CEYLON: 1852 EL ex Colombo to Marseille with fine double circle "PURIFIE AU LAZARET/MALTE" hs; 1928 official PC with very fine purple "W.E. WAIT,/CHAIRMAN/BOARD OF IMMIGRATION & QUARANTINE" cachet; 2 envs. (faults) to the "U.S. Marine Hospital Bureau/Washington"; and 1886 Lloyd's Steam Navigation Co. shipment document with clause regarding quarantine costs.Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)

CHINA, JAPAN, NORTH BORNEO, HONG KONG: 1904 Hankow PPC of "Procession against the cholera"; 1902 PC posted on board Paquebot at Nagasaki with contents "...a perverse fireman developed symptoms of cholera in the morning, and we were for 24 hours detained, and in momentary fear of 5 days quarantine..."; 1932 PPC ex Japan with contents regarding cholera in Hong Kong & Shanghai; 1940s North Borneo Quarantine Inspection Cards (2); 1894 "Colonial Report - Hong Kong" with contents regarding epidemic & quarantine; plus PPCs of quarantine stations in Nagasaki, Keelung & Tientsin, and health forms (5). (28 items) Cross Reference: CHINA, JAPAN, HONG KONG, NORTH BORNEO/SABAH (Image)

INDIA: 1839-1902 range inc. 1839 EL ex Bellary to Madeira endorsed "via England" with very fine double oval "OUT STATION/MADRAS/28 MR 28/1839/SHIP LETTER" across flap and "[Detai]ned for Postage" & fine boxed "Returned for/Postage" hs's, scorched on arrival at The Motherbank, Portsmouth; 1835 EL ex Madras to France slit for fumigation with faint scarce "Purifee [?]/de Tromploup"; 1897 PC with contents "Just heard that all vessels out of India is stopped owing to plague & famine..."; plus other PCs with contents regarding epidemics or sanitation (7), PPCs of quarantine stations/hospitals (16), a bundle of modern unused postal stationery with printed messages regarding malaria/fever (30), documents/notice from or about quarantine (3). (59 items) Cross Reference: INDIA (Image)

REUNION & MAURITIUS: 1862 E ex Mauritius to Reunion slit & fumigated on arrival; 1889 PC (faults) ex Mauritius to France with contents "A few cases of smallpox at Pte. aux Piments...Eleven steamers in port-quarantine without intermission."; 1909 Reunion Certificate of Disinfection; plus PPCs of quarantine stations in Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, and Zanzibar. (10 items)Cross Reference: REUNION, MAURITIUS, MADAGASCAR, ZANZIBAR (Image)

SEYCHELLES - VERY RARE HS USAGE: 1904 env. to Malta via Zanzibar & Suez with mainly fine double oval "*DISINFECTED*/13 SEP. 04/LAZARETTO, MALTA". Only example on cover from this origin known.Cross Reference: SEYCHELLES (Image)