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1936 (May 7) Inland Parcel Post label with "KIGOMA" handstamp, franked 2/- pair + Silver Jubilee 30c and 1/- tied by Kigoma datestamps, unusual. Photo on Page 162. £140-160
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German Air Mail. 1935 (May 13) Registered picture postcard of a Dornier DO-X flying boat, addressed to Pernambuco, eight stamps totalling 190c cancelled at Nairobi, bearing a "Par dirigeable Graf Zeppelin" label but actually flown by Deutsche Lufthansa with red circular "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA / e" cachet with arrival datestamps (July 31) on both sides, the reverse bearing the Nairobi registration label. With B.P.A Certificate (2004 which incorrectly states it is flown by Zeppelin). Photo on Page 162. £200-250
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1935 Covers posted within KUT franked 20c (4, one with Tabora - Kigoma T.P.O Down c.d.s) or registered franked 20c + 30c (4), one with Kinyangiri skeleton c.d.s and manuscript registration label, another with registration label handstamped Arusha. (8). £140-160
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1935 Covers sent by air mail within KUT franked at 35c rate (6) or registered franked 65c, includes skeleton datestamps of Lupa River and Chunya. (7). £160-180
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1935 Registered cover posted within Dar-es-Salaam but only franked 20c, endorsed "Posted out of Course, T60c" with a pair of 30c postage dues applied; and an air mail cover from Mombasa to Dar-es-Salaam franked 35c but endorsed "over ½oz" with two differing "T" handstamps and 30c + 40c postage due stamps. Two unusual due covers. (2). £160-200
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1935 Long registered cover sent by air mail from Kampala to Zanzibar, franked a total of 295c, a seven times rate for a cover over 3oz, unusual. £80-100
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Postcards. 1935 Postcards sent at the 20c surface rate to Belgian Congo, or sent by air mail franked 30c to G.B, Austria or Germany, 35c to Switzerland or Sweden, 45c to Germany, the last a 15c postal stationery postcard uprated 30c. One with Daressalaam - Tabora T.P.O Down c.d.s, one card to Germany with violet boxed "By Air to / Brindisi". (7). £160-180
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1935-36 Covers sent by surface mail, franked 20c to England (4) or Bermuda, 30c to England, Italy, Czechoslovakia or Germany, or registered to Switzerland franked 60c, cancels include skeleton datestamps of Tunboru, Lupa River and Oldeani, etc. (10). £180-220
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1935 Air Mail covers to G.B (17) or Ireland (2), rates comprise 50c (5), 65c (9, one on an uprated 20c postal stationery envelope), 100c (2), 110c, 130c (2) or 150c, various frankings, four including the 1/- value stamp, cancels include Nsinze, Lugazi, Lira, Soy, Muoro, etc. (19). £300-400
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1935 Air Mail covers to England comprising longer covers franked at 260c, 280c or 390c rates, and a large registered cover from Nairobi originally enclosing postage stamps for collectors bearing 43 stamps (with vertical strips of four of all Silver Jubilee values) totalling £1. Four unusual higher rates. (4). £200-240
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1935-36 Underpaid air mail covers to England franked 20c and charged 4½d, franked 40c and charged 4d, franked 50c with "T. OVER .... ozs" handstamp but not charged upon arrival, franked 65c and charged 5½d (corner fault, charge not collected) or franked 65c and charged 10d, an unusual group. (5). £200-240
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1935 Registered air mail covers to G.B comprising 15c size G registration envelopes uprated 30c or 80c (2) and size H envelope uprated 80c, a 20c postal stationery envelope uprated by 30c pair, and other covers franked 1/- or 30c + 50c. (7). £300-350
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1935 (June 8) Air Mail cover from Dodoma to Sydney franked 190c (10c + 50c + 1/- + silver Jubilee 30c), inscribed "Via Cairo, Singapore, Brisbane and by air in Australia" handstamped violet "BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA / PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE", Sydney Air Mail section machine on reverse, a scarce cachet. Photo on Page 162. £150-180
