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France to London 1942, held up until 1946, censored

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

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

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