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Belgian Congo First Flight 1939

Belgian Congo First Flight 1939

Plain card from ‘Société Muphilia’ Brussels with 15c pictorial and 50c airmail, cancelled COSTERMANSVILLE s/r cds to Usumbura 27 November 1939; on the inauguration of the new air service from Stanleyville to Usumbura, with first flight h/s 18 Nov 1939; b/s Usumbura 29 Nov 1939

Argentine to London censored 1942

Argentine to London censored 1942

Registered airmail envelope with 6 x 1 peso map stamp and 2 x 20c portrait issue (1 with fault) from Buenos Aires to London, 27 October 1942; with British censor sealing tape ‘Opened by Examiner 693’; b/s New York Foreign 11.3.1942 and 11.5.1942 (3 & 5 November 1942); nice wartime example

Italy registered letter, 1932

Italy registered letter

Dante issue 25c + 2 x 1.25 (SG 317, 321) on envelope with registered label and h/s RACCOMANDATA; from Rome to Birmingham, 27 August 1932; b/s ROMA FERROVIA RACCOMANDATEO; a ‘Wilson’ cover from the well-known dealer Diena

Italy Transatlantic Clipper 1945 censored

Italy Transatlantic Clipper 1945 censored

2 lire 1930 air stamp (SG 275) + 2 lire definitive issued August 1945 (SG 638) on airmail envelope inscribed m/s “via Transatlantic Clipper”, from Rome to New York, 4 September 1945; Italian censor tape “Censura Verificato”; British censor tape “Opened by Examiner 4331”; incomplete Italian cachet on reverse; airmail envelope illustrated inside; faults to envelope

Hamburg ‘Seagull’ 1856

Hamburg 'Seagull' 1856

entire Hamburg to Arnhem, Holland, 25 November 1856; VF strike of ‘Seagull’ d/s; ms rate 30; b/s Arnhem in red 27 November; a fine example of this attractive datestamp

Spanish Civil War, 1937

Spanish Civil War

11 definitive values and 2 pictorials (S Cruz de Teneriffe SG 1, 1a & 2-7 + National State SG 869, 875, 905 + Canary Isles Air Service Label) on plain envelope from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Santa Cruz de La Parma, all cancelled with boxed type registration d/s ‘CERTIFICADA Sta CRUZ DE TENERIFE’; 9 of the stamps are overprinted ‘Viva España 18 Julio 1936’; red censor h/s “Censura Militar Santa Cruz de Tenerife”; b/s 24 October 07 (error for 37) and Las Palma 27 October 37; a spectacular array and a scarce franking

GB Postal Strike Mail to Canada, 1971

GB Postal Strike Mail to Canada

envelope from London to Toronto during the British Postal Strike of 1971; with Special Courier Mail strike label, cancelled “Authorised by Ministry Post and Telecom 27171, Special Courier Mail”; Canadian stamp added in Toronto and cancelled Toronto 12 Feb 1971; no b/s

Portugal to Halsingborg 1943 Censored

Portugal to Halsingborg 1943 Censored

2 x 1.75 Lusidas cancelled octagonal d/s Correio Aereo Lisboa, on envelope Lisbon to Halsingborg, Sweden 27 January 1943; German “Geöffnet” censor tape tied to envelope with Swastika cachets; inspectors’ marks 2213, 2215, 6022 (red) & 62 (blue); on reverse red IV in circle; a spectacular censored cover

Internee in Holland 1918, to Guernsey

Internee in Holland 1918

Internee in Holland, Postcard to Guernsey 27 August 1918; d/r bridged cds SCHEVENINGEN 5, h/s PORTOFREI FRANC DE PORT (?) MILITAIRES ETRANGERS INTERNÉS DANS LES PAYS BAS; faint h/s London FS Paid in red; m/s “Des Services Des Prisonnier de Guerre”; on a postcard of ‘The Little Fisherman’; unusual and interesting

Vienna to New York, Returned 1936

Vienna to New York

Envelope with d/r bridged cds 2/1 Wien 27; on reverse small costume definitive 2 x 24gr + 12 gr cancelled with the same cds; to New York 10 September 1936; on reverse “Not in Directory Morris Heights Station” and “INCONNU/UNKNOWN” in violet; on face h/s RETOUR in violet