NETHERLANDS: 1749-1869 Stampless letters mainly to France with fine variety of origin and transit marks inc. D’HOLLANDE (6), HOLLANDE (8), ‘Don. D HOLLANDE/TROUPES Foises’ (1804) military PO (fault), variety of 2-line, boxed and cds entry marks, rayons etc. Interesting lot. (32) Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS (Image)

WWII DETAINED MAIL TO USA; Trio with 1941 censored airmail env. to NY franked 20c (4) with "HELD BY BRITISH CENSOR/RELEASED JANUARY 1946." h.s. on front, 1941 censored env. to USA franked 12½c with "AFZENDER/ONBEKEND" (Sender Unknown) h.s. on rear with Dutch and German reseal tape and 1941 censored env. to USA franked 25c pair + 5c, censored locally on arrival, undeliverable but not returned as service suspended and finally returned to the Hague in May-June 1945. (3 covers) Cross Reference: BERMUDA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

WWII INWARDS HELD MAIL; Oct. 1941 censored env. to Amsterdam ex Philadelphia franked 3c + 2c with Bermuda applied sellotape at right and typed label on rear - After confiscation by the British authorities this piece was handed over through the intervention of Coval in Amsterdam - tied by an Amsterdam arrival cds of 1951 Scarce. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

1945-1967 MINT COLLECTION: Two binders with a comprehensive range of exclusively mint issues on stock pages. Most of the 1940s/50s Charity sets presented in duplicate, with all the definitive sets to top values. Includes 1949-51 defin. set (Hartz) to 5g reddish brown (3) & 10g slate-violet (2, one unmounted). Both types of 5g value present; extensive range of 1940s/50s Child Welfare & Culture Fund sets, many unmounted. Includes 1950 Bombed Churches (2 sets, 1 unmounted), 1952 Stamp Exhibition (3 sets), etc. Collection continues through virtually complete to 1977 with a few later. SG c.£7,400+. (Many 100s) (Image)

WWII INWARDS HELD MAIL; Feb. 1940 censored airmail FDC env. to Eindhoven ex USA philatelically franked, NY transit d.s. on rear and "REGISTERED" h.s. on front with Bermuda applied sellotape (to reseal) at left and typed label on rear - After confiscation by the British authorities this piece was handed over through the intervention of Coval in Amsterdam - tied by an Amsterdam transit cds of 1951 Scarce. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

WWII 1951 COVAL RELEASED MAIL LETTERS; Pair of 10/18 Oct. 1951 typed letters (no covers) on "COVAL" (Commissie Voor Aanghehouden Lading) letterhead, headed to the same addressee in Rotterdam, the former indicating that recovered mail had been held by British authorities in Bermuda and can now be forwarded subject to payment of an administrative charge and the latter answering an inquiry as to a letter sent 11 years prior. (2 letters) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

DUTCH EAST INDIES - PRESTAMP INTERNAL MAIL WITH ALL-DIFFERENT OVAL "ONGAFRANKEERD" TOWN-MARKS; 1846-c1856 E/ELs to Batavia with good variety of mostly fine to very fine large oval "[TOWN-NAME]/ONGEFRANKEERD" prepaid marks on the front with varied manuscript rates; some in black, some in red & 3 in blue/green (SAMABANG x2 + SOURABAYA). Good nucleus for further expansion. (14 covers) [Ex Vandervelde] (Image)

DUTCH EAST INDIES - PRESTAMP INTERNAL MAIL WITH OVAL "FRANCO" MARKS + A CIRCULAR "SOURABAYA"; c.1855-64 group of prestamp E/ELs all to Batavia (except one to Samarang) with large oval 2-line "FRANCO" marks of all-different towns (except Souracanta which has one red & one orange), all in red except blue Samarama and distinctive black "PEKALONGANG/*/Franko" (1856). Plus 1855 small red "SOERABAYA" in circle. Scarce group with mainly fine strikes and mainly in fine condition. (10 covers) [Ex Vandervelde] (Image)

DUTCH EAST INDIES - PRESTAMP INTERNAL MAIL - BALANCE INC. RARE INTAGLIO PATTIE 'POST-HORN' TYPE; c.1849-60 E/ELs to Batavia with good variety of the large oval "ONGEFRANKEERD" marks (6' all red or blue), plus 3 similar "BANDONG" marks (blue/green) but with full wording at top ("PREANGER REGNENTSCCHAPPEN"), smaller 1849/50 pair of "Ongefrankeerd/--*--/KRAWANG" ovals, (black or red), 1859/60 pair with black smaller oval "TAGAL/*/Ongefrankeerd", small 1851 blue boxed "SALABAGA/ONGEFRANKEERD" and 1857 EL with mainly very fine rare intaglio oval "PATTIE/ONGEFRANKEERD" with Posthorn in centre. Good lot. (15 covers) [Ex Vandervelde] (Image)

SOERABAJA - WWII - VERY RARE 1941 25G ON COMMERCIAL AIRMAIL COVER CARRIED ON LAST FLIGHT BEFORE JAPANESE OCCUPATION; Superb 4 Feb. 1942 medium-size linen env. (printed address to a firm in Uckfield) registered by Airmail to GB with the very rare Ned. Indies 1941 25G (minor wrinkles but clear profile) with 2G+1G+25c all tied by two light "SOERABAJA" cds's, having a blue airmail label and red Soerabaja "R" label (also tied by cds) on the front. Endorsed "AIRMAIL COVER No.226 BY KLM/BOAC/PAA via CAIRO" on the front. Dutch and British censor labels. It was carried on what was to be the last flight out of Batavia before the Japanese Occupation. It went via Palembang, Calcutta, Lydda, Cairo, Lagos, Natal (Brazil), Bermuda, Lisbon and Bristol to London (19 Apr. 1942 backstamp; delayed for 10 weeks due to large overload of mail in Lagos at the time). Plus 1941 pair of censored covers ex Holland to US (one marked via Lisbon). Only 5 or 6 examples of this 25 Gulden stamp have been recorded on covers, and the others are mostly on much larger unwieldy envelopes; this example fits on an album-page. Superb Exhibition Item. (3 covers) [Ex Gavin Fryer.] Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, NIGERIA - LAGOS (Image)