| THE HOME FRONT IN WORLD WAR II | ||||
| 633 | HOME FRONT: The varied selection of Home Front related material inc. 1939 (3 Sept.) front cover of the "News of the World", 1940 (15 July) front cover of the Daily Express, Sunday Pictorial Newspaper identity card, 1941 (July) Sunday Pictorial Press Certificate, shoulder flash emblazoned with "BRITISH/WAR CORRESPONDENT" (gold on black), Daily Mail "War Map of the Far East", various leaflets inc. Air Raid Precautions pamphlet, etc. (Small Qty.). | £100 | ||
| 634 | HOME FRONT: The varied selection of Home Front related material inc. an interesting range of propaganda postcards (5) & labels (38), 1945 covers (3) with Victory Bells cancellations, 1946 Official programme of the Victory Celebrations, Daily Express "War Map Of All Fronts", sundry newspaper cuttings, etc. (Small Qty.). | £60 | ||
| 635 | HOME FRONT - EFFECTS OF ENEMY BOMBING RAIDS ON POSTAL MATTERS: The small selection inc. 1944 (19 May) env. addressed to Beckenham with "DELAYED BY ENEMY ACTION" pictorial cachet depicting a dropping bomb, 1943 part parcel wrapper from London to Gornal (near Dudley) with label reading "It is regretted that the accompanying parcel sustained damage consequent on enemy action" and three other "Blitz" mail items (two being subsequently returned). A useful group. (5). PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £120 | ||
| 636 | HOME FRONT - LONDON BLITZ, ETC: The small selection with 1941 registered env. to Edgware bearing 1d block of 4 & 11/2d single, tied by two fine strikes of the "L.P.R./6 AUG 41/LONDON 00/MOBILE P.O./No.1" d.s., a receipt for a further item with Mobile P.O. d.s. of the same day, 1944 registered env. addressed to George King with four good strikes of the "MOBILE POST OFFICE No.152/5 AU/44" (established after the bombing of the Branch P.O. in Lewisham High St.), two items with "LONDON S.W./EMPTY OFFICE" datestamps and a press photo of a temporary "Blitz" P.O. (5 items). | £100 | ||
| 637 | HOME FRONT - MAIL DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION: 1940 (19 Oct.) env. bearing KEVIII 1d & 11/2d adhesives with boxed red "DELAYED AND DAMAGED/BY ENEMY A | £75 | ||
| 638 | HOME FRONT - CENSORED MAIL: The interesting group of censored mail inc. O.H.M.S. env. with circular "POSTAL & TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP/IMPOUNDED/PARCELS/AINTREE/LIVERPOOL" d.s. in blue, a similar O.H.M.S. env. with purple circular "POSTAL &TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP/Ministry/OF/Information/LIVERPOOL" d.s., plus a good selection of other censor markings/tapes inc. 1944 cover ex Ireland with violet circular "T.C.O./No.7/HOLYHEAD" h.s. (24) | £75 | ||
| 639 | HOME FRONT - CENSORED MAIL: The selection of covers & cards from overseas with various censor markings/tapes inc. 1942 cover from an internee in a Hotel in Bad Neenahr with WWI type triangular "PASSED BY CENSOR/(Crown)/No.4521", 1941 Cable & Wireless Telegram with violet octagonal "PASSED BY CENSOR/(Crown)/2434", 1940 Commercial Cables Cablegram with similar censor mark in pink (2497), 1942 cover ex British Honduras with octagonal blue "(Crown)/PASSED/P.141", etc. (16) | £100 | ||
| 640 | HOME FRONT - RETURNED MAIL: The selection of Returned items with a wealth of cachets & censor markings inc. "UNTRACEABLE AT/2nd ECHELON, (BRITISH)/DATE...../INITIALS...", boxed violet "IT IS REGRETTED THAT/THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE/DELIVERED BECAUSE THE/ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED/DECEASED", violet boxed "BELIEVED RETURNED TO UNITED KINGDOM/PRESENT ADDRESS UNKNOWN", two-line "RETURNED TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED", etc. (16). | £75 | ||
