| BRITISH FORCES OVERSEAS IN WORLD WAR II Continued | ||||
| 702 | INDIAN OCEAN - GAN: 1943 (June/Oct.) Two covers used from the atoll of Gan to India with the Indian Army FPO No 150 c.d.s. on the reverse of each. Small faults but very scarce! (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £120 | ||
| 703 | JAPAN - POWs: 1944 (July) stationery card with added 1y stamp, used between wife & husband in Stanley and Hong Kong S Camps respectively; boxed (2) and seal-type (2) censors. Fine and scarce. PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £150 | ||
| 704 | JAPAN - POW Mail: 1945 (12 Jan.) Stationery card with 1y stamp from a civilian prisoner at Stanley Camp to his Chinese girlfriend in Kowloon; boxed and seal censors. Light creasing. PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 705 | JAPAN - POW Mail DAMAGED BY FIRE: Printed POW message card with Japanese and British censor marks and 'DAMAGED BY/FIRE IN TRANSIT' cachet - the card formed part of a consignment carried by a British Airways 'flying boat' which crashed in Eire in August 1943; charred & creased. PHOTO - see plate no. 6 | £150 | ||
| 706 | JAPAN -POW Mail (Taiwan Camp): 1943 (12 Aug.) printed message card from a British gunner interned at Taiwan, with Japanese & British censors; also a 1945 (15 July) cover addressed to a prisoner at the Camp with British censor label and Japanese boxed & seal h.s. A fine pair. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £120 | ||
| 707 | JAPAN - POW Mail (Thailand): 1943 (Jan.) Scarce 'IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY' printed message card from No1 Camp, Thailand with Japanese & British censors; redirected with 'NOT KNOWN AT/HAYES, MIDDX.' & Bromley s/l h.s. plus 'RETURN TO SENDER' h.s.!! Extremely unusual. PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 708 | JAPAN - POW Mail (Tokyo): 1942 (23 Dec.) card with printed lines sent by a US Sergeant in Shinagawa Camp, Tokyo, to California; Japanese censors and Red Cross cachet alongside s/l 'Sce. Des Prisonniers de Guerre', both in violet. Also a similar card to the UK from a British soldier at Hakodate Camp in N.Japan. (2 cards). | £100 | ||
| 709 | JAPAN - POW Mail: 1943 (10 Dec.) type-written postcard to the UK from an imprisoned RAF Aircraftman - no location for Camp; Japanese & British censors. Also two doubly censored covers from the UK to prisoners held in Java & Sumatra, the latter with pencil note 'Not interned in Syanan'. Additionally, a printed letter from King George to POWs returned from Japan. (4 items). | £100 | ||
| 710 | JAPAN - Allied Forces: US Air-dropped propaganda leaflets (6), Japanese civilian mail censored by the US Army inc. Red Cross env. , a Pearl Harbour US Navy censored cover and a linked patriotic envelope. Also a group (10) of 1966-69 US Army & Navy mail from the Japanese region. Much additional information is provided in the form of newspapers, notes & illustrations. (30 items). | £100 | ||
| 711 | JAPAN - Tokyo Bay Surrender: Selection of mail inc. various 'home-made' ships' cachets with fine 'DoY/TOKIO/2.9.45/POSTFREE' and a second, more sophisticated h.s. for the 'Duke of York', 'VJ/TOKYO/ON ACTIVE SERVICE/HMNZS GAMBIA' and fine circular h.s. of HMS 'Ruler'; also other ships' mail inc. items from the 'Tenacious', 'Manxman' & 'Newfoundland'. Also a group (6) of US Navy covers with Tokyo Bay marks. An unusual assembly. (13 covers). | £150 | ||
| 712 | JAPAN - Commonwealth Occupation Force: Range of covers inc. scarce AFPO 28 (Bofu) c.d.s. on Australian reg'd env., various Indian Forces covers (FPO 148, RAF POST 11, 320, 321, 322), RNZAF 333, Australian APOs ( 214, 215, 241, 388, 452, 453, 459, 512 ). Also a further selection of covers from the early 1950s inc. 4 US items. An interesting lot. (42 covers & some pieces). | £120 | ||
