| MUSSOLINI AND ITALY | ||||
| 420 | MUSSOLINI: Selection of portrait cards, inc. with Hitler, a fine caricature, remarkable 1939 press photograph with Chamberlain & Count Ciano in evening dress,1938 'Führer - Dux' slogan on San Marino patriotic cover, miniature Hoffmann book 'Der Führer und Mussolini', 1941 reg'd & censored philatelic exhibition card, 'bombe sull'Inghilterra' propaganda card, group of photographs showing the execution of Starace & others in a street and the corpses of Mussolini, Clara Petacci etc. displayed on a gallows. (22 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £150 | ||
| 421 | SICILY LANDINGS, 1943: A remarkable group of material relevant to the Allied Invasion inc. OHMS env. marked 'BIGOT HUSKY/MOST SECRET' containing the original orders to land on Sicily with a sketch-map, aerial photograph of the Allied Fleet bombarding the Island & another of a tank on a coast road; also copies of Alexander's & Montgomery's messages, ABCA restricted brochure, air-dropped propaganda leaflet, two covers showing usage of Allied stamps, contemporary newspapers etc. (15 items). | £140 | ||
| 422 | BRITISH FORCES F.P.O.s: Large accumulation of covers & cards with a fine range of FPO cancellations of British Forces in Italy, 1942-46 inc. better items such as 'EVAC ''UK'' ' and other cachets, baggage labels, registered items etc. Also a group of Forces publications for troops in Italy. Mixed condition. (c200 items). | £250 | ||
| 423 | NEW ZEALAND FORCES: A fine group of scarce covers from the N.Z. Army units with the Allied Forces in Italy inc. items with cancellations of MPOs KW2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 & 12 with various frankings & censor markings. (12 covers). | £120 | ||
| 424 | INDIAN ARMY F.P.O.s: 1944 Air Letter correspondence to Somerset from an officer in the Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners, stationed in Italy, with a range of FPO cancellations (17) plus a further group of covers inc. a scarce pink Indian Forces Air Letter. (25 items). | £75 | ||
| 425 | ALLIED OCCUPATION/A.M.G., 1944-45: Range of covers & cards with Allied and Italian censorship, 'PM' & 'AMG' overprinted stamp frankings inc. Venezia Giulia issues, Italian Red Cross form etc. Mixed condition. (41 items). | £150 | ||
| 426 | PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS: A fine collection of half-plate black & white press photographs inc. Generals Eisenhower & Clark, FM Alexander, German POWs laying railway tracks, RAF radio HQ in Naples palace, German paratrooper captured at gunpoint, strafed German tank etc. Fascinating material. (18 photographs). | £160 | ||
| 427 | EARLY FASCISM: Unusual group of membership cards for a variety of fascist organisations, 1922-38 (8) and a series of propaganda cards inc. an early (1923) saluting Mussolini, 1929 colour poster card, marching troops, a fine 'Arma Aeronautica' card etc. (22 items). | £150 | ||
| 428 | PROPAGANDA CARDS: 1939-43 Group of colour PPCs inc. the promotion of voluntary labour in Germany, a samurai warrior hacking at Allied ships, FDR & Churchill strangled by Axis flags, the Italian eagle bombing Britain etc. Also a small group of photographs, propaganda stamps on cover etc. (15 items). | £100 | ||
| 429 | ITALIAN FORCES IN AFRICA: An accumulation of covers & cards inc. fieldpost, censored items, propaganda cards, official documents & civilian mail, c1918-43, from Ethiopia, Libya, Eritrea, Tripolitania, Somalia etc. Also a copy of the Cockerill book on Ethiopia 1936-43. Deserves careful inspection. (49 items & qty. stamps). | £250 | ||
| 430 | ITALIAN FIELDPOST: Group of covers with 'Posta da Campo' c.d.s. inc. numbered type and ancillary marks (7); also four 1945-46 covers originating from Italian troops with the British Army inc. fine 'Folgore' commando env. with superb Army Signals ('AU/FO') c.d.s., '504 BTG. G./COMANDO' cover etc. Additionally a 1943 card from an Italian unit serving in Germany. (11 covers). | £100 | ||
