1915 picture postcard from Athens, Greece to Limassol with despatch and arrival cancels and large violet ‘MARTIAL LAW/ PASSED CENSOR/ CYPRUS’ at centre; fine condition.
1915 registered cover to Lausanne franked on reverse 2pi. ‘Hamidiye’ tied by Pera date stamp, arrival cds to right. The envelope returned by Hotel with Beau Rivage Palace-Hotel/ OUCHY/Lausanne cachet applied, trilingual green framed ‘Inconnu’ label applied to front tied by Lausanne cds, above straight-line ‘A rendre a l’expediteur’ handstamp and two-line Arabic handstamp; the stamp with one pulled perf.
1915 registered cover to Pittsburg franked 1908-09 ½d., 1d. and 3d. Georgetown Grand Cayman cds, blue manuscript registration at top, straight-line American REGISTERED handstamp, revere with New York transits and arrival cds.
1915 ½d postal stationery card to Germany with framed three-line 'PRISONER OF WAR' handstamp overstruck 'POST FREE/P.C./PRISONERS OF WAR' handstamp and below this straight-line "PASSED BY CENSOR".
1915-17 King Vajiravudh 2 Satang yellow brown on greyish white thicker card, unused, some very slight grubbiness.
1915-17 King Vajiravudh 2 Satang yellow brown on white coated thin card, unused, some slight creasing top left and some yellow-brown inking.
1915-17 King Vajiravudh 3 Satang black green on thin dark salmon card, very fine unused. (H&G 36)
1915-17 King Vajiravudh 3 Satang green on thin dark salmon card, very fine unused. (H&G 36)
1915-17 King Vajiravudh 3 Satang light green on thick white card, two examples with different shades of red in Arms and title; mostly fine unused.
1916 (11.4.) registered cover to Paris franked Accra overprinted 1d. (small F variety) and 3d. tied by single Lome cds, blue registration label, three-ine violet censor, London transit and arrival backstamp.
1916 (2.IX.) cover to Helsingfors bearing single franking Russia 10k. 'George and the Dragon' tied trilingual 'NIKOLAISTAD' cds; arrival backstamps.
1916 (21.IX.) 10h parcel stationery card to Konsk, Poland additionally franked 30h. (2) on front and 2h. and 6h. on reverse, cancelled Wien cds, underfranked and on reverse Feldpost 4h. and 10h. Postage Dues applied and tied Konsk cds of 27.IX; fine and scarce.
1916 (4.3.) commercial envelope from USAMBARA MAGAZIN GmbH to Kihuhui (on the Zigi river), stampless with violet two-line Frankiert/ mit 7 ½ H handstamp and oval Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamt TANGA handstamp with cds to left, reverse with faint Tabora cds of unclear date; vertical filing crease not unduly detracting from an internal cover to a small outpost.
1916 5m ‘Arab Postman’ cover to Tynan, Co. Armagh, Ireland cancelled Myolo cds with a clear strike alongside, 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.
1916 cover to Rotterdam, Holland franked by five Accra overprinted ½d. tied Station Palime date stamps, three-line violet censor handstamp, reverse with Lome transit and arrival cds. Front shows company handstamp at left, top left ½d. some damage, otherwise a fine commercial cover.
1916 King Vajiravudh 6s deep rose on white postal stationery reply card in extremely fine unused condition. Outward and Reply sections both as fresh as the day printed. Ex European Post Office archive. H & G No.23. A small print figure.
1916 King Vajiravudh ‘5 Satang’ on 6s. postal stationery card extremely fine unused. Ex European Post Office archive. H & G No.26.
1916 King Vajiravudh ‘5 Satang’ on 6s. reply postal stationery card extremely fine unused. Ex European Post Office archive. H & G No.28.
1916 photographic picture postcard of a school group to Switzerland franked 1d. tied Accra date stamp, censor cachet at centre, redirected internally upon arrival.
1916 picture postcard of Abokobi to Switzerland franked 1d., written from Akropong with unclear despatch date stamp, Dodowa cds alongside showing inverted year slug ‘9161’, censor cachet at centre, Basel arrival cds.