Letter from Mazamet (then in Vichy France) to Ilford Limited, London, via Lisbon; 4fr & 2fr Pétain issue; censored twice in UK, marked ‘condemned’ then ‘released’ h/s; cancelled 13 Jul 1942; b/s Lisbon Central 20 Jul 1942, London EC 23 Feb 1946; held and delivered after the war, most unusual, ex CWE Coles collection
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Poland, Russian parcel card Lodz 1909
Russian parcel card, registered from Lodz in Poland, appears to be local use, franked with arms types 50k, 20k, 3 x 10k, 5k, 3k (108 kopek rate); striking franking, on front and back, and a spectacular Poland cover
Switzerland 60c sitting Helvetia Lucerne 1865
60c sitting Helvetia (cat. £225 in 2013) a rare stamp on envelope, but damaged before use: d/r cds Luzern, black PD; French cachet d’entrée SUISSE ST LOUIS 19 Sept 1865; b/s Basel 17 September, Abergavenny 20 Sept 1865; the envelope has some defects but a very uncommon usage with stamp used alone for the rate
Marseille coloured card 1904 refusé
Illustrated ‘gruss aus’ type card of Marseille from the publisher, dated 1904: originally it was franked 1c on’ bande’, stamp lost; card thus charged 20c postage due (2 x 1c postage due stamps lost) on reverse: h/s REFUSÉ and returned; on reverse of the ‘bande’ h/s ‘retour à l’envoyeur 3103’ (Reims); a fine item
Curacao censored airmail to GB 1942
5 x 25c airmail stamp on envelope cancelled Willemstad, 25 October 1942; circular ‘Per Luchtpost/Par Avion’; m/s Air Mail Transatlantic; violet triangular censor h/s 2820; no clear b/s
Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika Coronation 1937
Airmail envelope franked with KGVI Coronation issue 30c x 5, 20c x 5 and (on reverse) 5c x 5 ; from Mbale, Uganda to Elmenteita, Kenya 12 May 1937; FDC
Austria first flight to Budapest 1974
75th anniversary UPU set of 3 40g, 60g, 1s (SG 1175–1177) on special mini-sheet for the 100th year of the UPU, on 1st flight Vienna–Budapest “Aerofila 74”; plus UPU Centenary (SG 1719–20) & 1s definitive; registered; b/s 24 October 1974 Budapest; a curious mixture
Curacao 1st flight 1946
Curacao 20c and 25c (SG 203, 204) pictorials on 1st flight Curacao to Amsterdam; illustrated special KLM envelope; cancelled Curacao Willemstad 19 February 1946; no b/s
Italy to Holland censored 1942
Italy 4 x 20c + 5c definitives cancelled bridged cds Milan 6 March 1942; opened by German Censors and resealed with “Geoffnet” label; sealed with German swastika cachet and confirmed by various small control h/s; b/s large cds UFFICIO CENSURA POSTA ESTERA II 7 March 1942; a nice combination
Internee in Switzerland 1944
Envelope to a German interned in Switzerland; GB KGVI 2½d cancelled d/r cds Rotherham, 8 April 1944; censored by British ‘Opened by Examiner 3204’ tape and German with “Geöffnet” sealing tape with Swastika cachet; Swiss ‘Zuzustellen /Fieldpostdirektion’ & No 315); arrival d/s after forwarding 19 July 1944, with the original letter