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Algeria - Trans-Sahara. 1922 (Dec 17) Postes & Telegraphes envelope to Kayes, French Soudan, endorsed “Mission Transsaharienne via Touggourt”, with France 25c cancelled at Touggourt by blue “POSTE TRANSSAHARIENNE AUTOMOBILE” c.d.s, a second clearer strike along, Kayes backstamp (Feb. 10). A scarce cover carried by the “Raid Citroen” half track vehicle, the first attempt to carry mail across the Sahara. The expedition took 22 days to reach Timbuktu, a further three days by ferry on the Senegal River to Koulikoro and a further month by road to reach Kayes; very little mail was carried. Photo on Page 144. £150-200
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Cameroon. 1940 (Dec 8) Registered cover bearing War Relief Fund surcharge set of three and Spitfire Fund surcharge set of four, posted within Douala with boxed “JOURNEE DU SPITFIRE / Cameroun / 8 DECEMBRE 1940” cachet depicting a Spitfire and Cross of Lorraine, scarce stamps on cover. S.G. 184/90, £560 as stamps. Photo on Page 144. £180-220
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French Southern & Antarctic Territories. 1955-2000 Collection in two albums, apparently complete unmounted, also some used and a few covers including 1955 15f (2) used on 1958 cover, 1956-60 85f - 200f used, 1962 50f used, etc. (2 Albums). £250-300
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Indo-China - Military Mail. 1886-1903 Stampless covers from French soldiers, various cachets and army datestamps including “CORPS EXP. TONKIN / LIGNE N.6” (2), octagonal “CORR. DARMEES / LAI-PHONG”, other datestamps of Na-Hoi, Hue, Thai-Nguyen, Sept Pagoues, Na-Giang, Quang-Yen, That-Khe, Tao-Lac, Thuan-an, Tuyen-Qang, etc., also a stamped cover. (18). £200-250
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Togo/Cameroun. 1916-60 Togo mint and used collection in two albums including covers, 1947 2f die proof, various 1947-57 imperf issues, a good level of completeness. Also Cameroun 1888-1958 stamps and covers in an album with reasonable used 1939-41 issues, etc. (3 Albums). £150-200
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1838-55 Entire letters (2) and cover with enclosed letter written on the “Atrato”, all to France, 1838 letter from “La Montagne” handstamped “MARTINIQUE” unusually with both black boxed “Packet Letter” (P5) and red boxed “PACKET LETTER” (P3), 1854 letter with British P.O double arc Martinique datestamp, 1855 cover with black boxed “PACKET LETTER” (P3). (3). £120-150
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1794 (Mar 17) Entire letter from Capt. James Morrison to his sister in Scotland endorsed “P. Packet”, charged 5/-, London (Apr. 17) and Edinburgh backstamps. Written just 19 days after the first British troops landed on the island with Morrison having just recovered from a severe fever, the letter includes “I have not an officer of the Regt. to my company, three have died of fever and fatigue - besides some severe fighting the first 3 weeks we have suffered much from hunger, thirst and fatigue at times and generally without a sheet to cover us ..... we expect to be very well rewarded for all this trouble, our prize money by all accounts will be immense, it is said near half a million will be divided, the Captains expect at least £1,500 each, I am not so sanguine and shall be content with a thousand. I was at the storming of St. Pierre’s and was the first company that entered the town but we did not permit the soldiers to plunder, which according to the laws of war might have been done, and would have been a fine harvest for them as it is reckoned the finest town in the West India Islands, one jewellers shop in it has been valued at a million sterling .... the town of St. Pierre itself is one of the most populous I was ever in, but we have thinned it very much by sending a great number of the most troublesome people prisoners on board ship from where they will be either sent to old France, or to the coast of Africa, and their goods confiscated”. A little soiling, a good letter. £200-250
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1795 (Mar 15) Entire letter from Lt Thomas Sheppard, Royal Marines, headed from “Ganges - Fort Royal, Martinique”, to Charles Cox in London handstamped “MARTINIQUE” (HS1), sent on the Dashwood packet, London backstamp (June 1), charged 1/-. Sheppard informs Cox, agent to the armed forces, “we have very bad news in this country, the negros are in arms and in great force in the islands of St. Lucia, Grenada & St. Vincent ..... N.B, The Governor of Grenada is taken prisoner and carried off the island by the crew of a privateer”. £250-300
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1795 (June 25) Entire letter from St. Pierre to Liverpool endorsed “p. His Majestys Ship Blanche” with red “PORTSMOUTH / SHIP-LRE” (S6, only recorded in red in this one year), London backstamp (July 30), charged 10d. The letter includes “a vessel arrived this morning from Dominica confirming the total defeat of the Republicans that landed from Guadeloupe in that island, 360 men laid down their arms and about sixty were killed, only ten escaped which are now in the woods”. £250-300
