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French Colonies AEF 1941 Censored Airmail Cover to USA
Envelope to the United States bearing A.E.F. Yvert 60, 5f green (2), Yvert 83, 1f40 brown, Yvert 84, 1f60 violet and Air Mail Yvert 1, 1f50 green tied by Bozoum datestamp, routed via Nigeria with Boxed "Passed by Censor / 12" cachet in Violet and "Nigeria / Opened by Censor" label with "Controle Postal A.E.F. Commission D" censor cachet.
French Colonies Oubangui Chari USA 1941 Censored Cover
Envelope to Florida bearing A.E.F. Yvert 86, 2f50 red, Yvert 137, 10f lilac and Yvert 138, 20f yellow black tied by Bangui datestamp with A.E.F. censor label, routed via Egypt with Censor tape and cachet and arrival on reverse. Nice route.
French Colonies Oubangui Chari USA 1942 Censored Cover
Envelope to Florida bearing A.E.F. Yvert 147, 1f lilac and Air Mail Yvert 18, 6f50 blue and Yvert 20, 10f on 2f50 green tied by Bangui datestamp with "Controle Postal A.E.F. Commission E" Censor cachet with Censor tape, routed via Belgian Congo with Libence transit endorsed "Yankee Clipper". Scarce item.
French Colonies AEF 1940 Censored Airmail Cover to USA
Afrique Equatoriale Francaise, Envelope to the United States, bearing A.E.F. Yvert 82, 1f violet and Air Mail Yvert 8, 10f75 violet tied by Bossangoa datestamp, routed via Oubangui Chari and Belgian Congo with "Censure Congo Belge" handstamp and Censor label with Leopoldville transit. Nice routing.
France 1873 Destination Mail to Valparaiso Chile
Mail bearing Ceres Yvert 57, 80c rose and Yvert 60, 25c blue (pair) tied by gross chiffres 2240 with adjacent Marseille datestamp and boxed P.P. routed via London with London Paid transit and instructional "affranchissement Insuffisant" Very fine item of mail paying the 1f 30 rate via London and Panama. (pt)
French Colonies Oceanie 1923 Red Band Env to Papeete
Unstamped Red Band Envelope to Papeete cancelled by Moorea Oceanie double ring, with Tax hand-stamp and bearing French General Colonies postage due Yvert 26, 1f lilac / brown (bisect) applied and tied on arrival by Papeete Tahiti datestamp. Very fine. (pt)
France 1872 Steamer Mourning Mail Envelope
Cover addressed to the "Captain of the Frigate La Seine" Aden bearing Napoleon Yvert 32a, 80c rose (pair) and Ceres Yvert 38, 40c orange Marseille with Aden Steamer Point arrival on reverse in red. Very fine item of destination mail paying the double letter rate. (pt)
France Corsica 1870 Stampless cover to Ajaccio
Stampless envelope to Ajaccio cancelled Levie(19) datestamp with boxed P.P. in red routed via St.Lucie de Tallano. Nice item of mail unstamped mail due to the France/Prussian War shortage of stamps. (pt)
Great Britain 1903 Registered Postal Stationery cover
Registered Postal Stationery envelope 1d brown upgraded with SG198, 1 1/2d purple and green and SG238, 4d green and brown tied by Ealing datestamp with registered label and 'Insured / Valeur Declared' label addressed to France. (pt)
Seychilles 1905 Picture Postcard of the Coco-de-Mer
Picture Postcard of the Coco-de-Mer, mahe addressed to France bearing SG46, 2cents brown and green (pair) tied by Seychelles cds. Very fine. (pt)
Great Britain 1903 Persia Iran Edward 7th Cover
Persia Iran Edward 7th Envelope.Registered Postal Stationery envelope 1d brown upgraded with SG219, 1d red (2), SG230, 2 1/2d blue (2), SG232, 3d purple / yellow and SG236, 4d brown and green written from the French Ambassador and tied by Knightsbrige datestamp addressed to Persia with Baku transit on reverse. (pt)
France Corsica 1939 Registered Military Mail Envelope
Cover to Toulon cancelled Postes Aux Armees No 701 datestamp with adjacent registered label and Military cachet "Commandement Supeplieur de la Defense de la Corse" in violet. Very fine item from the Quarter General in Ajaccio. (pt)
French Colonies Soudan Francaise 1908 Cover to Sudan
