| W.W.I. - ALLIED FORCES IN WESTERN EUROPE | ||||
| 219 | EARLY WORLD WAR I MATERIAL & "TROOPS" CARDS; Useful study of Aug. 1914 to Jan. 1915 covers/cards from France with some Postage Dues, civil P.O. cancels, etc.; plus good collection of "I am quite well...." printed multiple-choice PC's incl. rare pink, blue & blue-green plain types, KGV 1d Red Field Service cards (5 used + 3 unused), 4 scarce "HOSPITAL ADMISSION" cards, French & Indian types, etc. Good lot. (91 covers/cards). | £120 | ||
| 220 | "KING'S MESSENGER" URGENT COVERS; Attractive July 1916 env. from France to London with KGV 1d and v. fine red "BY KING'S MESSENGER" mark matching the "1414" hexagon censor mark; plus March 1917 OHMS stampless env. (naval ship flap) with "WAR/OFFICE" cachet and mostly fine boxed purple "K (crown)/M/PRIVILEGED" mark. Rare pair. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 11 | £100 | ||
| 221 | THE RARE RED REGISTERED "HONOUR" ENVELOPE; Spectacular 21st Sept. 1915 usage of the rare long red env. (minor faults at right) with printed "I certify that the contents of this envelope....." on the front with sender's signature; regd. and franked by KGV 1d pair tied by "F.P.O./T37" c.d.s.'s (37th Division Train FPO) with "R" label with the same c.d.s. alongside. Very few of these red envelopes are known. Exhibition item. PHOTO – INSIDE FRONT COVER | £150 | ||
| 222 | EUROPE - THE GEORGE CRABB F.P.O./A.P.O. REFERENCE COLLECTION; Excellent lot of covers (condition varies) with the whole range of these c.d.s.'s (all arranged in order prior to viewing) with little duplication and a good range of censor and other marks; Base P.O.'s, Stationary APO's, FPO's 1 to 197 and then FPO's A1 to X/W/Y/Z types. Not mounted and housed in a shoe-box. The product of many years ferreting in mixed boxes! Difficult lot to duplicate. (Several 100 covers). | £240 | ||
| 223 | HONOUR ENVELOPES/PARCEL POST/REGISTERED MAIL, ETC.; c.1914-8 unmounted covers/labels incl. a good range of scarce regd. marks, 7 unused regd. envs., 1919 FPO230 front regd. with KGV 1/-+8d+2, 1915 APO2 (Rouen) Sack label for "6 Parcels", bundle/caution labels, collection of Honour envs. (incl. 2 disqualified with "Unsigned" label or h.s. and some randomly censored), plus a few PP labels (incl. one on front endorsed "Spurs, cigarette case"! with KGV 1/- tied by FPO H10 c.d.s.), etc. Also c.100 unconnected pieces incl. 3 1920 certificates of cleanliness:- one certifying that a private was "free from Vermin, scabies and venereal disease"! Good lot. (47 covers/labels plus the c.100 pieces). | £100 | ||
| 224 | BELGIUM & FRANCE - F.P.O.'s, ETC.; c.1914-8 unmounted covers/cards incl. wide range of marks, colourful comic 1914 French "piddling" PPC, Belgian/French civil P.O. marks, PPC's, Field Service cards, etc. (70 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 11 | £75 | ||
| 225 | BELGIUM - GERMAN OCCUPATION OVERPRINTS, ETC.; Mounted c.1914-8 collection of covers/cards incl. Four 1915 exiled govt. in Le Havre covers to Paris/GB (2 with 6-line "GOUVERNEMENT BELGE" cachets), 11 German o.p. covers, one German unoverprinted env. and 2 stampless German covers, etc. Good lot. (27 covers). | £200 | ||
| 226 | ITALY; c.1917-9 unmounted covers/cards from British FPO's in Italy plus a few from Italian units. Some regd. mail noted. (c.100 covers). | £75 | ||
