MOSTLY 1950s-60s WORLD MIXTURE - in small carton, some earlier or later with FDCs, philatelic mail and some commercial mail inc. Russia 1891 10k env. uprated with 5k adhesive to Sweden & taxed '12½c', North Borneo 1946 long env. (splits) with 1945 BMA full set of 15, Syria 1949 airmail env. to US with 15p & 50p + 2½ps (2) tax stamps all tied by ALEP cds and Kenya 1979 express env. to GB with 5/- rhodolite tied NAIROBI cds & 'POST OFFICE/EXPRESS' labels (2) at left. Generally good to fine. (c330) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, EXPRESS MAIL, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

POSTAL STATIONERY / PPC COLLECTION: A stock book containing many fine cards incl. 1924 Everest Expedition signed PPC with both Empire Exhibition and Expedition special cancels, group of 1890-s Japan postcards incl. 2 hand painted, many other 1890s types ex Europe, mostly addressed to Leeds. (62 cards) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - 1831-1940s CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, BAHAMAS, BR. GUIANA & ZULULAND GROUP - CGH inc. 1902 env to London franked 1d CGH readdressed to Marseille with GB 1½d Jubilee tied London duplex and 1909 real photo PC (Govt. Offices, Mafeteng) to Dublin franked CGH 1d tied Mafeteng cds with Wepener transit cds alongside; Bahamas inc. 1911 KEVII 2½d to Vera Cruz, Mexico (unusual dest.); Br. Guiana inc. 1831 EL to Belfast datelined at Berbice and rated '1/3'(d) with Liverpool and Dublin d.s. on rear; and Zululand range (7) of mostly used/unused stationery. (34 items)Cross Reference: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ZULULAND, BAHAMAS, BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA (Image)

BR. COMMONWEALTH - 1856-1920s GIBRALTAR, IONIAN IS, MAURITIUS & SEYCHELLES GROUP - Gibraltar inc. 1856 E to London with mostly fine "PACKET LETTER/SOUTHAMPTON" h.s. on front and rear with Gibraltar, Southampton and London cds and 1863 E to Gibraltar ex Edinburgh rated '6'(d) on front, redirected to Scotland and with "6" h.s. on front to indicate incoming charge; Ionian Is. stampless group (4) inc. May 1838 EL to Ithaca with scarce hooded "CERGO" d.s. & rated '3' on front and hooded "ITACA" d.s. on rear; Mauritius inc. 1899 36c env. to Boston uprated 15c on 36c + 1c arms issues with Mauritius & London d.s. on front and 1900 env. to Paris franked 15c + pair 18c with large oval "REGISTERED/MAURITIUS" d.s. and oval "R" h.s. on front; and Seychelles inc. 1893 8c PC to Sydney and 1895 4c reply PC to Germany uprated with 2c stamp. (26 items) Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, IONIAN ISLANDS, MAURITIUS, SEYCHELLES (Image)

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GROUP; Mostly 20th Century Range with 1892/99 Br. Guiana 2c Wrappers to Suriname or Austria, 1909 env. to Canada franked Br. Honduras KEVII 2c, c1937 env. to Guernsey franked GB 1½d tied by "TRISTAN DA CUNHA" UDC, 1939 airmail env. to Trinidad franked Br.Guiana KGVI 12c + 2c pair, 1943 env. to Guatemala franked Br. Honduras 5c + 1c, 1952 airmail env. to USA franked 24c, 2c + 4c with "LATE FEE" h.s. on front, 1958 advert env. to USA franked Ceylon 50c (3), 1959 env. to Colombo franked Maldives 3c (5) + 10c, 1960 reduced env. to Tunisia franked St Helena ½d pair, 1961 airmail env. to London franked Seychelles QEII 70c pair with Victoria reg. h.s. on front, 1965 airmail env. to Zambia franked St Helena 6d (4) + 3d (4), 1979 airmail env. to Ascension franked St Helena 8p and other related examples. (320 covers/cards) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, LATE FEE MAIL (Image)

