Philippines 1839 Pre-stamp Cover from Manila
envelope giving interesting eyewitness observation on life in the Philippines, envelope charged 8 in manuscript and routed via India and Ireland with Boxed "India Letter Cove" (Robertson In. I) sent via Dublin with London arrival on reverse. (pt)
Hong Kong Censored Mail 1940 Env. from Canada
envelope bearing King George 6th SG357, 1c green tied by Georgetown roller addressed to the Netherlands Indies with "Opened by Censor Hong Kong" transit censor label with "Censuur Geopend" label and Censuur 4 cachet applied on arrival in Java. (Dutch East Indies). (pt)
GB 1938 KGV Seahorses / Parcel Card to France
bearing Re-engraved King George 5th Seahorses SG450, 2/6d Brown, SG451, 5/- Rose Red and SG452, 10/- indigo (2) tied by London F.S. double-ring. A superb 3 colour franking for the exhibitor. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1903 Postcard
Picture Postcard from Nossi-Be bearing Yvert 29, 2c lilac brown (2) and Yvert 63, 1c grey tied by Helville Nossi Be datestamp in blue. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1902 Cover Frnce
Envelope to French bearing Yvert 52, 0.05 on 30c bistre tied by Tananarive datestamp. Nice item paying the printed matter rate. (pt)
Germany 1884 Registered Packet Card to Paris
Card bearing Yvert 37, 5pf violet, Yvert 40, 25pf brown and Yvert 41, 50pf bronze-green tied by Mettlach cds routed via Metz with French fiscals applied on arrival. Attractive. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1909 Postcard
advertising Postcard for Champagne bearing Yvert 42a, 5c yellow green tied by Analava double-ring addressed to Diego-Suaerez. Very Attractive. (pt)
French Colonies Guinee 1906 Picture Postcard
Picture Postcard to the French Military Hospital Madagascar written from the Officer on the Kindia to Konakay Railway bearing Yvert 22, 10c red tied by Kindia Guinee Francaise datestamp in blue sent by French Paquebot with octagonal "Loango a Marseille L.M. No 3" datestamp and Tamatave arrival, forwarded to France with transit and arrival in Va. Nice item. (pt)
French Colonies Gabon 1912 Picture Postcard
Picture Postcard to France bearing Gabon Yvert 19, 5c yellow green tied by N'Jola Gabon double-ring, routed via Cap Lopez. Nice card. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1917 Postcard
Military mail Postcard headed Correspondance des Armees de la Republique cancelled Sadjoavato Madagascar double-ring with military cachet Madagascar-Diego-Suarez Le Chef du District D'Ambre routed via Diego-Suarez to France. Scarce occupation mail. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1902 Envelope
registered Envelope to Tananarive bearing Yvert 35, 25c black / rose mixed with Diego-Suarez, Yvert 33, 30c brown tied by Vohemar Madagascar double-ring with boxed hand-struck registered routed via Diego-Suarez with transit on reverse. Very fine item of local mail. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1902 Tananarive
Envelope to Tananarive bearing Yvert 54, 0,15 on 75c violet/yellow mixed with Diego-Suarez Yvert 33, 30c brown tied by Akazore Madagascar double-ring with Tananarive arrival on reverse. Very fine item of local mail. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1900 Envelope
Occupation mail Envelope endorsed Corps D'Occupation de Madagascar bearing Yvert 31, 5c green tied by Tananarive double-ring. Nice item paying the printed matter rate. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1903 Postcard
Picture Postcard to France bearing Yvert 42a, 5c yellow green (2) tied by Ambato cds in blue. Scarce village postmark. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1890 Stationery
General French Colonies postal stationery card 10c black written from Andranyolaka cancelled by Tananarive cds with octagonal French Paquebot La Reunion a Marseille L.V. No. 4 datestamp addressed to Boghari Algerie with arrival double-ring. Scarce destination mail. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1904 Postcard
Picture Postcard to France bearing Yvert 28, 1c black and Yvert 30, 4c lilac brown tied by Ivohibe Madagascar datestamp in blue. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1903 Pic Postcard