| 641 | HOME FRONT - F.P.O.'s, ETC.: Miscellany of predominantly Official mail with a wide range of markings inc. 1941 registered Express env. with oval "CARRIER PIGEON SERVICE/JUL 1941" cachet, violet oval "GENERAL STAFF HEADQUARTERS/EASTERN COMMAND", violet boxed "A.A.G./14 SEP 1943/EASTERN COMMAND", 1943 registered O.H.M.S. front with two red "SECRET" labels, a good range of FPO cancels with much Scottish interest inc. islands, etc., etc. (Approx. 80 plus sundry pieces). | £120 | ||
| 642 | ISLE OF MAN - CIVILIAN INTERNEE MAIL: 1940 (Dec.) env. with contents from Rushen internment camp to an address in Dorking with two-line "Rushen Camp/Postage Free" cachet and (on reverse) boxed "WOMEN'S/INTERNMENT CAMP/16 DEC 1940/ISLE-OF-MAN". PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 643 | ISLE OF MAN - CIVILIAN INTERNEE MAIL: 1941 censored env. ex "Y" camp (Peel) addressed to Messrs. Whitfield King at Ipswich with (on reverse) fine blue boxed "LETTER SENT WITH/SPECIAL PERMISSION/OF/COMMANDER Y INTERNMENT CAMP" plus 1941 (June) cover from Brighton to Camp "P" (Douglas) with large circular "HD.QRS./POST OFFICE/21 JUN 1941/DOUGLAS. I.O.M". A useful pair. | £100 | ||
| 644 | ISLE OF MAN - CIVILIAN INTERNEE MAIL: 1941 (17 March) censored cover from California to an internee on the Isle of Man with a wealth of cachets, etc. inc. boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER", s/l "RETURN TO SENDER" &two-line "UNABLE TO IDENTIFY/RETURN TO SENDER". Pencil m/s "not Rushen" & crayon m/s "No trace". A very busy and highly appealing cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 645 | NAVAL MAIL: The extensive accumulation of covers with a maritime theme inc. 1940 cover with two-line red "AIR MAIL/POSTAGE PAID", 1941 cover with boxed red "10D/Paid" but with 10d adhesive subsequently added, 1940 cover (origin unknown) with violet "H.M. TRANSPORT No.5" cachet (used on board Australian Troop Transport Ships), 1939 cover with large oval purple "PASSED BY CENSOR", 1942 cover with two-line blue "UNCLAIMED IN/R.N. BARRACKS CHATHAM", etc., etc. (Approx. 80). | £150 | ||
| 646 | NAVAL MAIL: Long envelope bearing 1/2d & 4d (damaged) tied by s/l "LAMPORT HOLT LINE LIMITED" and (on reverse) unusual "EXAMINED for/Flag Officer-in-Charge, Liverpool." black/white censor label. PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £75 | ||
| 647 | NAVAL MAIL - AIR LETTERS USED BY NAVAL PERSONNEL: The small selection of Air Mail Letter Cards (7) used by naval personnel, four with tombstone censor markings, one addressed to Mr. & Mrs. George Crabb in Ewell! | £60 | ||
| 648 | R.A.F. - CENSOR HANDSTAMPS: The interesting selection of covers with various RAF censor markings inc. 1941 cover ex Malaya bearing Straits 50c x 4 with red "R.A.F./CENSOR/3", 1942 cover ex India with violet boxed "R.A.F./CENSOR/8" and a wide range of other censor markings inc. numbers 2, 14, 19, 24, 27, 48, 51, 55, 75, 86, 87, 91, 98, 145, 147, 170, 182, 277, 296, 336, 464, 469, 493, 574 & 969.. (Approx.70). | £75 | ||
| 649 | R.A.F. POST: The collection on leaves with a few better covers noted inc. "K" type double circle datestamps nos. 300 & 308 (Seletar & Singapore), "L" type double circles ex Ceylon (4), 1946 cover (opened out) from the Irish Republic to the MEF & thence redirected to Lydda with scarce "No.6.R.A.F./11 MAY/POSTAL HQ", etc. (34 covers plus a few pieces). | £75 | ||
| 650 | R.A.F. - AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: 1945 American Red Cross env. from a liberated POW, addressed to Berkshire with two-line purple "PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE", circular "AUST ARMY P.O./243" d.s. & "AUST BASE P.O./E" sent from HMS "Formidable" which was acting as a Troopship for liberated POWs returning from the Far East. Also three related photographs - one being a wonderful picture of the aftermath of a Kamikaze attack on the Aircraft carrier. | £60 | ||