20th CENTURY BRITISH AFRICA MAIL; Range inc. 1920 large Nigeria KGV 2d reg. env. to Huddersfield franked KGV 1d, 1931 large env. to NY franked Nyasaland KGV 6d + 4d with Blantyre reg. label affixed, 1932 airmail env. to Manchester franked Tanganyika KGV 50c + 15c, 1933 airmail env. to London franked S.Rhodesia KGV 10d, 1938 OHMS airmail env. to Ceylon franked KUT KGVI 10c block of four, 1939 airmail env. to Zurich franked KUT 50c, 20c + 5c, 1940 airmail env. to Wales remarkably franked KGVI ½d (30), 1941 v.large env. to Ndola franked N.Rhodesia KGVI 4d, 2d (3) + 1½d with Livingstone reg. label affixed, 1942 airmail env. to USA franked KUT KGVI 2/- pair with censor tape at left, 1946 airmail env. to Edinburgh franked KUT KGVI 5/- + 5-c with Nairobi reg. label affixed, 1953 airmail env. to USA franked KUT KGVI 1/- (5), 1959 env. to London franked Sierra Leone 2c on 3d (17 inc. a block of 16), 1979 airmail env. to Dominica franked Kenya 2/- and with tax mark on front and many others. (190) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

BRITISH WEST INDIES 20th CENTURY MAIL; Range in small box with 1901 Leeward Islands ½d QV Wrapper to Copenhagen, 1902 env. to England franked Leeward Is. QV 1d, variously redirected and forwarded to Dominica, 1909 Grenada KEVII ½d Wrapper to Austria, 1911 Dominica QV 1d PC used to Copenhagen, 1924 OHMS env. to USA franked Grenada KGV 6d with reg. h.s. on front, 1924 unsealed env. to USA franked Grenada KGV ½d, 1927 OHMS env. to Miami franked Antigua KGV 2½d pair with bold oval "R" h.s. on front, 1929 env. to Czechoslovakia franked Leeward Is. 1d & Antigua 1½d, 1934 env. to England franked Antigua KGV 3d (2) with reg. label on front, 1945 censored airmail env. to Curacao franked Leeward Is. KGVI 1/- & Antigua 2½d (2), c1950 airmail env. to NY franked Dominica KGVI 1/- (2), 1d & ½d, 1950 airmail env. to Philadelphia franked Grenada KGVI 1/- + ½d pair with "Insufficiently Paid For/transmission by AIR" h.s. on front, c1963 2nd class airmail env. to USA franked Cayman Is. QEII 6d and many others. (283)Cross Reference: REDIRECTED MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

LEVANT POSTAL STATIONERY, PERSIAN GULF, COGH OCTAGONAL CANCEL, ETC: Fine British Levant KEVII 1d red Postal Stationery card to Mohammerah, Persian Gulf, cancelled Smyrna 4 Apr. 1910 with Alexandria & Port Taufiq transit marks and fine Mohammerah 28 Apr. 1910 receiving cancel. Also C.O.G.H. cover to London bearing 2½ on 3d lilac cancelled by fine 'dotted' octagon cancel of 13 Apr. 1892. Very attractive pair. (2)Cross Reference: LEVANT, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, IRAN/PERSIA (Image)

WORLDWIDE MIXTURE INC. AIRMAILS, CENSORED, EXPRESS, REGISTERED ETC; Range in carton inc. 1896 env. to England franked Hong Kong QV 10c, 1917 wax-sealed & insured (for 25 francs) defective env. to London Ex Russia franked 25k (3) with Russian and London reg. labels on front, 1934 Express airmail env. to London franked Yugoslavia 50p + 1p strip of six, 1918 censored env. to Chicago franked Bolivia 20c, 10c, 5c & 1c with reg. label on front, 1920 folded shipping menu to Birmingham franked China 10c, 1920 env. to Durban franked S.Africa KGV 1d pair, one unit bisected and tied by Ladybrand cds, 1938 locally addressed multi-redirected env. franked India KGVI 1a + ½a with 23 backstamps inc. DLO, 1939 airmail env. to Japan franked S.Africa 1/- strip of three + 3d + 1d tied by Johannesburg machine cancel with Hong Kong censor mark at left and bilingual English/Afrikaans censor tape at right, 1939 airmail env. to Sudan franked KUT 20c, c1941 large airmail env. to England endorsed 'SAFE HAND' franked Trinidad & Tobago KGVI $4.80 + 24c + 8c + 60c block of six with ms. cancels, 1942 official env. to USA ex Canal Zone with "RELEASED CPSA" h.s. on front and many more. (c300)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, EXPRESS MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

20TH CENTURY MIX INC. WWII & WRECK MAIL; Range with 1908/09 PPC's depicting Messina earthquake the 1922 PPC's depicting the burning of Smyrna (one used from Malta to England and franked ½d pair), 1941 env. (consistent faults) to Cairo ex London (stamp washed away) with "SALVED FROM THE SEA" h.s. on front, possibly from the S.S Athena wrecked off Ireland, Nov. 1939 env. to Malta franked KGVI ½d tied by Valetta cds with double-lined oval "PASSED BY CENSOR/210" h.s. on rear (Daynes 513-210) issued in Hong Kong and others. (27 cards/covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MALTA, HONG KONG (Image)

