Mauritius. Selected c.d.s cancels on stamps (49) and pieces (4), one piece with 5c stationery cut-out + 20c + 1r probably paying the rare 1.25r air mail rate to Europe via Madagascar. (53).

Perfins. 1935 Registered cover to Czechoslovakia bearing two 20c stamps perfined "MCB/M" (Mauritius Commercial Bank), also single 5c, 20c and 1r stamps perfined "MCB/M" and 1r perfined "BB/&Co". (Cover + 4 stamps).

Censorship / Perfin. 1939 (Aug 31) Registered cover to Switzerland bearing eight Silver Jubilee 5c stamps perfined "MCB/M" (Mauritius Commercial Bank), handstamped oval "PASSED CENSOR / MAURITIUS", arrival backstamp (Oct 15). Posted three days before war was declared and possibly censored before that date, probably the earliest known WW2 censor item from Mauritius. Photo on Page 162. (Image1)

Dutch Submarine K XVIII. 1935 Covers (2) and a card posted during the visit of the Dutch Submarine K XVIII whilst on its world tour from Holland to Java (during which it visited Tristan da Cunha, South Africa, Mauritius and Fremantle), one cover carried from the island by the submarine. The group comprises cover to Holland with an illustration of the submarine on the flap and "Built by Wilton-Fijenoord Rotterdam, Hr. Ms. Onderzeeboot K XVIII" posted at Port Louis (May 31) franked 20c; picture postcard of the submarine with handstamped message of thanks from the Captain posted from Port Louis (May 30) to Holland franked 10c; and a cover with "Government House Mauritius" flap addressed to "Lady Jackson, Fremantle, Australia" franked Mauritius 5c cancelled by the "NEDERLANDSCHE MARINE" cachet of the submarine, endorsed "Per Sub K XVIII" and carried by the submarine to Soerabaja where it was posted registered franked 35c, handstamped "UNCLAIMED" and "NOT KNOWN BY LETTER CARRIER", returned to Soerabaja then redirected to Holland. An exceptional trio, the last cover probably unique, with notes about the voyage and this cover. (3). Photo on Page 168. (Image1)

1935 Inland Parcel Post label bearing 10c + Silver Jubilee 5c tied by Poudre D'Or datestamps, boxed Delivery G.P.O datestamp, unusual and very scarce. Photo on Page 168. (Image1)

1935 Parcel tag registered to South Africa, endorsed "Sample, no commercial value", franked on the reverse by four Silver Jubilee 12c stamps paying the 48c sample rate up to 350gms. Very unusual.

1935 Cover to the USA franked at the 5c printed matter rate, cancelled by boxed "TRAVELLING / 3-DN / BOX N.L" datestamp with a further strike alongside, used on the Northern Line T.P.O between Port Louis and Grand River. A scarce T.P.O cancel.

1935 Cover to England franked by a single 1r, paying the double air mail rate via Kenya, a rare single use of the 1r, just one other similar cover to G.B and an underpaid cover to Turkey recorded with single 1r stamps. Photo on Page 168. (Image1)

1935 3c Postal stationery postcards franked 2c + Silver Jubilee 5c, sent to France or Germany, both very fine. (2).

1935 Covers franked at the 20c rate (one with 5c strip of four) but over 20gms so marked " 2/30c" and handstamped "T", one to France without any charge collected, the other to Denmark bearing 10ore postage due strip of three applied at Silkeborg. (2).

1935 Registered cover to Turkey sent by air via Kenya franked by a single 1r, the correct rate being 20c registration + 1r double air mail rate over 10gms, therefore underpaid by 20c, backstamped at Nairobi, Athens and Istanbul. A rare destination and single 1r franking. Photo on Page 168. (Image1)

1935 Covers to France franked at the 90c air mail rate via South Africa, datestamps of Forest Side or Curepipe. (2).