| 651 | R.A.F. - NORTHERN IRELAND: 1942 covers (2) ex the RAF base in Belfast with purple or black circular RAF Base Censor markings. Also 18 covers from FPOs in Northern Ireland and a few modern items. (Small Qty.). | £50 | ||
| 652 | R.A.F. EPHEMERA, ETC.: The varied selection of RAF related material inc. a few covers but with particular interest in ephemera inc. escaping kit for personnel shot down or force landed in Germany (folder with phrase list in four languages and enclosing pocket and RAF escaping map of occupied France printed on silk), RAF Christmas cards, demobilisation book, reconnaissance photographs of suspicious Spanish ships, etc. (Qty.). | £80 | ||
| 653 | S.O.E./BRITISH SPIES, ETC.: Boxfile containing a fascinating accumulation of SOE related material inc. sundry ephemera relating to the Greyhound/Woodchuck escape circuit including dramatic 1944 (24 May) report by "Antoine" recounting the arrest of "Woodchuck II" and the need to close the escape line, complaints from escapees of problems they had encountered on the circuit, sundry messages from "Antoine" immediately prior to the relief of Paris and much more. An absolutely absorbing lot which gives us a great insight to the perils of being a British agent in Occupied France. (Qty.). | £150 | ||
| 654 | THE WHITEHEAD STORY: The fascinating collection of covers, letters, photographs, etc. relating to George Whitehead and his time in the RAF & the SOE between 1940 & 1946. The story begins in 1940 with Whitehead returning to the UK from the United States on board S.S. "Manhattan" and continues with him joining the Polish Squadron of Fighter Command at RAF Stannington where he acted as interpreter, before taking up work as an organising officer for the SOE (base in London). He was parachuted into the Ardennes in July & August 1944 and again in April 1945. Amongst the wealth of fascinating material in this extremely interesting lot is a request from the French Ministry of Justice at St. Quentin to send them details of what Whitehead could tell them about German War Crimes in the Ardennes, particularly regarding a Colonel Grabowski & his group, 1946 Citation for the Croix de Guerre awarded to Whitehead for his work in the Ardennes, 1946 letter from the War Office informing Whitehead that he had been awarded the George Cross, 1946 letter informing him that he had been awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Memory with Cross Swords, 1948 invitation from the Mayor of Revin to attend the unveiling of a monument to the memory of 106 young Maquis fighters who were betrayed by a collaborator and massacred in their secret camp, and much more. The lot also includes various items relating to his brother Alfred's equally eventful War-time experiences and a small section of non-Whitehead related material focusing on Bletchley Park and the SIS "Enigma" code breaking. (Qty.). | £150 | ||
| BRITISH FORCES OVERSEAS IN WORLD WAR II | ||||
| 655 | ADEN - MILITARY CENSORSHIP: 1940-47 Range of covers with a fine variety of censor marks inc. fine red diamond RAF/112 on air letter from FPO 729, violet boxed 'CENSOR/ADEN', blue boxed 'PASSED BY/(CROWN)/NAVAL CENSOR', oval 'NAVAL CONTROL SERVICE OFFICE/ADEN' etc. Also two examples of the elusive 'No 11 RAF/POSTAL HQ' large c.d.s. from 1945-47. (11 covers). | £75 | ||
| 656 | ADEN - CIVIL CENSORSHIP: 1939-45 Selection of covers inc. a variety of censor tapes & h.s. with diamond h.s. No 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 & 12, boxed 'CENSOR/ADEN', 'PASSED/DHO/34', 'RAF/CENSOR/1' & '109' in circle. Also a fine greetings telegram with large 'ADEN/CENTRAL OFFICE' c.d.s. of 3 Sept.1943. (17 items). | £100 | ||