Picture Postcard bearing Nossi-Be Yvert 28, 2c brown mixed with Madagascar Yvert 30, 4c brown lilac (pair) tied by Majunga datestamp in blue. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1903 Pic Postcard
Picture Postcard to France bearing Yvert 43, 10c red tied by Miarinarivo cds in blue with Var arrival. (pt)
French Colonies Guinee 1901 Registered Cover
cover front to France bearing Yvert 5, 10c black and Yvert 10, 40c orange tied by Conakry Guinee Francaise datestamp with boxed registered addressed to Sherbro Sierra Leone with hand-struck registered arrival. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1895 Stationery
Military Postal Stationery Card cancelled by Paris datestamp addressed to the French Occupation Forces at Mahabo endorsed Detache a Mahabo par Ankaloka Corps Expeditionnaire de Madagascar erased and returned to France with receiving cachet. Most unusual. (pt)
French Colonies 1917 Madagascar Mail Envelope
military mail to France headed Correspondence Militaire cancelled Camp D'Ambre Madagascar double-ring, routed via Diego-Suarez with French receiving. Scarce item from the French occupation camp. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1903 Cover
Envelope to Tananarive bearing Yvert 48, 05 on 50c rose and Yvert 49, 10 on 5 franc violet tied by No 11 Madagascar double-ring with Tananarive arrival on reverse. Fine item of local mail. (pt)
French Colonies 1904 Mayotte Stationery card
Postal Stationery Letter Card, 15c blue upgraded with Yvert 4, 5c green (pair) tied by D'Zadudzi Mayotte double-ring with French Paquebot Reunion a Marseille L.V. No 1 datestamp addressed to Germany. (pt)
French Colonies Senegal Niger 1907 Postcard
Picture Postcard from Tombouctou Mali to France bearing French Soudan Yvert 4, 2c brown tied by Kayes Ht. Senegal-Niger double-ring. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Senegal 1919 Postcard France
Picture Postcard to France bearing Yvert 53, 1c brown and violet and Yvert 55, 4c grey and brown tied by military cachet Regiment de Tirailleurs / Le Vaguemestre in violet. Unusual. (pt)
French Colonies Senegal 1903 Postcard Dakar
Picture Postcard from Dakar cancelled by Dakar Senegal railway cachet addressed to the Director of Posts Salares. Unusual item. (pt)
French Levant Greece 1898 Stationery Card
French Type Sage Postal Stationery Card 10c black cancelled by Vathy Samos (Pothion T84) double-ring addressed to Belgium with Anvers arrival. (pt)
French Levant 1912 Stationery Card 10c red
French Type Sower Postal Stationery Card 10c red cancelled by Tripoli Barbarie datestamp addressed to Genova with arrival cachet. (pt)
French Levant 1913 Picture Postcard Beyrouth
Picture Postcard from Beyrouth bearing Turkey Yvert 163, 20 para rose tied by French military mail cancel "Corr D'Armees Beyrouth" double-ring (Pothion Type A) addressed to France with Genevrieres arrival on reverse. A very rare cancel on Turkish stamps, an exhibition item. (pt)
French Levant 1856 Envelope to Marseille
Stampless Envelope from Constantinople to Marseille with boxed MER-NOIRE in black on front and charged m/s 20. A difficult postmark. (pt)
French Levant 1919 Cilicie Parcel Card
Parcel card bearing Yvert 13, 1 3/4 violet and black and Yvert 18, 25 pi red tied by Arabic datestamp. Nice item. (pt)
Levant French 1906 Picture Postcard Athens
Picture Postcard from Athens bearing French Levant Yvert 13, 5c green tied by Samsoun Turquie double-ring in violet addressed to Paris, underpaid and handstruck T in diamond applied with French Postage due Yvert 29, 10c brown tied on arrival. Nice combination. (pt)
French Levant Picture Postcard from Paris
Picture Postcard from Paris to Constantinople bearing Yvert 111, 5c green underpaid and taxed on arrival with French postage due Yvert 29, 10c brown tied by CONSTANTINOPLE GALATA POSTES FRANCAISE cds with handstruck tax. (pt)
British East Africa Kenya 1934 Reg. Cover
registered Postal Stationery Envelope 15c red upgraded with SG78, 5c green and SG83, 20c orange (pair) tied by registered Nairobi double-ring with registered label routed via Mombasa. Attractive item. (pt)
British East Africa Kenya 1943 POW Mail
