

1947 (1 Sep) envelope to England franked 1945 ‘white background’ ½a. strip of three and 1a. pair tied by three double ring Kuwait Persian Gulf cds, reverse with Basrah (5 Sep) transit; fine and clean with clear legible cancels.


1947 International Reply Coupon imperforate proof block of four fine unused, unique example in private hands, presented to Eugene Thomas at the 1947 U.P.U. Congress in Paris.


1947 registered pink envelope to New York bearing single franking Antigua 2/6d. ‘Fort James’ tied single cds, registration label at left, reverse with further despatch, St John’s Antigua transit, New York transit and Staten Islands arrivals.

1948 (1 APR) cover to New York bearing corner plate block of four 2s. tied Hamilton cds, with small identified plate flaw.



1948 15s registration stationery to Melbourne, Australia additionally franked with pair of 80s., endorsed “Sample Mail”, green label applied after folding over the envelope and tied three violet cachets with two punch holes, further green label stating contents as ‘Silver clip’, this tied by a Singapore transit; unusual.

1948 cover to Kuching bearing single franking 8c ‘Crown Colony’ overprint cancelled by reddish violet PAQUEBOT, Kuching cds of same date front and back; damage to top left corner of envelope.

1948 insured, registered postal stationery envelope to Bombay additionally franked 3a. and 4a. tied "BRITISH LEGATION/(NEPAL)" cds, handstamped registration above an amended V.P. registration label.

1949 (4 APR) envelope bearing fine philatelic franking of three highest values, tied by Hamilton cds, the 10/- and 12/6d with monor flaws; fine condition.

1949 (NO 1) registered cover to New Zealand franked U.P.U. 3d. and 4d. each tied neat cds, redirected to Wellington with Taihape N.Z cds on front and back; fine condition.

1949 airmail cover to Switzerland franked four 1947 50w. Douglas DC-4 Airliner plus 10w Admiral Li Sun Sin tied violet Seoul date stamps; vertical fold at left clear of stamps.








1949 Portraits accumulation of 74 Courvoisier proofs affixed to their archive pages, all are imperf in various colours or combination of colours and includes frame only of the miniature sheet. A unique group.

1950 (Feb 20) cover to USA bearing single franking triangular 10c. Airmail, redirected to Swaziland where 1923-57 1d. and top marginal 2d. postage dues applied and tied Bremersdorp double-ring cds; light central filing crease.

1950 airmail cover to United States bearing single franking 6d. tied St John’s cds, redirected from USA to Poste Restante in Israel with this fee paid for with 20s and 30s Postage Dues tied cds.

1950 cover used within Jesselton franked at three cent printed matter rate with monogram overprinted 3c. ‘Native’ tied double-ring cds, fine condition.

1950 large registered cover to Hamburg with combination postage stamps and ‘A’ overprinted Avianca airmails including the 1p., 3p. and pair of 5p. Rare commercial usage of a 5p pair.

1951 (19 JAN) envelope bearing fine philatelic franking of four high values tied by St. Georges cds, fine condition.


1951 6a. registration stationery envelope, insured cover for Rs 5000 to Bombay, bearing a multi franking on reverse at 7r. 6a. 6p. tied indistinct cds, front bearing registration label INDIAN EMBASSY NEPAL; small central filing hole, a fine franking.


1951 6a. registration stationery envelope, insured cover for Rs 5000 to Bombay, bearing a multi franking on reverse at 7r. 6a. 6p. tied indistinct cds, front bearing registration label INDIAN EMBASSY NEPAL; small central filing hole, a fine franking.

1951 bilingual Libia overprint on 5m Cyrenaica, a double overprint, one inverted at the top of the stamp, fresh mint never hinged. Only 100 printed.













1951 Birds set of 24 on Courvoisier Archive pages, all imperf in finished or colour stages, a few values are duplicated and also on first page, No. 66, there are three photographic proofs of unissued values and colour trials for an unissued 40c. value. All in fine condition on the company’s archival pages, 137 examples. A unique item.