| 657 | ADEN - Christmas Air Letter: 1941 (4 Dec.) OAS cover to the UK endorsed 'FREE XMAS LETTER/By Air Mail', with violet strike of the single-ring 'ADEN' c.d.s. and pyramidal red 'RAF/CENSOR/751'. Crease but thought to be the only recorded Aden free Christmas letter recorded for 1941. PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 658 | ADEN: 1944-45 Stamped covers (2) from MEF (Eritrea) or Aden with large circle numeral censors (112/113); also a group of four covers to Aden from Ethiopia with encircled 112 or 119 marks or boxed 'PASSED' h.s. (F/2 or F/3). An interesting group in mixed condition. (6 covers). | £100 | ||
| 659 | AFRICA (EAST) - Dar es Salaam Camp: 1939 (13 Dec.) cover bearing a 15c stamp with double-ring dumb cancellation, alongside are the 4-line cachet 'POSTAL/Internment Camp/Commandant/FRANK' & large oval 'INTERNMENT CAMP/DAR ES SALAAM' censor h.s.; reverse shows a double-ring 'ASP EAF' c.d.s. Opened out & with some light foxing but a very scarce item. Also a 1942 Christmas postcard (unused) printed for Italian POWs. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 660 | AFRICA (EAST), 1940-45: An accumulation of OAS covers etc. with a range of APO c.d.s. & censor marks inc. Naval & RAF, unusual large circular 'RETURNED TO APO' censor d.s. (the writer had added his locality), boxed RAF postal frank, 'OHMS/No 63/MILITARY/FRANK', Indian Army FPOs, large boxed 'KENYA' , 1943 Christmas Airgraph from Nanyuki etc. A fascinating lot of unusual material. Mixed condition. (45 items). | £150 | ||
| 661 | AFRICA (EAST) - M.E.F. 1942-47: Group of covers mainly from Asmara, franked with KGVI stamps with MEF opt. inc.FDC (2.3.42) with values to 5d and various frankings to destinations in Africa, Aden & the UK, inc. reg'd and airmail items, dumb censors, numeral 113 of Aden etc. Also an FPO 35 cover to UK and a 1947 cover with red 'ASMARA/OFFICIAL PAID' c.d.s. & boxed 'FOUR POWER/COMMISSION/ERITREA'. Mixed condition. (9 items). | £100 | ||
| 662 | AFRICA (EAST) - E.A.F., 1943-51: Selection of covers franked with EAF stamps inc. APOs 74 & 77 and Italian-type c.d.s. cancellations, various censors, boxed 'BMA SOMALIA/Forces Mail' cachet, s/l '1stBn.,The Loyal Regiment' h.s., reg'd cover to USA etc. ex Asmara, Mogadishu & Senafe. (13 items). | £85 | ||
| 663 | AFRICA (EAST), 1940-45: Group of covers with various frankings inc. KUT, India & Somalia stamps with Indian Army FPO c.d.s.(88, 90 & SEA BASE APO), APO c.d.s. (2, 4, 55, 59, 65, 66) etc. plus a range of censor marks, tapes & cachets. An interesting lot; mixed condition. (17 items). | £100 | ||
| 664 | AFRICA (EAST) - ETHIOPIA, 1941-48: Collection of covers inc. APO c.d.s. items (51, 57, 60, 69), fine printed cover with badge of SAAF & bilingual censor, British Military Mission cover with BAPO 4 c.d.s., censored envs. with Ethiopian frankings ex Addis Ababa (5) & Dire Daoua etc. Unusual material; mixed condition. (16 items). | £150 | ||
| 665 | AFRICA (EAST) - Italian Forces in Eritrea, 1935-36: Small group of stamped covers & fieldpost cards - inc. special printing 'Per le Forze Armate/Africa Orientale' printed with coloured map of E.Africa - with 'POSTA MILITARE' c.d.s. (70, 104, 105 & 210). (5 items). | £60 | ||
| 666 | AFRICA (CENTRAL) - BELGIAN CONGO: 1944 (30 Aug.) Airmail cover to the Congo from a soldier with the 3rd Congo Expeditionary Corps stationed in Egypt, franked with 7F B.Congo stamp cancelled by boxed 'POSTE MILITAIRE/No 101/CONGO BELGE' d.s.; fine 'CENSURE/15' , BLA censor & MEF (Egypt) censor. A scarce item. | £75 | ||
| 667 | AFRICA (CENTRAL) - RHODESIA, 1940-45: Accumulation of covers & cards inc. 'gratitude' label, Army Signals c.d.s., various censor tapes & marks and a range of crowned oval marks inc. Air Training Group (Kumalo), S.Rhodesian Air Force, RAF Station/Oudtshoorn, Wynberg Military Hospital, Provost Marshal, Deputy Provost Marshal, boxed 'No 61 AIR SCHOOL/GEORGE' etc. Mixed condition but unusual material. (20 items). | £150 | ||