| 431 | GERMAN FELDPOST: Selection of covers with feldpost c.d.s. inc. an item from an Italian unit serving with the German Army, two registered covers, an env. (faults) from a Field Hospital at Naples, two 'luftfeldpost' frankings etc. An interesting group deserving of further research. (12 covers). | £100 | ||
| 432 | LUFTWAFFE 'SOLDBUCH': Military identity book of an aircraft gunner in a 'Flak' Battery, garrisoning Rome, who saw action at Anzio & fought against the Allied Forces. Picked up after combat on the River Po - complete with an account of its discovery. Water-damaged but unusual. | £50 | ||
| 433 | ITALIAN MAIL WITH GERMAN CENSORSHIP: Group of covers & cards to various European destinations, all with censor tapes, handstamps and ancillary markings. Also two official forms with German h.s. (13 items). | £80 | ||
| 434 | AIR-DROPPED PROPAGANDA: Range of propaganda leaflets in German, English & Italian dropped in Italy inc. copies of 'Eighth Army News' & 'The Stars & Stripes'. Mixed condition. (12 items). | £160 | ||
| 435 | P.O.W. CAMPS: 1942-43 covers & cards from/to British POWs inc. items from Camps 52, 65 & 70, Red Cross transfer card for a British POW moved to Leichtenstein, registration card of a captured Nepalese sepoy & a fine POW airletter to Camp 78 with cachet ''This letter formed part of/ undelivered mails which fell/ into the hands of the Allied/ Forces advancing in Italy...''. Also three 1942 6pf cards from an Italian prisoner at Spandau, POW card from another Italian at Stammlager VIJ, two US Army POW camp cards to Sicily & Germany, a letter-card from 'OSPEDALE DA CAMPO 807' with Stalag XB censor, two cards from Italian POWs in Egypt etc. An interesting lot. (17 items). | £200 | ||
| PROPAGANDA | ||||
| 436 | PRO-GERMAN: Miscellany of PPCs inc. finely-produced idealised etching of Hitler, dated Vienna 1932, joint portraits of Hitler & Hindenberg, an allegory of NSDAP power from the sun, rising sun swastikas, Frederick the Great, Bismarck and a Hoffmann card of Hitler clutching the swastika flag. Also a copy of ''Ein kampf um Deutschland'' (1933). (14 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £140 | ||
| 437 | FORGERIES - ANTI GERMAN: British forgeries of Hitler head stamps inc. fine corner marginal copies of all four values plus another set and the 3pf forgery on a fine Dr Ley propaganda card; also US forgeries inc. 6 pf & 12pf (both types) fine mint plus a rare usage of the 12pf on forged env. with forged Hanover c.d.s. (9.4.45) containing typewritten propaganda letter. Also a very unusual forged 6pf Trebitz POW Camp reply card addressed to Kiev (faults). (14 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 14 | £170 | ||
| 438 | FORGERIES - ANTI-BRITISH: KGVI 1/2d to 3d values perf.11_ on wavy-line watermark paper - single mint copies with margin plus extra 1d & 3d also a 'fine used' set with spurious c.d.s. - two showing marginal printing guides. Also the Stalin head _d Jubilee label mint & the Coronation forgery 'used'. additionally, the scarce 'WERT/keinen/PFENNIG' propaganda postcards showing Churchill (used & unused plus later 'Feldpostkarte' printing with Hitler stamps added) & the Chamberlain card with 1942 feldpost c.d.s. Additionally an unusual anti-John Bull PPC of Italian origin. (21 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 14 | £120 | ||
| 439 | FORGERIES - ANTI-BRITISH: Marginal copies of the KGVI definitive issue forgeries with ''LIQUIDATION OF EMPIRE'' overprints inc. 1d (St Lucia) & 1_d (Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Jamaica, St Lucia, Singapore, Trinidad) 'fine used' examples plus _d (Barbados) & 3d (Singapore) mint. (11). | £75 | ||
| 440 | FORGERIES - GERMAN STAMPS: The scarce 6pf violet Himmler stamp - two copies of Type II, very fine unmounted or lightly-mounted mint. (2). PHOTO - ABOVE | £80 | ||
| 441 | FORGERIES - NETHERLANDS: A fine unmounted mint top marginal copy of the rare British forgery of the perf.11 1_c grey 'Dove' issue printed for the posting of Allied propaganda. Fine & fresh, light mount mark on margin. | £70 | ||
