1320

THE BALANCE OF THE NEW ZEALAND FORCES' DATESTAMPS, CENSOR MARKS, ETC.; c.1915-9 covers/cards incl. the whole range of "Bridge-type" c.d.s.'s used on NZ Forces' mails, Jan. 1916 boxed "PASSED/BY/CENSOR" with matching boxed "FREE", honour envs., IEF censors, Field Service PC's, etc. Plus off-cover blocks of four NZ KGV (½d to 1/- values) and Egypt stamps (4 diff.) cancelled by very fine "NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE/APO" c.d.s.'s. Good study. (31 covers, 1 front & 10 pieces).

£150

THE NEW ZEALAND HOSPITAL SHIPS, 1914-19

1321

S.S. MAHENO - RARE PURPLE BOXED "N.Z. Expeditionary Forces/No. 1 HOSPITAL SHIP" D.S. ON SPECIALLY PRINTED SHIP's OHMS COVER; Attractive 18th Aug. 1915 stampless OHMS env. (tiny faults at top, but with rare "N.Z. Expeditionary Forces,/No.1 Hospital Ship" imprint on front) addressed to NZ with a very fine strike of this rare datestamp (HSC42) on the front. Few examples known and exceptionally unusual on ship's stationery.

£150

1322

Similar 17th Aug. 1915 stampless PPC (of Port Said) to NZ with a very fine but "doubled" strike of the boxed purple "N.Z. Expeditionary Forces/No.1 HOSPITAL SHIP" d.s. (HSC42) on the front. Rare.

£100

1323

S.S. MAHENO - THE BLUE BOXED "N.Z. Expeditionary Forces/No.1 HOSPITAL SHIP" DATESTAMP WITH RARE MATCHING "ON ACTIVE SERVICE/N.Z. HOSPITAL SHIP/MAHENO" CACHET; 23rd Feb. 1917 env. (opening tears at top and creases) to NZ with the boxed d.s. (HSC42; crease) lightly overstruck by a fine "ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ22" skeleton c.d.s. (Port Said Harbour Office) and a light red "PASSED BY CENSOR". The blue "ON ACTIVE SE[RVICE]/N.Z. HOSPITAL [SHIP]/MAHENO" mark (HSC60) is 75% clear and very rare; this is the only date that John recorded. Plus unused c.1916 PPC of the ship with Red Cross markings. (cover + card).

£150

1324

S.S. MAHENO - BLUE CIRCULAR "APPROVED" MARK ON COVER EX TAHITI; Remarkable stampless 6th Sept. 1917 "OAS" env. to a Private in "NZ Hospital, Walton (on Thames), England" with a very fine "PEPEETE/TAHITI" c.d.s., authorising signature and blue "PASSED BY CENSOR" on the front; the address has been crossed through and there is a very fine blue circular "N.Z. Expeditionary Force/APPROVED/No.1 Hospital Ship" (HSC32; only recorded example in blue - and see next lot) cachet on the front with 24th Oct. 1917 "RICE LANE/LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. Unusual routing to this ship. Rare thus.

£150

1325

S.S. MAHENO - RARE SHIP's C.D.S. & BLACK CIRCULAR "APPROVED" MARK ON SAME COVER TO N.Z., ETC.; 15th Dec. 1918 stampless env. (minor stains; printed "OAS/The Untied Churches" heading) to Auckland wih a very fine black "H.S. MAHENO/-N.Z.-" c.d.s. (HSD1; few examples recorded and only during two months of 1918) and a very fine black circular "N.Z. Expeditionary Force/APPROVED/No.1 Hospital Ship" cachet (HSC32; the sole example recorded in black - the book gives the date of this cover as 18th Dec. in error) on the front. Plus 12th Feb. 1916 PPC of the ship with long message - no address - from someone on board. Rare pair. (2 items).

£150

1326

S.S. MARAMA - RARE SHIP's C.D.S. WITH PURPLE OVAL CENSOR CACHET; 27th Aug. 1918 stampless OAS env. (minor fault at top left) to GB with a mostly very fine black "H.S. MARAMA" ship's c.d.s. (HSD2; little used) and a very fine purple oval "N.Z. No.2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA" cachet (NZ88; rare) nicely placed on the front. Exhibition item.

