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GB 50th ANNIVERSARY OF AIRCRAFT LANDING ON A MOVING SHIP 1967

GB 3d Wilding + 2 commemorative labels of the event, cancelled with slogan d/s 'Ship through the Port of London' 2 August 1967 & special cachet, on PPC of the landing on HMS Furious 2 August 1917

Reference: 279
ISLE OF MAN LETTER TO CADIZ 1857

A shipping docket from Port St Mary to Cadiz, Spain, marked within 'per Steamer "Britannia" James Master to London'; no British or Spanish postal markings; early IOM maritime mail

Reference: 269
CARD FROM RIO POSTED AT SEA WITH SWEDISH STAMPS TO LIVERPOOL 1937

Cachet Guteburg-New York-Rio de Janeiro on Swedish 15 öre & 5 öre pictorials, on PPC of Rio; with blue cachet 'posted on board when M/S Gripsholm crossed the Equator' 5 March 1937

Reference: 268
GB 2½d WILDING ISSUE USED ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND 1956

GB 2½d red Wilding on airmail envelope neatly cancelled BFPO Christmas Island 22 August 1956; in MS on reverse sent from 'HMS Messina' (a tank landing craft); nice clear markings

Reference: 256
GB 2½d WILDING USED IN CHRISTMAS ISLAND 1956

GB 2½d red Wilding on airmail envelope clearly cancelled BFPO Christmas Island 22 August 1956; in MS on reverse sent from 'HMS Messina' (a tank landing craft)

Reference: 255
OUTER WRAPPER FROM LONDON TO LYON WITH FORWARDING AGENT'S CACHET 1817

Folded outer wrapper, no contents, but with MS date '7 August 1817 by Thomas Coutts & Co'; with handstruck ANGLETERRE 'marque d'origine', rate marks 18 (décimes) & 1/2d; on reverse is a London transit cds & Lyon 'petite poste' 21(?) plus MS endorsement 'Forw d by Mess rs Thos Coutts & Co' forwarding agent's cachet

Reference: 208
TONGA: 1938 LAST DAY JUBILEE COVER

1938 Last Day Jubilee cover with the stamps cancelled by partial NIUAFOOU postmarks dated 12.OC.38 and various Tin Can Mail marks on both sides

Reference: 255H
FRANCE: 1935 INAUGURAL VOYAGE OF SS NORMANDIE COMMEMORATIVE COVER TO USA.

1935 cover to Brooklyn with the stamp and label cancelled by a LE HAVRE A NEW YORK special machine postmark dated 29.MAI.35. Creased!

Reference: 197H
FRANCE: 1962 INAUGURAL VOYAGE OF PAQUEBOT "FRANCE" COMMEMORATIVE COVER TO USA.

1962 commemorative cover with the stamp cancelled by a special postcard dated 3.FEVR.1962 and a commemorative cachet. On the reverse is an additional 20c stamp on the reverse and a NEW YORK postmark.

Reference: 195H
ADEN: 1910 PICTURE POSTCARD TO SCOTLAND WITH PAQUEBOT POSTMARK.

1910 picture postcard of Assouan to Fife with the GB stamps cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 2.MY.10.

Reference: 193H
ADEN: 1932 COVER TO ENGLAND WITH PAQUEBOT POSTMARK.

1932 cover to Oxford with the Indian stamps cancelled by partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 11.SEP.32.

Reference: 192H
ADEN: 1921 PICTURE POSTCARD WITH PAQUEBOT MARK.

1921 picture postcard of Port Said with the GB stamp cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 16.FE.21.

Reference: 189H
ADEN: 1921 PICTURE POSTCARD WITH PAQUEBOT MARK.

1921 picture postcard of Marseille with the GB stamp cancelled by a PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 21.NO.21.

Reference: 188H
ADEN: 1905 PICTURE POSTCARD TO ENGLAND WITH PAQUEBOT MARK.

1905 picture postcard of Port Said to Cornwall with the stamp cancelled by a partial ADEN postmark dated 27.AU.05, a boxed PAQUEBOT mark and a CAMBORNE postmark dated 10.SP.05.

Reference: 187H
GB-LONDON: 1962 AIRLETTER TO NORTHERN IRELAND WITH PAQUEBOT POSTMARK.

1962 - 6d airletter cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT LONDON postmark dated 8.FEB.62.

Reference: 098H
GB-LONDON: 1935(?) COVER TO USA "PER SS NORMANDIE"

1935(?) cover with the Silver Jubilee stamp cancelled by a partial NORWOOD postmark dated 29.MAY.35? and a manuscript "Per S.S Normandie"

Reference: 096H
MAURITIUS - TAAF: 1959 MIXED FRANKING MARITIME PIECE.

1959 part of an envelope with a pair of Mauritius QEII 2 cents plate 1 stamps and a French Antarctic 50c stamp all cancelled by PORT LOUIS MAURITIUS postmarks dated 11.AP.59 and there is a MESSAGERIES MARITIMES GRENOBLE cachet and an SS GRENOBLE mark.
This is not a complete cover!

Reference: 088H
ALGERIA: 1944 CENSORED NAVAL COVER TO EGYPT.

1944 censored airmail cover to Alexandria with POSTE NAVALE postmarks dated 31.8.44, a French naval cachet and Egyptian censor marks.
On the reverse there are partial Egyptian postmarks and a BASE ARMY POST OFFICE 4 postmark dated 11.SP.44.

Reference: 071H
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