COLLECTION OF KGVI FRANKINGS INC. WITH VARIETIES - inc. Jamaica 1942 censored env. to NY with 1/- with var. repaired chimney R11/1 & 2/-, Barbados 1947 env. used locally with various adhesives inc. 4d with var. flying mane R4/1, Falklands Is Dependencies 1946 E with set of 8 inc. 6d with var. SOUTH POKE, Grenada 1956 env. to US with 2d var. line on sail partly repaired, Leewards 1954 env. to Canada with 1/- var strengthened rosette R9/3, Bahamas 1951 large reg. env. Natal with ½d green blocks of 8 & 12 with damaged outer frame R8/1 or chipped N R9/6, etc. Also Turks & Caicos 1935 SJ set on reg. env. to Canada. (48) (Image)

EASTERN EUROPE & BALTIC STATES; Range with 1885 env. to London franked Russia 7k (2) with circular dotted "R" h.s. on front, 1894 slightly reduced Newspaper band to London franked Russia 2k with framed "Found in S.W./without contents" h.s. on front, 1904 Austria 5h PC to England uprated 1h (5) tied by Sarajevo cds, 1913 env. to Valletta franked Bulgaria 15c, 3c, 1c, 5c & 2c, 1920 reduced env. to Chicago franked Czechoslovakia 30h pair + 20h pair with Pecky reg. label on front, 1924 PPC to Yugoslavia sent at printed matter rate and franked Latvia 4s, 1933 PPC to Ostrava franked Czechoslovakia 50h plus a Zionist poster stamp and taxed with 1k p.due affixed, 1935 env. to London franked Poland 1z on 1z20g + 30g with Warsaw reg. h.s. on front, 1938 env. to NY franked Romania 10l (3) + 1l (2) with Bucharest reg. h.s. on front, 1940 censored env. to Dublin franked Estonia 10s (2) + 5s (2), 1948 airmail env. to New Delhi franked Russia 2r, 1r + 30k (2) with Moscow reg. h.s. on front and many others. (155 covers/cards)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

EUROPE - 1884-c1900 MONTENEGRO, SWITZERLAND & GERMAN SAMOA GROUP - inc. Montenegro used range of 19th century p.stat cards & newspaper wrappers inc. 1888-9 2n & 2n Red Reply Card (both parts, reply half unused) to Germany uprated with 3n Green tied Cetinje cds; Switzerland inc. 1884 commercial PC to Lenzburg franked 12c tied by Brugg cds and remarkable 1895 turned env. to England franked 12c + 3c (5) with part pasted address panel on rear; and German Samoa 1894/1900 envs. (few defects) to Magdeburg or Lyon franked pair + single Germany 20pf tied by two or three strikes of the "APIA/KAISERL.DEUTSCHE/POSTAGENTUR" d.s. and with arrival d.s. on rear of each. (20 items) Cross Reference: MONTENEGRO, SAMOA, SWITZERLAND (Image)

FAR EAST 20TH CENTURY MAIL; Range with c1905 native env. franked Japan 3s (3) + 1s with printed reg. label on front, 1932 airmail env. to England franked Netherlands Indies 50c, 25c, & 75c, 1949 airmail env. to Calcutta franked Japan 30y, 50y & 3y tied by Tokyo cds, 1957 airmail env. to Hong Kong franked Ryukyu Is. 15y, 1961 airmail env. to Hong Kong franked S.Korea 50h tied by Seoul d.s.and other related items. (89 items) Cross Reference: JAPAN, AIR MAIL COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, KOREA - SOUTH (Image)

ITALY & GREECE - c1827-1960s GROUP OF MAIL INC. HOTEL CACHETS - Italy inc. 1939 airmail front ex Saarland with Italy 2l & 5l (2) postage dues, 1944 censored PPC ex Vatican to Norfolk with 20c, 25c & 50c (2), 1953 reg. env. to Chicago with 10l & 25l (6) and "LETTER PACKAGE/COLLECT TEN CENTS" alongside, and 1961 express env. ex ship to Surrey with 170l value and boxed "EXPRESS FEE PAID"; Greece inc. 1939 printed matter env. to GB with 8l (2) & 20l (2) values, 1940 airmail env. to US with 2d (2), 5d, 8d, 10d (2) & 100d (2) values, and 1951 censored airmail env. to GB with 1600d adhesive. Also a group of mainly Italian/Swiss PCs with hotel cachets. Mixed condition. (c157 items)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, EXPRESS MAIL, ITALY, GREECE (Image)