| 442 | FORGERIES - GERMAN STAMPS: The scarce 12pf Hitler 'totenkopf' fantasy with 'Futsches Reich' inscription inc. imperf. block (4) on buff paper plus the same block 'used' on rare cover with 3pf forgery and forged Vienna c.d.s. (8.4.43). Also a mint single on white paper, a curious sheetlet comprising two perforated blocks of 4 arranged tête-bêche, a 'forged' block and a crude copy in brown. (6 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £100 | ||
| 443 | FORGERIES - GERMAN STAMPS: Fantasy issues based on genuine stamps (with genuine copies for comparison in most cases) inc. the very scarce 'Winterhilf' pair showing Himmler & Goebbels (patchy gum), a fine marginal copy of the mysterious Goering spoof of the 1943 Hitler birthday issue, the 'spitting child' version of the 1940 birthday stamp with a copy of the original PPC design, fine marginal copy of the von Witzleben stamp & Himmler version of the 1923 Putsch commemorative. Also two copies of the forged 'Luftfeldpost' stamp. Unusual & scarce material. (8). PHOTO – ABOVE LOT 440 | £200 | ||
| 444 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-BRITISH: Scarce civilian air-dropped leaflets - fine large newspaper-style translation of Hitler's Reichstag speech of 19 July 1940 dropped on Bridgewater and a small leaflet (faults) - 'The Battle of the Atlantic is being lost!' - with pencil date '22.6.41' and env. stating 'dropped on Southampton during raid'. Unusual. (2 items). | £60 | ||
| 445 | AIR DROPS - ANTI-BRITISH: 1944-45 Group of leaflets inc. unusual pseudo-'Air Letter' with Southampton 'postmark' with anti-US Forces comment - ''you can't get a look-in for Yanks...the girls won't dance with the Tommies'', 'Roll of Honour' overprinted 'The POW will safely return!', 'glamour' picture - 'Two Important Points...', drawing of a life-belt with the caption 'Danger ahead!', fine colour 'Happy New Year!' greeting with Giles-type cartoon of a British soldier freezing in a blizzard and widow & baby with caption 'He never saw his boy...'. Minor faults. (6 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £130 | ||
| 446 | AIR DROPS - ANTI-AMERICAN: 1944-45 Leaflets inc. US & Japanese flags - 'When will the War be over' (scorch marks), FDR as Death with his scythe 'I assure you...no American boys will be sacrificed on foreign battlefields', fine cartoon of hungry mountains swallowing up troops captioned 'The Molochs of the Apennines', 'If you should be captured you will be safe' in guise of US War Dept. leaflet, 'Safety First...The POW Life Assurance Co.', typescript 'letter' from US Army wife to soldier & fine coloured cartoon of GI balancing on a tightrope over a pit of death - 'Good Luck! 1945'. Faults but scarce items. (7 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £150 | ||
| 447 | AIR DROPS: Inc. 'maple leaf' inscribed 'Je suis tombée ô Churchill!' dropped on Canadian force; three items aimed at the French inc. scarce 1939 German 'hold-to-light' card showing poilus dying on barbed wire - and the 'secret' picture of British soldiers making free with French women, 1941 issue of the RAF 'Le Courier de l'Air' featuring the German advance on Moscow with headline 'Hitler avance...vers l'abime' & report of a 1942 Churchill speech. Also a 15.6.44 issue of 'De Vliegende Hollander' informing the Dutch of the Normandy Landings, two items aimed at Indian troops inc. portrait of Subhas Bhose & exhortation to surrender and claim a free trip back to India! Additionally, a leaflet in Italian with a cartoon of Churchill & FDR walking along a pathway of skulls - 'Churchill keeps his promises..blood, sweat & tears'. Fine condition. (8 items). | £150 | ||
| 448 | AIR DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN (U-BOATS): Group of scarce leaflets aimed at undermining morale in the German Navy inc. a very unusual 'before & after' item with a pull tab action, ''Die grosse illusion - Wo waren die deutschen U-Boote'' showing captured German soldiers, ''Das Leben eines U-Bootemanns'' showing a stark picture of the WWI Kiel U-boat crew memorial, and a scarce large-format 'extrablatt' of the RAF 'Luftpost' of 1943 recording the sinking of 30 submarines in May alone. Small faults. (4 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 14 | £100 | ||