| 668 | AFRICA (NORTH) - British Forces, 1942-47: Range of covers with variety of origins, censors & frankings with KGVI GB, MEF & BMA stamps with Italian-type c.d.s. of Tripoli, Benghazi, FPOs (13, 15, 16, 51, 374, 385, 386, 462, 518, 568, 577, 580, 582, 583 & 591) & inc. registered, airmail and a returned Airgraph with various cachets. Also a group of Christmas cards, photographs & War Office maps. (44 items) | £85 | ||
| 669 | AFRICA (NORTH) - German/Italian Forces, 1941-43: Group of covers & cards from Axis Forces inc. Afrika Corps feldpost covers & letters (3), Italian cards & envs. from Tunisia & Libya and a propaganda card showing a tank en route to Egypt. (11 items). | £75 | ||
| 670 | AFRICA (NORTH) - EGYPT: Miscellany of items inc. PPC with scarce Free French c.d.s., British & Indian Army FPOs, a fine variety of censors inc. unusual 'DEPUTY CHIEF FIELD CENSOR' in green, RAF, Egyptian & Iraqi marks, instructional cachets, registered covers, photographs, Christmas greetings illustrated airletters (2), newspapers etc. Mixed condition. (80 items). | £100 | ||
| 671 | AFRICA (NORTH) - EGYPT/MEF: Accumulation of material inc. FPOs (US & Indian Armies noted), good range of censor types inc. unusual blue oval 'PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' plus red strike of large 'home-made' 'PASSED/BY CENSOR' on Port Said cover to Eire, also an interesting group of registered & official covers etc. Mixed condition. (90 items). | £100 | ||
| 672 | AFRICA (NORTH) - EGYPT: High-value frankings inc. three large covers with triangular 'Y.M.C.A./WITH/H.M./FORCES' h.s. to London franked with KGV 2/6d (3) + KGVI 10d (2), KGVI 2/6d brown (3) or 2/6d green (13 inc. block of 9); also a reg'd env. uprated with 2/6d brown, reg'd airmail cover with 5/- red plus lower values (making a 7/10d franking). Additionally, part of a canvas parcel wrapper with 9d stamp and RAF censor mark. all with FPO cancellations; mixed condition but unusual. (6 items). PHOTO - ABOVE | £100 | ||
| 673 | AFRICA (WEST) - CAMEROONS 1940-61: 1943 airmail cover to S.Africa with Nigeria 1/3d stamp cancelled by double-ring 'VICTORIA-CAMEROONS/UNDER BRITISH MANDATE' c.d.s. and semi-circular Nigerian censor plus similar c.d.s. on 1940 part parcel receipt. Also later FPO c.d.s. (188, 573, 594, 600 & 1032) on 1960-61 covers. (12 items). | £75 | ||
| 674 | AFRICA (WEST) - GAMBIA, 1941-2: Two covers to the UK with boxed ''PASSED by CENSOR/BATHURST'' or unframed 'PASSED/CENSOR'; also censored OAS env. with fine FPO 109 c.d.s. Scarce material. (3 covers). | £100 | ||
| 675 | AFRICA (WEST) - GOLD COAST, 1941-56: Covers with FPO c.d.s. (45, 106, 536 & 561) inc. scarce reg'd cover with boxed registration h.s., air letter sheet with printed red cross, OHMS economy label used on reg'd cover, RAF censor 91, Army Signals env., letter from Brig. Haycroft etc. Also three post-war Forces Airmail covers with Gifford Camp c.d.s. (20 items). | £100 | ||
| 676 | AFRICA (WEST) - GOLD COAST, 1940-42 CIVILIAN CENSORSHIP: Range of covers showing a fine variety of censor h.s. & tapes inc. hexagonal numbered h.s. (5, 6, 7, 10, 11) and boxed 'PASSED' (00/2 & 00/3); boxed instructional cachet regarding sender's address, Accra Red Cross cachet. Also covers from Dahomey and French Equatorial Africa with additional French censorship. (9 covers). | £100 | ||
| 677 | AFRICA (WEST) - NIGERIA: 1943 OAS cover to UK with FPO 46 (Oshodi) c.d.s. enclosing letter and specimens of mosquito’s! Also a photograph of the writer, Lt. Havercroft & his RAF Oshodi pass. An unusual group. (5 items). | £60 | ||
