprint, tied by s/ring of the BPO Tangier dated 26.4.1914 on postcard addressed to Bournemouth Res £6

320. MOROCCO AGENCIES-Censored airmail cover to London, redirected twice on arrival with GEO VI 1d & 2 x 1½d Coronation Tangier values tied by d/rings dated 12.6.1941. At left is British censor tape & on the back is Hampstead transit slogan dated 28.6.1941 Res £15

321. MOROCCO AGENCIES-Airmail cover to London, redirected to Bournemouth with un-overprinted GB GEO VI 6d tied by d/ring of the BPO Tangier dated 8.2.1946 Res £6

322. MOROCCO AGENCIES-Small OHMS cover with contents addressed to George King, cancelled by the special centenary 1957 cancel dated 30.4.1957. The British Postmaster tells George King that no special booklets, programmes or other printed matter has been produced for the centenary of the British P.O in Tangier. The postmaster returns the 1/- blue GEO VI postal order, cancelled by CHARING CROSS B.O W.C.2 cancel dated 11.4.1957 [3] Res £30

323. MOZAMBIQUE-Small registered cover to the British Consulate at BEIRA with 5 x 20r republica values tied to the back of the cover by VICENTA cancels dated 18.12.1920. Below is hexagonal cancel CHINDE dated 16.12.1920 & one of BIERA dated 23.12.1920 Res £22

324. MOZAMBIQUE/EDW VIII/PAQUEBOT-Union Castle crested cover to the UK with GB EDW VIII 1½d tied by s/ring CORREIO/BEIRA dated 23.4.1937. Alongside is framed PAQUEBOT/PAQUET in black ink. Hosking 2725 Res £22

325. MOZAMBIQUE-Neat little airmail cover to Arbroath with 1c triangular with 1939 presidential visit overprint, 2c & 20c values tied by hexagonal airmail cancels of BEIRA dated 22.12.1939 Res £9

326. NEWFOUNDLAND-Net registered cover addressed to St John’s from SPANIARDS BAY WITH 3x2c GEO V & single 3c Queen Mary values tied by dumb cancels. At left is oval framed “R” & unframed circular SPANIARDS BAY/NEWF’D dated 11.6.1900. On the back is oval registered cancel of St John’s dated 12th June. Res £30

327. NEWFOUNDLAND-SG94 2c lake on postcard addressed to Surrey & tied by dumb cancel of horizontal bars. At left is s/ring ST JOHN’S dated 27.10.1909 with index 17. Catalogues £1 x 50 on cover! Res £20

328. NEWFOUNDLAND-Crested cover of the RED CROSS LINE Vessel RMS “FLORIZEL” addressed to New Jersey with a pair of 2c GEO V values SG 118 tied by AT JOHN machine cancel dated 9.7.1912. Nice! Res £18

329. NEWFOUNDLAND/PROPOSED AIR STAMP-Aerial World Tours illustrated envelope prepared by a bunch of American s during the 1932 depression to raise money [oops, sorry-“promote air travel from NFD to London”] They produced the stamp & cover and had hoped to sell enough to buy an aeroplane & hire a pilot!!!!! Affixed to the cover is a $1 stamp for the 1st Transatlantic crossing for airmail & passengers. Nice item-with full write-ups & copy of the original advert. See illustration Res £45

330. NEWFOUNDLAND/TPO-Cover addressed to Washington with 2c SS “Caribou” value tied by violet rubber cancel PORT AUX BASQUES & NORTH SYDNEY/TPO dated 25.12.1932. Alongside is equally superb strike. Res £25

331. NEWFOUNDLAND/R.A.F/WWII-Crested RAF cover to Winnipeg with 8c “Corner Brook” value tied by s/ring C.A.P.O/No.4 dated 27.8.1943. At bottom left is unframed PASSED BY R.C.A.F/CENSOR in red ink. Res £15

332. NEW ZEALAND-Commercial trade card from Swansea addressed toWellington & redirected to KIMBERLEY, South Africa with 1d lilac tied by SWANSEA duplex cancel dated 4.1.1897. Also with Wellington arrival dated 22.2.1897, East London transit dated 4th April & Kimberley arrival dated 6th April Res £22

333. NEW ZEALAND-QV 1d blue postal stationery envelope to Beyton, Suffolk with added ½d pictorial tied by squared circle cancel NAPIER dated 10.5.1899. Alongside is s/ring NAPIER RPO dated 11.5.1899 with index 6. At left is BURY ST EDMUNDS s/ring dated 15.6.1899. Odd wrinkle, but good. Res £10

334. NEW ZEALAND/HMS WIZARD-real photo postcard of the ship addressed to Torpoint RSO, Cornwall with 1d universal tied by partial s/ring AKAROA dated 30.8.1903. The card is dated the same by the writer & is from the ship at Akaroa. Res £18

335. NEW ZEALAND/TASMANIA/SCOTLAND/MARITIME MAIL-Souvenir postcard of Tasmania addressed to Scotland with 2 x 1d Tasmania views tied by superb framed LOOSE SHIP LETTER in black ink. Undated, but card is dated 30th July 1907-see illustration Res £50

336. NEW ZEALAND/MILITARY-Real photo aerial view postcard of TRANTHAM CAMP written on 2.8.1916. Writer says that this card is “the best done yet of Trentham Camp”. Not postally used, but with full message. Res £9

337. NEW ZEALAND/WAR TAX-Undelivered cover from DEVONPORT to COTTESLOE BEACH, Western Australia with 1d universal & GEO V ½d WAR STAMP overprint tied by s/rings dated 30.12.1916. With various cachets etc including NOT KNOWN BY LETTER CARRIERS, CALLED/DATE/L.C.R & s/ring POSTE RESTANTE PERTH/WESTN AUSTRALIA dated 19.1.1917. ON the back is s/ring L.C ROOM/PERTH dated 19.1.1917 Res £22

338. NEW ZEALAND/MARITIME/USA-American 3c postal stationery postcard addressed to Delaware with stamp impression cancelled by undated rubber cancel PACKET/BOAT in black ink. Alongside is s/ring MARINE POST OFFICE/NZ/ DATE/RMS MAKURA dated 15.5.1929. Card has full message Res £25

339. NEW ZEALAND/AIRMAIL-Cover to Christchurch with GEO V 1d tied by GISBORNE cancel dated 15.1.1931. At left is HASTINGS TO GISBORNE/ DOMINION AIRWAYS LTD label amended to read AIRLINES. Pilot signed at bottom left of illustrated cachet. Very minor fox spots hardly detracts Res £55