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1796 (March 2) Entire letter from Thomas Abernethie, Captain of Marines, to Charles Cox in London written from “Vanguard, St. Pierre, Martinique”, handstamped “MARTINIQUE” (HS2) with London (May 10) backstamp, charged 1/-, carried on the Halifax packet. The letter concerns prize money for ordnance captured in Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia. £200-250
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1796 (July 24) Entire letter from Lt. James Clerk headed “Invincible, English Harbour, Antigua” to his aunt in London, with “MARTINIQUE” handstamp (HS2) and London (Jan 16) backstamp, carried on the Chesterfield packet, charged 1/8. The Invincible had sailed from England to Barbados, to St. Lucia being present at the reduction of the island, cruised windward of Guadeloupe calling at Dominica and was then ordered to Martinique to land their sick; Clerk died of fever a few days after writing this letter, in August 1796. Photo on Page 144. £350-400
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1797 Entire to London, the address panel headed “Geo Finlivy Major Hospital Corps, Leeward Islands” handstamped “MARTINIQUE” (HS2), London backstamp (Apr 17), carried on the Prince Ernest packet, charged 1/8. £150-180
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1797 (May 6) Entire letter from Daniel Titterton headed “Invincible, Fort Royal Bay, Martinique” to his wife, care of Navy Agents Ommanney & Page in London and forwarded to Dundee, with fine curved “DOVER / SHIP LRE” (S5), London (July 13) and Edinburgh backstamps, charged 7d. Titterton wrote on March 22nd, no packet having arrived from England since then; the first February packet taken (letters sunk) and recaptured, second February not arrived, first and second March due. £250-300
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1798 (Apr. 3) Entire letter from Messigny & Co in St. Pierre to Count de Bourbel in London, redirected to Lewes, a fine curved “PORTSMOUTH / SHIP LETTER” (S7) and London (June 5) backstamp, charged 7d. £120-150
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1799 (Apr 17) Entire letter from Capt. A. Fergusson to Charles Cox in London backstamped “FORT ROYAL / APR 19.99”, sent on the Carteret packet, charged 1/8. Fergusson hopes for prize money from three ships sold in Martinique, and that his Trinidad prize money has been received. A fine strike of the very scarce Fort Royal datestamp, only recorded in 1799-1800. Photo on Page 144. £850-1,000
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1799 (June 7) Entire letter to Col. de la Pelouze in London, written in French, backstamped “FORT ROYAL / JUNE 7.99” and in London (July 20), carried on the Westmoreland packet, charged 1/8. A superb strike of the very scarce Fort Royal datestamp, only recorded in 1799-1800. Photo on Page 144. £850-1,000
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1800 (July 19) Entire letter from W. Macpherson, convalescing at the house of Col. de Solars of the 10th W.I Regt nine miles from Fort Royal, to his father in Scotland handstamped “FORT ROYAL / JUL 20.00” and oval “Ship Letter / (crown) / DEAL” (S7), charged 2/-. Intended to go by the Auckland packet but received too late so sent by private ship, the only example of this very scarce Fort Royal datestamp recorded in combination with a ship letter, the Fort Royal datestamp recorded 1799-1800. Photo on Page 144. £450-500
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1810 (Mar 1) Entire letter from Lt. Richard Searle from “H.M.S Denmark, Martinique” to Charles Cox in London requesting payments be made to his wife, with oval “SHIP LETTER / (crown) / PORTSMOUTH” (S9), unusually without any London datestamp, charged 11d. £150-180
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1870 (Nov 8) Small entire letter to Toulouse, endorsed “Par Ballon Monte”, with two 10c stamps tied by Paris R. Cardinal-Lemoine datestamps, Nov. 29 arrival backstamp. A fine Ballon Monte, flown on the “Daguerre”. Photo on Page 134. £140-180
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1910-20 Postcards including 1912 (July 31) card flown from Nancy to Luneville with 25c semi-official air stamp, 1920 Buc Aviation Meeting card flown to Brussels with vignette and Aero Club de Belgique cachet, and 1910 cards of aviators postally used. (6). £100-120
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1922-38 Aviation Meetings, covers and cards with special vignettes, most also with special cancels, including 1922 Rouen (2), 1923 La Baule, Montpelier, Rouen, Amiens (2), 1924 Vincennes (2), etc. (18). £280-350
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1923-47 Covers and cards flown within France on first or special flights including 1923 Lyon to Paris, 1928 Dijon Philatelic Exhibition flight, 1931 Lyon Philatelic Exhibition flights (3), 1932 Mulhouse to Strasbourg (2), etc. (29). £250-300