| 227 | INDIAN F.P.O.'s IN FRANCE, ETC.; Small unmounted collection of c.1915-8 FPO covers/cards (mostly ex France):- nos. 3, 7, 8, 9 (2; one regd.), 10, 12, 13(2), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18(2; one regd.), 20, 36(2), 38, 29 (disallowed honour env.), 41, 42(2) & BASE OFFICE types. Also PPC's & 3 pieces. (37 items + 3 pieces). | £65 | ||
| 228 | U.S. FORCES IN FRANCE - APO's 700-720, ETC.; c.1917-9 covers/cards/ephemera incl. many APO marks, & censors, French Red Cross label, Peace Celebrations programme, honour envs., etc. Plus a few scarce British-type FPO "K"-series c.d.s.'s. Almost all unmounted. (100 items approx.) | £120 | ||
| 229 | U.S.A. - AIR FORCE & NAVY COVERS EX EUROPE; 1917/8 unmounted covers/cards (condition varies) incl. scarce Air Force items (1918 stampless env. from "326 Aero Squadron" with Arundel c.d.s.), stampless 1917 env. with enclosed "30th Aero Squadron" Xmas card "From SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE", worn 1917/8 stampless envs. (2) both with contents depicting bi-plane or 30th Squadron "wings", unused PPC of "U.S. Army Aeroplane", and small group of Naval PPC's and 4 "NAVAL FORCES" stampless covers/cards with special Censor marks. Good lot. (16 items). | £100 | ||
| 230 | FRANCE - NEW ZEALAND FORCES, ETC.; 1915/9 covers/cards incl. several stampless items with numbered "Z" FPO c.d.s.'s, scarce 1917 env. with GB KGV 1d tied by v. fine "NEW ZEALAND/No.5/STA. POST OFFICE" c.d.s., and 3 stamped envs. from NZ to USA with "MILITARY CENSOR" marks. Scarce lot. (15 covers). | £100 | ||
| 231 | DANZIG - "COMMISSION FOR SUPPLY & RELIEF OF POLAND/British Section" CACHET ON POSTAGE DUE COVER TO G.B.; Remarkable July 1919 env. (roughly opened at top) to London with fine red strike of this rare cachet on the front overstruck by London c.d.s., having "3D/79" mark and an uncancelled 3d P. Due on the front, as well as v. fine boxed "Supreme Economic Council/RECEIVED" and double oval "WAR TRADE INTELLIGENCE DEPT." cachets also on the front. Rare! PHOTO - see plate no. 11 | £100 | ||
| 232 | LATVIA/LITHUANIA - RED CROSS CARD, ETC.; Stampless 1915 PC (some staining) with Lithuanian 18th Reserve Field Hospital & Red Cross cachets, 1915 stampless PC ex Riga with Reserve FPO 152 c.d.s. (scarce) and fine 110th Foot Division regimental cachet, Russian Field Army 1916 PC to Riga, 1918 German Occ. pair of O.P. PC's ex Libau/Riga, and 2 unused Latvian Battalion PPC's. Scarce group. (6 cards). | £100 | ||
| 233 | POLAND/AUSTRIA - VENEZIA-GIULIA, ETC.; 1919 trio of envs. (2 regd.) to Egypt with V.G. o.p. values, 1917 German o.p. "Gen. Coun./Warschau" 71/2pf orange P. Stat. PC ex "PLOCK", stampless 1916 Austrian Occ. of Poland env. regd. with "K.u.K. FELDPOSTANST/186" c.d.s., 1917 env. regd. from Warsaw with German o.p. "Russisch-Polen" 3pf & "Gen. Coun. Warschau" 20pf tied by Warsaw c.d.s.'s as well as "MIASTO PRZEDBORZ/STADT PRZEDBORZ" 2g & 4g adhesives tied by unclear "K.u.K." c.d.s., and 1 PPC. Scarce lot. (7 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 234 | THE BALANCE OF THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE COLLECTION; Eclectic c.1914/8 unmounted mixture of covers/cards & some ephemera; incl. fine Nov. 1914 & Jan. 1915 real photo PPC's (2) used from Rouen/BAPO2 depicting "Ste. des AUTOMOBILES" local transport Bicycle section & ditto with a truck, regd. 1918 "FPO/1B" env., env. returned by censor, 3rd Aug. 1914 to Cologne with purple 21st Dec. 1914 "Armeekorps Coln" censor marks, regd. envs., etc. Well worth careful inspection. (50 items). | £75 | ||