Prisoner of War Mail, Envelope written from a French Prisoner of War in Kenya back to his wife on the French island of Madagascar endorsed Chef de Bataillon EM Martin POW 14351 POW Camp No 365 (Kenya) APO East Africa Command with circular POW 365 EAF cachet in violet and boxed P/W East Africa 007, opened by Prisoner of War Censorship label with Madagascar control postal militaire label and censor cachet with Tananarive arrival. A rare item of military mail. (pt)
British East Africa 1934 Kenya & Uganda Card
Postal Stationery Card 15c red upgraded with SG83, 20c orange tied by Masaka cds with adjacent airmail label addressed to Lyon, France. (pt)
British East Africa Kenya 1943 POW Mail
Envelope written from a French Prisoner of War in Kenya back to his wife on the French island of Madagascar endorsed Chef de Bataillon EM Martin POW 14351 POW Camp No 365 (Kenya) APO East Africa Command with circular POW 365 EAF cachet in violet and boxed P/W East Africa 007, with double-ring Postage Paid in red, Madagascar opened by censor cachet in violet and Tananarive Madagascar arrival on reverse. A rare item of military mail. (pt)
British East Africa Kenya 1943 POW Mail
Envelope written from a French Prisoner of War in Kenya back to his wife on the French island of Madagascar endorsed Chef de Bataillon EM Martin P.O.W. 14351 POW Camp No 365 (Kenya) A.P.O. East Africa Command with circular POW 365 E.A.F. cachet in violet and boxed P/W East Africa 029, with double-ring Postage Paid in red, Madagascar control postal militaire label and censor cachet with Tananarive arrival. A rare item of military mail. (pt)
Switzerland 1899 Postal Stationery Envelope
Postal Stationery Envelope 25c green cancelled by Fleurier datestamp addressed to the French Bank, Odessa with arrival on reverse. Nice item of destination mail. (pt)
Switzerland 1906 Postal Stationery Card 10c
Postal Stationery Card 10c red cancelled by Davos cds addressed to Belgium, underpaid with Tax handstamp and Belgian Postage due Yvert 6, 20c olive tied by Anvers datestamp on arrival. (pt)
Switzerland 1903 Destination mail St Pierre
Picture Postcard to St Pierre et Miquelon bearing Yvert 66, 5c green (2) tied by Ouchy datestamp, routed via Boston and New York with arrival cachet. (pt)
Great Britain 1854 Prepaid Envelope to Savoie
Cover cancelled by Paid at Bristol hand-stamp with Bristol datestamp on reverse, charged 11d erased with oval PD, in red sent via Paris to Switzerland with French entry cachet Suisse / Fernex in red, routed via Geneva with blue transit datestamp, St Julian, Bonneville and Sallanches with Chamonix arrival. Fine item of postal history. (pt)
French Colonies Mauritanie 1907 Postcard
Picture Postcard to France bearing Senegal Yvert 21, 5c yellow green mixed with Mauritanie Yvert 5, 10c rose tied by Boghe double-ring in blue. Scarce combination. (pt)
French Colonies Moheli 1915 Cover to Reunion
Charged Envelope to the French island of Reunion bearing Yvert 17, 05 on 4c lilac (3). Yvert 18, 05 on 20c green / yellow (9) and Yvert 19, 05 on 30c brown tied by Andevorante Madagascar datestamp with hand-struck Charge routed via Brickaville with St Denis arrival. Scarce franking. (pt)
Germany 1922 Upper Silesia Registered Cover
Envelope to France bearing Yvert 44, 1 mark brown (block of four) and Yvert 45, 2 mark violet tied by Oppeln datestamp with matching registered label. Attractive item. (pt)
Germany 1892 Postal Stationery Reply Card
Double reply card 10 pf red cancelled by Frondenburg-Letmathe (Bahnpost Zug 3) oval datestamp addressed to the French Bank, Odessa with arrival on front. (pt)
Germany 1892 Postal Stationery Card 10 pf red
card cancelled by Eisenach-Lichtenfels (Bahnpost Zug 3) oval datestamp addressed to the French Bank, Odessa with arrival on front. (pt)
Germany 1890 Postal Stationery Cover 10pf
Cover 10pf red upgraded with SG41, 10pf red tied by Leipzig datestamp addressed to the French Bank, Smyrne with Austrian Post Office arrival on reverse. Nice mixed issue franking. (pt)
Germany 1882 Registered Envelope to France
cover bearing SG41, 10 pf rose and SG44, 50 pf grey olive tied by Liepzig cds with matching registered label and various transit cachet. Fine quality. (pt)
Germany 1891 Postal Stationery Card 10 pf red
cancelled by Eisenach-Lichtenfels (Bahnpost Zug 3) datestamp addressed to the French Bank, Smyrne with Austrian Post Office arrival on reverse. (pt)