£150

1327

S.S. MARAMA - THE RARE RED BOXED SHIP's "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" & "PASSED BY CENSOR" MARKS; Stampless OAS 28th Feb. 1916 PPC (of Alex.) to London with a mostly very fine strike of the boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE/N.Z. Hospital Ship/MARAMA" mark (HSC44) in RED (only recorded date; overstruck by v. fine NZABAPO c.d.s.) with very fine small matching "PASSED BY CENSOR" alongside. Plus c.1916 real photo PPC (plain back) of the ship. (2 items).

£100

1328

Similar 2nd March 1916 PPC (of London) to NZ with a mostly fine purple strike of the boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE/N.Z. Hospital Ship/MARAMA" cachet (HSC44) slightly overlapped by a very fine NZABAPO c.d.s. with small purple "PASSED BY CENSOR" mark alongside. Rare thus.

£100

EGYPT WWI - ARMY POST OFFICES

1329

ARMY POST OFFICE D.S. 1916-20; Collection of Army Post Office d.s.'s on cover, PPC and piece inc. 22 Oct. 1916 Government Hospital env. Zagazig (SZ2) to Alexandria with censor triangle, red Inspectors star and franked 5m. lake; 8 Aug. 1917 small OHMS env. Zahiriah Alexandria (SZ11) with v. fine fancy "Local Official" hand stamp; 3 Apr. 1919 env. to Limerick, Ireland with "open" style "ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ10" d.s. etc. Good variety of APO's several with censor marks. (28 covers + qty. on piece).

£75

EGYPT WWI - CENSORED MAIL

1330

CENSOR HAND STAMPS, 1914-18; The collection of Censor hand stamps used on cover and postcards. A tremendous variety inc. early 11 Sep. 1914 PC from Port Said to Austria with violet "RELEASED BY CENSOR"; 6 Mar. 1915 env. Cairo Station to Monrovia Cal. with circular violet "PASSED BY CENSOR/No. 3"; 23 Mar. 1916 env. from British Camp, Maadi to Montrose, Scotland with 4 line "2nd VET. SECTION/CENSORED/AND/FRANKED" in violet; 14 Apr. 1916 printed env. Cairo to Leeds with boxed violet "PASSED/CENSOR/B"; 4 Oct. 1918 printed env. locally used in Cairo with red boxed "PASSED BY/BASE CENSOR/E.E.F." and franked with 5m lake SG 77 cancelled by crayon. excellent selection that needs close inspection. (Approx. 40 items).

£150

1331

EARLY CENSORSHIP - BRAZIL TO CEYLON VIA EGYPT; Amazing 1914 (14 Dec.) env. (faults and v. slight foxing) from Brazil to Ceylon with pair of tied 100 r rose-carmine (SG 264) and a fine double circle "PASSED BY CENSOR/A" in red applied at Alexandria. Despite faults a scarce early cover.

£50

1332

INSPECTOR/CENSOR HAND STAMPS; 1915-19 collection of covers and PPC's with a vast range of different Inspectors hand stamps - stars, cartwheels, wavy lines etc. inc. 6 Mar. 1915 env. from Genova to Alexandria and 11 July 1915 PS card from Greece to Alexandria both with red four horizontal wavy lines mark; 2 Sep. 1916 Red Cross PPC from Alexandria to Rotterdam with side by side "commas" plus double circle "COMITÉ DE LA CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE/ALEXANDRIE" both in violet; 29 Oct. 1916 env. from Beaconsfield to Romani with fine "cartwheel" mark in red etc. Good variety of marks. (22 items).

£120

1333

MULTIPLE FRANKING ENVELOPE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO USA; 1915 (26 Oct.) env. from Alexandria to Cross Hill SC but then re-directed to "State Hospital for Insane/Columbia SC" franked with 1m sepia(2), 2m green (3), 3m orange(1) 5m lake(1) plus pair of 3m orange ovpt "2 Milliemes" (SG 83) and Inspectors side by side "commas" in red. Minor faults but attractive cover.

£40

1334

"MARTIAL LAW" BLUE TAPE; 1914-15 Small selection of envs. (some opened to display) all opened and re-sealed with blue "MARTIAL LAW" tape inc. Apr. 1915 Cairo to Berne franked with strip of three 3m plus a 1m. brown; 15 Dec. 1914 printed env. from Zurich to Cairo with 25c blue tied by Zurich wavy line cancel plus v. fine double circle "PASSED BY CENSOR" in red; Mar. 1915 from Port said to Zurich with "MARTIAL LAW/OPENED BY CENSOR" type tape and two different censor h.s., etc. (6 envelopes plus 2 fronts.).