| W.W.I. - CHINESE LABOUR CORPS IN FRANCE | ||||
| 235 | RED-BAND COVER FROM CHINA() TO A CHINESE MEMBER OF THE CORPS IN FRANCE; c.1917 fine red-band env. (almost certainly sent by the special non-postal service from China; see attached notes by W.H. Adgey Edgar) to Li Pen-shan (no."69112" of 122nd Company) from his brother Li Pen-chung, with Chinese address and mostly fine small red boxed British (Chinese Labour Corps) "C.L./4" arrival censor mark. Very rare indeed. PHOTO - see plate no. 5 | £200 | ||
| 236 | INTER-UNIT CHINESE LABOUR CORPS NATIVE COVER WITH "C.L./4" CENSOR MARK; Fine c.1917 env. addressed in Chinese from Corps member No.64427 (119 Company) to Tu Tseng-jan ("64427, 122 Coy.") with a very fine red boxed British Chinese Labour Corps "C.L./4" censor mark on the front. Very rare; with copy of 1964 "Philatelic Journal" article by W.H.A. Edgar in which this cover is illustrated. PHOTO - see plate no. 5 | £150 | ||
| 237 | Similar c.1917 stampless native env. from "69292" of No.96 Company to "69309" of No.122 Company with two light but legible boxed red "C.L./4" censor marks. Very rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £150 | ||
| 238 | SPECIALLY PRINTED RED-BAND ENVELOPES FOR OUTWARD & RETURN MESSAGES; Very fine unused 1917 pair of printed red-band envelopes provided for the Chinese Labour Corps for their mail. The larger envelope with superb "ARMY POST OFFICE/A/12 FE/18/S.17" c.d.s. (Etaples at this date); this smaller envelope (to be sent inside the larger envelope for the addressee's reply) was illustrated in W.H.A. Edgar's 1964 "Philatelic Journal" article (copy included). The envelopes are printed both sides and one includes the wording "British Wei Hai Wei Government Chinese Labour Recruiting Office". Very rare matched pair. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 5 | £200 | ||
| 239 | Similar unused c.1917 large printed red-band envelope without the c.d.s. but with the same "Wei Hai Wei" inscription, etc. This example was illustrated in the 1964 W.H.A. Edgar "Philatelic Journal" article (copy included). Very rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 240 | CHINESE "Y.M.C.A." RED-BAND ENVELOPE; Very fine unused c.1918 env. (larger size outward message type) with Chinese Labour Corps printed inscriptions and red triangle & black bar Y.M.C.A. (presumably) symbol at top left. Very rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 241 | "No.164 COMPANY/CHINESE/LABOUR CORPS" COVER; 26th Sept. 1919 stampless O.A.S. PPC (of Nantes) to G.B. with a superb strike of this very scarce cachet in blue-black ink and an unclear "ARMY POST OFFICE" c.d.s. on the address side. Exhibition quality. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 242 | "No.135 COMPANY/CHINESE/LABOUR CORPS" COVER; 29th Oct. 1919 stampless "O.A.S." env. to Preston with a very fine strike of this very scarce cachet (slightly overstruck) and a fine "A.P.O./73" c.d.s. on the front. Plus a real photo PPC of Chinese Labour Corps members at Shorncliffe Camp. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £85 | ||
| 243 | CHINESE LABOUR CORPS Interpreter’s BADGES & PHRASE-BOOK, ETC.; Remarkable pair of brass Chinese character badges for British interpreters of the C.L.C., v. fine "CHINESE NOTE BOOK FOR C.L.C. OFFICERS" phrase-book (printed in Liukungtao), and 4 pieces with mostly very fine strikes of the "CHINESE LABOUR CORPS" cachets of Companies 6, 14 & 16(2). Rare! (7 items). | £100 | ||
