Portugal & Colonies
Mozambique Company pictorials 2c, 3c, 3 x 24c, 25c, 30c plus added E. Africa and Uganda, 2 x KUT, 2 Transvaal, 1 Cape of Good Hope, all cancelled large bridged cds BEIRA; to London 24 March 1931, no b/s; a colourful mixture Reference: 1186 |
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Mozambique Company pictorials 4c, 6c, 8c, 12c, 25c, 2 esc, plus added 2 Transvaal, 1 Orange Free State, 1 Kenya, 1 E. Africa & Uganda, 1 S. Africa (added values uncancelled); from Beira to London, 13 July 1931; no b/s; a colourful mixture Reference: 1185 |
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$1, 50c, 25c (SG 914, 918, 924) on plain envelope cancelled bridged d/r cds PORTO 3e SECTOR 15 March 1941, to Ware, Herts; sealed with censor's tape 'OPENED BY EXAMINER 3472"; sealed on reverse by anti-TB label Reference: 1156 |
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3 x $1 pictorial and 50c definitive cancelled with octagonal d/r CORREIO DE PORTO, Airmail 6 May 1941, to Ware, Herts; opened and resealed by censor with tape "Opened by Examiner 2355" Reference: 1155 |
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Portugal 10c, 30c, 15c, 1$, 5$ on airmail envelope cancelled C.T.T. LESARADORES(?), LISBOA 'razor blade' style d/r cds 16 May 1942; British censor's tape 'Opened by Examiner 1712; b/s ocatogal d/s LISBON 17 MAY 42; violet cachet "Ministerio de Communicaciones Cuba 2" Reference: 986 |
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2 x 1 esc Caravel on envelope, m/s "Par Avion" from Agueda to Birmingham, 1 August 1944; cancelled with 'razor blade' type cds; blue crayon cross for registration; on reverse 3 x International Exhibition 80c (and another one lost); Lisboa transit d/s; English censor 'opened by Examiner 786'; despite faults an interesting wartime cover Reference: 967 |
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Portugal 50rs grey-blue cancelled double ring cds (slightly shaken) alongside decorative label '7th Centenary of St Antoine Festival, 12-30 June 1895'; from Oporto to London 15 May 1896; on reverse VF red London EC L AC hooded cds 17 May 1896 Reference: 876 |
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GB Machin 5p violet on plain envelope from Huddersfield to Ponta Delgada, Azores; h/s Ausente/Parti boxed h/s (also on reverse); h/s "RETOUR À L'ENVOYEUR/DEVOLVIGO AO REMETENTE"; h/s "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER"; red h/s "O NAVIO NÃO SE ENCONTRA NEM É ESPERADO NESTE PORTO"; b/s Correios Ponta Delgada 24 July 1971 Reference: 697 |
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2 x 1.75 Lusidas cancelled octagonal d/s Correio Aereo Lisboa, on envelope Lisbon to Halsingborg, Sweden 27 January 1943; German "Geöffnet" censor tape tied to envelope with Swastika cachets; inspectors' marks 2213, 2215, 6022 (red) & 62 (blue); on reverse red IV in circle; a spectacular censored cover Reference: 670 |
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5c Portuguese Legion + 30c definitive cancelled Correios de Porto bridged 'razor blade' type d/r cds; on envelope with m/s "Impressos - Printed matter" (P.P. rate 35c) from Oporto to London, 15 March 1940; VF "shield" type British crowned censor cachet T.30; no censor tape as unsealed printed matter; no b/s Reference: 668 |
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3 x 1.00 esc Rowland Hill, 2 x 5c, 1 x 40c on business envelope; cancelled d/r bridged cds C.T.T. Lisboa; by air to Göteborg, Sweden 16 August 1941; on reverse German censor tape with swastika cachets; small inspector's h/s 37 in circle and small red boxed 2418; attractive WW2 cover Reference: 667 |
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German 15pf Reply Paid Hindenburg PS card with Portugal Lusidas issue 10, 15, 50, 80c definitives cancelled 18 March 1943 Lisboa Central 3o Sector 'razor blade' type cds; German censor's cachet & inspector's red h/s 3545 and red / blue h/s 17, L6: a scarce combination with long message (possibly coded?) Reference: 549 |
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5e, 1.50e, 10c Knight definitives cancelled CTT Restauradores 18 June 1953 on advertising envelope 'Por Aviao' to London; no back stamps; some faults to envelope Reference: 437 |
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3 x 1$00 + 50c definitives cancelled d/r 'razor blade' type cds Seixal 14 April 1943 on airmail envelope to Liverpool; opened & resealed with British Censor's PC90 label 'Opened by Examiner 770'; on reverse Lisbon octagonal d/s 4 April 1943; attractive cover Reference: 435 |
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Envelope inscribed 'On His Britannic Majesty's Service' MS 'Por Aviao Via Lisboa', franked with 2 x 1$75 commemorative cancelled F.... 14 January 1943(?); British PC90 censor's label 'Opened by Examiner 537'; b/s Lisbon octagonal d/s; some tears to envelope Reference: 434 |
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Rowland Hill portrait issue 4 x 40c + 15c, & Reference: 346 |
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A pair of Natal 1d carmine on a long business envelope, 8 September 1900 to Portuguese Lourenço Marques, with Portuguese T5c charge mark; b/s Durban 8 September & Lourenço Marques 13 September 1900; unusual item for the period Reference: 329 |
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Airnail envelope with 5 francs Carcassonne & 1fr 25 Peace cancelled Marseille-Gare-Avion 24 May 1939, to New York; with large red cachet '1er Service postal Aérien France-Etats-Unis', and endorsed First Flight Marseille to Horta in the Azores; on reverse the arrival datestamp of Horta 26 May 1939 Reference: 215 |
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Envelope with contents dated 15 July 1865 from Lamego, Portugal to Valreas, France; boxed h/s Lamego & scarce French cachet d'entrée par ambulant 'Portugal St J. de Luz 3 Amb 1' in red, and on reverse sundry Portuguese & French transit datestamps. The contents include a cloth sample Reference: 199 |
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1939 airmail cover to Hot Springs, ARK with the stamps cancelled by partial LISBOA postmark dated 2.MAI.39. There is also an airmail cachet and a partial HORTA postmark. Reference: 272H |
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1943 censored cover to Bruttisellen. The stamps are cancelled by a partial LISBOA CENTRAL machine postmark dated 2.6.43. Punch-hole! Reference: 271H |
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WW2 censored airmail cover to Hull with stamps cancelled by a feint LISBOA postmark dated 17.JUL.? Reference: 037H |