| 449 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: 1942-44 Group of leaflets inc. a portrait of Hitler with a newspaper & a series of his statements - ''Ein peinliches versprechen!'', an overfed SA man with banner showing statistics of a declining economy, ''Dritter kriegswinter - Unter der Erde'' showing sheltering families and a soldiers' graveyard, ''5 minuten nach 12!'', ''Schwarze Listen für die Schwarze Schmach'', a reproduction of a 1918 'Simplicissimus' cover plus a list of German losses and a cartoon of a sleeping German soldier - ''Das war ein Traum''. Occasional creasing. (7 items). | £140 | ||
| 450 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: RAF bombing raids, 1941-43 - ''Wir fahren gegen Engelland!'' showing German 'planes tied up in the invasion of Russia, Nazi leaders - ''und Alle versprechen Euch den Endsieg!'', ''Terror! - Wo bleiben die deutschen Verlustlisten'' with grave trench, ''Der Offensive der RAF in ihrer neuen Form hat begonnen'' and a map showing the range of RAF bombers as far as Vienna - ''Von der Maas bis an die Memel...''. Small faults. (5 items). | £0 | ||
| 451 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: 'Luftpost' - 4 issues (1941 - 15, 16 & 26;1942 - 1) - ''Hitler Übernimmt die Armee!'' - ''Wo Bleibt die 'Vollendung' '', lists of casualties & prisoners etc.; one creased. Also Issue 9 of the 'Wolkiger Beobachter' showing German inflation rates, a mother's letter to her soldier son 'corrected' by an SS officer shown leaning over her shoulder, U-boats captured by British forces, the 'Graf Spee' sold for scrap etc. (5). | £100 | ||
| 452 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: Featuring caricatures of Nazi leaders inc. fine ''Lügebold Goebbels'' satirical poem and illustration depicting him as a monkey, 'Ein Strich durch Hitlers rechnung' showing Hitler's downhill progress 1939-44 from strutting leader to a moustachio'd skull fenced in with Allied bayonets, 'Fragen, die Hitler unbeantwortet gelassen hat' showing the 1942 Hitler subdued by a falling thermometer, 'Eine neue Lüge des Hitlerschen Oberkommandos' showing Hitler saluted by a skeleton in battledress; all of Soviet origin with 'Passierscheine'. Also two French PPCs 'Le Rêve d'Hitler' & Occupied Countries tied to stakes. (6). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £150 | ||
| 453 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: Fine Soviet leaflets encouraging German soldiers to surrender, emphasising the Russian Winter etc. inc. 'Wann gibt es Urlaub'' contrasting a wounded soldier with an SS officer drinking wine with semi-clad woman; 'Der letzte Winter' with snow storm covering the body of a German soldier; 'An alle Kameraden der deutschen Wehrmacht' letter to troops from captured soldiers; 'Illustriertes Blatt' of June 1943 illustrating German prisoners & 'Was ist in Welikije Luki geschenen' showing surrendering soldiers returning to Germany. Colour-printed; fine condition. (5). PHOTO - see plate no. 14 | £120 | ||
| 454 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: Three leaflets showing the hardships of the German soldier: 'Zu Befehl!', 'Was bringt der Sommer 1943' & 'So...oder So' - Soviet-inspired attempts to encourage desertion. Also 'Blaubt Ihr dem Führer' listing Hitler's pronouncements, the post-Teheran Conference 'Deklaration der drei mächte' & a clever 'Wanted' notice explaining convincingly that a dangerous terrorist was disguised as an SS officer who should be shot on sight! A fine lot. (6). | £130 | ||