340. NEW ZEALAND-DOMINION AIRWAYS LTD 6d gummed label for the GISBORNE-HASTINGS service. Unmounted mint. Res £15

341. NEW ZEALAND/EARTHQUAKE FLIGHT-Cover to Christchurch with GEO V 1d tied by NAPIER s/ring dated 6.2.1931. At left is s/line cachet EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL in violet ink & with signature of Flt Lt H.B Burrell, below in black ink. Really nice item-see illustration Res £85

342. NEW ZEALAND-“GISBORNE THE GOLDEN” Advertising cover for the Town & the 1st flight to Auckland with 3d brown airmail & 2d orange GEO V value tied by s/rings GISBORNE dated 10.12.1931. Receiver on back is dated same day. Res £22

343. NEW ZEALAND-SPECIAL Flight cover from Auckland to RUSSELL in the Bay of Islands with FIVE PENCE overprint on 3d green airmail tied by AUCKLAND cancel dated 30.4.1932. At left is special pictorial cachet in violet ink. Res £18

344. NEW ZEALAND-Special Flight cover from RUSSELL to Timaru, carried on the Auckland flight with 5d on 3d airmail tied by s/ring RUSSELL dated 30.4.1932. On the back is red inked pictorial cachet, Auckland cancel dated 30.4.1932 & HIGHFIELD cancel dated 3rd May 1932 Res £20

345. NEW ZEALAND-“Air Travel New Zealand” pictorial cover to HOKITIKA with GEO V 1d tied by s/ring OKURU dated 31.12.1934 Res £12

346. NEW ZEALAND-Pictorial NZ Centenary cover addressed to Dunedin with 2½d centenary value & IMPERF black & blue “For King & Empire” patriotic label affixed & tied by Centenary Exhibition cancel dated 4.3.1940. Alongside is pictorial “POSTED AT TOP OF/CENTENIAL TOWER” cachet in green ink. Res £25

347. NEW ZEALAND-Postcard of Melbourne addressed to Cardiff with Australian 2½d “Barton” commem tied by s/ring WELLINGTON/LOOSE LETTER cancel dated 13.8.1951. Posted from SS “WANGELLA”. Res £8

348. NEW ZEALAND-Harrison & Sons Ltd presentation folder containing the 1965 Christmas 3d issue. Superb condition. Res £12

349. NIGERIA-UNDERPAID Postcard of Victoria Street, Lagos addressed to Newport with GEO V ½d Southern Nigeria tied by d/ring EBUIE dated 4.2.1915. With local circular framed T Tax mark & 1d/620 tax mark of Plymouth. Faults. Res £7
 

350. NIGERIA/TPO-GEO V 2 registered postal stationery envelope size G addressed to Huddersfield with added GEO V 1d x 2 & stamp impression, cancelled by d/ring cancels TRAVELLING POST OFFICE/NIGERIA dated 21.7.1920. At left, on the front is manuscript DOWN TPO NORTH/REGD No.234in violet ink. Res £30

351. NIGERIA-Registered airmail cover to Switzerland with GEO VI ½d to 1/- values [8] tied by oval registered cancels of IJEBU-ODE dated 29.8.1938. At left is blank reg label with s/line office cancel in black ink. On the back is German TPO transit dated 6.10.1938 & Swiss arrival mark dated 7.9.1938. Why so long in transit & why discrepancy in dates? Res £18

352. NIGERIA-Registered airmail cover to Czechoslovakia, via Paris with GEO VI 2d, 3d, 6d & 1/- values tied by skeleton datestamps BROAD ST/LAGOS dated 2.5.1947. At left is reg label “PMRS 403” with manuscript LAGOS BROAD ST in black. Res £12

353. NORFOLK ISLAND-Formular registered “postal stationery” envelope with 2/5d overprint on 6½d value affixed at top right. Not postally used Res £22

354. NORWAY/MARITIME-Postcard of ships at GUDVANGEN addressed to Burnley, Lancs with GB EDW VII 1d tied by d/ring BERGEN dated 2.6.1908. Alongside is rubber framed PAQUEBOT cancel in violet ink. Res £12

355. NORWAY-Postcard of the harbour at EIDFJORD addressed to Amsterdam with 7 Ore green tied by d/ring BALESTRAND dated 30.8.1934. Alongside is d/ring cachet VACANTIEREIS/OP ZEE/K.N.S.M/AUG-SEP/1934/SS “SIMON BOLIVAR” in black ink. Res £18

356. NORWAY/SPITSBERGEN-Postcard of Scotland addressed to France with stamp removed! Card is cancelled by TRONDHEIM machine cancel dated 9.8.1937. At left is d/ring cachet of KINGS BAY/SPITSBERGEN in violet ink. Res £5

357. NORWAY/WWII-Christmas postcard addressed to Neville’s Cross, Durham with 2 x 5 Ore & single 10 Ore tied by OSLO machine slogan dated 21.12.1939. At right is British octagonal censor mark No.P5 in red ink. Res £6

358. NORWAY/WWII-Airmail cover to German & redirected internally on arrival with blue airmail value tied by OSLO slogan dated 16.8.1940. On the back is German censor’s tape tied by red cachets. Res £12

359. NORWAY/MERCHANT NAVY-Cover [folded] addressed to a military address in Pembroke, Wales with the 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 & 60 Ore Government in Exile Merchant Naval issue tied by the framed MARINEN cancels in blue ink dated 17.5.1944. T centre is British octagonal censor No.P.94 Comes with letter from Robson Lowe explaining circumstances of stamp issue etc. Res £15

360. NORWAY/RAF/WWII-Picture postcard addressed to a WREN at Wavendon House, Bletchley with GB GEO VI 2d & Norwegian Naval stamps 10 & 20 Ore values tied by machine cancel FIELD POST OFFICE/No.676 dated simply 1943 9pm with date not struck. Card is dated 13.12.1943 by the Norwegian RAF sender. Below is RAF censor No.233-see illustration Res £25

361. NORWAY-Pair of postcards addressed to Croydon with 60 Ore commems tied by either POLAR CIRCLE s/ring dated 17.6.1971, or NORTH CAPE cachet dated 12.6.1971. The polar circle card has blue d/ring cachet struck centrally. [2] Res £6

362. PAKISTAN-75p Postal stationery postcard with double impression of the vase on the stamp impression. Very distinct variety. Not postally used Res £15

