
1939 (6 JA) registered cover bearing numbered corner marginal 7s.50 light blue ‘Dhow’ tied REG. ZANZIBAR cds. Fine philatelic cover.


1939 (NO 10) cover to Cayman Brac Post Office underfranked 1938-44 1d. green tied clear cds, bottom left framed ‘T/C’ handstamp with manuscript charge, a 1938-48 2d. ‘Turtles’ cancelled with ‘T’ in circle, reverse with Cayman Brac cds of JA 20, (the earliest recorded date); a little tone spotting.


1939 A.R. registered money letter envelope to Shanghai franked Japan white paper 50s pair and 6s pair tied Keizyo TyoSen cds, insured for the maximum admitted amount of 1000Y, large bold framed A.R. at centre, Shanghai arrival cds backstamp of 3.7.39. A fine and attractive cover.


1939 four-line date overprint on Achmed Zogu 10q and 25q envelopes, some ageing around edges and light corner creasing bottom right.

1939 incoming cover from Frinton, England to ‘The Shanghai Butchery Co.’ With arrival backstamps, front bearing violet framed FIRM EXTINCT and two-line framed Returned for Reasons Stated/Return To Sender, various Chinese manuscript marks and violet Shanghai cds on reverse, German censorship has been applied en route back, without any final arrival.


1939 registered cover to Australia, re-directed internally upon arrival, bearing single franking 2 /- tied Kavieng cds with violet registration handstamp, a plephary of backstamps.

1939 ‘The Sydney Sanitarium & Hospital, Wahioonga N.S.W.’ illustrated envelope used on board ship to Arosa, Switzerland, franked 3p. (2) and 2a.6p. tied Mombasa Paquebot cds,


1940 (23 Sep) cover to Hillsboro, North Carolina franked 1922-28 ½d., 1d. and 1½d. tied Road Town cds, an unsealed envelope with very fine censor handstamp on reverse, the earliest recorded date of this handstamp.

1940 (3 NO) envelope with contents to Adelaide, South Australia bearing single franking 1930-39 15 mils tied bilingual Amman cds, violet hexagonally framed Passed By Censor/ Transjordan/ 1 alongside, reverse with further Amman cds of following day.

1940 (8 Dec) cover bearing three + 5Frs./ SPITFIRE values plus 25c. Waterfalls tied Nkongsamba Cameroun cds, framed illustrated ‘Journee Du Spitfire’ handstamp, these stamps were used towards the cost of purchasing the fighter plane for the Free French Airforce.


1940 (AU 2) cover to San Nicolas, Aruba, Netherland West Indies bearing single franking 2½d. tied Georgetown double ring cds, with to left ‘Opened by Censor’ apple green label with stop (a late date), reverse with Curacao transit (28.8.) and arrival cds (30.8.). Some glue staining around label, scarce

1940 3f Prince Johann II special imperf Courvoisier printing on thicker than issued paper without gum, hinged.


1940 cover to Georgetown, Mass., USA bearing single franking 12c. tied Sandakan cds, endorsed “Via Hong Kong &/ Pacific”, Passed By Censor sealing tape tied on front and back ‘PASSED BY/ 19/ CENSOR/ NORTH BORNEO’, Victoria Hong Kong transit backstamp and triangular framed censor handstamp on front.

1940 HAMMARSTEN-JANSSON composite essay sheetlet in black with 7 unissued designs, no gum as issued, tiny tear in top margin, minor fold at upper left corner and vertical bends in the right margin, otherwise very fine and scarce

1940 HAMMARSTEN-JANSSON composite essay sheetlet in brown with 7 unissued designs, no gum as issued, a couple of tiny spots on front hardly noticeable, otherwise fine and scarce

1940-41 No Watermark 2c Martyr bottom margin block of four imperf horizontally between stamps and also between margin, the margin with inscription ‘The Commercial Press Ltd’ and AC1.13 reference number; fine unused without gum.

1940s illustrated envelope of 'THE HONG KONG MOTOR ACCESSORY CO LTD.' to New York with spark plug illustrated on front, reverse with enamel paint, wheel hub, Acme Paint and Oxidite Battery plus a radio.


1941 (21.II) cover to Hong Kong "British possession/ in St China", franked on reverse with four 1a tied hexagonal date stamps which is repeated on front, red censor tape that is tied on reverse with framed violet number handstamp, Victoria Hong Kong cds of same date, timed at 9am


1941 (28.III) cover to Hong Kong , franked on reverse with strip of four and single 1a tied hexagonal date stamps which is repeated on front, black censor tape that is tied on reverse with bright blue-green framed number handstamp ‘15’ , Victoria Hong Kong cds of 29th and also a cds tying the censor label of 31st, a further Hong-Kong cds at centre; good clean example.