| W.W.I. – CYPRUS, GIBRALTAR AND MALTA | ||||
| 244 | CYPRUS - "TROODOS/CYPRUS" STAMPLESS "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" COVER TO G.B.; 22nd July 1915 env. to the P.O.S.B. in London headed "From J. Galloway on Active Service" and countersigned by "J. Crowley(), Capt., 1[st] Lancs. Fus[iliers]." at bottom left with a fine strike of the "TROODOS/CYPRUS" c.d.s. (light crease). Very rare; WWI covers from Cyprus are seldom seen. PHOTO - ABOVE | £200 | ||
| 245 | CYPRUS - FAMAGUSTA STAMPLESS COVER TO G.B.; Fine 14th Aug. 1919 stampless "O.H.M.S." env. signed at bottom left over small printed "C", with a superb "FAMAGUSTA/CYPRUS" c.d.s. Thought to be from a British officer. Plus a PPC. (2 items). PHOTO – ABOVE LOT 244 | £100 | ||
| 246 | GIBRALTAR - WWI MIX; 1917 stampless env. with cancelled "T", 1915 envs. (2; one with stamp removed) with civil censor labels, and 11 unrelated PPC's. (15 items). | £50 | ||
| 247 | MALTA - HANDSTRUCK "NOT AT MALTA." MARK; Attractive Aug./Nov. 1915 env. from Australia (KGV 1d pair tied by c.d.s.'s) to a Sergeant with the "1st Aus. Imp. Exped. Forces" in Cairo but redirected with m/s "Wounded" etc., also having a superb small black "NOT AT MALTA." mark on the front. Very rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 4 | £200 | ||
| 248 | MALTA - "WOUNDED POST OFFICE" & "REJOINED UNIT" MARKS; Aug. 1915 PPC from Edinburgh (KGV 1/2d x2) to a soldier in "St. Andrew's Hospital, Malta" with a very fine 2-ring purple "WOUNDED POST OFFICE/MALTA" mark matching the mostly very fine slightly overlapping large boxed "REJOINED UNIT" mark (very rare) which we cannot recall having seen before. Exhibition item. PHOTO - see plate no. 5 | £200 | ||
| 249 | MALTA - CENSORED "MISIDA" VILLAGE CANCEL COVER; Feb. 1918 env. (overall creasing) to GB with Malta 1d (crease) + 1/2d War Tax tied by a single very fine "MISIDA" c.d.s. (rare), with triangular "PASSED BY CENSOR/No 4179" nearby. Plus 1 PPC. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £75 | ||
| 250 | MALTA - "ROYAL MARINES DETACHMENT THASOS" COVER WITH MALTA "H.M.S. EUROPA" CACHET; Large 20th Dec. 1916 stampless O.H.M.S. env. to "O.C., 3rd R.M. Battalion, Mudros, Lemnos" with v. fine purple circular "H.M.S. EUROPA" c.d.s. This ship was a depot ship at Malta. Rare thus. PHOTO - ABOVE | £75 | ||
| 251 | MALTA - CENSORS, NAVAL MAIL, ETC.; c.1914-9 covers/cards incl. disallowed GB stamps (2; one with charge cancelled), 1915 stampless env. with m/s "Under canvas. Stamps unobtainable.", naval censor marks (incl. 3 large boxed "Med'n Naval Staff" types), 15th Aug. 1914 env. (creasing) to GB with GB 1d tied by Valetta c.d.s. with matching "PAQUEBOT" alongside having v. early purple "PASSED BY CENSOR", later civil censors, Red Cross env. to Corfu, censor labels (inc. regd. cover with red wax "VR" seals over label & scarce "MARTIAL LAW" types), etc. Good study. (24 items). | £150 | ||
| 252 | MALTA - BALANCE OF THE COLLECTION INCL. RED H.S. "SALONIKA" MARK; c.1914-8 covers/cards incl. stampless local Jan. 1917 "APO/SZ7" OAS env. to "All Soul's Camp" but redirected with v. fine red "SALONIKA" mark (presumably struck in Malta and certainly rare), a range of other "ON ACTIVE SERVICE/+" covers, a few pre-war items & ILN prints, etc. (13 covers + 7 other items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| W.W.I. - BULGARIA AND TURKEY | ||||