| 713 | MALAYA, 1939-42: Singapore 'SP' datestamps - Defence force mail sent through the Army PO inc. covers with c.d.s. cancellations of FPO SP 501(5) & 502 with boxed 'PASSED BY/ARMY/CENSOR', various RAF censors in red & blue and red Naval 'tombstone'. Slight faults. (6 covers). | £120 | ||
| 714 | MALAYA - JOHORE: 1941 (27 Nov.) airmail cover to Scotland with uncommon double-ring 'POSTAGE PAID*JOHORE*25 CENTS' meter mark in orange-red and additional franking of Johore 1c (3), 2c 7 50c (3) plus KGVI 10c all tied by FPO SP501 c.d.s.; RAF censor mark (131). Roughly opened, creased but scarce. | £100 | ||
| 715 | MALAYA, 1937-41: Naval Mail inc. prewar double-ring Singapore Naval Base c.d.s., 1940 stamped cover with boxed 'PASSED BY/NAVAL/CENSOR' h.s. & small, unframed red Naval censor mark. Also a reg'd cover with 'RAF BASE S.O./SINGAPORE' c.d.s. & circular blue RAF censor, Patriotic Fund label on cover with faint 'D.A.P.S. MALAYA COMMAND' cachet plus two further civil post covers, one with boxed Manchester Regt. cachet. (7 items). | £70 | ||
| 716 | MALAYA: 1943 usage of Australian YMCA pre-metered envelope to Penang, captured by the Japanese Forces and cacheted on reverse to commemorate the first year of Occupation with Rising Sun flag c.d.s. & 'YUSI SOKYOKU/KEIRI-BUTYO' h.s. Faults but most unusual! PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 717 | MALAYA - Emergency use of Pre-Metered Stationery: 1941 November/December items inc. two airmail envs. with 'stamp-shaped' and circular 25c meter mark impressions cancelled by 'INDIAN SECTION BASE OFFICE 3' c.d.s., the former with Malaya Patriotic Fund labels (2); also censored 2c postcard with 2c meter mark ex Negri Sembilan to the UK. (3 items). | £100 | ||
| 718 | MALAYA, 1941-42: Mail in transit to Malaya immediately before the Japanese Invasion inc. 19.10 41 delivered cover, another of 17.11.41 with 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' h.s., two December '41 covers with 'RETURN TO SENDER ON AIR MINISTRY INSTRUCTIONS' or boxed 'IT IS REGRETTED THAT...' cachet plus a second strike on 3.Jan.1942 cover and an env. from Hyderabad with Indian 'SERVICE SUSPENDED...' cachet (3.2.42). (6 covers). | £75 | ||
| 719 | MALAYA - Indian Army Post Offices, 1941-42: Selection of censored covers with c.d.s. cancellations of various Indian offices running the postal service in the twelve months leading up to the Japanese Occupation inc. 'INDIAN SECTION BASE OFFICE-4/SCR' , FPOs 7, 8, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 36 & 50 used as cancellations or backstamps. Slight faults but scarce material. (11 covers). | £300 | ||
| 720 | MALAYA - Civil Censorship, 1939-41: Selection of covers with various 'PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION' or 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h.s. inc. the Singapore & Penang named triangular h.s. and boxed numbered censors; in addition, some covers have Patriotic Fund labels. Good variety of frankings inc. registered. (18 covers). | £150 | ||
| 721 | MALAYA - N. BORNEO - Civil Censorship: 1941 (Aug.-Nov.) trio of covers to the UK ex Lahad Dato (2 airmail) or Jesseltown showing different forms of censorship inc. white censor label with Arms , boxed & numbered 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/NORTH BORNEO' (2) or triangular 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/NORTH BORNEO/28'. Very scarce material. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 722 | MALAYA - Japanese Occupation, 1942-45: Group of Japanese-censored covers inc. Penang local cover franked with KGVI 1c with 'DAI NIPPON/2602/PENANG' opt. (4 - one removed), another opt. issue on cover from Malacca to Syonan-To, reg'd cover from Ipoh to Wellesley and local env. commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the Occupation both franked with Japanese stamps and two values from the 'ploughman' set on a 'Savings Campaign' card. | £100 | ||