363. PALESTINE-Postcard of the seafront at Jaffa addressed to Jerusalem with Austrian Post Office 5c green on yellow tied by d/ring JAFFA/OSTERR POST dated 10.4.1909. Alongside is similar cancel for JERUSALEM dated 11th April Res £12

364. PALESTINE/OTTOMAN RAILWAYS-Hamburg America Line ticket for the journey between JAFFA & JERUSALEM & Return, issued 20.3.1914 with Turkish fiscal affixed & tied by JAFFA Railway cancel in violet ink. At right is perfin date 19.3.914-Nice item-see illustration Res £25

365. PALESTINE/RAILWAY-Registered airmail cover to Germany with 13 & 15m values tied by oval registered cancel of TEL AVIV dated 8.2.1935. The letter is underpaid & the airmail label is scored through by blue pencil & manuscript T Tax mark is alongside. On the back is s/ring HAIFA-RAFA/TPO dated 8.2.1935 & LEIPZIG arrival d/ring dated 11.2.1935 Res £25

366. PALESTINE/CHURCHILL-Commercial cover to USA with 15m blue tied by TEL AVIV d/ring dated 16.3.1942. Cover is from “Green Brothers” & has pictorial label of WINSTON CHURCHILL at bottom left with legend GRIN, GRIN, GRIN UNTIL WE WIN, WIN, WIN. Grin is a play on the name Green. At left is Palestine censor’s tape-previously an UNLISTED Label-see illustration Res £100

367. PALESTINE/SERVICE SUSPENDED-GB GEO VI 6d airmail letter sheet addressed to a small village near Haifa, cancelled by HAMPSTEAD slogan cancel dated 23.4.1948. Across the address is the framed NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER in violet ink. Res £25

368. PAPUA-Registered cover by airmail to Adelaide with a bottom left corner pair of the GEO VI 1/6d airmail values affixed, showing the printers inscription. Both are cancelled by s/rings PORT MORESBY dated 2.1.1941. At left is framed BY AIR MAIL cachet & reg label of Port Moresby. Res £15

369. PITCAIRN ISLAND-Modern postcard to Cheshire with 60c “Sunset”, 20c “John Adams & Bounty” and 20c “Christmas 1997” values tied by rubber cancels PITCAIRN ISLANDS/POST OFFICE dated 6.2.2010 Res £5

370. POLAND/GENERAL GOVERNMENT-Four souvenir cards, each with two different Hitler head values affixed & tied by special cancels of RADOM, LUBLIN, WARSAW & LEMBERG, dated 26.10.1941 and commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the General Govt. Comes with original envelope-good lot! Res £25

371. POLAND/FREEE FORCES-Registered cover to Scotland with the eight different values issued by the Government-in-Exile & tied by framed Polish cancels dated 20.10.1942. Below is Polish maritime registered cachet in black ink & at left is British censors tape. Nice item! Res £22

372. POLAND/USA-Stampless cover to the US Naval Base at Annapolis, Maryland, with “POLAND FIRST TO FIGHT” Patriotic label tied by CAPE MAY machine cancel dated 18.2.1944. Res £8

373. PORTUGAL/UK/MARITIME-ENTIRE Addressed to Birmingham dated 16.3.1833 with s/line LISBON at top right in black ink. At bottom left is manuscript O.H.M.S/”SPEEDY”. Rated at 12/6d Res £25

374. REUNION-Registered, censored airmail cover to a pilot of the FREE FRENCH AIR FORCE at P.O Box 236, London, redirected to the HQ, F.A.F French Institute, Queensbury way, London. With 1f green pictorial without overprint, 3f & 5f museum values with FRANCE LIBRE overprints and 10f & 20f France Libre printed values tied by SAINT DENIS s/rings dated 13.10.1944. At left is French censor’s tape & at right is the British tape. PO Box 236, London is the UNDERCOVER ADDRESS for the FREE FRENCH AIR FORCE. Res £35

375. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN-Postcard addressed to Johannesburg with ½d GEO V BSAC value tied by d/ring UMTALI/S.RHODESIA dated 15.11.1915 Res £6

376. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN-Postcard of a P&O steamer addressed to Bulawayo from LAS PALMAS & redirected to SHANGANI on arrival. With 2 x GB GEO V values tied by LONDON N.1 machine cancel dated 30.10.1923. Also tying the stamps is d/ring BULAWAYO/S.RHODESIA dated 27.11.1923 Res £6

377. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN/ROYAL VISIT-Cover addressed to the women’s hostel at Cape Town University with GEO V ½d & 1½d tied by crowned oval cancel for the Royal Visit of Prince George to South Africa, dated 21.3.1934. Posted from Bulawayo station on the Royal Train. Res £35

378. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Imperial Tobacco company printed envelope to the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St Andrew’s, with GEO V 2d grey tied by d/ring LIMBE/ NYASALAND dated 18.1.1936 Res £9

379. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Cover addressed to Switzerland with GEO V ½d x 2 & 1d x 2 tied by d/rings DEDZA dated 21.4.1937 Res £15

380. RHODESIA, NYASALAND/TPO-Cover from Australia [Tenterfield, NSW] addressed to Limbe with GEO VI 2d tied by s/ring dated 10.5.1937. On the back is d/ring LIMBE dated 15.6.1937 & d/ring TPO SOUTH/NYASALAND dated 15.6.1937 Res £25

381. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Registered cover to Washington with GEO VI ½d, 1d, 1½d & 2d values tied by d/rings LIMBE dated 1.1.1938. At bottom left is manuscript T Tax mark with 1 over 40 to pay. At right is LIMBE reg label Res £8

382. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN-GEO VI 1d postal stationery envelope addressed to Barton-on-Humber with added GEO VI 8d tied by d/ring SALISBURY dated 18.10.1948 Res £15

383. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Neat cover to ALGERIA with GEO VI 1d x 3 tied by d/rings DEDZA dated 19.12.1938. On the back is oval cachet of the “WHITE FATHERS CATHOLIC MISSION, MTENDERE” Res £9

384. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN/WWII-Small, censored cover to California with 3 x 1d 1940 commem tied by d/rings MARANDELLAS dated 10.4.1940. At left is plain white tape with s/line OPENED BY CENSOR struck in red ink. At left is also triangular framed PASSED BY-CENSOR/2/S.RHODESIA in same red ink. Res £20

385. RHODESIA, NYASALAND/WWII-Clean cover to California with GEO VI 1d & 2d values tied by d/rings MALAMULO dated 6.10.1941. At left is plain censors tape, tied by octagonal “CROWN”/PASSED/Q/10 in black ink, on the back. Res £35

386. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Registered, censored cover to America with GEO VI 3d & 4d values tied by d/rings ZOMBA dated 24.4.1942 with PC 90 censors tape OPENED BY EXAMINER/Q/ with octagonal “CROWN”/PASSED/Q/2 placed alongside the Q/. Lovely item-very clean, needs to be seen. Res £35

387. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN-Reused envelope addressed to a member of the Southern Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment in East Africa with LEND FOR VICTORY THROUGH THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK Economy label affixed with GEO VI 1d and 3d Victoria Falls values tied by d/ring of Salisbury dated April 1942. At centre is octagonal “CROWN”/PASSED/DE/8 in red ink-see illustration Res £50

388. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Airmail cover to Birmingham with GEO VI 3d & 1/- values tied by d/rings LUGHENZA dated 3.2.1947 Res £9

389. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Cover to California with GEO VI 3d tied by d/ring PORT HERALD dated 12.5.1948 Res £8

390. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Cover to penguin Books, Middlesex with GEO VI 1d x 2 tied by d/ring ZOMBA dated 2.9.1949 Res £6

391. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Registered air mail cover to UMTALI with 2 x 6d GEO VI values tied by d/ring ZOMBA dated 4.5.1950. Centrally is ZOMBA reg label. On the back are cancels of ZOMBA, BLANTYRE, SALISBURY & UMTALI Res £9

392. RHODESIA, NYASALAND-Postcard addressed to Crawley with 2 x 4d QEII values tied by d/ring ZOMBA dated 20.6.1958 Res £6

393. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN/INDEPENDENCE-Block of four of the CHURCHILL commems with HARRISON AND SONS LTD LONDON imprint at bottom, with Independence overprint and 5/- surcharge in red ink. U/mm condition Res £12

394. RHODESIA, SOUTHERN/UK/BBC-Plain postcard addressed to the “World at One” BBC programme, concerning the “Man of the World”, with label at top left SUPPORT/RHODESIA/AGAINST COMMUNISM and 3d Wilding tied by LEEDS machine cancel dated 24.12.1966. The writer puts forward an argument for the “Man of the world” award to be awarded to Mr Ian Smith. Res £8

395. RUSSIA/INFLATION-Cover addressed to London with 122 [one hundred and twenty-two] 2k green values affixed by edge only & cancelled by oval railway TPO cancels dated 9.1.1923. The address side of the envelope is cancelled by ODESSA d/ring dated 10.1.1923. A remarkable item! Res £45

396. RUSSIA/PRINTING ERROR-Complete sheet of the 1923 issue 25 x 100p values with the variety 70p value printed on row 3 stamp 2. Unmounted mint-see illustration Res £35

397. ST HELENA-Nice multi-view postcard of St Helena addressed to Ash Vale, Surrey with EDW VII 1d tied by s/ring ST HELENA dated 23.12.1902 with index C Res £22

398. ST HELENA-Stampless, small OHMS envelope to George King, cancelled by s/ring ST HELENA dated 13.9.1943. At left is framed OFFICIAL/PAID & POST OFFICE/ CROWN/ST HELENA, struck in black ink. The enclosure is a list of stamps available from the postmaster, St Helena & includes all values from Ascension! Res £25

399. ST KITTS, NEVIS-Real photo postcard of a very busy village scene at St Kitts, addressed to St Louis with GEO V 1d badge value tied by s/ring ST KITTS dated 22.4.1931 with index C. Res £15

400. ST KITTS-Real photo postcard of the view from Brimstone Hill, addressed to Birkenhead with QEII 24c, 48c & 60c values tied by s/ring ST KITTS dated 24.4.1962 Res £6

401. ST LUCIA-Harrison & sons presentation folder containing the 14 values 1c-$2.50 QEII values from the 1964 issue. Res £15

402. ST VINCENT-Airmail cover to Edinburgh with GEO VI 2d, 3d, 6d & 2/- values tied by s/rings of KINGSTON dated 31.1.1942. This pays for airmail to the USA & onwards. Res £15

403. SARAWAK-Airmail letter card addressed to Lyme Regis, Dorset with complete commercial message. Affixed are 10c & 15c values tied by s/ring KUCHING/ SARAWAK dated 3.2.1947 Res £12

404. SENEGAL/POSTAGE DUES-Underpaid cover from VICHY addressed to DAKAR with 50c tied by slogan cancel. Below is manuscript T40 and at top are 4 x 10f Senegalese postage dues tied by s/rings DAKAR dated 31.1.1972. Nice! Res £35

405. SEYCHELLES-Registered, stampless airmail cover to a Reigate insurance company, cancelled by three strikes of the framed 1 Rupee 50c POSTAGE PAID cachet in blue/black ink. Below is s/ring VICTORIA dated 3.8.1977. Nice to see a commercial item of mail with these cancels! Res £20

406. SIERRA LEONE-QV 1d red postal stationery postcard addressed to London with added ½d green & stamp impression cancelled by partial numeral cancels. Below is s/ring FREETOWN dated 17.11.1892 & PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET dated 6.12.1892 Res £15

407. SIERRA LEONE-Cover addressed to SIR DAVID PATRICK CHALMERS, head of the Royal Commission looking into the 1898 HUT TAX REBELLION in Sierra Leone. With 5 x 1d lilacs tied by d/rings BALLATER dated 3.8.1898. On the back are s/rings of Freetown dated 20.8.1898 Res £40

408. SIERRA LEONE-Picture postcard from the Independent Congo, depicting a scarred native, addressed to Edinburgh with Sierra Leone 1d EDW VII value tied by d/ring PAQUEBOT PLMOUTH/2 dated 20.3.1908 Res £12

409. SIERRA LEONE-Postcard of East Brook Lane addressed to Bristol with EDW VII 1d tied by d/ring PAQUEBOT/PLYMOUTH dated 17.3.1909 Res £9

410. SIERRA LEONE-Postcard of the ARNADORA STAR [sunk by German U Boat off Ireland in July 1940] addressed to London with GEO V 5d tied by d/ring FREETOWN dated 1.11.1936 centrally is POSTED ON STEAMER cachet & airmail label DAKAR-TOULOUSE. Nice item addressed to the Conservative MP of Paddington. Comes with complete write-up of the ship Res £30

411. SIERRA LEONE/ROYAL NAVY-Neat un-sealed cover addressed to Whitchurch, Hants with GEO VI Sierra Leone ½d value affixed & tied by LONDON-RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS dated 20.12.1939. At top left is “John Bull” style s/line PASSED BY CENSOR in blue ink-see illustration Res £22