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1935 (July 11) Air Mail cover from Nairobi to Sydney franked 190c (10c + 50c + Silver Jubilee 30c + 1/-), handstamped violet "BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA / PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE", Sydney Air Mail Section machine on reverse, a scarce cachet. £150-180
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1935 (Aug 22) Air Mail cover from Nairobi to Sydney, the 190c rate paid by 50c + Silver Jubilee 20c (2) + 1/-, handstamped violet "BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA / PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE", Sydney Air Mail Section machine on reverse, a scarce cachet. Photo on Page 162. £150-180
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1935 (Nov 15) 15c Postal stationery envelope uprated 50c (3) + Silver Jubilee 20c to pay the 190c air mail rate from Kwale to New Zealand, handstamped violet "BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA / PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE", Sydney Air Mail Section machine on reverse, light horizontal fold and minor edge stains, a scarce cachet. £150-180
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1935 (Dec 2) Air Mail cover from Mombasa to New Zealand franked 1c + 15c + 50c + Silver Jubilee 30c + 1/-, a total of 196c (overpaid 6c), handstamped violet "BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA / PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE", Sydney Air Mail Section machine on reverse, a scarce cachet. Photo on Page 162. £180-200
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1935 Covers to South Africa comprising cover franked 10c + 20c with South African "Found Open & Officially Sealed" label on the reverse; cover (Sep 14) from the Chief Accountant Post Office & Telegraphs, franked 20c, endorsed "First Flight Kenya to Beira, Beira to Kenya 1935"; and a registered cover from Mbarara to Cape Town franked 30c + 1/-, redirected to Muizenberg with a Cape 4d applied to pay for the new registration fee. (3). £100-120
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1935 (Aug 7) Air Mail cover from Mombasa to the Falkland Islands franked 5c + 10c pair + 30c, handstamped "BY AIR MAIL TO / PAR AVION A" (with "Cape Town" crossed out) and "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A LONDON", manuscript "T 1/16", the air mail label cancelled by two red bars when transferred to surface mail at London, backstamped at Port Stanley (Sep 14), an exceptional destination. Photo on Page 162. £140-160
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1935 Air Mail covers from Moshi to Windhoek, South West Africa, paid at 55c, 110c or 150c rates, various frankings, an unusual destination. (3). £120-140
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1935 15c Postcard uprated 30c from Dar-es-Salaam to India inscribed "by Air to Karachi" and "by Air in India" handstamped violet boxed "FEEDER SERVICE", "BY AIR / KARACHI" and "BY AIR / INDIA"; and cover to Palestine franked 20c + 30c with violet "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A CAIRO", the card with a little light creasing, two unusual destinations. (2). £80-100
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1935 Air Mail covers to France (2), Sweden or Holland all paid at the 75c rate, various frankings, three with Tabora - Mwanza T.P.O Down datestamps, the two covers to France bearing perforated address labels of "Manufacture Francaise D'Arms et Cycles a Saint-Etienne". (4). £160-200
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1935 Air Mail covers to France franked at 75c or 85c rates, or registered at 105c (2) or 200c rates, various frankings, three including the Silver Jubilee 1/- value. (5). £180-200
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1935 Air Mail covers to passengers on ships at Marseille, one franked 65c with a France 1f postage due stamp applied then redirected back to Mombasa; the other franked 70c, handstamped "T" with a France 50c postage due stamp applied then redirected to South Africa, unusual. (2). £100-120
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1935 Air Mail covers to Germany paid at 75c (4), 100c or 105c rates, or registered at 130c or 180c rates, various frankings, cancels include Chunya and Oldeani skeletons, Babati, Hoey's Bridge, etc., three with violet boxed "By Air to / Brindisi". (8). £260-300
