Monaco. 1896. Monaco postal stationery envelope 5c deep blue upgraded with Yvert 11, 1c olive, Yvert 12, 2c violet (pair) and Yvert 15, 15c rose tied by Monte-Carlo Principaute de Monaco doublering '8th Mars 96' addressed to Menton with Menton receiver on reverse.

Very beautiful Monaco stationery cover paying the 25 cents franking to France.

Monaco. (Belgium). 1893. Registered Monaco postal stationery card 10c brown upgraded with Monaco 'First Issue' Yvert 7, 40c grey on rose and Yvert 13, 5c blue (strip of four and single) tied by Monaco/ Principaute double ring '10th Mars 93' with framed hand-struck 'R' in red on face, routed via Paris with Paris Chargements on reverse and Bruxelles arrival '1st Avril' with 'Belgique 379' registration label and small postmasters hand-stamp '327' on face.

Very fine mixed franking on a registered postal stationery card. Superb.

Chile. (British Post Office). 1865. Folded letter written from Valparaiso dated '16th Mai 1865' addressed to France cancelled by 'Crown Circle' Paid At Valparaiso in red, rated '1/8' in manuscript red crayon, endorsed 'Via Panama', with oval 'PD' on face, London/ Paid transit 'June 28', French entry cachet and Paris arrival '29th Juin' on reverse.

Double letter rate with letter written in French.

Finland. 1900. Registered envelope headed 'Finska Statsjenvagarna Jernvagsst/ Helsingfors', addressed to England bearing Facit 31, 25 penni blue (block of 10 plus bloc of 6 and a pair) tied by Helsinkias date stamp '31st May 00' with registration label, endorsed '244 grams' with London registered and Wednesbury arrival on reverse 'June 5th.

Spectacular high franking paying 4 mark 50 penni owing to the weight of 144 grams.

(Long cover but complete).

French Indo-China. (Japanese Occupation). 1945. Envelope addressed to 'Banque Franco Chinoise, Hanoi' bearing French Indo-China SG 180, 9c black/ yellow mixed with 'Japanese Occupation' SG 273, 1c brown (4) and SG 315, 2c mauve tied by Hanoi R.P. date stamp '13th Jan 45' (stamps on reverse) with arrival on face '14/1'.

French Indo-China. (Postcards - Postage Dues). 1916. Photographic post card of 'Place de Marche, Saigon' addressed to Madagascar bearing French Indo-China postage dues SG D72, 10c carmine (pair) tied by Saigon-Central double ring '6th Dec 16'.

In 1916-17, French Indo-China authorized the provisional use of the 1908 'Chiffres-tax' (postage dues) for regular postage to address the temporary shortage of standard stamps, due to war time supply disruptions.

French Indo-China. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Registered envelope addressed to Hanoi, Tonkin bearing Air Mail SG 199, 5c yellow-green and 'Japanese Occupation' SG 278, 40c slate tied by Dalat/ Annam date stamp '24th Mars 44' in violet with matching registration label and Hanoi R.P. '29/3' and Hanoi/ Bis '29th Mars' on reverse.

French Indo-China. (Postcards - Postage Dues). 1917. Picture post card of 'Annamite writer' addressed to France bearing French Indo-China postage dues SG D77, 50c turquoise (pair) tied by Saigon-Central double ring '1st Mars 17'.

In 1916-17, French Indo-China authorized the provisional use of the 1908 'Chiffre-tax' (postage dues) for regular postage to address the temporary shortage of standard stamps, due to war time supply disruptions.

French Indo-China. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Registered envelope addressed to Hanoi, Tonkin bearing 'Japanese Occupation' SG 278, 40c slate tied by Dalat/ Annam date stamp in violet '13th April 44' with matching registration label and Hanoi R.P. arrival '18/4' on reverse.

Thailand. (Red Cross Fair, Surcharge). 1955. King Rama X1: Red Cross Fair with '2498' overprint SG 370 - 372 fine used set of three. Cat GBP 425.

