Here is a varied and unusual group of seven small European and Latin American envelopes bearing anti-tuberculosis charity seals. Four are French mourning covers, one is a German first-day cover and one each are from Panama and Colombia. The envelopes date from 1928 to 1979. Some bumps, etc., from postal handling, some of it international, with some staining on one. One of the French envelopes is roughly opened.

First we have four French mourning envelopes with characteristic black borders with nicely done "Comite National de Defense Contre La Tuberculose labels on the back as per postal regulations. The seals are dated 1929-29, 1930, 1933 and 1936. The 1930 label is tied by a Lyon machine backstamp of 1932. Three of the seals picture children and all have the familiar anti-tuberculosis Cross of Lorraine. It is poignant to think that some of the people who died were tuberculosis victims and perhaps even children. The covers bear a variety of stamps and postmarks  including a station one and a Pau a Bayonne rail cancel. 

Then we have an Colombian airmail advertising cover for Fabrica Nal de Caucho "Vega" of 1953 to the U.S. The postage stamps are joined by a 1953 5c seal with child and cross tied by a Bogata hand cancel. The cover has a vertical fold clear of the stamps. 

Next is a Panamanian 1979 meter mark cover to England with a Year of the Child 1979 OPAT seal tied by a 1979 barred Correos handstamp. 

Finally we have a Berlin, Germany, first-day cover to Oregon with a joined pair of colorful Tuberkulosemarke stamps of 1966 picturing flowers on the reverse. 

An eye-catching and unusual tuberculosis and Cinderella group with research potential. 

The postage costs on this item are higher than I would like and, after leaving them unchanged for several years, I have raised them slightly in line with the 2023 postage rates. The postage for British buyers on this lot will be $1.60. As I have some buy-it-now lots, anyone who makes a purchase might want to look at them before paying. If you buy more than one item, please wait for my invoice so I can combine postage

When payment is received by teatime British time (it is usually dished up about 4:30) I normally post the item the next morning. Our village post office is closed on Saturdays, however, so if you pay on Friday the item will not go out until the following Monday.

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