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France Philexpo 1938

7th Philatelic Exhibition Mamers 24 April 1938, special illustrated card with (pre-cancelled) poster stamp added, franked with 30c Sower cancelled with the exhibition cds

Madagascar to Paris 1938

Madagascar to Paris 1938

1f 50, 10c, 5c all cancelled VF d/r cds MAJUNGA 27 January 1938; airmail to Paris; m/s endorsement in red ink ‘via Dar es Salaam’; b/s Paris VIII 6 Feb(?) 1938; lacks back flap but a lovely franking

Holland to South Africa and return 1938

Holland to South Africa and return 1938

Illustrated telegram envelope franked with 7 Dutch stamps cancelled d/r cds Amsterdam Central Station 5 December 1938; on illustrated reverse South African stamps 6 x 1d and 4 x 1½d VOORTREKKER commemorative, cancelled PRETORIA 15 December 1938; very unusual combination. (Note 1 picture for this is showing in S1119 in arror and will not permiot the error to be rectified)

Nyasaland, Salıma multi-franking 1938

Nyasaland

KGVI pictorials ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d & 1/- all cancelled d/r bridged cds, registered to Wallasey, Cheshire; b/s Blantyre registered 30 April 1938; includes scarce values

USA Special Delivery 1938

USA Special Delivery 1938

10c ‘Arms’ Special Delivery issue on envelope inscribed ‘Via Air Mail Special Delivery’ cancelled Rensselaer Ind 24 March 1938; red h/s ‘Fee claimed Cincinnati, Ohio’; b/s oval d/s ‘CHGO. TERM. R.P.O. Tr 3 (railway d/s) 24 March 1938, CRI MON & CIN 24 March, CINCINNATI 25 March 1936
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Switzerland registered packet to Chicago, 1938

Switzerland registered packet to Chicago

Swiss International Bodies issue (SG 352-3) cancelled Luzern d/r bridged cds; to Chicago, 29 Sept 1938; registered green label ‘Duty Free Postage Stamps for Collections’, ‘May be opened for US Customs Inspection’; violet h/s ‘Passed by US Customs Bureau Chicago’; h/s ‘Letter Package’ with ‘Collect Ten Cents’ crossed out; b/s Chicago registered cds 10 October 1938, unusual combination of marks

Spanish Civil War to France 1938rn

Spanish Civil War to France 1938rn

7 stamps, portraits and pictorials, to make a rate of 2p.85c on airmail envelope from Madrid to Anglet, France, 26 July 1938; cancelled SUCURSAL 4 MADRID; with Spanish censor’s tape; on reverse hexagon d/s ‘CORREO AEREO MADRID’ 26 July 1937; unclear French TPO 31 July 1938; with h/s ’28’ and m/s ‘7 gr’; (note address possibly a bordello?)

GB ‘Free’ letter from HM Ship 1838

GB 'Free' letter from HM Ship 1838

Letter written on board HMS Hastings en route for Gibraltar “100 miles N of Lisbon, just met a schooner bound for Falmouth, by whom I send this”; single ring (morning) crowned FREE 26 October 1838; b/s Windsor 25 October 1838; very rare use of Free Frank service from the Navy; signed J.S Whealley (Treasurer and Master of the Horses Dept) to Lady Emily Harding

Germany mulitfranked registered envelope 1938

Germany mulitfranked registered envelope 1938

Registered commercial cover, 70pfg rate: German Sports Tournament Breslau 3pfg, 12pfg, 15pfg (SG 653, 655-6) + Hindenburg 5, 2 x 10, 15pfg (SG 496B, 499B, 501B); red h/s ‘Einschreiben’ and m/s blue crayon 298; from Hamburg to London d/r cds 14 July 1938; no b/s; cover crease clear of stamps but a nice franking
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