£50

1335

"OPENED BY CENSOR" BLUE TAPE; 1915-19 Large group of envs. (some trimmed or opened for display) opened by censor and re-sealed with a variety of types of the blue printed tape "OPENED BY CENSOR". May 1917 printed 5m env. from Cairo to Copenhagen uprated with 5m lake; Apr. 1915 env. from Cairo to Naples with fine boxed violet "PASSED/CENSOR/11"; Jan. 1919 printed env. from Cairo to Athens with tied 10m blue; June 1915 printed env. Port Said to Amsterdam with pair of tied 5m lake, others to Switzerland, Sweden etc. All have censor hand stamps making a fine and interesting lot. (33 envelopes).

£140

1336

THE CENSOR LABEL COLLECTION; 1916-19 Collection on envs. (some opened to display) of a variety of censor labels, both military and civil inc. Oct. 1918 printed 5m. env. Alexandria to Jaffa, Palestine with "EXAMINED/BY/CENSOR" label; Feb. 1916 env. BAPO Z to Johannesburg, SA with "OPENED BY/CENSOR/557" label; June 1915 env. Suez to Copenhagen with pair tied 5m lake and "OPENED BY/CENSOR/86" label; Mar. 1919 printed env. from APO H12 to Leeds with "Passed by Censor" label, etc.

£90

1337

"OPENED 1 BY CENSOR" RED TAPE; 1916 (20 Jan.) env. (trimmed, opened for display and faults) from Cairo to Oasis Dakhla, re-directed to Oasis Kharga opened by censor and re-sealed with the red "OPENED 1 BY CENSOR" tape. Despite faults a scarce cover.

£50

EGYPT WWI - CIVILIAN POST OFFICES

1338

CIVIL POST OFFICES; 1914-20 Large collection of covers and PPC's struck with civilian Post Office hand stamps inc. 11 Apr. 1915 env. to Stockport with "BRITISH BARRACKS/CAIRO" d.s.; 14 Aug. 1915 PPC to Dartmouth England with "IBRAHIMIA/RAMLEH" d.s. plus boxed "T" tax mark obliterated at London; 3 June 1916 PPC to Roseville, NSW Australia with "ALEXANDRIA/F" d.s.; 7 Dec. 1918 PC to Dublin with "LUQSOR SHALLAL/E/&VV" d.s. plus APO SZ10 d.s. and censor h.s. etc. Good lot worthy of close inspection. (Approx. 60 items).

£100

EGYPT WWI - DELAYED, DECEASED, ETC.

1339

DECEASED/DELAYED: Pair of much travelled envelopes 1917 (12 July) from APO S20 to London Regiment wrongly addressed and receiving the label "This letter is delayed owing to the address being wrongly written" etc. re-directed to Alexandria eventually arriving 3 Sept. 1917; 1917 (Oct.) env. from Oldham to Pte Murray, MT Coy. EEF and marked "Deceased" in pencil with MT Coy hand stamp and on the reverse violet boxed "ASC RECORD OFFICE/WOOLWICH DOCKYARD/12 FEB 1918/RELATIVES INFORMED/(signed) For Col./I/c ASC RECORDS". Both have been opened to display. Nice pair.

£50

EGYPT WWI - FIELD POST OFFICES

1340

FIELD POST OFFICES; 1915-1919 Large collection of mainly different FPO date stamps on cover and PPC. many with censor hand stamps inc. Sep. 1916 env. with FPO M.D.1 of the Australian & New Zealand Mounted Div. to Bondi, Sydney; Aug. 1916 env. with FPO GM re-addressed twice and with "MARDAN/DUE/ONE ANNA" h.s.; Aug. 1918 printed env. from FPO 8Y used within Egypt with 5m Lake. Other FPO's noted inc. 3DY, 4Y,EY,HY,LY,NMY,SEY,SWY2,SZ11 etc. A wide selection of mainly good strikes. (Approx. 60 covers).