MIDDLE EAST 20th CENTURY GROUP; Range with 1921 PPC to Bucharest franked French PO in Syria 20c (2) tied by Beirut cds, 1946 advert. env. to Sweden franked Syria 12p50 pair + 5p tied by Aleppo cds, 1946 small env. to Greece franked Lebanon 5p + 5p on 30c, 1949 airmail env. to Calcutta franked Israel 50m block of six tied by Tel Aviv cds, 1950 censored express airmail env. to Vienna franked Israel 40pr, 1954 unsealed env. to Berlin franked Syria 2p50 (2), 1963 airmail env. to Italy franked Bahrain 20 n.p. (2) and other related examples. (104 covers)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, ISRAEL, EXPRESS MAIL (Image)

PORTUGAL & SPAIN - 1870s-1960s GROUP OF MAIL - Portugal range (77) inc. 1908 PPC to South Africa with 5r (2) & 10r Funchal stamps, 1932 env. to GB with 30c green marked "IMPRESSOS", 1942 censored reg. env. to Norwich with $1.75 (2) $4.50 & $25 stamps and 1945 Xmas card to GB with $35 green; Spain range (38) inc. c1935 censored airmail env. to Paris with 20c, 50c (3) & 1p values, c1936 censored env. to GB redirected to Italy with 25c (8) postage dues, 1937 censored env. to US with 45c Iglesias, 1937 censored env. to Antwerp with 50c blue, 1939 advert. env. (depicting a crude Kangaroo!) to Valladolid with 40c mauve & another under the tape, 1941 censored env. to Brussels with 70c Franco, 1944 censored airmail env. to London with 25c & 2p Franco values, and undated env. to Durham with 25c & 50c Franco values uncalled and with small "PAQUEBOT" alongside. Mixed condition. (c110) Cross Reference: MILITARY - SPANISH CIVIL WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, PORTUGAL, SPAIN (Image)

20th CENTURY S.AMERICAN MAILS; Extensive range inc. 1899 env. to London franked Colombia 10c + 10c reg. stamp, 1917 censored env. to Switzerland franked Argentina 12x, 1923 env. to San Francisco franked Colombia 10r, 5c & 3c with reg. h.s. on front, 1933 env. to Scotland franked Peru 1s, 15c + 10c with reg. label on front, 1940 censored airmail env. to Holland franked Venezuela 45c (2) + 37½c, 1942 censored airmail env. to England franked 50c + 40c, 1943 advert. env. to Buenos Aires franked Paraguay 50c pair + 5c (3) with Asuncion reg. label on front, 1947 airmail env. to London franked Mexico 40c, 6c, 4c, 2c, 3c, 30c & 50c with reg. and circular "A.R." marks on front, 1947 censored env. to Munich (US Zone) franked 50c + 40c and other related examples. (204 items) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

20th CENTURY S.AMERICA GROUP; Range with 1932 OHMS env. to Bogota ex Barranquilla franked Colombia 10c (3 - two with airmail opt) 20c pair (airmail opt), 4c (2) 1934 airmail env. to Canada franked Peru 15c (2), 50c & 10c (4) with reg. label on front, 1941 censored airmail env. to London franked Mexico 50c, 30c (2) + 1p with reg. label affixed, 1941 censored airmail env. to Scotland franked Chile 10p + 4p, 1943 censored advert. airmail env. to NY franked Colombia 15c pair, 5c + ½c with censor tape at left and 1943 Medellin Expo label on front, 1944 env. to England ex Havana franked Cuba 5c + ½c with censor tape at left & right, 1956 airmail env. to Helsinki franked Paraguay 10c pair, 2g, 5g & 1g with Asuncion reg. label on rear and other related examples. (78 items)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, EXHIBITIONS, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES (Image)

20th CENTURY SCANDINAVIAN GROUP; Range with 1901 PC to Brussels endorsed for printed matter and franked Sweden 5 ore, 1935 airmail env. to Cape Town franked Norway 30 ore pair + 20ore pair tied by Oslo machine cancel, 1935 env. to Regensburg franked Finland m strip of four with Oulu-Uleaborg reg. label on front, Denmark 4ore Newspaper Wrapper to Switzerland uprated 35ore + 1ore, 1943 censored airmail env. to USA franked 90ore pair, 1947 airmail env. to Manchuria franked Denmark 40 + 5ore (2), 15 + 5ore (2), 20 + 5ore (2) and 5ore (2) with Shenyang and Shanghai cds on rear and "Service Suspended/Return to Sender" h.s. on front and other related examples (166 covers/cards)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)