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Ceylon 1901 Cover to Transvaal Opened under Matial Law
Censored & Registered envelope to Transvaal bearing SG195, 5c purple (2) and SG256, 2c brown (4), tied by Alawa Camp datestamp with oval "Diyatalawa Camp / Passed Censor" with boxed handstruck registered routed via Colombo with "Opened under Martial Law" label and Pretoria Passed Censor cachet in Red. Attractive item.
Ceylon 1891 Post Office Receipt to France Very Fine
Post Office receipt from headd "Received from a Letter to be registered, addressed to France" cancelled by Colombo Registered datestamp in red. Very fine. (pt)
Ceylon 1891 Post Office Receipt to France Very Fine
Post Office receipt from headd "Received from a Letter to be registered, addressed to France" cancelled by Colombo Registered datestamp in red. Very fine. (pt)
Ceylon 1891 Post Office Receipt to France Very Fine
Post Office receipt from headd "Received from a Letter to be registered, addressed to France" cancelled by Colombo Registered datestamp in red. Very fine. (pt)
Ceylon 1891 Post Office Receipt to France Very Fine
Post Office receipt from headd "Received from a Letter to be registered, addressed to France" cancelled by Colombo Registered datestamp in red. Very fine. (pt)
Ceylon 1883 Postal Stationery Colombo Holland Brindisi
Postal Stationery Card 8cents brown cancelled by Colombo Paid duplex addressed to Holland with octagonal French paquebot "Poss. Angl. Paq. Fr. N. No10" datestamp in blue (Salles 1933) routed via Brindisi with French entry cachet and Leiden arrival on front. Very fine item of paquebot mail with this unrecorded maritime cachet in blue. (pt)
Ceylon Germany POW Mail Hospital WW2 Stampless Envelope
World War 2 Undated Stampless envelope from German Internee in Camp Diyatalawa with boxed Service of Prisoners of War handstamp & unframed P.A. Cornish Major / Commandant Internment Camp / Diyatalawa handstamp to another German Internee in Memorial Ward General Hospital Colombo & with circular Passed Censor / J / Colombo handstamp of civil authorities. Most unusual item. (pt)
Ceylon 1903 Picture Postcard to France 10c rose
bearing France Yvert 124, 10c rose mixed with Ceylon SG259, 6c rose and black tied by octagonal French Paquebot "Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 3" datestamp with Vosges arrival. Nice combination. (pt)
Ceylon 1915 Picture Postcard Diyatalawa POW Camp
1915 (May) Picture Postcard end Free/ Kriegsgef Sendung with circular Post Free / PC / POW h/s & boxed Censor / Colombo / 23 May 1915 h/s to Flensburg Germany. (pt)
Ceylon 1898 French Postal Stationery Card 10c black
writen from Colombo on board the steamer "Armand" with dispatch datestamp on front addressed to Switzerland sent on French Paquebot with octagonal "Ligne T Paq Fr No 1" datestamp (Salles 2142) with Zurich arrival. Fine item. (pt)
Ceylon 1856 Stampless envelope Packet TAXED
Env to France written from Point de Galle cancelled on reverse by Galle Steamer - Letter with British Packet Postage / Paid, charged 1/- in manuscript with French entry cachet and TAXED 10 on arrival in Marseille. (pt)
Ceylon 1924 Netherlands Paquebot to Singapore
Postal Stationery Envelope 6c orange red cancelled by Netherlands Paquebot "Postagent Amsterdam - Batavia" double-ring addressed to Singapore. Very fine. (pt)
Ceylon 1932 Registered Insured mail to France
Cover bearing SG360e, 15c green yellow and SG363, 1r purple & lilac tied by Registered Colombo double-ring with registration label and Insured (valeur declaree) label with manuscript "valeur declaree 400 francs". Rare item of insured mail from Ceylon. (pt)
Ceylon 1930 Parcel tag to France 20c blue
Insured parcel tag to France bearing SG345, 20c bright blue (pair), SG348, 50c black and scarlet and SG364, 2r green and carmine tied by Kalutara datestamp with Insured (valeur declared) label and endorsed Insured for 70 / 57 rupees. Scarce item. (pt)