| 723 | MALAYA - POW Mail: Range of covers & cards from the UK to POWs via the Japanese Red Cross in Tokyo or addressed to 'Malaya Camps' with various censors inc. Japanese; also a mainly fine strike of the uncommon boxed 'RETURNED IN/UNDELIVERED/MAILS FROM JAPAN' plus 6 currency notes. (7 items & 6 notes). | £120 | ||
| 724 | MALAYA - British Reoccupation: Civilian covers from Penang (3) or Klang, one with a block (4) of KGVI 2c with dumb barred cancellation & 'First Day Cover' h.s.(26.9.45), plus three stampless covers sent under the 'Free Postage' regime of Sept.-Nov. 1945. Also a folder containing three Japanese colour propaganda PPCs showing the bombing of Pearl Harbour, the Fall of Singapore and an attack on Hong Kong. (7 items). | £75 | ||
| 725 | MALTA: 1940-48 Range of covers inc. air letter from RAF Luqa with m/s 'honour' endorsement & violet & black pentagonal RAF censors; FPOs 188 & 570 covers inc. OHMS, ink-illustrated cover (parachute drop over Malta), General Staff cachet, various machine cancellations, unusual RAF censors and fine 1/2 plate photograph of a crowded deck scene aboard HMS 'Manxman' entering Valetta. An interesting lot. (26 items). | £120 | ||
| 726 | MALTA - 'GRATITUDE LABELS': Group of OAS covers to the UK, all with triangular censor h.s. and 1/2d 'V' Relief Fund labels (2) or 'Malta is grateful...for the safe arrival of this letter' (3); also an OHMS cover (GPO) with red 'OFFICIAL PAID/MALTA' c.d.s. and fine No1 censor. (4 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 727 | MALTA MISCELLANY: Censored OAS cover with fine boxed 'DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER' h.s., re-direction cachet, Green Cross label on incoming env., Christmas card with 'V' label, 1942 'Times of Malta' etc. (7 items). | £100 | ||
| 728 | MALTA - CIVIL CENSORSHIP: Range of stamped covers, 1940-45 showing a variety of frankings inc. registered (with scarce 2/10d rate) and different civil censor marks inc. boxed and the scarce oval 'POSTAL/CENSOR' in blue & green, a POW card (worn0 from Stalag VII with crowned 'PASSED/DD/7' h.s., different types of labels etc. An attractive lot. (13 covers). | £75 | ||
| 729 | MAURITIUS - BEAU BASSIN CAMP: 1943 Cover from a detainee in the Jewish refugee camp at Beau Bassin, franked with 12c stamp and with triangular Mauritius 'B4' censor addressed to a soldier in a Czech unit with MEF. Faults but a rare item. PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 730 | MAURITIUS: 1940-43 Group of covers to the UK, franked at 12c and showing double-oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/MAURITIUS' ( seriffed & non-seriffed variants) or large boxed 'PASSED BY/WAR/DEPARTMENT/CENSOR/No 1' in violet. Uncommon. (4 covers). | £60 | ||
| 731 | MAURITIUS - BEAU BASSIN CAMP: 1945 (22 March) stamped Red Cross cover to Geneva with (on reverse) Curepipe cachet linked with the refugee camp at Beau Bassin; triangular Mauritius censor (82) & censor tape (EE/7). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 732 | NEW ZEALAND FORCES: Collection of covers inc. mail posted en route to the War Front with simple 'N.Z.E.F./FIELD/POST OFFICE' h.s., a series of covers from Egypt inc. a variety of c.d.s. types from FPOs 1, 2, 6, 7, 42, 50, KW, KW1, KW2 plus Camp & Air bases. Also covers from NZ Forces in the UK with FPOs 455 & 815, NZFPOs 5 & 6, RAF Hooton Park etc. A good range of censors noted. (28 covers). | £100 | ||