Thailand. (King Bhumibol Coming of Age). 1948. King Rama 1X: SG 323 - 327a fine mint set of 5 with the elusive olive brown.

Philippines. 1927. Envelope headed 'Manila Hotel' addressed to Denmark bearing SG 339, 6c blue and SG 341, 10c blue tied by Manila P.I. duplex 'Mar 2nd', endorsed 'via Suez', plus second envelope bearing SG 386, 16c black and olive-green tied by Manila P.I. duplex dated 'Feb 21st' with Hellerup arrival.

(GBP 40 for the 2 covers to Denmark).

Philippines. 1947. Illustrated envelope from 'The East Asiatic Co Ing. Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Manila' addressed to Denmark bearing SG 623, 2c sepia (2 pairs), SG 630, 10c red (strip of three) and SG 634, 50c grey-green (pair) tied by Manila slogan "Help Raise Fund Against T.B.' dated 'July 16 1947'.

The Tuberculosis postal slogan was in use 14 July to 31 August 1947'.

China. (French Occupation of China). 1895. Envelope addressed to France headed 'Corps Expeditionnaire du Tonkin' cancelled by 'AK-HOI/ TONKIN' double ring '13th Mai 95' with large circular 'Poste de Ak Hoi' on reverse (signed by the Commander) with undated circular 'Corps Expedre Tonkin', routed via Mon-Cay '14th Mai' and Hai-Phong with Paris receiver '30th Juin' on reverse and forwarded with oval postmans chop '56/2'.

Desrousseaux notes mail from the military post office via the civilian Post Office at AKHOM with double circle Corps Expeditionnaire Desrousseaux type '52' applied at Vanbu as rarity 'R' few known or perhaps unique.

French Indo-China. (Postcards). 1916. Picture post card of Congais arrosant une Riziere, environs d' Hanoi' (Natives watering the rice paddy near Hanoi) addressed to Haiphong endorsed 'Correspondence Militaire' cancelled Namdinh/ Tonkin '8th Feb 16' with circular 'Place de Nam-Dinh, Tonkin/ Le Commandant D' Armees' in blue'.

French Indo-China. (Postcards). 1916. Coloured picture postcard of 'Le Sechage de Cafe' (drying the coffee, Saigon) written from Saigon dated '18th October 1916' addressed to Brest cancelled by 'Division Navale D' Indo-Chine' in blue.

Nice card published by "Collection Phenix, Saigon'.

China. (French Occupation of China). 1901. Envelope addressed to France headed 'Troupes l' Indo-Chine' cancelled by 'TA - LUNG/ TONKIN' double ring '31st Mars 01' with circular 'Poste De Ta-Lung Tonkin/ Le Commandant D' Armees' in blue on face, with large undated 'Corps Expeditre Tonkin', routed via 'Thatkhe and Lang-Son '3rd Avril' with Paris arrival.

Desrousseaux notes mail from Talung with the Corps Expeditionnaire cachet: Desrousseaux Type 49 applied in transit at Dongkhe as rarity 'R', few examples known or perhaps unique.

China. (French Occupation of China). 1889. Envelope addressed to France headed 'Troupes de l' Indo-China' cancelled by 'Hai-Phong/ Tonkin' double ring '13th Jan 89' with bold large circular 'Genie/ Place de Hanoi' on face and reverse, routed via Annam with undated 'CORPS EXPRE/ ANNAM - TONNIN' on face with Nantes arrival '22nd Fevr' on reverse.

See Desrousseaux Type '41a' error 'TONNIN' the Corps Expeditionnaire applied at Caobang.

Desrousseaux notes rarity 'R' few examples known or perhaps unique.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - French Paquebot). 1882. Straits Settlements: SG 66a, 6c violet cancelled by octagonal French paquebot 'POSS. ANGL. PAQ. FR. N No 3' (Salles 1932) dated '30th Oct 82' in blue.