Ceylon 1893 PSE 2 on 5c grey ovpt. "SPECIMEN"
Queen Victoria Postal Stationery Envelope in fine unused quality. (pt)
Ceylon BOAR WAR 1902 POW Reg Env to Transvaal
Registered envelope bearing SG256, 2c orange brown, SG257, 3c green (3) and SG259, 6c carmine & black tied by Divatalawa datestamp with oblong boxed registered from the camp with oval "Passed Censor P.O.W. Divatalawa / F.R.N.F." in Violet routed via Colombo with boxed handstruck registered applied with Pretoria arrival on reverse and Passed Press Censor / Pretoria in Violet on front. Very fine and attractive item. (pt)
Ceylon 1957 Embossed PSE 9 pence Purple MINT
Queen Victoria Postal Stationery Envelope in fine mint condition. Scarce. (pt)
Ceylon 1857 Embossed PSE 8 pence Brown MINT
Queen Victoria Postal Stationery Envelope in fine mint condition, scarce. (pt)
Ceylon 1887 PSE 5c Blue overprinted SPECIMEN
QV Postal Stationery Envelope in fine quality. (pt)
Ceylon (Boar War) 1902 PSC 2c Olive Green (P.O.W.)
Postal Stationery Card upgraded with SG258, 4c Yellow tied by Ragama Camp datestamp with oval Ragama Camp cachet in Violet, routed via Colombo to Germany. Nice photo on reverse of P.O.W. Paul Ulrich sender of the card. (pt)
Ceylon 1891 Postal Stationery Card 3c Violet "Too Late"
PSC cancelled by Trincomalee Paid datestamp with Boxed handstruck instructional "TOO LATE" in Red, addressed to Batticaloa with arrival. Attractive item. (pt)
Ceylon 1849 Stampless envelope to France written from Colombo
charged 1/- with Colombo Steamer-Letter datestamp on reverse, routed via the British Post Offices Alexandria with Malta disenfection cachet and charged 12 in manuscript on arrival in Bordeaux. (pt)
Ceylon 1940 Censored envelope to Switzerland
bearing 10c Blue & Black SG389, 50c Purple & black SG394, and 1r Brown SG395, tied by Colombo Foreign datestamp with Opened by Censor / 25 label, routed via Egypt with Boxed Postal Censor and "Egyptian Censorship" label. Nice item. (pt)
Ceylon (Boar War) 1900 Censored envelope to the French Consulate Colombo
bearing 6c Rose & Black SG259, tied by Diyatalawa Camp datestamp with oval Passed Censor Diyatalawa Camp cachet in Violet with Colombo receiver on reverse. (pt)
Ceylon 1896 Postal Stationery Card 2c Blue upgraded
with 5c Purple SG195, tied by Colombo duplex addressed to Singapore with arrival datestamp on front. Nice item. (pt)
Ceylon 1892 Postal Stationery Envelope 5c Blue (TOO LATE)
cancelled by Nanuova Paid duplex addressed to Fort Colombo with handstruck instructional TOO LATE in Red. (pt)
Ceylon (Boar War) 1900 Censored envelope to the French Consulate Colombo
bearing 5c Dull Purple SG195, tied by Diyatalawa Camp datestamp with Oval Passed Censor Diyatalawa Camp cachet in Violet with Colombo receiver on reverse. (pt)
Ceylon 1943 Military Mail Envelope from the "Royal Netherlands Naval Force"
Colombo, Ceylon, with R.A.F. Base P.O. Ceylon cancel in Violet with Boxed "Passed by Censor Royal Netherlands Navy 10 Dec 1943" handstamp ed O.A.S. with Advance Base Post Office No.9 double-ring on reverse addressed to India with Bombay arrival. Rare item. (pt)
Ceylon / Boar War 1902 Censored PPC to France (Railway PO)
Picture Postcard of Women collecting tea leaves, bearing 3c Green SG257, tied by Ragama Camp datestamp with oval cachet Passed Censor Ragama Camp in Violet, Railway Post Office datestamp and Boxed Tax handstamp erased as card sent at printed matter rate. (pt)
Ceylon (Boar War) 1902 Censored PPC to France (Railway PO)
Picture Postcard of Colombo Harbour, bearing 2c Brown SG256, and 4c Yellow SG258, tied by Ragama Camp datestamp with oval cachet Passed Censor Ragama Camp with Railway Post Office transit. Nice item. (pt)
Ceylon 1901 Boar War Mail, Censored P.O.W.
