CAMBODIA: 1955 Nadal (Saigon) PPC of an indigenous gathering with topless women & musical instruments, to NSW with Thailand 10stg tied by '.../...EXPRESS' cds, the message in English headed "Angkor Vat/Indo Chine" states "...The ruins of Angkor are most impressive, the finest of the extinct civilisation I have seen. Many of the natives here resemble the Melanesians...", minor corner bends.
MONACO: Selection with 1885 Charles III 1fr SG 9 (VFU), 1919 War Orphans to 1fr+1fr, 1951 Holy Year 100fr, etc; also Andorra 1950 100f Chamoix; Cat £1800+.
(Qty 18)
POLYNESIA: Edition RP PPCs with French & English captions including '... Drying split [cocoa]nuts for copra' (a wonderful photograph), '...The police headquarters' with two young boys apprehended for under-age driving, '...Commercial wharf at Papeete' with Mariposa Café and Société Commerciale de l'Oceanie building, '...Mail day on the wharf' with hundreds of the locals attired in their Dimanche finery, '...Double canoe race' with two enormous canoes that would fit right in with a Chinese dragon boat race, '...Inamongst [sic] the vanilla' showing four girls draping themselves with vanilla tendrils to the amusement of the Banana Man, etc, six of them subtly hand-tinted, fine to very fine unused. A most attractive series.
(Qty 9)