| 253 | BULGARIA - P.O.W. MAIL, ETC.; 1917 POW's pair of PC's (both from British POW's; ex Haskows Camp & Phillipopolis Camp) & 1 env. (ex French POW at Sofia) with red "HEAD CENSOR/SOFIA" marks, 1916 civil env. regd. to Vienna with censor label & mark, and 4 1918/9 stampless OAS British forces PC's from Dupnica (FPO 82), Varna (FPO T27), Black Sea coast (HM SHIPS mark), and Loumkoule (; via Salonika "APO/BASE X"). Scarce lot. (10 items). | £100 | ||
| 254 | BULGARIA & TURKEY - GERMAN FORCES' MAIL; 1916-8 stampless PC's ex Sofia ("Feldpost 18" cachet) & Turkey (4; three with v. fine or fair "FELDPOST/MIL. MISS./KONSTANTINOPEL" bilingual c.d.s.'s, and one with German naval "KAISERLICHE MARINE" cachet). Plus 3 related PPC's. (8 cards). | £100 | ||
| 255 | TURKEY - BRITISH FORCES' APO's & FPO's COLLECTION; 1918/20 covers/cards inc. a good range of APO/FPO marks with regd. covers (FPO GX, APO SX3, APO Y1 at Chanak, & B.A.P.O./CONSTANTINOPLE x2), honour env., Italian censor mark, letter (ex APO/Y) from "27th Division Cyclist Co."), scarce "POSTAGE FREE/Army of the Black Sea" cachet (APO/Y1), PPC's, off-cover pair of British Army of Occ. 7r stamps cancelled by Batum () APO/Y1 skeleton, etc. Good study. (21 items + 2 pieces). | £200 | ||
| 256 | TURKEY - INDIAN & ITALIAN F.P.O.'s; 1919-22 covers/cards inc. Indian FPO/400 skeleton, and normal Indian "FPO No." c.d.s.'s 400 & 415x3; plus Italian envs. (2; one regd.) with "POSTA MILITARE/15" c.d.s.'s of Constantinople. Scarce lot. (7 covers + 1 PPC). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 257 | TURKEY - BRITISH RE-INTERVENTION TO PROTECT NEUTRAL ZONE; 1922/3 covers/cards ex FPO 15, 11, 12, 12 & 14, plus a front ex FPO12. Rare lot; plus excellent range of related real photo PPC's (10) incl. Chanak fleet, loading gun, staff-car rescued from Chanak harbour, the Great Fire of Smyrna, etc. Very hard lot to assemble. (16 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| W.W.I. - S. RUSSIA, BATUM & CAUCASUS | ||||
| 258 | FRENCH FORCES IN ODESSA; Stampless 12th March 1919 letter-card & 16th April 1919 PC to France from French soldiers in Odessa; each with mostly fine unnumbered "TRESOR ET POSTES" c.d.s. The contents of the letter-card include; "...we are awaiting the Bolshevik army! Things are hotting up!! Recently I went on an expedition. We were 30 artillerymen, drivers & servers, with 2 guns and 500 Russian volunteers. We bombed 2 villages which we then machine-gunned, and after that we started fires everywhere; and we had chickens and pigs without paying for them!" Scarce pair. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 259 | THE RARE NOVOROSSISK "OC POSTS/BMM 1" BRITISH MILITARY MISSION SKELETON; Stampless 18th Sept. 1919 env. to GB with a mostly very fine strike of this rare "X"-code c.d.s. beside an octagonal "379" censor mark, signed at lower left by a Royal Field Artillery Major OBrien. Rare. Plus a PPC of the town. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 260 | THE RARE "B.M.S.R." C.D.S.'s INCL. INGOING COVER; 29th Feb. 1920 stampless env. to G.B. with mostly v. fine strike of the "ARMY POST OFFICE B.M.S.R./1" c.d.s. of the British Military Mission in South Russia, 16th March 1920 env. with v. fine "CRANLEIGH/GUILDFORD" skeleton c.d.s. on KGV 1d (addressed to the sender of the previous letter) with v. fine 5th April "A.P.O. B.M.S.R./1" c.d.s. backstamp although endorsed "Evacuated", stampless OAS PPC of Odessa to GB but with 8th Feb. 1920 Constantinople "APO SY4" skeleton., and a PPC. (4 items). | £150 | ||