| 678 | AFRICA (WEST) - NIGERIA, 1941-53: Selection of covers with FPO c.d.s. (46, 559) inc. an OHMS reg'd cover & different censor h.s.inc. WA Base Censor, RAF258, semi-circular 'CENSOR' & hexagonal boxed numerals (12 ,14). Also post-war skeleton c.d.s. of Ijeka Camp and Lagos/Mil. on stamped covers to the UK. An interesting lot in mainly fine condition. (18 covers). | £150 | ||
| 679 | AFRICA (WEST) - SIERRA LEONE, 1941-45: OAS covers with cancellations of FPOs 41 & 537 with various censor h.s. inc. RAF (7, 182, 188), two airletters from Brig. Haycroft (O/C W. African Force) to Lady Haycroft in Devon, one of which has a printed red cross and an uncensored env. with 'GARRISON MAIL' c.d.s. (8 items). | £100 | ||
| 680 | AFRICA (WEST) - SIERRA LEONE, CIVILIAN CENSORSHIP 1939-44: Selection of stamped covers to destinations in Africa or the UK with a range of censor h.s. inc. a fine example of the rare small 'Q.Q.15', oval 'CENSOR 11', boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR (NO.)' (1, 2 & 3), unframed '(crown)/PASSED/QQ 11' etc. Registered, OHMS & airmail items noted. (13 items). | £120 | ||
| 681 | ASCENSION: 1940-42 Pair of covers addressed to the UK and each franked with 3d in stamps; unusual s/l red 'CENSORED' & re-use of WWI type 'PASSED/BY/CENSOR/No 2428' in black, respectively. Scarce. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £150 | ||
| 682 | CYPRUS - FPO 164: 1944 (26 June) OAS cover to MEF with a fine strike of the FPO 164 c.d.s.; also an incoming env. to Larnaca with 'EGYPT/7/POSTAGE/PREPAID' c.d.s., two censor h.s. and M/8 censor tape. Slight faults. (2 covers). | £100 | ||
| 683 | CYPRUS - AIRGRAPH: Rare example of an Airgraph (long, type-written letter) & hand-made env. from the UK to Nicosia with arrival c.d.s. of 19.1.43. PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 684 | CYPRUS - AIRGRAPH: The continuation of the letter in the previous lot - as a second sheet it had to be sent separately although it arrived (13.1.43) before the first half! Clear boxed 'PASSED/M/10' censor on reverse. Again with original envelope. PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 685 | CYPRUS - Indian FPO 13: 1941 cover ex. UK readdressed to Cyprus where it was backstamped with a fine Indian FPO No 13 c.d.s. (9.4.42) - in Cyprus March-August 1942; also a fine strike in violet of the barred circular APO parcel cancellation used as a transit stamp, a boxed 'IT IS REGRETTED THAT/THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE/ DELIVERED BECAUSE THE/ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED/PRISONER OF WAR' & APO sealing tape. Opened out for display. | £85 | ||
| 686 | CYPRUS - Indian Army FPO R7: 1945 (12 Mar.) censored cover to UK with 10d stamp cancelled by a fine Indian FPO R7 (Wolsey Barracks, Nicosia); fine & scarce violet double-ring 'DEPUTY CHIEF FIELD CENSOR' h.s. on reverse. | £75 | ||
| 687 | CYPRUS - Indian FPO 12: 1943 (19 Dec.) airmail cover to Wales franked with India 2as block (4) with fine strike of the FPO No 13 c.d.s. (Nicosia) and violet 'UNIT CENSOR/INDIA/H33'; also a stampless cover to N.Ireland with fine strike of the No 12 c.d.s. for 2 Oct.1945 (Famagusta). Slight faults. (2 covers). | £75 | ||
| 688 | CYPRUS - Indian FPO 15: 1943 (31 May) cover to Wales franked with KGVI 9d & 1d cancelled by a fine strike of the FPO No 15 c.d.s. (Akaki); also a stampless env. to the UK with FPO No 23 c.d.s. (3 Feb. 1942 - Famagusta) on reverse. (2 covers). | £75 | ||
| 689 | CYPRUS - Indian FPOs 48, 55 & 89: OHMS envs. (2 - Sept./Oct. 1942) with fine strikes of the FPOs 48 & 55 c.d.s. (Koki Trinithina & Nicosia respectively); also an airmail cover to India franked with India 4as pair cancelled by an FPO No 89 c.d.s. of 8 Dec.1941 (Limassol). Slight faults. (3 covers). | £100 | ||
| 690 | CYPRUS - CIVIL CENSORSHIP: 1939-43 Group of stamped covers with red boxed 'PASSED / CENSOR' (2), double-ring numerals (4), boxed '(crown)/PASSED' h.s. (M/5 or M/10) and censor tape (M / 9/11/12/18/19/22); two with Egyptian censors. Mixed condition. (14 items). | £150 | ||