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1935 Large registered air mail cover weighing up to 3oz, the 480c six times rate paid by 50c + 2/- pair + Silver Jubilee 30c, vertical fold, otherwise fine and an unusual high rate. £80-100
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1935 15c Registration envelopes to Germany comprising G size envelope from Lindi uprated by two 30c stamps; H size envelope from Mufindi uprated 10c + 65c; and H size envelope sent by air mail from Moshi franked 5c (faults) + 10c + 50c + Silver Jubilee 20c + 65c then redirected to Italy with an Italian 25c postage due stamp applied at Meran to collect the new registration fee, very unusual. (3). £160-200
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1935 Covers to Germany, all franked for air mail but underpaid, three diverted to surface mail handstamped violet "AIR CHARGES NOT FULLY PREPAID / AND DIVERTED TO ORDINARY POST" (faults) or violet boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / FOR AIR MAIL" (2 covers); the other two handstamped "T" and charged upon arrival. An unusual group. (5). £250-300
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1935 Air Mail covers to Greece, from Ngerengere to Athens franked 10c + Silver Jubilee 65c with violet boxed "By Air to / Athens" and a Greek aeroplane cachet, or registered from Mombasa to Volo with seven stamps paying the 125c rate, both fine. (2). £120-150
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1935 Air Mail covers to Switzerland paid at 95c or 120c rates, or registered paid 105c (2) or 120c, including Kilimanjaro T.P.O Up c.d.s, registration labels handstamped at Moshi and Tanga, and violet boxed "By Air to / Brindisi" cachet. (5). £160-180
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1935 Air Mail cover from Nairobi to Juba, Southern Sudan, franked 5c + Silver Jubilee 20c pair, with Sudan 2c + 4c postage due stamps applied upon arrival, fine and unusual. £80-100
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1935 Covers to the USA, four carried by surface mail underpaid at the 20c empire rate with differing "T" handstamps and New York 4c charge marks (2), correctly franked 30c, or registered bearing two 30c stamps (with cachet of the Chief Accountant Post Office & Telegraphs); the other eight sent by air mail paid 70c (3), 135c, 140c (3) or 165c, various frankings, seven with red bars cancelling the air mail labels when transferred to surface mail at London. Six bear routing cachets comprising "AIR FEE PREPAID / TO EUROPE", "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A LONDON" (2), "BY AIR TO LONDON / PAR AVION A LONDRES", "BY AIR IN AMERICA / PAR AVION EN AMERIQUE", boxed "By Air to / London" (2) or "By Air / (USA)". A good selection. (12). £350-400
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1935 Cover from Kampala to Shanghai franked 10c + 50c + Silver Jubilee 30c + 1/-, an air mail label cancelled by parallel bars, backstamped at Cairo and Shanghai, an unusual destination. £80-100
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Revenue Use. 1935 Certificate for five shares in Kenya Reefs Ltd bearing Silver Jubilee 20c, an uncommon revenue use. £70-80
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Selected c.d.s cancels on stamps (49) and pieces (4), one piece with 5c stationery cut-out + 20c + 1r probably paying the rare 1.25r air mail rate to Europe via Madagascar. (53). £100-120
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Perfins. 1935 Registered cover to Czechoslovakia bearing two 20c stamps perfined "MCB/M" (Mauritius Commercial Bank), also single 5c, 20c and 1r stamps perfined "MCB/M" and 1r perfined "BB/&Co". (Cover + 4 stamps). £100-120
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Censorship / Perfin. 1939 (Aug 31) Registered cover to Switzerland bearing eight Silver Jubilee 5c stamps perfined "MCB/M" (Mauritius Commercial Bank), handstamped oval "PASSED CENSOR / MAURITIUS", arrival backstamp (Oct 15). Posted three days before war was declared and possibly censored before that date, probably the earliest known WW2 censor item from Mauritius. Photo on Page 162. £160-180