412. SIERRA LEONE-1982 Cover to Totnes [philatelic] with QEII GB 12½p tied by framed POSTED ON STEAMER cancel in black ink. Alongside is s/ring SORTING OFFICE GPO/SIERRA LEONE dated 27.5.1982. Below is cachet of the MV “BADAGRY PALM” Res £5

413. SLOVAKIA-Censored cover, airmail to Prague with 3 x 1ks orange values tied by d/rings POVAZSKA BYSTRICA dated 20.9.1941. At left is German violet on white censors tape, tied by red roller cancel. Res £12

414. SOMALIA-Registered commercial cover to London with GEO VI BMA SOMALIA overprint values 5c x 5, 15c, 25c & 2 x 40c tied by s/rings MOGADISHU C/ SOMALIA dated 17.11.1948. At left is appropriate registered label-see illustration Res £40

415. SOMALILAND-Registered formular stationery envelope addressed to London with endorsement “FORCES” at top right, above airmail label & QEII 5c & 50c values tied by s/rings HARGEISA GPO/SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE dated 10.11.1955. At left is HARGEISA reg label. On the back is unframed cachet of the SOMALILAND SCOUTS dated the same day. Res £30

416. SOMALIA-Former OHMS envelope adapted for Somali Govt Service, addressed & sent registered airmail to the municipal secretary at Crater with 35 & 50c Gazelle airmail values tied by s/rings HARGEISA GPO/SOMALI REPUBLIC dated 18.2.1961. At bottom is Hargeisa reg label & on the back is oval cachet of the Accountant General, Somaliland Protectorate. [Late use of the colonial cachet] Res £15

417. SOUTH AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC/TRANSVAAL-Amazing cover sent registered to Hamburg with a vertical pair of SG 193 & 194 [different settings of the 2d], 137, 195, 196, 197, 197b, 198 and 198b tied by d/rings NYLSTROOM dated 10.12.1898-se illustration Res £110

418. SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL-Cover with contents addressed to TORONTO, Canada with 2 x ½d QV values tied by d/ring NEWCASTLE/NATAL dated 25.2.1899. On the back is Toronto receiver dated 30.3.1899 Res £12

419. SOUTH AFRICA, CGH-QV 1d newspaper wrapper to Frankfurt with added 1d red tied by numeral cancel 227 of Kimberley. At left is framed RETURNED FOR/1d POSTAGE. A little toned, but OK. Res £15

420. SOUTH AFRICA, CGH-Censored cover to DELAGRA BAY with 2½d tied by KENILWORTH s/ring. Below is framed STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER in violet ink alongside s/ring RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/NATAL dated 21.2.1900 Res £45

421. SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL-Small cover addressed to Dover with 2 x 2½d QV values tied by s/ring registered cancels of DURBAN dated 21.3.1900. On the back is arrival mark dated 14.4.1900 Res £9

422. SOUTH AFRICA/NATAL-QV 1d postal stationery postcard with 3 views of COLENSO, Including the Boer Bridge, dated March 1900. Stamp impression is cancelled by d/ring FIELD POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY S.AFRICA dated 24.11.1900. Alongside is s/ring SOUTHAMPTON/PACKET LETTER dated 14.12.1900 & TEIGNMOUTH arrival mark dated the next day. Res £25

423. SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL-Plain postcard addressed to Durban from the No.7 General Hospital, Pretoria, informing Miss Lamont that “Conductor Lamont is going on satisfactorily-there is a slight improvement in his condition today”. With GB QV 1d lilac tied by d/ring PRETORIA/TRANSVAAL dated 21.1.1901. At left is PASSED-PRESS/CENSOR in black & Durban arrival mark dated 24.1.1901 Res £15

424. SOUTH AFRICA, O.F.S-Neat little registered cover from BOSHOF addressed to a Major Smith in London. With SG107 & 102 tied by s/rings BOSHOF/ORC dated 17.3.1902. At left is registered cancel of LOMBARD STREET dated 5.5.1902 & at right is hooded circle registered cancel of London dated 3rd May. Nice item! Res £22

425. SOUTH AFRICA, O.R.C-Licence for the possession of a fire-arm issued at Bloemfontein for a breech loading double barrel shotgun. With EDW VII 5/- revenue stamp affixed & tied by violet oval cancel RM CLERK/BLOEMFONTEIN dated 14.3.1904 Res £15

426. SOUTH AFRICA, O.R.C-Licence as previous lot for a Worcester Repeater with 10/- EDW VII ORC revenue tied by signature & date of 16.5.1904 Res £15

427. SOUTH AFRICA, C.G.H-EDW VII 4d registered postal stationery envelope size F addressed to Germany with added 3d violet tied by s/ring UPPER WYNBERG dated 15.2.1905. On the back are 2 similar cancels, oval Registered Letter Section cancel of Cape Town dated same day & a FRIEBURG receiver dated 5.3.1905 Res £20

428. SOUTH AFRICA, C.G.H-Postcard of MADEIRA addressed to Crieff, Scotland with EDW VII 1d tied by s/ring CAPE COLONY/OCEAN POST OFFICE dated 20.2.1907 with index E. Better than normal strike! Res £12

429. SOUTH AFRICA, C.G.H/RAILWAY-Postcard of Port Elizabeth town hall addressed to USA with EDW VII 1d tied by partial s/ring WARTKOPS/STATION. Alongside is superb strike, dated 1.6.1908 Res £12

430. SOUTH AFRICA-Cover to New York with 1d & 2d GEO V values tied by d/ring KIMBERLEY dated 8.11.1926. At left is cachet of the African Christian Missionary Society. Res £5

431. SOUTH AFRICA-2d Postal stationery letter card addressed to MOUNT EDEN, NZ, cancelled by d/ring PORTERVILLE dated 18.11.1932. Endorsed at top “PER SS “TARANAHI”. Res £12

432. SOUTH AFRICA-Cover addressed within Cape Town with 1d tied by large circular cancel of the IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE dated 9.2.1935 Res £8

433. SOUTH AFRICA/WORCESTER CRYSTAL-Pictorial advertising cover for WEBB CORBETT English Crystal from Stourbridge, addressed to the company with 2d tied by Jo’burg machine dated 19.4.1936. At left are illustrations of glasses etc. Res £7