| 733 | PALESTINE, 1941-44: Including Australian Forces covers (12) with range of FPO marks & inc. fine boxed 'Australian Imperial/Force/Passed by Censor/151' and British FPO covers inc. fine illustrated Christmas air letter. Mixed condition. (16 items). | £100 | ||
| 734 | ST. HELENA: 1944 (20 June) long, type-written letter about the Island sent to the UK by a sergeant in the Royal Engineers, along with a sketch of the view from his window, enclosed in an OAS env. with London dumb 'POSTAGE/PAID' machine cancellation and crowned circle censor h.s. Rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £150 | ||
| 735 | ST. HELENA: 1942 (4 July) Commercial cover to Manchester franked with KGVI 1/2d, 1d & 11/2d stamps; paper censor label and unusual use of WWI period censor h.s. (2496) together with a local 'VV' mark. A scarce item. | £75 | ||
| 736 | U.S.FORCES OVERSEAS: Range of covers from US Forces stationed in the UK, & France plus single items from Naples, Port Moresby, Guadalcanal & Chunming (China) and two covers from N. Africa.. Also six patriotic envelopes used within the USA. Mixed condition. (40 items). | £150 | ||
| 737 | MISCELLANY: Accumulation of covers & cards with emphasis on Australian Forces covers and censors but inc. material from S.Africa, N.America, W.Indies etc. Mixed condition but an interesting range. (38 items). | £75 | ||
| 738 | MISCELLANY: Accumulation of British Forces covers, cards, labels etc. with wide range of censor marks inc. unusual types plus a group of different privilege envelopes showing a variety of types, usages & materials. Mixed condition but a most interesting bundle in need of close inspection. (114 items). | £100 | ||
| 739 | B.L.A./B.F.P.O. MISCELLANY: Accumulation of covers & cards, 1945-60, with an interesting range of FPO cancellations & cachets; strength in registered and OHMS items. Needs careful inspection. (130 items). | £100 | ||
| 740 | PROPAGANDA LABELS: Group of covers with British & Empire propaganda labels inc. a fine economy drive label with caricature Hitler & Japanese soldier, also labels on mail from Jamaica, S.Africa, India, Australia, Egypt, Grenada, N.Rhodesia, Tangier & Ceylon plus items from the USA, Syria & Argentina. Also two fine complete 'Spitfire Fund' booklets & loose stamps. Mixed condition. (22 covers & small qty. labels) | £100 | ||
| POST WAR MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE | ||||
| 741 | CYPRUS: Carton containing the interesting collection of covers, cards, cuttings, etc. from the period 1964-76. Much useful noted with a wide range of frankings, postal markings & cachets (40th Infantry Battalion, 5th, 6th & 7th Infantry Groups, etc.) inc. covers from the Canadian, Danish, Finnish & Irish contingents. The collection goes on to cover the period of the Turkish and its aftermath and includes some useful Northern Cyprus items. (Qty.). | £120 | ||
| 742 | CYPRUS: 1946-57 Small selection of covers inc. 1946 registered cover ex FPO 164, 1953 (24 Sept.) cover ex FPO 164 from an army chaplain with personal cachet & oval "SENIOR CHAPLAIN/NO. CYPRUS DISTRICT", 1955 cover ex FPO 220, 1954 6d reg. env. uprated by 21/2d adhesive ex FPO 220 with oval "MAURITIAN LEAVE CAMP" cachet, etc. (10 covers plus 2PPC's). | £100 | ||
| 743 | CYPRUS: 1955-60 selection inc. EOKA propaganda leaflet, 1957 censored cover to a detainee at a camp at Kokkim Trimilhia, three 1957/59 covers with rural postmarks, namely Makrasika, Palaeometokh and Piyi, etc. (6 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 19 | £100 | ||
| 744 | CYPRUS: 1955-66 Group of covers showing a wide range of British FPO cancellations. Some interesting EOKA campaign & "Suez build-up" items are included. (42). | £100 | ||