Envelope to the French Sudan bearing Yvert 7, 20c yellow / green (bi-sect) tied by Gaoua Haut Senegal rt Niger double ring, routed via Bofo Guinefassa Haut Senegal et Niger and Kounkopo Soudan Francaise and Segou Haut Senegal et Niger. A superb item of commercail mail paying the 10 cent domestic rate. Cover signed Calves. (pt)
French Colonies Tunisia 1893 Local Mail Envelope
Cover bearing Yvert 3, 5c green (pair) tied by Tunis / Regence de Tunis double ring, underpaid with tax handstamp and bearing Tunisia postage dues Yvert 10, 2c lilac brown (5) perfin T with handstamp "a percevoir". Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Martinique 1876 Envelope to Marseille
Cover bearing French General Colonies Yvert 13, 40c orange mixed with French Napoleon Yvert 12, 5c green tied by dotted MQE in lozange with adjacent St Pierre datestamp, sent by British packet with French entry cachet in blue and arrival on reverse. Very rare mixed combination. (pt)
Great Britain 1855 Envelope to France tied by London
Envelope bearing SG20, 2d blue (pair) tied by London obliterator with oval PD and forwarding cachet 'A. Wigdahl Courtier Maritime 78 En Face La Douane Londres' with French entry cahet and arrival in Granville. Attractive. (pt)
Indo-China 1941 Air Mail Censored Envelope to France
Cover bearing Air Mail Yvert 12, $2, orange yellow tied by Haiphong datestamp, censor tape applied with circular A / 5 and opened censor cachet, routed via Bangkok with circular G censor applied, forwarded via Singapore with censor label and 'Passed by Censor 276' cachet inviolet and Nice arrival on reverse. (pt)
French Colonies Martinique 1881 Cover to Senegal
Envelope to Senegal bearing French General Colonies Yvert 41, 15c blue (imperf) and Yvert 49, 5c green (2) tied by Saint Pierre Martinique double ring with octagonal French paquebot "Col. Fr. Paq. Fr. B. No4" datestamp in red (Salles 1446) of the steamer "V. Bordeaux" of the Vera Cruz-St Nazaire line. A wonderful item of destination mail. (pt)
French Colonies 1875 Cover to Bordeaux via England
Stampless envelope to Bordeaux cancelled by St Pierre Martinique double ring with French entry cachet in blue, taxed 8 erasded and changed 16 in blue as mail was routed via England and not to Bordeaux. Fine item. (pt)
French Colonies British Post Office Martinique 1872
stampless envelope to Bordeaux cancelled by St Pierre Martinique double ring, endorsed "Voi Anglaise" with British Post Office Martinique on reverse erased by French Post Office cancel, French entry cachet in blue and taxed 8 on arrival also erased as mail was sent direct by French paquebot and not via England. Unusual item of mail from the French West Indies. (pt)
French Colonies Guadeloupe 1900 Very Rare Envelope
Mourning envelope cancelled by Gpe in lozange from Pointe-A-Pitre with boxed P.P. addressed en Ville. A rare item of mail sent during the thirty day period of "no stamp available". (pt)
French Colonies Guadeloupe 1904 Registered Envelope
Cover to London bearing Yvert 30, 5c green (pair), Yvert 34, 25c black on rose and Yvert 42, 15c grey tied by Basse Terre double ring with boxed registered and hooded London registered arrival on reverse. Attractive. (pt)
French Colonies Guadeloupe 1903 Registered Envelope
Cover to Paris bearing Yvert 49c, 1fr on 75 cents brown on yellow with inverted "1" overprint tied by Basse-Terre double ring with boxed registered and Paris arrival. A scarce stamp on cover. (pt)
French Colonies Guadeloupe 1945 Censored Envelope
Cover to French Guyana bearing Yvert 119, 3 franc brown and sepia and Yvert 168, Un franc on 65 cent black and red tied by Pointe a Pitre double ring with Controle Postal Commission B Guadeloupe censor with oval opened by censor cachet and P.C. 90 Opened by Examiner IE / 8728 (Trinidad) double label. Very fine item of censored mail. (pt)
French Colonies Guadeloupe 1940 Censored Envelope