| 691 | CYPRUS - KARAOLOS CAMP: 1949 (11 Jan.) cover to Nicosia with 1/2p stamp cancelled by the large single-ring c.d.s. of Karaolos Camp where Jewish refugees were held pending settlement in Palestine; also four blocks of 4 Cyprus stamps with 1946 Karaolos c.d.s. cancellations. (5 items). | £75 | ||
| 692 | FAEROE ISLANDS, 1941-42: Scarce violet strikes of the FPO 219 c.d.s. with matching s/l 'The Lovat Scouts' on privilege env. to Glasgow, London 'Official Paid' machine cancellations on two OAS covers, one with RAF censor 123, the other with m/s 'censored'. Also a scarce censored civilian cover from Thorshavn to London with fine patriotic label & boxed receipt of the Dutch Red Cross. (4 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 693 | FAEROE ISLANDS, 1941: Scarce FPO 219 c.d.s. in violet on censored cover (17/6) with 'RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS' machine mark plus a similar official cover (30/11) to Bournemouth. Also two covers with London red 'OFFICIAL PAID' machine cancellations and different types of crowned censors. (4 items). | £100 | ||
| 694 | FALKLAND ISLANDS: 1942 cover to London (address erased) with "139 F Regt" in blue crayon, "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" in ink, tombstone censor, "RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS" and (on reverse) m/s "P.O. Tel F R Burton/HMS Pursuivant/co GPO/London" and violet "HOME DEPOT/1 FEB 42/A.P.O." circular d.s. PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 695 | FALKLAND ISLANDS: 1943 censored cover to Bristol endorsed "ACTIVE SERVICE" in m/s with violet circular crowned "PASSED BY CENSOR/No./3023" partly covered by censor tape and similar circular mark of censor no.9980 on top of the tape. Scarce. PHOTO - see plate no. 18 | £100 | ||
| 696 | GIBRALTAR: Fine range of material inc. scarce 'honour' label affixed to (damaged) env. from FPO 475, good variety of boxed censors inc. triangular (20/GIB) & Naval 'tombstone' types, various tapes etc. Also a fine group of press photographs inc. 'Ack-Ack' gun, RAF kit inspection, 'Harley Street' tunnel & a VE Day street scene. (24 items). | £120 | ||
| 697 | ICELAND, 1940-43: Group of covers with mainly fine strikes of FPO c.d.s. 2, 3, 304, 306, 307, 308 & 526 with a variety of censors inc. an unusual elliptical 'RAF/142' plus a scarce registered cover from FPO 304 to Kilmarnock. (10 covers). | £150 | ||
| 698 | ICELAND, 1940-43: OAS covers from Iceland without FPO c.d.s. inc. London 'OFFICIAL PAID' & 'RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS' machine cancellation and 'OFFICIAL PAID' c.d.s. with good variety of censor marks. Also two stamped covers with US APO 809 & 810 cancellations, two censored civilian mail covers to the UK and three aerial photographs of N.Atlantic convoys near Iceland. (16 items). | £150 | ||
| 699 | ICELAND, 1941-42: A similar range of covers with FPO c.d.s. numbers 2, 304, 306, 307, 308 & 526 with boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/(crown) No.' in violet, red & blue and RAF censors 117 & 230. Mainly fine strikes. (9 covers). | £120 | ||
| 700 | ICELAND, 1943-45: Scarce 'R.A.F. / P.O.' c.d.s. on three covers inc. a fine env. with the rare double-ring '005' of Camp Cook, Reykjavik and two rather worn envs. with single-ring '001' & (scarce) '002' c.d.s. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 701 | ICELAND: FPO 526 - Two scarce registered envelopes with 'T49' h.s. on labels, one with APO barred parcel h.s., the other with FPO 526 c.d.s. Also scarce parcel wrapper with KGVI 6d (3) cancelled by APO circular barred cancellation, triangular censor and most of the Parcel Post label. (3 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||