| 745 | CYPRUS: 1960-63 group of covers from British FPO's with a good range of frankings and cancellations. (29 plus 1 piece). | £60 | ||
| 746 | CYPRUS: 1963-64 Troubles period. The small selection of covers (13), PPC (1), Front (1), Pieces (2) and adhesives (6) from this time of strife inc. 1964 cover to London with fine red boxed "TURKISH BOMBS/ON CYPRUS ENDANGER/WORLD PEACE" slogan, etc. (Small Qty.). | £100 | ||
| 747 | CYPRUS: 1963-64 "Illegal" Post items. The small selection of covers, etc. with various types of the "illegal" Turkish Cypriot Post handstamps of Nicosia. Unusual. (15 covers & 2 PPC's) | £75 | ||
| 748 | CYPRUS: 1965-79 small group of mail with various British F.P.O. cancellations. (23 covers and 1 PPC). | £70 | ||
| 749 | CYPRUS - TURKISH FORCES: The extensive collection of covers (150+), PPC's (10) & pieces (3) relating to Turkish Forces in Cyprus during the period 1973-78. A most interesting accumulation. (Qty.). | £100 | ||
| 750 | MALTA: The small selection of commercial mail with various British F.P.O. cancellations and a wide range of frankings. (51 covers and 1 piece). | £60 | ||
| THE KOREAN WAR | ||||
| 751 | 1950-53 The exceptional display collection of covers plus a little ephemera related to most aspects of the Korean War including mail from members of the USA, GB, United Nations. Canadian, N. Zealand, Australian, Indian, French, Greek, Italian and Dutch contingents on one side and the USSR and Korea on the other. The collection inc. a good selection of F.P.O. c.d.s. regimental and naval cachets and APO d.s. An exceptional group. (130+ items). | £400 | ||
| THE VIETNAM WAR | ||||
| 752 | 1955-67 The small collection of covers related to the Vietnam War inc. items from members of the USA, New Zealand and Australian contingents inc. a little ephemera. Worth examination. (40+ items). | £65 | ||
| THE FALKLANDS WAR | ||||
| 753 | PRE-ARGENTINIAN INVASION: The interesting collection of covers, cards, adhesives and ephemera relating to the forthcoming conflict of 1982. Better items include 1971 cover bearing 6d Bishop Stirling adhesive addressed to Buenos Aires with large double-ring "JOINT DECLARATION OF BUENOS AIRES" h.s. on obverse & circular "DECLARATION CONJUNTA/DE/BUENOS AIRES" d.s. on reverse, 1972 flown cover ex the temporary airstrip laid by the Argentinians at Hookers Point with various cachets inc. "JOINT DECLARATION", various Argentine covers with "LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS" & similar slogans, various covers with "HMS ENDURANCE" cachets inc. defin. sets to top value from BAT, Falklands & South Georgia, covers with official cachets inc. "FALKLAND ISLANDS POLICE FORCE" , unusual Argentine propaganda items, etc. (Qty.). | £100 | ||
| 754 | THE ARGENTINIAN INVASION: The fascinating collection revolving around the Argentinian invasion inc. undelivered ingoing cover from Greenland, cover from Belgium with "Falkland Islands" crossed out and altered to "ISLAS MALVINAS R.ARGENTINA" in ink, cover from England with "Falkland Islands" crossed out and with two-line "9409 - ISLAS MALVINAS/REPUBLICA ARGENTINA" h.s., two covers addressed to Stanley with boxed "ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN/RETURN TO SENDER" cachets in black, various letters ex Argentine troops inc. 13p air letter to Buenos Aires returned to the Falklands as the addressee could not be found, etc. (35 covers plus sundry items of ephemera/newspaper cuttings, etc.). | £180 | ||
