

1938 (31 MR) registered cover to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia with five colour franking tied Port Louis Railways cds with registration label at left, arrival backstamp.

1938 1 ½d. postal stationery card to Zurich, Switzerland cancelled by fine propaganda machine roller cancel, various handstamps applied by newspaper on arrival; fine condition.

1938 4d registered stationery envelope, size H, very fresh unused.

1938 air mail cover to PAYENNE, Switzerland franked postage 1L. and 1L.25 together with Express 2L.50 tied 'POSTA AEREA/RODI (EGEO)' cds; without backstamp and some staining at base.


1938 cover to London franked 2a. tied Bur... date stamp (probably Burco). The envelope with embossed logo of Somaliland Camel Corps on back. With letter headed the same and embossed logo at left. Very fine condition.


1938 long folded envelope to New York franked 1/2d., 1d. (2), 1 1/2d., 2d. and 3d. tied cds, registration label bottom left, New York Customs handstamp, arrival backstamps, one tyin South Sea Islands Correspondence Club label.

1938 One Penny postal stationery envelope diagonally overprinted SPECIMEN, archival note at top

1938 stampless internal envelope addressed to Tamatave with triangular framed handstamp at left and in manuscript at right, top left with manuscript “T = 1.30” charge and 1908 Postage Dues 10c., 20c. and 1f. applied and tied Tamatave cds; part of bottom backflap missing.

1939 (13 Dec) airmail cover to Edinburgh franked overprinted India 1939 2a. Dak Runner and 3a. (4) Dak horse and carriage tied double ring date stamps, reverse with bilingual Basra cds of following day; good commercial cover.

1939 (13 SP) registered cover to London franked by short set of eight values to 1/-, each stamp tied by registration oval date stamp and showing fine strike of straight-line CENSORED handstamp, this being the earliest recorded date of usage by John Little.

1939 (20.6.) air express cover to Switzerland franked 1939 Anniversary 20s and Seal 1L each tied by Riga cds, Expres label alongside; part of backflap missing.

1939 (6 JA) registered cover bearing corner marginal 10 shillings green and brown ‘Dhow’ tied REG. ZANZIBAR cds. Fine philatelic cover.

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,