from the French Consulate Colombo, bearing 5c Purple SG195, tied by Colombo double-ring, with Oopened Under Marshal Law Censor Label, addressed to Prisoners of War Ragama with Ragama Camp Passed Censor cachet in Violet and the Camp arrival datestamp on reverse. Interesting internal mail. (pt)
Ceylon 1901 PPC from commander of Colombo Troops, to France
Picture Postcard of Colombo, endorsed Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine written from the commander of the Colombo Troops and cancelled Agence Consulaire Republique Francaise Colombo double-ring in Violet. Scarce and unusual item. (pt)
Ceylon 1902 French Consulate Colombo envelope to France
bearing 5c Purple SG195 (Strip of 3) tied by octagonal French PAQUEBOT Ligne N Paq. Fr. No. 8 datestamp (Salles 1924) with French arrival on reverse. Scarce. (pt)
Ceylon 1903 PPC of Singapore + 5c Purple SGL95 to France
tied by octagonal French Paquebot Ligne N. Paq. Fr. No.3 (Salles 1924) datestamp. Very fine quality Picture Postcard of Singapore used in Ceylon. (pt)
Ceylon 1905 PPC to French Ship Louanien at Hanoi, Taxed
Picture Postcard of Queen Street, Colombo, bearing Ceylon 3c Green SG266 tied by Colombo datestamp, underpaid with handstruck Boxed TAX 5c and General French Colonies Postage Due 10c Brown Yvert 19, applied and tied on arrival by Hanoi Tonkin double-ring. Scarce combination. (pt)
Ceylon (Boar War) 1901 Too Late PSC 2c Ochre
Postal Stationery Card upgraded with 3c Green SG257, tied by Veyangoda CDS with Boxed instructional TOO LATE, routed via Colombo to France. Very fine. (pt)
Ceylon France 1936 PPC Netherlands Ships Boat
Paquebot Picture Postcard of a Ship, bearing 6c Blue SG370 tied by Netherlands Paquebot "Postagent-Batavia-Rotterdam" double-ring with French arrival. Scarce postmark on Ceylon stamps. (pt)
Ceylon 1905 Registered Letter Stationery Env
upgraded with SG283 and 285 (Pair) tied by COLOMBO registered CDS, addressed to Paris. (pt)
Ceylon 1881 envelope to England + 4c Rosy-Mauve SG123, 16c Pale Violet SG126
tied by A obliterator with adjacent Colombo datestamp. (pt)
Ceylon 1907 PPC (Tea Picking) to France, PAQUEBOT
Picture Postcard of Tea Plucking and Wighing Green Leaf Tea, bearing 3c Green SG278 tied by Ligne N Paq Fr No 4 (Salles 1921) datestamp. Scarce postmark on stamps. (pt)
Ceylon 1903 PPC to France, French Paquebot Yokohama
Picture Postcard bearing 6c Red-Black SG259 tied by octagonal French PAQUEBOT Yokohama a Marseille L.N. No.1 (Salles 1926) datestamp. (pt)
Ceylon 1871 Local envelope to Galle + 1d Blue SG63
tied by Colombo duplex with Galle Paid arrival in Red on reverse. Nice internal franking. (pt)