| 455 | AIR-DROPS - ANTI-GERMAN: A group of leaflets emphasising the impact of the loss of their men on German families inc. a (creased) copy of the 6pf p.stat. card 'Des Führers Weihnactsbesechung' showing a young widow wandering through a graveyard; a crying child with 'Papa ist tot!'; 'Das erwatet Dich und Deine Familie!' showing a stricken widow & child; 'Er ist der Schuldige! Sterben muß er!' with a stern Hitler between a wounded soldier & his crying | £130 | ||
| OCCUPIED EUROPE – ALBANIA TO BULGARIA | ||||
| 456 | ALBANIA - Italian Occupation: Range of Italian fieldpost items inc. two fine fieldpost cards from offices 22 & 106 plus three other items of military post and Italian Occupation covers & cards. Also a copy of Bellas' ''The Albanian War & its Postal History'. (10 items & a book). | £70 | ||
| 457 | ALBANIA - British Military Mission: Two items of very scarce air-dropped incoming mail addressed 'AML HQ Albania' in June 1944, both to the same soldier in the RASC with FPO 172 or 80, the latter in conjunction with Indian FPO markings from Italy. Very well written-up with illustrations etc. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 14 | £100 | ||
| 458 | AUSTRIA - ANSCHLUSS: 1938-41 Range of commemorative material inc. 12.3.38 publicity leaflets (2) with German greetings to Austria, various PPCs with 10.April Vienna c.d.s. slogans for Hitler's visit (10) plus 5 other related items, Hitler PPCs etc. Also small group of feldpost covers, card from the Vienna Defence Command etc. (39 items). | £150 | ||
| 459 | AUSTRIA - ALLIED OCCUPATION: 1945-52 Range of covers & cards inc. Hitler opts.(6), censored items from Soviet, US & UK zones (mainly Vienna), British FPO covers (12), two military permits, 'Heimat' PPCs (3), mint stamps of the US & Soviet Zones etc. (42 items & few stamps). | £150 | ||
| 460 | BELGIUM - GERMAN OCCUPATION: 1939-45 Group of covers inc. German feldpost envs. (8), censored covers, labour camp & undercover mail; also an unusual PPC of a Nazi firing squad at work & two air-dropped propaganda leaflets etc. (31 items). | £100 | ||
| 461 | BELGIUM - ALLIED LIBERATION: 1944-45 Selection of covers etc. inc. scarce Belgian Military Mission card, 2 photographs of British force entering Brussels, range of FPO & RAF envelopes, censors, NAAFI 'Montgomery Club' PPC etc. (46 items). | £100 | ||
| 462 | BULGARIA: 1942-49 Selection of covers & cards inc. various items with German & British censor marks inc. a curious 1945 env. to Switzerland with Palestine censor strip, two photographs of the funeral of King Boris, some earlier & later items etc. An interesting mix. (21 items). | £60 | ||
| OCCUPIED EUROPE – CRETE | ||||
| 463 | CRETE - British Forces: 1940-43 Featuring a collection of material relating to Sergeant Arthur Lawrence, RAMC taken prisoner during the Evacuation of Crete and interned at Tymbakian Camp & Stalag VIIIB (Lansdorf) inc. a series of photographs, postcards & Sgt. Lawrence's account of the postal arrangements in both camps. Also three earlier FPO covers from this soldier to his wife. (24 items). | £150 | ||
| 464 | CRETE - German invasion: 1941-45 inc. a 1942 feldpost card to the German 'Crete Mail' accommodation address in Vienna plus another scarce item of German mail from Crete and an equally elusive env. & letter from Italian fieldpost 121. Also a German PPC of British troops surrendering and a German Administration notice threatening islanders with reprisals for the mistreatment of soldiers!(5 items). | £75 | ||
| 465 | CRETE - Corporal R.F. Brown: Group of FPO covers, 1940-41 illustrating the movement of this soldier from MEF (Palestine) to Egypt & Crete, where he was taken prisoner; envs. are addressed to his wife except for an August 1941 item returned to her with 'Addressee Reported/Prisoner of War' & G.H.Q. 02F. M.E.F./'CERTIFIED/PRISONER OF WAR' cachets amongst others. Also a Red Cross letter concerning his whereabouts. (10 items). [See the following 14 lots] | £75 | ||
| 466 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: Cover addressed to Mrs. R.F. Brown from her husband, interned by the Germans after the Battle for Crete; his address has been obliterated by the censor and replaced with 'F No. 46234' feldpost reference. Censored at Berlin and again on arrival in the UK. Faults but scarce. PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £200 | ||