| 261 | BATUM - F.P.O./80 COVER & CARD; 1st/27th March stampless env. & PC from the British Force in Batum addressed to G.B., each with a near fine strike of this rare F.P.O. c.d.s., plus a real photo PPC of "BATOUM". (3 items). | £100 | ||
| 262 | NAVAL MAIL - BATUM HOSPITAL SHIP, ETC.; 20th May 1919 usage of the Russian 7k letter-card to GB (written in a Russian shop in "Batum") cancelled on arrival with the "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" machine of London, from a crew-member of the "H.M.A.T. EGYPT" (which had been a WWI Hospital Ship); plus a PPC of the ship and a stampless "O.A.S." env. (c.1920) to G.B. with mostly v. fine purple oval "H.M.S. M21/PASSED BY CENSOR" mark from a correspondence that emanated from South Russia. Rare lot. (3 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 5 | £200 | ||
| 263 | BATUM - BRITISH FORCES' CARTOON BOOK, ETC.; Remarkable 21st Aug. 1919 printed stapled booklet (stained covers); "IN BATOUM 1918-9" with sketches (by "W. Baxter, Feb. 1919") of local people/soldiers in humorous style, with fly-leaf dedication to a British soldier's mother who was sent this by post ("Just a few sketches of what you see out here"). The wrapper has been removed, but there is still the hexagonal "No.78" censor mark on the front and part of an APO skeleton c.d.s. on the reverse. Remarkable survival. Plus 2 real photo PPC's of a heavy gun battery being demolished "before evacuating Batum". (3 items). | £100 | ||
| 264 | GEORGIA - RARE REGD. ENV. WITH TIFLIS "D1" C.D.S.'s; 10th Feb. 1919 usage of the KGV 2d regd. env. to GB with fine/v. fine "F.P.O./D1" c.d.s.'s cancelling stamp & "R" label. Rare thus. Plus 2 PPC's of Tiflis. (3 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £120 | ||
| 265 | GEORGIA - INGOING MAIL WITH RARE F.P.O. 27 C.D.S.'s; April/May 1919 pair of envs. from London to a member of the "16th Corps Cyclist Btn."; each with v. fine rare "FIELD POST OFFICE/T.27" c.d.s. on reverse and returned to England. Plus a PPC. (3 items). | £100 | ||
| 266 | GEORGIA - RARE INDIAN "F.P.O./No.33" CARD; 21st April 1921 PPC sent to GB with India 1a tied by mostly very fine strike of this Bostandjik (Georgia) usage of this FPO c.d.s. Few known. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 267 | GEORGIA - GERMAN OCCUPATION OF TIFLIS FELDPOST CARD; 21st Aug. 1918 stampless PPC endorsed "Feldpost" to Germany with tiny purple "Kassenverwarnin/Bayer. Res. Jagerbatl 1" cachet and superb "9-10v" c.d.s. of the "Deutsche Feldpost". The Germans occupied Tiflis for only 6 months in 1918/9. Rare! PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
| 268 | THE BALANCE OF THE SOUTH RUSSIA COLLECTION INCL. G.B. KEVII WRAPPER ADDRESSED TO BATUM; c.1903-13 covers/cards from Batum inc. regd. cover, GB KEVII 1d wrapper to "BATOUM" with c.1904/5 "ODECCA" censor, PPC's, etc. Plus 1917 PPC from Kislovidsk to "Baku" and 2 PPC's of Baku. (19 items). | £100 | ||
| W.W.I. - N.RUSSIA - ALLIED FORCES | ||||
