Stamps & Covers – BalkanPhila

1941 Malta Censored to Ottoman Bank Egypt

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:32:20 +0000

Malta: 1941 envelope to Ottoman Bank, Alexandria, Egypt franking at 2½d. rate including ½d. Silver Jubilee and Coronation, Opened By Examiner 12 censor tape tied by ‘11’ numeral handstamp on front, triangular cachet and Egyptian censors.

1944 Malta Censored Return to Sender to London

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:30:42 +0000

Malta: 1944 cover to London franked 1d. and 2d. tied single Valetta cds, ‘OPENED BY? EXAMINER DD/30’ censor tape applied, pencil annotation “Gone Away” and initialled and two-line RETURN TO SENDER/ GONE AWAY handstamp applied, part of backflap missing.

1942 Malta Censored Illustrated Envelope to London

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:28:47 +0000

Malta: 1942 (22 DE) illustrated cover to London franked 3d tied single cds, censor tape at left ‘Opened By/ Examiner 5’ showing this number erased and replaced by a circular framed ‘9’ on reverse

1942 Malta Airmail Censored insufficiently prepaid to USA

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:27:03 +0000

Malta: 1942 (MY 23) airmail cover to New York underfranked 3d. and 1/- tied single Cospicua cds, two-line violet ‘Insufficiently Prepaid for/ Transmission by AIR MAIL’, censor tape at left ‘Opened By/ Examiner DD/30; fine condition.

1942 Malta Censored Airmail to England redirected

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:20:48 +0000

Malta: 1942 censored airmail cover to England, redirected internally, franked two 1½d.and two 6d. tied Prince of Wales cds, OPENED BY EXAMINER censor tape tied DD/1043 handstamp, repeated at left.

1949 Malta 2d Stationery Card to Kharkov Ukraine

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:17:24 +0000

Malta: 1949 (NO 16) 2d. postal stationery card to Kharkov, Ukraine, Russia cancelled Victoria Gozo cds, Kiev transit and arrival cancels; good condition.

1931 Malta 15c Reply Stationery to Rome

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:13:52 +0000

Malta: 1931 (AP 30) 15c reply stationery card to Rome, additionally franked two 30c. tied double-ring Valletta Malta cds with a slightly large size cds below, with message between collectors about the forthcoming Airmail issue.

1934 Malta Air Mail via Italy to Czechoslovakia

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:09:15 +0000

Malta: 1934 (28 AUG) airmail cover to Prague, Czechoslovakia franked ½d., 1d. strip of four and a 2½d. tied by two large violet AIR MAIL MALTA date stamps, Valetta 8pm cds at left, DOPO LA/ PARTENZA two-line handstamp, reverse with series of Italian date stamps of 31.8 with Posta Aerea Venezia, Venezia Espressi in two
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1935 Malta 1/2d Silver Jubilee to London

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:07:42 +0000

Malta: 1935 (NO 28) unsealed envelope to London, endorsed “Printed Matter” and franked ½d. Silver Jubilee tied Valetta date stamp; small tear at left of envelope.

1913 Malta Registered to Leipzig Under Cover

Kemal Giray — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:57:26 +0000

Malta: 1913 (30 AP) registered cover to Apolda, Germany franked three KEVII 2d grey, a single and bottom marginal pair with gutter at right tied double-ring Valetta Malts date stamp, oval Registered date stamp below of same date, reverse with arrival cancel of 3.5. The envelope endorsed in red at top “Posted at Leipzig under
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