This was a replacement Paquebot cancellation noted by Raymond Salles as used on the Hong Kong - Singapore route.

Very scarce in blue and a lovely clear example of this rare postmark with boxed firms chop 'SD & Co" also in blue/ violet.

Ex Gordon Peters.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - French Paquebot). 1882. Straits Settlements: SG 52, 8c orange cancelled by octagonal French paquebot 'POSS. ANGL. PAQ. FR. No 7' (Salles 1934) dated '8th Juin 82' in blue.

This was a replacement Paquebot cancellation without the Ligne "N" noted by Raymond Salles as used on the Hong Kong - Singapore route.

Very scarce in blue and a lovely clear nearly full strike of this rare postmark.

Ex Gordon Peters.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - French Paquebot). 1911. Picture post card of 'Entrance to Botanical Gardens, Singapore' dated 'Singapore 30th Avril' addressed to France bearing Straits Settlements SG 127, 1c (pair) tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Marseille a Yokohama No 4' (Salles 2023) date stamp '1st June 1911'.

Ex Gordon Peters.

Thailand. (Malaya - Singapore - Revenues). 1954. Bill of Exchange written from 'Seng - Bangkok Trading Co.' to the 'National Handels Bank, Singapore' bearing Thailand Revenues 1 baht blue, 5 baht green (3), 10 baht red and 20 baht brown (3) tied by oval 'National Handel Bank, Bank' date '6th Jul 1954', mixed with Malaya Singapore SG 24a, 20c bright blue, SG 29, $2 green and scarlet and SG 30 $5 green and brown tied by '10 July 1954' hand-stamp in violet.

Thailand. (Malaya - Straits Settlements - Revenues). 1934. Chinese Money receipt (Bill of Exchange) from 'Hung Phung Mai Hong Co. Ltd. Bangkok' bearing King Pradjadhopok (Rama V11) SG 255, 10s carmine and SG 257, 25s orange and black overprinted 'AKORN SATAM' tied by pen cancel dated '20/6/34' mixed on reverse with Malaya Straits Settlements SG 229, 6c scarlet (3) and SG 238, 50c black/ emerald tied by pen cancel and oval 'Hung Phung Mai Hong, Bangkok' firms chop.

Thailand. (Penang Paquebot). 1935. Envelope written from the 'Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co. Bhuket, West Siam' addressed to Penang bearing Siam SG 241, 15s carmine tied by bold Paquebot/ Penang double ring '9th May 1935'.

Thailand. (Penang Paquebot). 1936. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing Siam SG 254, 5s violet (vertical strip of three) tied by Paquebot/ Penang double ring '27th Feb 36'.

Thailand. (Army Censor Labels). Circa 1940. Complete sheet of 10 imperf with sheet margin border all around, numbered in margin '101 - 016'. Scarce in multiple.

(Complete sheet, not a good scan).

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1914. King Rama V1: SG 149, 6s rose-carmine cancelled by 'DENCHAI' Railway Post Office hand-stamp in blue with manuscript date '26/1/14'.

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1907. King Rama V: SG 102, 12a blue cancelled by 'SAMUT PRAKARN' vernacular date stamp '8th Feb 1907'.

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1907. King Rama V: SG 97, 4a pale red and sepia cancelled by "SURINDR" date vernacular date stamp '1st April 1907'.

Scarce postmark from Surin Province.

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1909. King Rama V: SG 98a, 4a deep scarlet (block of six) cancelled by Makeng date stamp '22nd Nov 1909'.

Thailand. (Postmarks). Circa 1912. King Rama V1: SG 142, 2s brown (strip of five) cancelled by 'LOMSAK' railway post office.

Thailand. (Postmarks). Circa 1912. King Rama V1: SG 147, 2s brown (block of eight) cancelled by bamboo chop.

Thailand. (Postmarks). Circa 1915. King Rama V1: SG 160, 5s on 6s carmine (block of 16) cancelled by Lampang date stamp.
Spectacular multiple.