434. SOUTH AFRICA/AIRMAIL-Cover to Chicago with 6d pair tied by d/ring of Cape Town dated 22.2.1937. Below is italic cachet INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR AIR-/MAIL BEYOND NEW YORK in blue/black ink. Res £15

435. SOUTH AFRICA-International Reply Coupon with 5d value, cancelled by d/ring GERMISTON/SOUTH SUID dated 28.3.1939 Res £15

436. SOUTH AFRICA/WWII-Commercial cover from the New Hotel Montagu addressed to Sea Point with 1d tied by MONTAGU d/ring dated 12.10.1939. At left is patriotic label in Afrikaans “Beware the snake in the grass”, depicting the black Nazi snake with swastika etc. Roughly opened at top & odd fox spots. Res £15

437. SOUTH AFRICA/SURINAME/WWII-Cover addressed to a PO Box in PARAMARIBO with 2 x 1½d gold mine values tied by SPRINGS slogan cancel dated 4.6.1940. At right is SNAF Burgmeister fund label in green & yellow. At left is SURINAME censors tape, tied to the front by numeral 020940 Res £18

438. South Africa-Cover to the clerk to the justices at Portsmouth with 1½d tied by Cape Town machine cancel dated 11.2.1942. Below is super V for Victory GOVERNOR GENERAL’S NATIONAL WAR FUND label. Also BENONI VICTORY DRIVE label as part of the G-G’s national war fund. [2] Res £25

439. SOUTH AFRICA/REVENUE/P.O.W-Nice censored cover to a South African POW in Italy, redirected to his new camp in Germany with 3d bantam and a GEO V 6d revenue stamp tied by d/ring FOURIESBURG STATION dated 1.9.1943. At left is Red Cross cachet applied in Geneva & Ag censor mark of Vienna-see illustration Res £35

440. SOUTH AFRICA/WWII-4d registered postal stationery envelope to FISH HOEK with booklet pane of 6 x 4d Bantams with National Security slogan labels attached at left. Also 2 x 6d pair tied by d/rings APO-U-MPK/39 dated 6.4.1945 & a pair of 2d values on the back, similarly cancelled. Below is SAAPO registered cachet & at left is shield censor. Res £22

441. SOUTH AFRICA/ROYAL TRAIN-Small registered cover to Jo’burg with pairs of the 1d, 2d & 3d Royal Visit values tied by crested cancels of the Royal Visit train cancels dated 5.3.1947. Below, at left is framed registered cachet of the ROYAL TRAIN in violet ink. Comes with blank sheet of the headed & crested WHITE TRAIN Notepaper. Envelope bears crest of the White Train also. [2] Res £28

442. SOUTH AFRICA/MOBILE POST OFFICE-Cover addressed to Yorkshire with 2d tied by bilingual d/ring cancel of THE MOBILE POST OFFICE No.14 of PIETERMARITZBURG dated8.8.1952. Comes with piece, similarly cancelled & photograph of the said Mobile P.O with staff outside. [3] Res £8

443. SOUTH AFRICA-6d postal stationery airmail letter sheet addressed to Maidenhead cancelled by d/ring JRUGERSDORP dated 19.12.1958. Inside are printed scenic views & illustrations of native flowers. Res £7

444. SUDAN-Airmail cover to Inverness with 2½ Piastres overprint on 3p with small ½ in overprint SG69b, tied by Sudan air mail cancel of KHARTOUM dated 12.5.1935 Res £30

445. SUDAN-Postcard addressed to Bognor Regis with 1, 3 & 4m small camels tied by s/rings KHARTOUM dated 6.4.1937. Below is oval cachet SUDAN DETACHMENT /DATE/R.A.M.C dated 6.4.1937 Res £15

446. SUDAN-2½p Registered postal stationery envelope addressed to Surrey with added 10 & 15m values tied by oval registered cancels of KHARTOUM dated 12.3.1947. At top are airmail label in English, Arabic & French and blank reg label with manuscript KHTM Res £20

447. SUDAN-3½p Registered postal stationery envelope addressed as previous lot with added 5m, 10m & 5p camel values tied by oval registered cancels of Khartoum dated 14.6.1949. At left is tri-lingual airmail label & Khartoum reg label. Res £22

448. SUDAN-Cover addressed in Arabic with 3 x 15m values tied by d/ring rubber cancel FADASI POSTAL AGENCY in violet ink, dated 13.2.1958. On the back is EL MESELLEMIYA s/ring dated 16.2.1958 & Khartoum arrival mark dated 19.2.1958 Res £22

449. SUDAN/USA/POSTAGE DUE-Underpaid postcard addressed to Virginia with 2p & 5m values tied by poor Sudan airmail cancel dated 8.11.1953. Centrally is struck red inked T Tax mark & at left & right are U.S tax marks, or 10c postage due pre-cancelled. Res £18

450. SUDAN-4½p Registered postal stationery envelope addressed in Arabic cancelled by rubber d/ring cancel WAD EZ ZAKI POSTAL/AGENCY dated 21.5.1959. Below is blank reg label & on the back is a further strike & a s/ring WHITE NILE/TPO dated 25th May Res £22

451. SURINAME-Postcard to Paris with 2½c Suriname value tied by squared circle cancel PARAMARIBO dated 31.10.1903. At left is framed cachet SURINAME/VIA/ PLYMOUTH in black ink. Res £15

452. SURINAME AIRMAIL-Cover addressed to London with the overprinted, un-issued Marine Insurance stamps 3c, 15c & 50c overprints tied by special pictorial 1st Flight cachet for the Suriname-New York service dated 25.9.1929. Carried by LINDBERGH to Trinidad and on to the Antilles, Miami & New York. With Trinidad receiver on the back, dated same day. Res £35

453. SWAZILAND-Real photo postcard of a native child addressed to Durban with GEO VI 1½d tied by d/ring STEGI dated 10.3.1951 Res £7

454. SWEDEN/GERMANY/WWII-Real photo postcard of SODERARM addressed to BURGDORF with 10 Ore violet & 20 Ore 1943 Royal commem tied by d/rings AXP 20 dated 8.7.1943. The 20 Ore is further tied by the German censor’s mark in red ink. At left is evidence of the wash used to detect invisible ink. Res £8

455. SWEDEN/USA/WWII-Picture postcard of Stockholm addressed to the USA with manuscript “BY AIR TO THE UNITED KINGDOM” at bottom of card. The 40 Ore National Museum value is tied by s/ring GOTEBORG 7/K dated 5.10.1943. The airmail label is crossed through on arrival in the UK & the octagonal censor mark No. P88 is placed centrally. Res £8

