U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

1904 (2 Jan) 10c Indo-Chine stationery card addressed to Paris, with "Xieng-Khong Laos" departure cds, repeated alongside but this time without date, with transit pmks of "Luang-Prabang Laos" and "Saigon-Central Cochinchine", also "Vien-Tian Laos" on back, some card ageing, otherwise fine usage during the Siamese period (Xien-Kong was Siamese territory from 1896-1904)
Estimate: $750

1905 (23 Dec) 10c Indo-Chine stationery postal card (photograph adhered on message side), upgraded with 5c and 10c "Navigation & Commerce", registered from "Luang-Prabang Laos", pmk repeated alongside, sent to Paris via Vien-Tiane (2 Jan, 06), with arrival pmk, fine and remarkable usage of a registered postcard from Laos, ex-Wallburg, Gold medal winning collection, signed Brun, with his 2000 certificate
Estimate: $500

1905 (5 Aug) 15c Indo-Chine stationery entire envelope, canceled "Banthouei Laos" and addressed to Hanoi, with "Pac-Hin-Boun Laos" and "Vinh" transits, Hanoi (29 Aug) arrival pmks on back, fine and rare early usage from Banthouei Laos
Estimate: $500

1905 (30 May) 10c Indo-Chine stationery postal card from "Houei San Laos", sent via "Vien-Tiane Laos" and Saigon to Hamburg, redirected on arrival, v.f., ex-Borje Wallberg
Estimate: $500

1909 (17 Dec) picture postcard (Laos), franked with 10c Indo-China, tied by "Stung-Treng Cambodge" departure cds, repeated alongside and addressed to Vientiane, with "Khong Laos" arrival cds, fine
Estimate: $500

1938 (16 Sep) cover franked with French "F.M." 50c carmine, tied by "Saravane Laos" departure cds, repeated alongside and addressed to France, with violet "Le Chef De Poste" cachet on back, also manuscript "Poste de Ban-Tam Pril par Saravane et Pakse Laos", two transit strikes of "Pakse Laos", via "Saigon-Central Cochinchine" and arriving on 29 October in Le Pouliguen, minor cover ageing, rare usage
Estimate: $500

1893-97 correspondence to the same addressee in France, five covers, four endorsed "Corps expeditionnaire di Haut-Mekong", bearing various markings, one with "Khone Cambodge" departure", showing endorsement of the Commandant "Hoch Khi Koang" (used during actual hostilities March 23-October 3rd; Khone was in Cambodia only in 1892-93, after the Siamese occupation, the Khone post office re-opened and no longer used "Corps Exped're Cambodge" pmks...

1896 cover endorsed "Correspondance des Armees" and franked with 15c Indo-Chine, tied by octagonal "Corresp. D'Armees 13 Aug 96 KHONE", repeated alongside, addressed to France, military affiliations in manuscript at bottom left, with transit Phnom Penh and Saigon-Central, signed Brun, rare
Estimate: $1500

1892 (9 Sep) cover posted on board of steamship of the "Messageries Fluviales de Cochinchione" (steamship along the Mekong River, Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam) to France, attractively franked with 5x5c green French Colonies General Issue, tied by "Vapeur No.2 Cochinchine", with transit postmarks of "MyTho Cochinchine" (10 Sep), "Saigon-Central Cochinchine" and Carcassonne arrival pmk on back
Estimate: $500

1849 1kr black, unused with original h.r., left sheet margin example, with dividing line, fresh, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1976 Friedl certificate (Mi.1a, €1,300+)
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $500

1858 12kr red, right sheet margin example, showing dividing line at left, h.r., fresh and v.f.,
Cat. Val. $150
Estimate: $100

1856 5gr black, rose, imperf. and perf., each with boxed Bremen cancel, large margins all around, v.f., signed Bloch (Mi.2,7, €700)
Cat. Val. $525
Estimate: $150