Thailand. (Postmarks). Circa 1910. King Rama V: SG 145, 14s blue (block of 14) cancelled by Cheinat date stamp.
Very nice multiple of the 14 satang blue from Cheinat Province.

Thailand. (Steam Ship Manuscript Postmarks). Circa 1915. King Rama V1: SG 161, 10s on 12s sepia and black and SG 162, 15s on 28s chocolate cancelled by manuscript 'M.S. "FIONIA" and dated.

Most unusual pair cancelled by the 'East Asiatic Company' steamer 'M.S. "FIONIA' in manuscript.

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1910. King Rama V: SG 125, 2s on 1a green and yellow (pair) cancelled by Singora date stamp '20th Oct 10'.

French Levant. (Syria - French Maritime). 1860. Envelope endorsed on reverse 'Dated 27th Nov Coast of Syria' addressed to England bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 14a, 20c blue (imperf) and Yvert 16, 40c orange (imperf) tied by 'anchor' in lozenge with adjacent "TAMISE" double ring '3rd Dec 60', boxed 'PD' and endorsed 'via Marseille/ per French Packets', routed via Egypt and Constantinople with framed 'Paquebots/ De La/ Meditteranee' in red on face, Marseille '12 Dec' and Dover transits '14th Dec' with Maidstone arrival 'Dec 15th' on reverse.

Attractive franking paying the sixty cent rate to England via Marseille. (Repaired tear does not detract).

The French paquebot "TAMISE" was constructed in Glasgow and made 30 voyages around the Mediterranean between 1855 and 1862.

French Colonies. (Martinique - Guadeloupe). 1894. Envelope addressed to Basse - Terre, Guadeloupe endorsed 'voir Anglaise' bearing French General Colonies Yvert 46, 1c black/ azure mixed with Martinique Yvert 20, 05c on 15 black (black surcharge), Yvert 24, 05c on 15c black (red surcharge) and Yvert 33, 4c lilac-brown tied by Fort-de-France/ Martinique date stamp in blue '5th Nov', routed via St. Pierre '6/11', underpaid with triangular 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French General Colonies postage dues Yvert 18, 5c blue imperf (2) and Yvert 22, 30c carmine imperf ( 2 in different shades) applied and tied by Basse-Terre receiver '8th Nov 94' on face.

French Colonies. (Guadeloupe - Danish West Indies). 1903. Registered envelope addressed to the United States bearing Guadeloupe Yvert 49, 1f on 75c violet/ yellow tied by Pointe-A-Pitre/ Guadeloupe double ring '28th Sept 03' with boxed 'R' hand-stamp, routed via St. Thomas with transit on reverse '1/10' and framed 'St. Thomas/ Dansk/ Vestindian/ R' in carmine on face with oval New York '15/10' and Boston arrival '15th Oct', carried by 'Adams Express Co' for internal passage from New York to Boston.

Very fine single franking of the 1903 Provisional issue.

Albania. (Russian & French Forces in Albania). 1916. Bi-lingual Russian & French 'Correspondence Militaire' post-card addressed to Bizerte, Tunisia' written from 'Prin, Adjudant Interprete de la 4th Brigade', (Biklista, Albania)' cancelled by 'Tresor et Postes 507' date stamp '6th Dec 1916' with hand-stamp 'Sectour 507' and forwarded to 'Fortress de Koudia, Tunisia.

Fine item from the French Autonomous Province of Korca (Koritza) written by a French Assistant Interpreter of the 4th Brigade, Sectour 507 (Biklista, Albania) now Bilisht in Korce Province on the Greek, Serbian, Albanian border.
Following the Balkan War in 1912/ 13 Korce became part of Albania. Between 1914-1916 Albania was divided between Austro-Hungary, Italy Bulgaria and France. In May 1916 the Italian XVI Corps some 100,000 men under the Command of 'General Settimio Piacentini' returned and occupied the region of southern Albania by the Autumn of 1916, while the French army occupied Korce and the surrounding area including Biklista (Bilisht.