Cover to Corsica bearing Yvert 94, 1f25 on 1f blue (pair), Yvert 120, 5f blue and orange and Yvert 121, 10f vilet and sepia tied by Pointe a Pitre double ring with "Controle Postal commision B / Guadeloupe" double ring censor, circular B / 3 in violet, routed via New York nad the Azores with Ajaccio arrival and opened censor cachet. (pt)
French Colonies Maroc 1913 Military Envelope to France
Mail envelope headed Troupes D'Occupation du Maroc Occidental and cancelled Tresor et Postes Aux Armees El-Boroudj double ring in violet with Military cachet "3rd Goum Mixte de la Chaoia / Le Commandant" with Amiens arrival. Very fine item. (pt)
French Colonies Algeria 1900 Postal Stationery Envelope
French Type Sage PSE 5 cent yellow green cancelled by El Abiod-Sidi Cheikh double ring routed via Geryville Oran addressed to a Lieutenant Normand, 6th Genie, Mission de Chemin de la Fer, Konakry, French Guinee. Superb item. (pt)
French Colonies Dahomey 1941 Censored Cover to Maroc
Envelope to French Maroc bearing Yvert 83, 10f on 5f violet and brown, Yvert 86, 30c green and Yvert 91, 1f bistre and rose tied by cotonou double ring with "Controle Postal Commission G/Afrique Occidentale Francaise" double ring censor sent Air Mail with Casablanca "Controle" censor label and cachet. (pt)
French Colonies Dahomey Senegal 1875 Paquebot Cover
Envelope witten from Cotoneu, Dahomey 21st October 1875 endorsed "Couurier Francaise" sent by French Paquebot to goree with octagonal "Col. Fr. Paq. Fr. J. No 6" datestamp 18 Nov in red (Salles 1088) and forwarded to Dakar bearing French General Colonies Yvert 13, 40c orange and Yvert 17, 5c green (pair) tied by GOR in dotted lozange with adjacent Goree Senegal et Dep 4 Dec datestamp with boxed PD, sent from Dakar on French Paquebot "Rio Granded" with "Col. Fr. Paq. Fr. J. No 6" datestamp 18 Dec in blue (Salles 1088), routed via Bordeaux with Marseille arrival. Very rare early item of mail from Dahomey. (pt)
French Colonies Senegal 1864 Envelope to Saint Louis
Local mail envelope bearing French General Colonies Yvert 3, 10c brown (pair) tied by GOR in dotted lozange in blue with adjacent Goree / Senegal et Dep datestamp with boxed PD in red addressed to Saint Louis. Superb exhibition item of domestic mail. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1938 Internal Mail Envelope
Cover bearing Yvert 172, 65c brown and lilac tied by Wfarafangana double ring, underpaid with tax handstamp and Madagascar postage due Yvert 14, 50c olive applied and tied by Tananarive double ring. Nice item. (pt)
French Colonies Guinee Francaise1901 Postcard to France
Picture Postcard bearing Yvert 5, 10c black tied by Maneah Guinee-Francaise double ring in blue routed via Conaky with Paris and Vilaine arrival. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Somali Coast 1898 Paquebot Envelope
Envelope to France bearing Yvert 7, 2c brown lilac and grey (3), Yvert 8, 4c brown lilac and blue, Yvert 9, 5c green and orange and Yvert 10, 10c brown and green tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise des Somalis double ring in blue with octagonal French Paquebot "La Reunion a Marseille L.U. No3" datestamp with Toulouse arrival. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Somali Coast 1902 Postcard to France
Picture Postcard of the "Sangha-Ber, Port of Harar" addressed to France bearing Yvert 33, 10c on 10f lilac and orange tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise des Somalis double ring. Nice single franking. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1942 Military Censored Cover
Envelope to Diego Suarez bearing Yvert 164, 5c green and red and Yvert 218, 90c brown tied by Anivorano Nord datestamp with oval " British Military Administration Madagascar / Passed by Censor 111" cachet in violet with "British Censorship" label and arrival in Diego Suarez on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1942 Military Censored Env.