| 269 | MURMANSK/ARCHANGEL - PB1/2 COVERS INCL. REGD. ENVELOPE; 5th June 1919 usage of the KGV 2d black regd. env. to GB cancelled by v. fine "ARMY POST OFFICE/P.B.1" c.d.s. with small "A.P.O. S" R label struck with rare "APO PB1" straight line having v. fine purple oval "X42" censor mark nearby; plus internal 5th Aug. 1919 Army env. addressed to "Regimental Paymaster, RE, Chatham" with fair PB2 (Archangel) c.d.s., and 19th May 1919 PPC to GB with mostly v. fine PB2 c.d.s. & v. fine oval "PE/C/30" censor mark. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £150 | ||
| 270 | KANDALAKSHA - RARE "PB22" F.P.O. COVER; 14th April 1919 stampless env. to London with very fine strike of the "FIELD POST OFFICE/P.B.22" c.d.s. with v. fine black oval "X12" censor mark. Few examples known. PHOTO - see plate no. 13 | £150 | ||
| 271 | PETCHENGA - THE RARE "PB33" C.D.S. ON "BACCY" CARD ADDRESSED TO MALAYA; 17th Jan. 1919 stampless usage of an "Overseas Club Tobacco Fund" pictorial card to "Selayn, Federated Malay States" (with arrival c.d.s.'s) with a very fine "FIELD POST OFFICE/P.B.33" c.d.s. of Petchenga on the front. Very rare FPO and an amazing destination! PHOTO - see plate no. 13 | £150 | ||
| 272 | BERESNIK - "PB55" F.P.O. COVER; 24th July 1919 stampless OAS env. to G.B. ("Blighty"!) with mostly fine rare "FIELD POST OFFICE/P.B.55" c.d.s. slightly overstruck by a v. fine circular "No.28R" censor mark. Seldom seen. | £75 | ||
| 273 | THE BALANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN N. RUSSIA COLLECTION; 11th Oct. 1918 stampless OAS PPC (of "North Russian" horses) to GB with v. fine purple oval "X20" and London "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIPS/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" machine, similar 15th Oct. 1918 PPC to GB from "Syreu (), BEF, North West Russia" with indistinct APO c.d.s. and fair oval "X11" censor mark, 3rd April 1919 printed daily orders for R.A.F. in North Russia, "NORTHERN RUSSIA'S WELCOME" printed leaflet from the Russian area C-in-C to new British troops, 2 fine PPC's of Archangel, etc. (7 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 13 | £150 | ||
| 274 | AMERICAN FORCES Y.M.C.A. "PB2" COVER; Unusual 3rd Feb. 1919 stampless "Soldier's Mail" env. (tears at top) to Michigan with partial large triangle cachet - "With The Expeditionary Forces in Northern Russia/AMERICAN Y.M.C.A." - at top left beside a very fine "ARMY POST OFFICE/P.B.2" c.d.s. Rare U.S. Contingent cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 13 | £100 | ||
| 275 | OTHER AMERICAN CONTINGENT COVERS INCL. OBOZERSKAYA"PB66" MARK; Fine 7th March 1919 stampless "SOLDIER'S MAIL" env. to GB with almost very fine "FIELD POST OFFICE/P.B.66" c.d.s. of Oberzerskaya and oval British censor mark; plus similar undated env. to Illinois with Base Censor label and oval "PE/C 20" censor endorsed "A.E.F. in Russia" but with no FPO marks. Scarce pair. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 13 | £150 | ||
| 276 | SIBERIA - BRITISH & U.S. FORCES, 1918-20: Small group of covers & cards inc. env. to Canada endorsed ''British Military Mission/Siberia'' with fine FPO 201 c.d.s. (19 Dec 1919 - latest recorded date), the scarce ''BRITISH MISSION POST OFFICE/VLADIVOSTOCK'' c.d.s. on piece [both items illustrated on p269 of Kennedy & Crabb's handbook], a fine photograph of the 25th Middlesex Regt. on parade at Omsk and another of the White Army at Omsk, two cards showing a tug of war between British & US soldiers, a (Sept.) 1918 censored env. to the USA with letter written ''Somewhere in Siberia'' and an env. endorsed ''Nurses Mail'' with ''US POSTAL AGENCY/SIBERIA'' duplex and boxed ''A.E.F. SIBERIA / CENSORED'' etc. Some faults but scarce material. (3 covers, 8 cards & a piece). | £170 | ||