Armenia. (Syria). 1921. Picture post card of 'Vallee de l' Oronte, Hama' dated '28th May 21' cancelled by large circular 'Mission De Coordination Des Secours Aux Armeniens D' Orient' in violet on face.

Scarce item from the Mission to Coordinate Relief for Eastern Armenians. During the Armenian Genocide the Turks deported many Armenians in 1915 to camps set up in the Syrian desert near Deir-ez-Zor. At the end of the First World War and after the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire, France in 1919 occupied Syria and came to the aid of the Armenian population,

French Levant. (French Post Offices in Turkey). 1865. Envelope written from Constantinople addressed to KERASSUNDE endorsed 'Mer Noire' (Black Sea) with endorsement 'Aux bons soins de Monsieur Migurski, Agent des Messageries' on face and bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 21, 10c bistre (pair) and Yvert 23, 40c orange (pair) tied by Gros Chiffre "5083" with adjacent 'Constantinople/ Turquie' date stamp '18th Sept 65' with framed 'PD' in red and French Post Office in Kerassunde Turq. D' Asia arrival in blue on reverse '21st Sept'.

Very rare item of incoming mail to the French Post Office in Kerassunde in Turkey paying the French Post Office double tariff of 1 franc introduced '1st January 1862' for mail to France and the Levant.

Jean Pothion prices this rare office at 1800 euro.

French Levant. (French Offices in Turkey). 1864. Folded letter (written in French) dated 'Samsoun 11th Sept' addressed to Constantinople bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 21, 10c bistre and Yvert 23, 40c orange tied by 'Gros Chiffre' "5096" with adjacent 'SAMSOUN TURQ. D' ASIA' date stamp '13th Sept 64', framed 'PD' and French Post Office Constantinople arrival '16th Sept 64' on reverse.

Scarce mail from Samsoun in Turkey paying the French Post Office normal tariff of 50 cents introduced '1st January 1862.'

French Levant. (French Offices in Turkey). 1865. Envelope with 6 page text (in French) written from "Gumuch Hane" (Gumushane) dated '2nd Aout 65' addressed to France bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 21, 10c bistre and Yvert 23, 40c orange tied by 'Gros Chiffre' "5100" with adjacent 'TREBIZONDE TURQ. D' ASIA' date stamp '5th Aout 65' with framed 'PD', routed via the French Post Office in Constantinople with Constantinople/ Turquie transit '8th Aout', with Marseille a Lyon' ambulant and 'Cette a Bordeaux' '17th Aout' with Frassinet Le Gelat (44) arrival on reverse '18th Aout 65'.

Scarce mail from Trebizonde in Turkey paying the French Post Office normal tariff of 50 cents introduced '1st January 1862.'

Thailand. (Postmarks - Singapore). Circa 1890. Siam King Rama V : Second and third issues various values cancelled by Singapore double ring. (30 stamps).

Thailand. (Bamboo Chops). Circa 1885. Siam : King Rama V a small selection of second issue (9) and surcharges (5) all cancelled with Bamboo chop. Scarce on early issues.

Thailand. (Postmarks). Circa 1890. King Rama V : Second issue SG 15, 8a green and yellow cancelled by SAMUT SONGKRAM vernacular date stamp.

Thailand. (Postmarks). Circa 1890. Second issue SG 12, 2a green and carmine cancelled by SISAKET vernacular date stamp.

'Ped Indhusophon' did not have an example in his award wining Large Gold Collection.

A scarce Provincial cancel.

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1894. King Rama V : Second issue SG 13, 3a green and blue cancelled by RAHENG date stamp dated '14th Aug 94.'

Thailand. (Postmarks). 1903. King Rama V. SG 75, 8a deep green and orange cancelled by RAHENG date stamp.