456. SWEDEN/MARITIME-Postcard of the Swedish-Lloyd vessel SS “PATRICIA” addressed to Coventry with 25 Ore tied by s/ring LONDON-GOTEBORG/SS/ PATRICIA/DATE/POSTAD OM BORD dated 30.7.1956 Res £6

457. SWITZERLAND/ZEPPELIN MAIL-Postcard of Lake Leman addressed to St VAUD with 20c green & 65c blue airmail values tied by red inked pictorial Zeppelin cachet ZEPPELINPOST/DATE/LZ127/SCHWEIZERFLUG dated 2.11.1929. At top right is similar strike & d/ring ST GALLEN/LUFTPOST dated 2.11.1929 Res £45

458. SWITZERLAND/ZIONIST CONFERENCE-Official postcard for the 20th Zionist Conference in Zurich, 1937, addressed to Vienna with 5c value tied by special d/ring Conference cancel dated 5.8.1937 Res £18

459. THAILAND/MISSENT/GERMANY-Postcard to Holland with 30th anniversary of the Marshall Plan value tied by BRIEFREGION 34 machine cancel dated 15.9.1998. Alongside is framed MISSENT/TO/BANGKOK in violet ink. Res £7

460. TRIESTE-Postcard of the castle DUINO addressed to HONG KONG with 20c & 25c AMG-FTT overprints tied by d/ring TRIESTE CP dated 28.2.1953 Res £6

461. TRINIDAD-COASTAL STEAMER No.2/TRINIDAD-D/ring dated 28.4.1907 lightly struck on 1d value on postcard of Englishman’s Bay addressed to Scotland. Res £20

462. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO/RED CROSS-Cover addressed locally with Red Cross overprint tied by d/ring NEW TOWN/TRINIDAD dated 21.10.1915 [1st day]. Res £18

463. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO/AIRMAIL-Cover addressed to Cambridge, USA with GEO V ½d, 1d, 1½d, 3d & 1/- values tied by GENERAL POST OFFICE/TRINIDAD d/rings dated 25.9.1929. At left is airmail label & unframed FIRST FLIGHT/FAM 6/ FROM/TRINIDAD in violet ink. Comes with original typed letter. Nice pair! Res £25

464. TRINIDAD/MARITIME MAIL-Canadian Pacific illustrated letter card addressed to Sunderland with details inside of the SS “DUCHESS of RICHMOND”. With GB GEO V 1½d tied by superb framed PAQUEBOT/TRINIDAD in violet ink. Written on 4.2.1935 & with d/ring Port of Spain below, dated 6.2.1935 Res £18

465. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO-Canadian national Steamships envelope addressed to Florida with GEO V ½d, 1d, 1½d & 2 x 6d values tied by Port of Spain d/rings dated 1.2.1934 with 1 expressed as 01 in the datestamp. Res £18

466. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO-Coloured postcard of an Indian Family, Trinidad addressed to Switzerland with 1c & 2c values tied by d/ring Port of Spain dated 11.1.1938. At left is unframed cachet of the Tourist Enquiry Bureau in violet ink. Res £6

467. TRINIDAD/MONEY ORDER OFFICE-Stampless registered cover to SIPARIA from London, with s/ring LONDON/M.O.D at left dated 8.11.1938. The cover was redirected to PALO SECO & has s/ring REGISTRATION/TRINIDAD at right, dated 25.11.1938 & reg label at top left. On the back are similar cancels and those of SIPARIA and PALO SECCO dated 26th November. Res £15

468. TRINIDAD-Censored airmail cover to New York with GEO VI 6c & 24c values tied by Port of Spain cancels dated 4.12.1941. At left is plain brown censor’s tape tied on the front by s/line OPENED BY CENSOR No.7 in violet ink. Res £9

469. TRIPOLITANIA-Postcard of Tripoli addressed to Bolton with GB GEO VI 3 MAL & 6 MAL overprints tied by d/ring CASTEL BENITO/TRIPOLI dated 16.5.1950 Res £18

470. TRISTAN DA CUNHA-Real photo of Rio de Janeiro addressed to Yorkshire with type V cachet TRISTAN DA CUNHA/+ at top right in violet ink. At left are South African ½d & 1d values tied by d/rings of Cape Town dated 26.2.1934. This coincides with the visit of the RMS “ATLANTIS”-see illustration Res £50

471. TRISTAN DA CUNHA-Coronation day commem cover to Simon’s Town with black inked type VI cachet alongside signed certification by William Pepetto, Headman on 12.5.1937. Below is South African 1d postage due tied on arrival on 25.1.1938 Res £35

472. TRISTAN DA CUNHA/ISLE OF MAN-Cover addressed to West Coast Air Services, Isle of Man with GEO VI Coronation value tied by type V cachet in violet ink. Below is s/line date 12 JAN 1938 & alongside is West Coast Air Services undated receiver. Res £35

473. TRISTAN DA CUNHA-Very neat cover addressed to Green Point, Cape Town with 2 x 1d values tied by the oval cachet type IX dated 3.2.1948. At left is d/ring CAPE TOWN/PAQUEBOT dated 15.3.1948 Res £45

474. TRISTAN DA CUNHA-Cover addressed to Cape Town with 1½d corner marginal booklet pane value tied by framed cachet type X. At left is manuscript PER SS PEQUERA. On the back is receipt manuscript date of 26.4.1949 Res £45

475. TUNISIA-5f green postal stationery envelope H&G No.B3 addressed to MANOUBA & cancelled by d/ring TEBOURBA/REGENCE DE TUNIS dated 30.11.1892 Res £8

476. TURKEY-Early colour map dated 1707 showing “Part of the TURKISH Dominions in ASIA”. Very good condition, measuring 155 x 125mm Res £35

477. TURKEY/POSTAGE DUE-Postcard from OHIO addressed to Constantinople with 2c tied by duplex cancel of Cleveland dated 13.12.1906. As the card was embossed, it was underpaid 3c; 15 Centimes, or 30 Paras; doubled to 1½ Piastres and attracting a mixed franking of 1 Piastre postage due & a 20 Para stamp tied by circular framed T. At left is BAYOGLU bilingual cancel dated 27.12.1906-see illustration Res £65

