1853 (Aug 12) Entire letter bearing 1853 10c yellow-bistre (S.G. 37a, £750 as a stamp, four margins) tied by star cancel, posted within Paris and redirected to Angouleme charged 15c, backstamped with four Paris or Angouleme datestamps. A fine and scarce entire letter. Photo on Page 188. (Image1)

Telegraph Stamps. 1882 Perforated 25c - 2f set of four, used selection comprising 25c (6, one on piece), 50c (15 including block of four, one on piece), 1f (23 with a pair, one used on complete telegram form, another on part form) and 2f (16, including pair and strip of four), various cancels (with nine used in Algeria), perfs and shades, a few minor faults but most fine. Hiscocks 5/8. (60).

Air Mails. Flights to Ethiopia. 1929-31 Covers (9) and picture postcards (3) all flown from Djibouti, comprising 1929 (Dec 29) first flight to Addis Abbeba (4 covers + card) or Dire Daoua all with "1 SERVICE AVION" cachet applied to the stamps (15 in all) and on the covers; 1930 (Apr 17) second flight to Addis Abbeba with two line flight cachet (3 covers + 2 cards); 1930 (Oct 31) special Coronation flight to Addis Abbeba (2) with special cachet on reverse in black or violet, all fine. (12). Photo on Page 194. (Image1)

1929-45 Covers (13) and a postcard flown from Djibouti comprising 1929 (Dec 29) first flight to Addis Abbeba (cover + card) with "1 SERVICE AVION" applied to the five stamps and to the covers; 1930 (Apr 17) second flight to Addis Abbeba with two line flight cachet (2); 1931 (Dec 3) Marcel Goulette and Andre Salel record breaking return flight to Marseille, with special label; 1932 (Apr 22) first flight to Dakar (3, one a large cover bearing four 3f on 5f stamps); 1932 (May 13) first service to Rome, covers flown to Asmara or to Rome; 1937 (Dec 3) Andre Japy world distance record, return flight to Marseille (2, both with cachets showing incorrect year date "1397"); 1941 (Nov 27) stampless soldiers cover carried on blockade running flight to Marseille handstamped "SERVICES AERIENS SPECIAUX / PENDANT LE BLOCUS DE DJIBOUTI"; 1945 (Apr 10) French colonial troops flight to France. (14). Photo on Page 194. (Image1)

1902 (Jan 2) Picture postcard of a railway viaduct on the Djibouti to Harar line, sent registered from Djibouti to Belgium franked on the picture side by vertically bisected 25c right hand pair (valued at 5c each) and two vertical bisects of the 20c from the 1894 Obock issue, a further vertically bisected right half 25c on reverse, all tied by blue Djibouti datestamps with boxed "R", arrival datestamps of Brussels and Feluy-Arquennes". An unusual registered card, correctly franked 35c, sent by a Belgian in the "Societe Anonyme Belge d'Abyssinia". Photo on Page 192. (Image1)

Ethiopia Combination Frankings. 1900 Ethiopia ¼g postal stationery postcard precancelled at Harar (16 Oct 1898), posted in Djibouti with 1894 imperf 10c tied by blue Djibouti c.d.s (May 1) and a French arrival c.d.s, backstamped at Marseille, a fine and scarce card. Photo on Page 188. (Image1)

1904 (Nov 8) Registered cover to Belgium via Aden, the front with printed senders details of "Goolamally M. Mohamedally & Co., General Merchants & Commission Agents, Aden, Zaila, Djibouti and Harrar and Addis Abbeba" with crossed flags, franked on the reverse by Ethiopia 1903 ¼g pair, ½g, 1g and 2g in combination with Obock 1894-1903 15c, 20c and 50c, Djibouti 1894-1902 30c and French Somali Coast 1902-03 1c pair, 2c pair and 4c, three Ethiopia stamps uncancelled (though one pair is tied by a c.d.s), the other Ethiopian and French Somali stamps all cancelled by Djibouti datestamps in blue, arrival c.d.s of Fontaine - L'Eveque with boxed "R" on the front. An exceptional registered combination franking to an unusual destination. Photo on Page 188. (Image1)

1896 Obock 15c postal stationery envelopes registered to Switzerland, comprising 1892 envelope (H&G 2b) uprated with 1894 1c (3), 2c and 5c, or 1894 envelope (H&G 4a) uprated with 1894 1c, 2c and 4c (2), both cancelled at Obock with transit and arrival datestamps of La Reunion A Marselle, Djibouti and Bern. Addressees surname partly removed, otherwise both fine. (2). Photo on Page 188. (Image1)

1903 (Nov 26) Picture postcard registered from Djibouti with boxed "R" handstamp and bearing a small Djibouti registration label, franked by Obock 1892 4c and 1894 1c + 2c, and Somali Coast 1902-03 1c, 2c, 5c and 10c pair, the 1892 Obock 4c pen cancelled, the other Obock and Somali Coast stamps tied by Djibouti datestamps, arrival c.d.s, very unusual. Photo on Page 190. (Image1)