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Dutch Submarine K XVIII. 1935 Covers (2) and a card posted during the visit of the Dutch Submarine K XVIII whilst on its world tour from Holland to Java (during which it visited Tristan da Cunha, South Africa, Mauritius and Fremantle), one cover carried from the island by the submarine. The group comprises cover to Holland with an illustration of the submarine on the flap and "Built by Wilton-Fijenoord Rotterdam, Hr. Ms. Onderzeeboot K XVIII" posted at Port Louis (May 31) franked 20c; picture postcard of the submarine with handstamped message of thanks from the Captain posted from Port Louis (May 30) to Holland franked 10c; and a cover with "Government House Mauritius" flap addressed to "Lady Jackson, Fremantle, Australia" franked Mauritius 5c cancelled by the "NEDERLANDSCHE MARINE" cachet of the submarine, endorsed "Per Sub K XVIII" and carried by the submarine to Soerabaja where it was posted registered franked 35c, handstamped "UNCLAIMED" and "NOT KNOWN BY LETTER CARRIER", returned to Soerabaja then redirected to Holland. An exceptional trio, the last cover probably unique, with notes about the voyage and this cover. (3). Photo on Page 168. £800-1,000
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1935 Inland Parcel Post label bearing 10c + Silver Jubilee 5c tied by Poudre D'Or datestamps, boxed Delivery G.P.O datestamp, unusual and very scarce. Photo on Page 168. £120-140
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1935 Parcel tag registered to South Africa, endorsed "Sample, no commercial value", franked on the reverse by four Silver Jubilee 12c stamps paying the 48c sample rate up to 350gms. Very unusual. £100-140
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1935 Cover to the USA franked at the 5c printed matter rate, cancelled by boxed "TRAVELLING / 3-DN / BOX N.L" datestamp with a further strike alongside, used on the Northern Line T.P.O between Port Louis and Grand River. A scarce T.P.O cancel. £80-100
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Rodrigues. 1935 Long registered cover to England franked 2c + 6c pair + Silver Jubilee 12c pair all tied by Rodrigues datestamps in violet, fine. £100-120
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1935-39 Covers sent within Mauritius, franked 5c (5) or registered franked 5c + 12c (4), two with boxed "BICENTENARY EXHIBITION / 1735 - 1935 / PORT LOUIS" datestamps, two with boxed "PORT-LOUIS CENTRE" registration handstamps, also Quartier Militaire and Port Louis Railway datestamps. (9). £160-180
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1936 Cover from Pamplemousses to Port Louis franked on the reverse with a 5c stamp, over 20gms so marked "10c to pay" with a 10c postage due stamp on the front cancelled by manuscript date, cover with small piece from lower edge, otherwise fine and scarce. £150-180
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1935 Covers sent at the 12c empire rate to India, Australia or England (4, two bearing 2c + 5c pair) or registered to England franked 12c + 20c, the cover to India marked "2⁄15c" and handstamped "T" with boxed "FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE / 1 ANNA 6 PIES". (7). £180-220
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1935 Covers to England franked 75c (2) or 150c, or registered franked 95c, all sent by air mail via South Africa, various combinations of stamps, all fine and commercial. (4). £200-250
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1935 Cover to England franked by a single 1r, paying the double air mail rate via Kenya, a rare single use of the 1r, just one other similar cover to G.B and an underpaid cover to Turkey recorded with single 1r stamps. Photo on Page 168. £200-250
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1935 3c Postal stationery postcards franked 2c + Silver Jubilee 5c, sent to France or Germany, both very fine. (2). £120-150
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1935 Covers franked at the 20c rate (one with 5c strip of four) but over 20gms so marked "2⁄30c" and handstamped "T", one to France without any charge collected, the other to Denmark bearing 10ore postage due strip of three applied at Silkeborg. (2). £100-120
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1935 Picture Postcards to Denmark (incorrectly addressed to Holland) or to Italy franked 5c, covers sent at the 20c rate to Denmark (via Zanzibar) or Germany (2, one with four 5c stamps), and a registered cover to Czechoslovakia with seven stamps totalling 40c (including two Silver Jubilee 5c stamps both with marginal sheet numbers), cancels include Grand Bay and Port Louis Railway. (6). £180-220
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