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1925-39 Commercial air mail covers and cards, France to Austria, Belgium (1925 Bourget-Aviation c.d.s), Czechoslovakia (2), Germany, G.B, Holland, Hungary, Latvia (2), Poland, Romania (2), Russia, Spain (2), Sweden, Switzerland or Yugoslavia (2), two express covers, various rates up to 5f25. (20). £220-260
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1925-47 Covers and cards, first or special flights to Europe, including 1925 Le Bourget to Brussels (2), 1929 Le Bourget to The Hague, Bordeaux to Geneva or Vienna, Paris to Stockholm, 1937-39 first flights without an air surcharge (8), etc. (32). £250-300
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1928-47 First flight covers including 1928 Toulouse to Rio de Janeiro, 1936 Paris to Buenos Ayres, Marseille to Canton, 1937 Paris to Santiago and back (2), 1937 Air France around the world lettercard with stamps of four countries, 1938 Paris or Marseille to Honolulu or Hong Kong via first Hanoi to Hong Kong service, 1939 Pan Am Marseille to New York (4), etc. (15). £180-220
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1931-39 Commercial air mail covers to Asia, destinations comprising India (7), Philippines (via Singapore), Netherlands Indies (5) and Iraq (insufficiently paid, diverted to surface mail), various rates up to 14f. (14). £160-200
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1929-39 Covers comprising 1929 cover from Paris to Northern Rhodesia intended for the Capt. Goulette flight via Madagascar and Mauritius but actually flown via Imperial Airways to Broken Hill; 1934 (Dec. 8) cover from Paris to Australia carried on the first Imperial Airways flight via India and Singapore; and commercial air mail covers to U.S.A (2, one franked 60f), South Africa, Australia, Egypt or Palestine. (8). £100-120
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1930-33 Covers bearing 1930 Air 1f50 lake or blue stamps, including 1930 (June 8) 1f50 lake first day covers (3, flown to G.B, Germany or Switzerland), 1930 (Nov 8) 1f50 blue on cover from the Paris International Air Post Exhibition, 1933 Paris to Berlin first direct four hour flight cover with 1f50 blue pair, etc. (7). £130-160
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1931-40 Commercial air mail covers to Central or South America, destinations comprise Argentina (5), Bolivia, Brazil (2), Canal Zone, Chile (7), Colombia, Costa Rica (2), Paraguay, Uruguay (2), Venezuela, various rates up to 58f75. (23). £280-320
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Rocket Mail. 1935 (Sep) Covers (13) and postcards (2) intended to be flown by rockets at Le Treport (5), Sangatte (6) or Calais (4), eleven bearing vignettes, all with cachets and signature of Charles Roberts, ten handstamped “Experience Interrompue / par ordre du Ministere / de l’Interieur”, from the first rocket flight or rockets R.V 4-7, P.27 or P.28. (15). £400-500
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1939-43 Commercial censored air mail covers to Argentina (2), Chile, Cuba, Panama, Uruguay or Guadeloupe, two with British censor labels applied in Bermuda (code IC) or Trinidad (code IE). Unusual destinations, various rates to 72f. (7). £100-120
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1940-42 Air Mail covers to U.S.A sent by Pan Am Clipper from Lisbon, different rates comprise 12f, 12f50, 13f, 14f50, 15f, 16f, registered at 15f, 17f or 17f50, also covers to Canada franked 14f40 or 22f50, eight with British censor seals, four of these applied in Bermuda with manuscript or handstruck “I.C”. (11). £220-260
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1941 Registered air mail covers to U.S.A franked 17f, both from Camp de Gurs with camp datestamps, registration labels and censor cachets, one from the Chief of Itot C. Camp de Gurs was an Internment Camp run by the Vichy Government, mainly holding German Jews. (2). £100-120
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Algeria. 1922-47 First flight covers including Algiers to Casablanca (1922), Oran to Toulouse (1930), Algiers to Madagascar (1935), Algiers to Amsterdam (1937), Algiers to Bamako (1938), etc. Also 1936 cover flown from Algeria to French Soudan by M. Cardinal with stamps cancelled at ten towns en route in eight French Colonies. (30). £300-400
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Chad. 1935-43 Air Mail covers with first or special flights from Fort Lamy to Stanleyville, Paris or Brussels (1935), Abeche to Ati, Fort Lamy to Elisabethville (1936), Pointe-Noire to Paris, Port Gentil to Cotonou (1937), also commercial covers bearing Tchad overprints, Moyen Congo or A.E.F stamps, one 1943 cover censored. (16). £240-280
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Chad. 1942 (Sep 1) Registered censored cover from Fort Lamy to Douala franked A.E.F 2f50 and 8f50 with “Afrique Francaise Libre” overprints, the 2f50 with variety overprint inverted (S.G. 156a, £325). Scarce on cover. £100-120