| 467 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: A second item from the same correspondence with Cpl. Brown's address given as 'KGf. No.5023, Prisoner of War Camp, Crete'; the front of the env. has a s/l 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' h.s. in red. Censor tapes from Berlin & UK. A scarce item. | £240 | ||
| 468 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: Another envelope addressed to Mrs Brown with 'Prisoner of War Camp, Crete' endorsement and fine strike in red of 'rt: Kriegsgefangenen Lager/ Kreta (VI)' ; German censor tape removed, British PC 90 label still attached. A rare handstamp. PHOTO - see plate no. 17 | £240 | ||
| 469 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: A further item from the Brown correspondence: a German feldpost card with dumb c.d.s. for 16.10.41 and fine strike of the Camp censor cachet 'Stalag VIIIB', the message informs Mrs Brown ''Please do not write to me until you hear from me again as I am at present only in a transit camp'' . Fine. | £200 | ||
| 470 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: Scarce usage of a German feldpost card by a POW: a further item (3.8.41) from the Brown correspondence addressed from 'Prisoner of War Transit Camp, CRETE' with a feldpost c.d.s., German censor h.s. & British crowned 'PASSED/P.W.4983' h.s. in red. Central fold but a scarce item. PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £300 | ||
| 471 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: Red Cross 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' front (with back detached) addressed to Cpl. Brown at Feldpost No. 46234 - the number obliterated; unusual boxed 'PRISONNIER DE GUERRE PARIS/ Adresse Inexacte/Retour à l'envoyeur' cachet alongside another 'undeliverable' cachet of the Geneva Red Cross. The photographs contained inside were returned, the letter was not - a small type-written slip declares : 'Die Zensur wurde von einer/ fremden Macht vorgenommen./ Die Auslandbriefprüfstelle'. Edge faults but most unusual. PHOTO - see plate no. 17 | £120 | ||
| 472 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: 13.7.41 Letter enclosed in a large env. with red 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' h.s. and feldpost c.d.s. of 23.8.41, addressed to Mrs Brown at Cheltenham; Berlin & UK censor tapes. In his letter, Cpl. Brown mentions rumours that they will be released, asks for a German dictionary and records conditions in the Camp. PHOTO - see plate no. 17 | £200 | ||
| 473 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: 30.8.41 A similar letter enclosed in a large env. with feldpost c.d.s. (5.9.41) and a red 'Briefstempel/F.P.Nr. 12749' h.s.; also a crude 'ZENSIERT/GEFANGENEN/LAGER' h.s. (apparently made out of rubber for the Camp by Cpl. Brown himself !) struck in red on the front & back of the cover; UK censor tape. Folds but scarce. PHOTO - see plate no. 17 | £240 | ||
| 474 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: 24.10.41 Envelope addressed to the Camp - the only letter to get through to Cpl.Brown - with UK & Munich censor tapes; Brown escaped on 29 Dec., carrying the envelope with him until his eventual rescue by HMS 'Hedgehog'. Also two Red Cross letters to Mrs Brown concerning contact with her husband and an air-letter of 29 Dec.1942 from Sgt. Brown posted from FPO 550 (Palestine). Complete with notes on the story of his escape. (4 items). | £150 | ||
| 475 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: Two POW Air Letters addressed to Cpl Brown in Crete (10.11.41 & 10.2.42), both with crowned 'PASSED' h.s. (P142/violet & PU49/red), German censor h.s. and Camp censor 'Stalag VIII B/Geprüft:/Nr.20a'; both with the boxed Red Cross 'returned' message h.s. Fine. (2 items). | £100 | ||
