These two covers are plainly philatelic and contrived by the same person in Scotland UK. Otherwise, it would be impossible to see such beautiful and interesting covers. The actual process was actually quite complicated and involved cooperation and help from friends and contacts in these overseas territories.
This left Edinburg in November 1931 and went through Bermuda, Chile, Dutch West Indies and then North Borneo and from there to Italy and then Scotland.
It also received a Retour instruction as it went through Seattle, USA and then somehow managed to reach North Borneo.
This one has a more ambitious route. It started from Edinburg in January 1931. It went first to Palestine, a country that no longer exist due to ongoing Middle East conflict. It was then sent to Kenya in Africa and from there to South India. From there it was sent to North Borneo where it was generously franked with five stamps of the beautiful 1931 issue. Fuji was the next port of call and from there to Jamaica and then to Saskatchewan Canada before being returned to Scotland.
