1899 (3 Apr) picture postcard written in Naples, franked with Italian 10c red brown, used in combination with Great Britain 1/2p orange, tied by Alger 5 Apr 99 cds and sent to Berlin, fine and interesting item, with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.$150

1940 cover from Laghouat Internment camp (mailing address c/o U.S. Consul, Algiers), at the edge of the Sahara Desert, administered by the Vichy French and supervised by the Italo-German Armistice Commission, with "Opened by Examiner 445" label, French hs and Laghouat, Alger cds, fine. This camp held mostly RAF airmen shot down over the Mediterranean; sender of this cover, Capt. A.R. Cooper, was apparently a secret agent with SOE (Special Operations Executive), arrested by the Vichy, who later escaped. An interesting item (Image)

Est.$250