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Dahomey. 1935-39 Air Mail covers including first flights from Cotonou to Lome, Brazzaville, Casablanca and Paris, Brussels to Cotonou, also commercial covers. (15). £180-220
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French Guinea. 1934-47 Air Mail covers, first flights from Conakry to Dakar (2), Brazzaville, Paris, Freetown (2), Kayes, St. Louis, Paris to Bissao, Kankan to Conakry, also commercial covers with 1943 cover to U.S.A censored by the French and British, etc. (22). £250-300
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French Guyana. 1940-44 Censored air mail covers from Cayenne to the U.S.A, also a cover from France to Cayenne, six with French and British censorship (three with circular “PASSED BY / (crown) / 15 / POSTAL CENSORSHIP” of Trinidad), three with French and US censorship, two 1944 covers with “FRANCE LIBRE” datestamps. (9). £180-220
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French Oceanic Settlements. 1938 Commercial air mail covers from Tahiti to U.S.A, one endorsed “per yacht Dwyn Wen and by China Clipper to S.F” franked 5f, the other franked 15f75 “via Honolulu”. (2). £100-120
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French Somali Coast. 1929-31 Air Mail covers to Addis Abeba, 1929 (Dec. 24) with stamps handstamped “1 SERVICE AVION”, the others with “SERVICE AVION / Djibouti-Addis” cachets for flight 2 (2), 3 or 5 (2), all fine. (6). £120-140
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French Somali Coast. 1941-42 Air Mail covers from Djibouti to France carried on French Vichy flights through the allied blockade, including first flight cover with cachet, others with the cachet “SERVICES AERIENS SPECIAUX / PENDANT LE BLOCUS DE DJIBOUTI” (7) or similar endorsement, one philatelic cover unaddressed, the others all apparently commercial, one stampless cover from a soldier. (9). £250-300
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Gabon. 1929-42 Air Mail covers including 1929 cover from France to Libreville flown by Goulette, first flight covers from Port Gentil to Monrovia, Casablanca (2) and Paris, Paris to Port Gentil, commercial covers with large 1938 cover to Holland franked 72f75, WW2 censored covers (4, three to Switzerland), etc. (15). £300-350
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Guadeloupe. 1939-45 Commercial wartime air mail covers, virtually all censored, to U.S.A (26), France (2), Senegal, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, French Guyana or Canal Zone, also two covers from Cuba to Guadeloupe, various rates to 48f50, all on album pages. (36). £400-500
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Indo-China. 1929-50 Covers carried on first or special flights including 1929 Hanoi to France (2) or Saigon to France (3), 1930 Saigon to Amsterdam, 1931 Air Orient first regular service from Saigon to France, etc., all with special cancels or cachets. (26). £400-500
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Indo-China - Singapore/Hong Kong. 1940-41 Commercial air mail covers to U.S.A (4), Manila, Singapore or Java, three with Hong Kong censor seals or transit c.d.s, four others censored in Singapore, three of these with circular routing handstamps “G” + “14”, “B” + “22” or “K” + “10” applied in Singapore. (7). £300-350
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Lebanon. 1924-25 Air Mail covers bearing Merson issues with Grand Lebanon air mail overprints, three covers with the 1st Jan set of four, three with the 1st July set, covers flown internally with violet “COURRIER PAR AVION” (3), to Marseille, or to Egypt via Baghdad (2), one with part address removed, otherwise fine, uncommon stamps on cover (S.G. £720 as stamps). (6). £160-200
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Lebanon. 1925-30 Air Mail covers bearing stamps overprinted “Avion” or with an aeroplane, first flights from Rayak to Deir-Ez-Zor, Beyrouth to Damascus, Aleppo, Marseille (3), Baghdad (8, with covers to Persia, Bushire and India), Saigon, also commercial covers. (23). £500-600
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Lebanon. 1941 Registered A.R cover to Argentina franked 182p50, censored in Beyrouth and Palestine, flown by Pan Am transpacific with Honolulu backstamp; also 1942 air mail cover franked 60p to Australia, Lebanon and Australia censors, unusual destinations. (2). £100-120
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Levant - Free French Forces. 1942 Air Mail covers with stamps of the Free French Forces including first flights to Algiers (2) and Tananarive (3), other philatelic covers to Palestine, Brazzaville (2) or cancelled to order (2), also two scarce commercial covers franked 4f to Morocco or Ivory Coast, various Poste aux Armees datestamps. (12). £300-400
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