| 476 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: 16.1.42 POW Air letter addressed to Cpl. Brown, after his escape from Crete, with German censor tapes of Vienna & Munich & red 'Kriegsgefangenen-Post' h.s. Circular red cachet of the Greek Red Cross and boxed returned letter message. | £80 | ||
| 477 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: Similar (8.2.42) POW Air Letter with Vienna censor tape & roller plus an unusual Italian numeral censor h.s. & Italian miniature c.d.s. ; 'Kriegsgefangenen-Post' h.s., Greek Red Cross cachet and Geneva boxed message. | £75 | ||
| 478 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: 27.3.42 returned envelope with letter addressed to 'F No. 46234' - three months after Cpl. Brown's escape; Italian censor tape, '*CENSURA POSTA ESTERA*' h.s. plus censor numbers, also Red Cross Geneva boxed message, British censor label & GPO 'Found open...' tape. | £75 | ||
| 479 | CRETE - Platanias Camp: 15 June 1942 - telegram to Cpl. Brown at Cairo with his family's congratulations on his escape, 6 months previously. Also a group of 1942-43 Air Letters to his wife from MEF FPOs, a redirected & returned Air Letter addressed to him and a 1945 BAOR typewritten movement order referring to Lieutenant R.F.Brown, Royal Signals. An interesting group which completes the story! (7 items). | £100 | ||
| 480 | CRETE - British POW: Two very fine 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' items from Stalag XVIIIA (Wolfsberg) sent to Worcester by Gunner L.W.Whiteman, captured by the Germans in Crete; both have dumb c.d.s. and show two different Camp censor marks. Also a series of photocopies of photographs taken during his imprisonment and sent as postcards to his family plus two letters from Mr Whiteman explaining the background. A fascinating glimpse of Camp existence. (2 items & 9 copies). | £100 | ||
| OCCUPIED EUROPE – CZECHOSLOVAKIA | ||||
| 481 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA: c1920-26 Group of 'Sokol' PPCs with attractive, colourful patriotic designs, ten different, inc. three used examples plus two with 1926 vignettes attached. Unusual. (11 cards). | £80 | ||
| 482 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 1919-46 Miscellany of pre- & post-WWII material inc. Hradcany reg'd covers (2), 1921-2 censored envs. (2), 1930 currency control label, Masaryk items with special cancels, 1938 censored army cover , post-war issues on series of reg'd covers inc. corner plate block of 2k Kosice issue etc. Also an unusual returned 1982 Soviet Invasion cover. Mixed condition. (33 items). | £80 | ||
| 483 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA - SUDETENLAND: A fine selection of scarce 1938 covers & cards inc. September items from Asch, various provisional hand-stamps, overprints & censored items tracking the German invasion throughout October 1938. Also German propaganda PPCs inc. unusual red 'Sudetendeutsche/Freiheitsfahrt' Graf Zeppelin card and a copy of Hoffmann's photographic book 'Hitler befreit Sudetenland'. An interesting lot. (37 items & a book). | £300 | ||
| 484 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 1938-43 Range of covers & cards inc. Czech Army postcards (3), censored items, scarce 2.9.39 commercial env. with 'Sudetenland' h.s. correction plus Slovakia PDue & 'Refusé' label etc. Also a group of 'Böhmen und Mähren' frankings inc. reg'd & Pilsen NSDAP env., 1942 cover ex Olita with 'Deutsche Dienstpost Ostland' c.d.s., 1943 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' cachet from Teplitz-Schönau etc. (21 items). | £140 | ||
| 485 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA - German Feldpost: A small group of scarce items inc. April 1939 card endorsed 'Übringspost', air-force covers inc. fine Königgratz Training School env. with embossed silver eagle, attractive reg'd army official cover, Prague 'SS-Feldpost' letter-card etc. (11 items). | £100 | ||
