South West Africa
Covers and stamps / South West Africa / Censored mail / Military
1914 stampless picture postcard to Natal with Army Base Office/ South Africa 4, large violetTRANSVAAL SCOTTISH REGIMENT ORDERLY ROOM cachet and in similar ink framed PASSED BY CENSOR/ Doorgelaten Door Censor/ No. 4; very fine condition.
£65
Virgin Islands
Covers and stamps / Virgin Islands
1914 ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ registered cover to Vienna franked 3d. pair and a 2/6d. tied Road-Town cds, registration at left, DWI registration at centre
£85
Turkey
Covers and stamps / Turkey / Instructional Handstamps
1915 (22.10.) plain card to Lausanne, Switzerland, franked 20 paras tied by bilingual Pera Depart cds, Stamboul Depart below and fine, albeit upside down framed handstamp ‘TROUVE DANS LA BOITE’; fine condition.
£65
South West Africa
Covers and stamps / South West Africa / Censored mail / Military
1915 (23/5) stampless picture postcard of ship endorsed “On Active Service” to Alice, Eastern Cape, datelined as from Swakopmund, faint framed violet censor cachet towards top right; fine condition.
£65
Togo
Covers and stamps / Gold Coast / Togo
1915 (27.4.) cover to Arnhem, Holland franked pair Gold Coast 1d. tied Lome Togo cds, red manuscript censor at left, arrival backstamp. Fine condition unsealed envelope.
£295
Togo
Covers and stamps / Togo
1915 (29.12.) registered cover to Cambridge franked 2d. grey pair tied Lome cds, the left-hand stamp with small ‘F’, three-line censorship, arrival backstamp. Fine appearance.
£195
China - Italian Levant
Covers and stamps / China / Italian Levant
1915 (30 1) Registered envelope to Italy franked Italy 10c + 15c slate (strip of 3) tied by violet 'DISTACCAMENTO R.MARINA ITALIANA' with Spezia arrival backstamp, hs 'R.No' in violet on front, 'R.MARINA ITALIANA/PECHINO', very light creasing, cert. Sorani
£945
Italian Colonies
Covers and stamps / Italian Colonies / Lion
1915 (4.4) registered cover to Florence franked 1906-07 ‘Lion’ 15c on 2a pair and 25c on 2½a tied by two Giumbo (Somalia Italiano) with another strike below that shows manuscript amended month from ‘4’ to ‘5’, arrival backstamp of 2.6.; some faults to reverse of envelope.
£75
New Zealand
Covers and stamps / New Zealand / Official Mail
1915 (4.Feb) Post and Telegraph Department receipt for telephone rental at Ekethauna with O.H.M.S. on front and short address; central crease and filing holes.
£55
HONG KONG
Covers and stamps / Hong Kong / Censored mail / Returned mail
1915 (5.XI) cover from Netherlands to Shanghai, China, routed via Hong Kong where two blue 'OPENED BY CENSOR/Hong Kong' sealing labels at top and fine two-line 'RETURNED.NOT/TRANSMISSIBLE' handstamp at base applied; the envelope cut open for display.
£495
Cayman Islands
Covers and stamps / Cayman Islands / Farthings
1915 (AU 27) registered cover to Pittsburg, USA franked 1907-09 2½d. ultramarine and 1913 ¼d. blocks of four both front and back, cancelled by double circle Georgetown Grand Cayman date stamps, blue framed manuscript registration at bottom left, straight-line violet American registration, reverse with Jamaica transit, New York transits and arrival cancels; good condition, franked at correct 4½d. rate.
£75
Togo
Covers and stamps / Togo
1915 (Oct 10) registered cover to London bearing single franking 1915 3d. overprint tied by larger Lome date stamp, three-line violet censorship at left, arrival backstamps; light corner crease.
£55
ALBANIA
Covers and stamps / Albania
1915 (Provisional Government of Essad Pasha) small calling card envelope franked 40pa handstamped unissued stamp tied Durazzo cds, reverse with Shijak Shqipenie arrival in blue; very slightly reduced at left.
£175
Mexico
Covers and stamps / Mexico / Registered mail
1915 (Set 15) registered AR cover to Columbus, Ohio franked Civil War Sonora 1914 ‘Coach Seal’ 5c. pair and 20c. strip of four tied by three oval Nogales date stamps, registration handstamp at left and circular framed AR, reverse with a further two despatch cancels, two Nogales Ariz Registered transits and an arrival cds.
£75
NORWAY: (Advertising Stationery)
Covers and stamps / Norway / Postal Stationery / Advertising Covers
1915 10o. card to Linden with illustrated advertisement on reverse for DEN NORSKE CREDITBANK; unusual.
£55
Turkey
Covers and stamps / Turkey / Registered mail / value declared
1915 1pi. postal stationery registration envelope, value declared at 500c., from Constantinople to Leipzig and additionally franked 20pa., 1pi., 2pi. with transit and arrival cancels; small fault top right of envelope.
£75
Sudan
Covers and stamps / Sudan / Postal Stationery
1915 5m ‘Arab Postman’ postal stationery envelope to Tynan, Co. Armagh, Ireland cancelled by good strike of Myolo cds, reverse with Khartoum transit and Tynan R.S.O. cds. Enclosed is lengthy two page letter written by a senior officer at Yambio. A fine, very scarce item without any censorship.
£65
Persia
Covers and stamps / Persia
1915 cover to Meched franked on reverse pair ‘3 CH/1914’ on 26ch pair tied Kirmanchar cds, Teheran transit cds also tying one stamp and one strike on front; roughly opened at right.
£60
Serbia
Covers and stamps / Serbia / Proofs
1915 King Peter on the Battlefield black die proof within circular frame without value on glazed card, small ink spot on reverse otherwise fine condition, 110 x 135mm
£245
Serbia
Covers and stamps / Serbia / Proofs
1915 King Peter on the Battlefield black die proof without value on glazed card, some slight ageing, mostly on reverse.