| 755 | BRITISH TASK FORCE AND THE CONFLICT: The magnificent collection of covers, cards & ephemera relating to the War itself inc. sundry FPO items ex Ascension, a wealth of cachets from various British ships inc. "SUPPLY OFFICER/10 MAY 1982/H.M.S. COVENTRY" (the day of the sinking of that vessel) and cachets from such ships as H.M.S. Exeter, Fearless, Invincible & Sir Lancelot, M.V. Norland, etc. The lot is informatively written up with various photographs of the conflict, newspaper cuttings and other items of ephemera such as two blades (the largest & the smallest types) of an Olympus Jet engine used in the Vulcan Bombers which participated in the conflict. A magnificent lot. (Qty.). | £200 | ||
| 756 | GARRISON/NAVAL PATROLS: The interesting collection of covers, cards, photographs & newspaper cuttings from the period after the Argentine surrender with a wide range of cachets noted inc. HMS Achilles, Active, Ariadne, Bristol, Cardiff, Charybdis, Exeter & Hecate. An excellent lot. (Qty.). | £120 | ||
| 757 | AIRMAIL LETTER (11 June) from the Falklands to Devon & redirected to Telford sent by a member of HQ 3rd Commando Brigade with a good example of the scarce "FPO 141" cancellation of Teal Inlet, dated 11 June. FPO 141 only operated from Teal Inlet for six days before moving to HMS "Fearless". Interesting contents include "Just seen Malcolm, he lost everything in HMS Galahad which was attacked and sunk last night. Where the hell are the aircraft to give us cover. A rare item. | £60 | ||
| 758 | PAIR OF AIRLETTERS TO BRITAIN: 29 June air letter to Kent from a member of the 3rd Commando Brigade written on board S.S. "Canberra" on the day it left San Carlos for the UK and 1 July air letter to Kent written by a Corporal two weeks after the Argentine surrender with FPO "141" cancellation. Interesting contents. (2). | £50 | ||
| THE GULF WAR | ||||
| 759 | The extensive collection of covers, cards, photographs, cuttings, etc. relating to the Gulf War of 1991. A very interesting lot which tells the story of the conflict from its origins to its conclusion. Many useful postal markings/cachets noted - one of the best collections of this War we have seen. Viewing highly recommended. (Qty.). | £150 | ||
| OTHER POST-WWII MILITARY CATEGORIES | ||||
| 760 | AFRICA: Small box containing the extensive range of post-WWII FPO covers with particular interest in Egypt, Kenya (inc. Mau Mau period), and South Africa. A very useful lot with a good range of postal markings - seldom encountered in such quantity. (200+). | £150 | ||
| 761 | BRITISH FORCES: Carton containing the interesting miscellany of covers, cards, etc. relating to British Forces inc. a useful range of London Home Postal Depot items, FPO's in Great Britain, Diplomatic Mail from Foreign Embassies, items from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Greece, etc. A very eclectic mixture which contains some unusual items. Careful inspection recommended. (Qty.). | £150 | ||
| 762 | BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE/N.A.T.O.: Boxfile with the extensive accumulation of covers relating to B.A.O.R. & N.A.T.O. with particular interest in cancellations. (Qty.). | £75 | ||
| 763 | CHRISTMAS ISLAND/ATOMIC BOMB TESTING: The small selection of chiefly 1950's period covers inc. 1952 (17 April) cover to the UK with violet "H.M.A. SHIPS" cachet, 1954 (19 July) cover to England with violet s/l "NAVAL SERVICE" cachet and m/s "On Active Service/Air Mail Concession" (from HMS "Penguin") and 1956 (2 Nov.) cover to England with violet "H.M.A. SHIPS" cachets (2), 1957 Pictorial "First British/Megaton Trial/1957", 1961 Forces Air Letter from London to Christmas Island redirected back to London, 1962 covers (2) ex Christmas Island with boxed "SAVE WHILE YOU SERVE/FOR A HOME YOU/CAN OWN" and six other items from the late 1950's and 1960's. Also four contemporary covers ex BFPO 171 in Honolulu. A very good little lot. (Small Qty.). | £100 | ||