| 486 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Bohemia & Moravia: 1939-45 Selection of covers inc. five feldpost items with different 'Dienstpost' & unit cachets inc. Brünn Luftwaffe item, 'Reichsprotector' office front & Heydrich mourning issue on covers (2). Also unusual 30h official franking with 'Kuratorium für Jugenderziehug' cachet, censored covers & a 1945 card commemorating the Terezin Camp. (18 items & a few stamps). | £100 | ||
| 487 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Slovakia: 1939-45 Range of covers inc. ovpt. frankings, censored items inc. various tapes, h.s. & rollers, one with 'Der/zollstelle/vorzufuhren' label added plus another addressed to a KLV Lager, a much-travelled / returned cover & contents from Bratislava etc. (18 items). | £100 | ||
| 488 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Free Czech Forces: An impressive & varied range of covers & cards inc. two 1940 items from France, various large commemorative cachets from the Czech APO in the UK, three photographs of Churchill inc. one with President Benes, special reg'n labels, CSPP d.s., stamp exhibition, reg'd express cover with KGVI 2/6d, patriotic labels in strips (3) & a block, boxed d.s. of Ilminster Camp, 8_d express cover from Leamington and items from Dovercourt, Lowestoft, Desborough & Leigh on Sea Camps. Also a group of censored covers from units active with the BLA inc. A & B code c.d.s. in black & green, official cachets etc. A fascinating lot - difficult to assemble today. (52 items & some labels). | £300 | ||
| 489 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Liberation: A group of colourful, pro-Soviet propaganda PPCs depicting victory & reconstruction inc. sepia RP cards showing crowds with President Benes, Soviet tank etc. Also three special stamp issue sheets with commemorative postmarks. (11 cards & 3 sheets). | £50 | ||
| OCCUPIED EUROPE – DENMARK | ||||
| 490 | DENMARK: 1939-45 Range of censored covers inc. suspended service items (4), Siam KLM cover with distinctive salmon censor tape of Palestine, various German & Danish censor tapes & h.s. inc. cover forwarded to Danish seaman with British forces, Danish Brigade (2), double-censored covers etc. (20 items). | £140 | ||
| 491 | DENMARK - Navy: 1943 Cards from naval personnel interned following the scuttling of the Danish fleet inc. a typewritten 'internment' card from Nested Barracks, an RP naval card endorsed 'Internment Forsendelse', a p.stat. card addressed to a member of the 'Dansk Detachement' at Sandholmyreu and a scarce RP card of scuttled ships. A rare group. (4 items). | £80 | ||
| 492 | DENMARK - German Feldpost: Two scarce items of German Feldpost mail in Denmark comprising Feldpost 17632 (18.12.40) of the Copenhagen Military Transport Park & 19270 (13.6.41) of Helsingor. also a photograph of German soldiers in conversation with two women and a (fragile) typewritten railway travel pass for a group of soldiers (11.5.45). (4 items). | £60 | ||
| 493 | DENMARK - British Forces: Selection of scarce British FPO covers inc. numbers 761 (2 - one with RAF censor), 808 (2 inc. a reg'd cover with boxed 'BRITISH/MILITARY/MISSION/DENMARK' cachet & Camp Commandant h.s.) & 867 (2 - one an 'honour' env.). Also a fascinating group of large press photographs of FM Montgomery, the surrender of the German Admiral, German E-boats under white flag, capture of gestapo officers etc. (8) and a booklet 'Front Line in Denmark'. (15 items). | £160 | ||
| 494 | DENMARK - Camp Mail: A selection of scarce covers inc. Labour Camp mail (4) and items from the Refugee Camps at Oxbol (3), Saeby, T¢nder, Hj¢rring, Aalborg & Grove, most with Camp censor marks ; also a fine cover from a camp in Hamburg to Grove & a similar item from Occupied Germany to Oxbol with Camp censor h.s. Additionally, a group of items from Esbjerg Camp inc. two covers franked with the scarce Camp labels tied by different c.d.s., one with 'Dansk R¢de Kors/Tarplejren' cachet & Austrian censor h.s. plus a mint marginal strip of 4 labels and a 65¢ stamped censored cover to Austria from a Red Cross worker at the Camp. An impressive assembly of elusive material. (17 items). | £250 | ||