Envelope to Diego Suarez bearing Yvert 164, 5c green and red and Yvert 172, 65c brown and lilac (3) tied by Anivorano Nord datestamp routed via East Africa with boxed "Passed by Military Censor E.A. No 1/1 67" in violet with arrival in Diego Suarez on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Reunion 1897 Military Mourning Cover
Envelope to Madagascar endorsed "Correspondance Militaire" bearing Yvert 35, 5c green and Yvert 36, 10c black tied by Reunion St Denis datestamp with Military cachet " Chef du Service Administratif de la Marine Reunion" in blue. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Afrque Occidentale Francaise 1954 Cover
Incoming Aerograme from British Guiana bearing SG293, 12c orange tied by Airmail CDS, addressed to A.O.F., underpaid with manuscript TAX 30 with Afrique Occidetale Francaise Postage Dues Yvert 9, 10f blue green (3) applied and tied on arrival by Cotonou Dahomey datestamp. Very fine item of Postage Due mail. (pt)
French Colonies New Hebrides Used in New Caledonia 1907
Picture Postcard of "Canaque Women" addressed to France bearing New Caledonia Yvert 59, 5c yellow green tied by Nelles Hebrides Pt Sandwich double ring. Very fine and scarce. (pt)
French Colonies Oceanie 1941 Censored Cover Australia
Censored envelope to Australia bearing Yvert 165, 4f violet (pair) tied by Papeete datestamp with Oceanie censor label and cachet with handstamp "2 / Passed by Censor / 153" in violet and "Opened by Censor" label applied on arrival. (pt)
French Colonies India 1877 Cover to France
Envelope to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 27, 40c orange tied by Inde Pondichery double ring with "Col Fr.V.Brind. A.Mod" datestamp (salles 1893) applied in transit with Nantes arrival. Very fine quality. (pt)
French Colonies Stamps on 1876 Mourning Cover to France
envelope bearing French General Colonies Yvert 17, 5c green (Imperf Pair) tied by Lorient Morbihan double-ring with Paris arrival on reverse. The use of French Colony stamps in France is rare. (pt)
French Colonies Djibouti 1899 Registered cover Yvert
Registered envelope used internaly bearing Yvert 22, 0.40 on 4cents brown and blue tied by Djjibouti Cote Francaise des Somalis double ring in blue with boxed handstruck registered with label attached for receipt of mail. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Somalis Coast 1902 Cover to Djibouti
Envelope to Djibouti bearing cote de Somalis Yvert 28, 5 on 40c orange and blue (2) mixed with Obock Yvert 35, 5c on 25f brown and blue tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise de Somalis datestamp in blue. Very fine item. (pt)
French Colonies Somalis Coast 1902 Cover to Djibouti
Envelope to Djibouti bearing Cote de Somalis Yvert 28, 5 on 40c orange and blue mixed with Obock Yvert 36, 10c on 50f purple and green tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise de Somalis datestamp in blue. Very fine item. (pt)
French Colonies Oceanie 1941 Censored cover
Censored Cover to New Zealand bearing Yvert 88, 5c violet, Yvert 98, 45c green and French Libre Yvert 144, 1f brown (pair) tied by papeete datestamp withd censored "Controle Postal Etablissements de Oceanie" double ring "Opened by Censor in New Zealand" label and Passed Censor / 3 cachet in violet. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1899 Telegram Official Env.
Envelope addressed locally bearing Diego-Suarez Yvert 28, 1 cent black tied by Moramanga Madagascar double ring. Scarce. (pt)
French Colonies Djibouti 1901 Newsband wrapper Tunisia
Newsband wrapper to Tunisia, North Africa bearing Yvert 10a,10cnet lilac and green (bisect) tied by Cote des Somalis Francaise Djibouti datestamp in blue. Superb and rare commercial mail to Tunis. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1942 Registered Cover
Registered envelope to London bearing Yvert 150, 50cents lilac and brown ad Airmail Yvert 32, 9f blue tied by Paagoumene Nelle Caledonie double ring with boxed handstruck registered and "Controle Postal Nouvelle Caledonie" double ring censor routed via San Francisco and New York with opened by examiner censor tape. Nice item. (pt)
French Colonies Togo 1941 Censored Env / French Maroc
Envelope bearing Yvert 134, 40c orange and black (2), Yvert 142, 2f black, Yvert 150, 10f rose lilac and sepia, Yvert 151, 20f red and grey and Yvert 205, 5f red tied by Lome Togo double ring with "Controle Postal territroire du Togo" double ring censor, sent Air Mail with "Controle" label and censor cachet applied in Casablanca. Nice franking. (pt)