478. TURKEY/UN-ISSUED POSTAGE DUES-Cover addressed to stamp dealer A & V Carrago with 2 Paras “printed matter” adhesive tied by GALATA d/ring dated 26.1.1914. Centrally is bogus framed T Tax mark and above are 2, 5, 10 & 20 Para postage dues tied by PERA ARRIVE d/rings dated 27.1.1914. These stamps were not officially issued, but merely printed as a precaution. The deficiency is 18 Paras doubled to 36, so the 37 Paras affixed is 1 over the top. Res £50

479. TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS-Commercial cover from George Frith addressed to USA & redirected to Ocean City with GEO VI ¼d x 4 & single 1½d tied by d/rings of GRAND TURK dated 28.6.1946. Centrally is struck the framed slogan BIY/TURKS ISLANDS SALT/NONE BETTER Res £12

480. USA-Very neat cover addressed to the assessors of WEST ROXBURY, Mass with lovely example of the 1861 2c black tied by circular framed PLYMOUTH/Ma dated 10.5.1860. SG69 Res £35

481. USA-Very clean little cover addressed to Albany, New York with SG62 tied by superb s/ring SARATOGA SPRINGS/NY dated 8th February without year. Res £20

482. USA-Illustrated advertising envelope for William King, Manufacturer of burning fluid alcohol, Camphene addressed to Bristol, Pa with 3c SG62 tied by black bars dumb cancel. Centrally is red inked s/ring KENSINGTON/PA dated 21st November without year. Res £30

483. USA/POST OFFICE GREETINGS CARD-Superbly illustrated two-part New Year 1881 greetings cards from the Officers of the New York City post office, depicting various buildings dating from 1805 to 1875, various forms of transport, including sea, rail & coach etc. On the other card are various famous buildings from around the world, including Egypt, Greece, GB, India and elsewhere. On the backs of the cards are listed all the senior post office department officers in New York. Superb! Res £25

484. USA-Pre-addressed cover to London with Columbus 10c tied by NEW YORK 2 Duplex cancel dated 23.6.1893. Carried on the steamer “ETRURIA”. Res £12

485. USA/WORLDS FAIR-Two Cents violet “Columbus” postal stationery envelope addressed to London with added 3c green Columbus tied by machine cancel WORLD’S FAIR STATION dated 18.9.1893. On the back is hooded circle London arrival mark dated 10 days later. Res £25

486. USA/COLUMBUS-1c blue “Columbus” postal stationery envelope addressed to a Virginia Tobacco company with added 1c Columbus tied by LOUISVILLE/KY No.2 duplex cancel dated 28.9.1895 Res £12

487. USA/BERMUDA-2c advertising envelope for spar composition addressed to Hamilton, Bermuda with added 3c tied by New York machine cancel dated 7.10.1902. On the back is a superb colour illustrated advertising label for “New Club” Black Powder loaded shells [gun cartridges]. Alongside is d/ring HAMILTON/BERMUDA dated 14.10.1902 Res £25

488. USA/POLAND MISSENT/UK-Postcard of a young JEWISH BOY addressed to Cheltenham, UK with Austro-Hungarian 10h value tied by d/ring LEMBERG /LWOW 2 dated 11.1.1903. Alongside is unframed MISSENT TO/NEW YORK in black ink. Res £15
489. USA-Postcard addressed to the Isle of Wight with 2 x 1c captain Smith & 2c Jamestown values tied by INDIANAPOLIS machine cancel dated 5.10.1907. Below is unframed RETURNED FOR BETTER ADDRESS in red ink. Res £6

490. USA/PAQUEBOT-Spanish postcard addressed to Madrid with US 2c tied by BROOKLYN NY machine cancel dated 2.1.1903. below & also tying the stamp is a framed cancel PAQUEBOT measuring 43 x 21mm. Appears to be unlisted by young Hosking. Res £25

491. USA/VIRGIN ISLANDS/PAQUEBOT-Postcard of the Bergen Line vessel MS “METEOR” addressed to New Jersey with QEII 5c on 4c overprint tied by CHARLOTTE AMALIE/V.I machine cancel dated 7.2.1963. below is s/line PAQUEBOT in violet ink, alongside d/ring cachet POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS/PAQUEBOT/M/S “METEOR” in red ink. Hosking 2360, but commercial usage. Res £7

492. WESTERN SAMOA/WWII-Registered cover to Rushcutters Bay, Sydney with 2/- value tied by APIA cancel dated 5.9.1944. At left is British style hexagonal censor CROWN/PASSED/DDA/23 in violet ink. Absolute beauty-see illustration. Res £65

493. YOGOSLAVIA-Pre addressed cover to “STIMMEN AUS BOSNIEN” at Vienna with Yugoslavian 10, 15 & 40c Military Post values tied by red inked d/ring military cancels of SARAJEVO dated 28.6.1917 Res £12

494. YUGOSLAVIA-Cover addressed to Germany with 10, 15 & 40c “KARLFONDS” values tied by military cancels of SARAJEVO dated 21.7.1918 Res £8

495. ZANZIBAR/K.U.T/MADAGASCAR-Postcard of the Mango tree at Mombasa addressed to Madagascar with EDW VII 6c E.A & U Protectorate value tied by Mombasa s/ring dated 29.5.1911 to the picture side. On the back [address side] is s/ring transit mark of ZANZIBAR dated 1.6.1911 Res £9

496. ZANZIBAR-SCARCE 12 Cents overprint on 6c postal stationery postcard addressed to Czechoslovakia & cancelled by squared circle cancel ZANZIBAR dated 21.4.1922. H&G No.26-a scarce item! Res £65

497. ZANZIBAR-Commercial cover to Dar-es-Salaam with a block of four of the 3c orange values tied by d/ring cancels DAR-ES-SALAAM PAQUEBOT dated 22.6.1934 to the back of the cover. Nice! Res £25

498. ZANZIBAR-Postcard addressed to London with 25c tied by d/ring ZANZIBAR/+ dated 21.10.1936. card went by airmail & has airmail label alongside stamp. Res £12

499. ZANZIBAR/AIRMAIL-Aerial view of Zanzibar postcard addressed to Bolton with 50c value tied by d/ring ZANZIBAR/+ dated 7.5.1951 Res £8

500. ZANZIBAR/BRITISH HONDURAS/POSTAGE DUE-Cover addressed to Zanzibar, care of the Shell Company of Great Britain, with British Honduras QEII 15c tied by oval cancel CALL?????POINT/B.H dated 14.3.1954. At top left is circular framed T/36 tax mark & below are 20c, 30c & 40c postage dues tied by d/ring ZANZIBAR dated 12.7.1954. Huge catalogue value on cover [£43 x 30]-see illustration Res £45

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