Petite Treasures – May 2026.

1901/02, OVERLAND MAIL & SHIP MAIL: two Turkey postal stationery cards cancelled DIARBEKIR TURQUIE following different routes to Karnal India. First overland from 11.1.01 with turkish transit mark BAGDAD 27.1.01, British P.O. BAGDAD 20.JAN.01 and arrival mark KARNAL 28 FE 01. The second written 11 month later from 21.DEC 1901, transit marks Stamboul 26.12.01, ALEXANDRIE 30.12.01, SEA POST OFFICE 5.JAN.02 and arrival mark KARNAL 12 JA 02. Both written by an Armenian to the same address in Karnal Panjab. A very interesting corrosponding pair and scarce postal history.

1948,  POW AIR MAIL: 2 p. and 2½ p. tied to air mail cover by BANGHAZI 9/8/1948, addressed to US Zone Germany, sent by a German P.O.W. from Benghazi Cirenaica, fine and scarce

1915, N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS: Kangaroo 2½ d. indigo (SGT6a, both SS normal) tied by HERBERTSHÖHE 4.8.15 cds. to cover with censor strip and violet oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR' with red signature, addressed to Shanghai China, on reverse Sydney NSW transit mark 25/9, vertical fold and tiny border crease, a very scarce destination.

1861, folded envelope with full content from Calcutta, cancelled boxed "India Unpaid" in black, double rate tax mark “18”, on top left “VIA SUEZ & FRANCE” in blue and “POSS.ANG.V.SUEZ MARSEILLE 12 NOV 61” cds. in red, sender cachet 'Camin & Lamouroux Calcutta" in blue, addressed to famous architect P. Nandin in Nantes, on reverse red “G.P.O. EX CALCUTTA OC.” cds. Paris transit and Nantes arrival marks, usual file fold, otherwise fine.

1933, The Houston Mount Everest Expedition: Survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes over the Himalayas towards Mount Everest, violet cancel "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDTN 1933 PAR AVION BY AIR CORREO AEREO" on two newspaper clippings with article and photo, scarce and attractive, fold, otherwise fine.

1914, India KEVII ½ a. green pair tied to ottoman bank postcard by ´´BUSRAH 22 OC 10´´ (large squared cds. SG Type Z 9) to Tripoli Barbarie with arrival mark 16.11.10, tiny flaw and crease at right, otherwise fine, a scarce destination to Libya.

1900-08, C.E.F. China Expeditionary Forces : two complete mint sets of QV and KE issues including 1902 QV 1 a. carmine, mainly unused, fine on old album page. (SG C1-C22)

1901, Incoming mail USA to Hong Kong/China: US 2 c. rose postal stationery envelope used uprated with 1 c. green, 2 c. carmine and 5 c. deep blue, performing 10 c. rate, tied by fancy cancel and "OHIOWA NEBR. DEC/17/1900" c.d.s. addressed to Hong Kong China with arrival mark "HONG KONG DJA/19/01" on reverse, redirected to Port Said with arrival mark and boxed bilingual "NON RECLAME", transit Colombo c.d.s., redirected with violet "RETURNED TO WRITER", transit mark "WASHINGTON JUN/18/1901" and on reverse "DEAD LETTER OFFICE P.D.U.S. JUN/18/1901" c.d.s., tiny border faults, fine and attractive around the world cover

1857, Folded envelope with content tied by british P.O. blue ALEXANDRIA JY/23/1857 cds. forwarding agent BRIGGS & Co. ALEXANDRIA, ms. rate "9" d, via Marseille to Edinburgh with arrival mark 2/8/57, file fold, mounted on exhibition page, fine

1896, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 4 ch. + 4 ch. red postal stationery card unseparated cancelled ISPAHAN cds. via BOUCHIR 18/4 to COLABA BOMBAY INDIA forewarded to MATHERAN with arrival mark 8.5.96, full message on reverse, tiny flaw, otherwise fine and a scarce destination (Persiphila PC14) 

1918, Ahmad Shah 2 ch. red postal stationery card cancelled “RECHT (DEPART) 28 III 18” cds., addressed to Makina Mesopotamia, but redirected from Bagdad to India with transit marks Base Office M.E.F. 21 SEPT 18, Bombay Base Postal Depot 22 Oct 18, AGRAM-BANGALORE 27 OCT 18, endorsed in red “Returned to England on leave Base Postal Depot Bombay”, full message on reverse, pre-dates the Dunsterforce sent to Baku, tiny flaw, crease and spots, otherwise fine and a scarce destination (Persiphila PC32) 

1930, two stamps 10 c. orange tied to commercial cover by Reception de Sayan cds. to Georgetown Demerara British Guiana via "Transito / Panama" in red and Barbados G.P.O. on reverse, bilingual chinese address, minor crease, otherwise fine and unusual.

1919, “DEIR ATTIE (NEBIK) 26.11.19” octogonal late used Turkey cancellation (Coles-Walker unrecorded) on cover bearing pair EEF 5 m. yellow-orange, “NEBIK 29.11.919” cds. alongside (Coles-Walker no.107), on reverse transit mark PORT-SAID 3/DE/19, addressed to Denmark, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and a very attractive Syria forerunner.