| 764 | CONGO: Boxfile with the interesting collection of covers from the Congo, chiefly from the 1960-62 period and with a wide range of frankings, postal markings & cachets. (Approx. 40 covers, a small group of press photographs and a few relevant newspaper cuttings). | £100 | ||
| 765 | THE INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION - LABUAN/NORTH BORNEO/SARAWAK: 1962-66 An interesting collection of covers related to the Indonesian confrontation in Labuan (10 covers, inc. examples with Gurkha regimental cachets and FPO 573 c.d.s.), North Borneo (5 covers with FPO 450 & 169 c.d.s) and Sarawak (10 covers, inc. FPO 1059, 136, 948 and 766 c.d.s.). A fine lot. | £80 | ||
| 766 | THE INDONESIAN CAMPAIGN - BRUNEI: 1962-64 The collection of covers related to this interesting campaign with a wide variety of h.s. and cancellations inc. FPO c.d.s. numbers 964, 154, 1034, 1044, 156 represented, also includes a few forces preparation base mail from Borneo and Sarawak and 1971 later occupation mail. (28 covers plus a few cuttings). | £80 | ||
| 767 | MALAYA - THE FAR EAST BASE AGAINST COMMUNISM: 1961-76 The interesting collection of covers and cards related to the military campaign in the Far East against communism inc. naval cachets with examples applied by the captains office of H.M.S. London, Devonshire and Troubridge. Regimental cachets, a fine boxed "JUNGLE WARFARE/SCHOOL" d.s. in violet and relevant FPO c.d.s. A good lot. (43 items). | £80 | ||
| 768 | NAVAL MAIL: The small selection of Royal Naval mail inc. two 1945/55 covers (2) with "BRITISH FLEET MAIL" handstamps, two 1963 covers carried on the HMS Oxfordshire (the last troop ship to sail) with special cachets, and many 1960's items inc. Western Fleet Review covers, etc. (65 covers/cards). | £50 | ||
| 769 | ROYAL NAVY INDIAN OCEAN MAILS; 1966-68 collection of mails despatched from Royal Navy & Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships operating in the Indian Ocean during the Beira blockade. Majority sent to HM Naval base Singapore with variety of h.s.'s; postcards of most of the ships involved inc. HMS Dido, Cavalier, Minerva, Albion, Manxman, Loch Fada, Triumph, Tyne etc. Nice group. (33 env.+12PPC). | £50 | ||
| 770 | SOMALIA: Four 1990's period flown covers one with large red "VIA ICRC" on reverse, one with large boxed "PER RISPONDERE SCRIVERE A: nome a cognome..../MOGADISCIO NORD/OPERAZIONE IBIS/COMANDO BRIGATA PARACADUTISTI POLGORE/VIALE MARCON-57100 LIVORNO". Unusual items from the Civil War period. | £60 | ||
| 771 | SUEZ CRISIS AND ITS AFTERMATH: Boxfile containing the fascinating collection of covers, cards & cuttings relating to Suez inc. 1956 covers (2) with "SUEZ CANAL IS AN/INTEGRAL PART OF EGYPT" and "FREEDOM OF PASSAGE/GUARANTEED THROUGH/SUEZ CANAL" slogans, a good range of Operation "Muskateer" covers with various FPO cancels, Red Cross letter sheet ex an Egyptian POW at Camp 396 (Israel), UN Force covers, Canadian Contingent, Danish Contingent, "Muskateer" aftermath covers and various later items to 1979. (Qty.). | £150 | ||
| 772 | THAILAND - OPERATION "CROWN": The small study of British Forces mail ex Thailand, 1962-65 with various frankings & FPO cancellations (1005, 1006, 1058, 1061). The British Troops were present in order to help construct an airstrip at Loeng Nok in North East Thailand. An unusual lot. (13 covers). | £60 | ||
| 773 | U.N. FORCES IN THE LEBANON, ETC.: The selection of covers, cards, photographs & cuttings relating to the UN Peace Keeping Force in the Lebanon (1978-84) plus sundry other items. (Small Qty.). | £60 | ||
| 774 | YEMEN: Carton containing the extensive collection of covers, stamps, miniature sheets, cuttings & ephemera, principally relating to the years of Civil War (1962-70). A most unusual lot with much useful material noted. (Qty.). | £150 | ||