| 277 | SIBERIA - CZECH LEGION, 1915-19: Panoramic photograph of part of the 28th Regt. as POWs at Ura in 1915 with camp pass, photograph of military PO personnel on board their TPO plus a cover carried on the railway service with army cachet & FPO c.d.s. and a similar cover with Russian TPO d.s.; 1918 censored postcard to Brno, 1919 stampless env. ex Milin to a Czech soldier endorsed ''Legionarska posta pro Siber'', PPC of British troops marching past the Czech HQ at Vladivostok and another of a Czech military band parade, Czech charity stamps on cover etc. Attractive & scarce material. (12 items). | £160 | ||
| 278 | SIBERIA - CZECH LEGION: 1919 (6 July) stampless military cover with circular violet "POLNI POSTA/POSTE MILITAIRE/CESKO/SLOVENSKO/NA RUSI" divisional h.s. and (on reverse) Russian black Railway TPO of Novonikolaevsk. Rare thus. PHOTO - ABOVE | £200 | ||
| 279 | SIBERIA - CZECH LEGION: 1920 overprinted stamp issue (Mi 8 - 17, fine mint) also an unusual twin die-proof / colour trial in black & red with embossed 'perforations' plus colour trials in green, pale blue & lilac. Fine, attractive and scarce. (14 items). | £100 | ||
| 280 | RUSSIAN FORCES COVER WITH ARCHANGEL CENSOR MARK; 30th May - 11th June 1919 EL (printed contents in Russian) apparently from Archangel with regimental cachet and c.d.s. on the front, having another cachet, 2 c.d.s.'s and a superb purple circular "C.-I.-A./-6-/Censure Militaire/6 Arkhangel 6/6" on the top flap. Very attractive and rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||
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| 281 | STAMPLESS RUSSIAN FORCES' O.A.S. MAIL; 1913-7 Collection of unmounted stampless covers/cards from Russian forces in Petrograd, Archangel, Tiflis, Dvinsk, Yaroslav, POW Camp in Strankovo, Moscow Hospital, Samara, etc.; with wide variety of regimental cachets and FPO marks. Most with translations of towns/marks; this was the next section that George was going to write up. Good lot. (25 covers). | £150 | ||
| 282 | RUSSIAN CIVIL CENSOR MARKS, ETC.; 1914/7 unmounted covers/cards etc. to/from Russia, incl. Dec. 1914 PPC ex the Finland Battalion 4, 30th July 1914 env. from London to Moscow but returned to sender 6 years later with 13th May 1920 c.d.s., similar July 1914 env. regd. from St. Petersburg to London which arrived on 26th March 1920, censor marks, 1916 Moscow red wax censor seals, Russian 1915 Base Post Telegraph Office 216 c.d.s., PPC's (inc. 2 silks), etc. (29 items). | £85 | ||
| 283 | RUSSIAN P.O.W.'s IN GERMANY - INGOING MAIL; 1915/6 unmounted covers & cards from Russia to various German POW Camps with censor marks, etc. Plus a PPC of Prisoners. (9 items). | £75 | ||
| 284 | RUSSIA - FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC, POW MAIL, ETC.; 1915/6 unmounted stampless cover + card from POW Camps at Khabarovsk (to Danish Red Cross) & Vladivostok (Hungarian POW), 3 1921/3 Far Eastern Republic franked covers to Germany/France with scarce imperfs./overprints all ex Vladivostock, PPC's & a few loose stamps. Scarce lot. (14 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 12 | £100 | ||