£200

1341

FIELD POST OFFICES 87 AND 138; 1915 (7 April) PPC to Stockport franked with pair 1m brown and a 2m green tied by scarce FPO 87 d.s. of 87 Brig. 29 Div. plus 22 Jan. 1916 PPC to London with v. fine strike of the FPO 138 d.s., believed to be the only know example of the 138 Lincs. & Leics. Brig, 46 N. Midland Div. A fine pair.

£60

1342

FIELD POST OFFICES; 1916-18 Small group of the more elusive FPO numbers on cover or PPC mainly to UK inc. Feb. 1916 env. from 87 Brigade, 29 div. to Warrington; 18 Feb. & 18 Mar. 1916 PPC's both with FPO 92 but earlier card posted in Egypt and second in France after disembarkation two days previous; Jan. 1916 OAS "SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST" PC to Cheadle; Feb. 1916 env. to Birmingham with scarce FPO 1Y of the OC Warwick Yeomanry etc. (15 covers/PPC's + 5 pieces).

£100

EGYPT WWI - FIELD SERVICE CARDS AND HONOUR ENVS.

1343

FIELD SERVICE POST CARDS; 1914-18 Selection of Field Service Post Cards with Types 5a (26), 5b (2), 5c (6), 7c (5) and 8c (5) plus imprinted stamps on 9 Oct. 1914 (Type 1) to Kent and 5 Jan 1918 (Type 2) to Coventry with FPO D60 d.s.; two "COREESPONDANCE DES ARMEES DE LA REPUBLIQUE" cards etc. Wide variety of FPO, APO, BPO cancellations inc. scarce 7 Jan. 1917 "Z AND W TPO" d.s. Needs close inspection. (Approx. 45 cards).

£100

1344

HONOUR/PRIVILEGE ENVELOPES; 1915-18 group of five Honour or Privilege envs. inc. 19 Oct. 1915 Port Said to Aberdeen with, on reverse flap ms. "I certify on my honour that (?)/contains no reference to/military operations", signed and dated; 20 Nov. 1915 & 8 Mar. 1916 olive OAS Honour envs. earlier to Alexandria and second to Southend on Sea, both registered at 2d rate; 8 Mar. 1918 Port Said (APO SZ22) to Glasgow with on reverse flap "I CERTIFY THAT THERE IS NO INFORMATION/CONTAINED IN THIS LETTER THAT CAN/BE OF SERVICE TO THE ENEMY" in red plus similar 5 Nov. 1918 to Manchester with same h.s. in violet on front, both are fine strikes. Scarce and attractive group. (5 covers).

£120

1345

SCARCE RED URGENT HONOURS ENVELOPE; 1915 (29 Sept.) red Honour env. (trimmed at each end and opened for display) "A.F.A. 2043" to Southern Command, Salisbury, England with fine "FIELD POST OFFICE/T26" overstruck by red Censor h.s. No. 226. Printed "I certify that the contents of this envelope deal exclusively with/personal matters of an urgent nature, and that no mention/is made of military operations or anything connected there/with.". Scarce.

£120

1346

HONOURS/PRIVILEGE ENVS.; 1915-19 selection of Honour/Privilege cards with several different types, many with censor h.s., etc. inc. pair of 1915 small envs., one with dotted and one with solid address lines; 1918 to Bombay printed in Urdu plus 1919 to Bombay in Gurmukhi; 1916 from APO SX2 to Brighton resealed with red censor label "EXAMINED/BY/BASE CENSOR" etc. (Approx. 50 envs.).

£120

EGYPT WWI - FREE HANDSTAMPS

1347

THE "FREE" HAND STAMPS; 1915-21 Collection of "Free" hand stamps in wide variety of format and colours inc. 15 Mar. 1915 env. from Cairo to Spain with blue "OPENED BY CENSOR" tape and 2 Mar. 1916 PPC from Cairo to Canterbury, New Zealand both with red oval "MILITARY RECREATION/FREE/E" h.s.; 12 Sep. 1916 env. from Cairo to London with "SENIOR CHAPLAIN, C.E." and "FREE" h.s.'s both in dark blue; 26 May 1919 env. (minor faults) to Madras with "3rd LIGHT HORSE/A.I.F./FIELD POST OFFICE" and two line "POSTAGE FREE/E.E.F." in red etc. (17 covers/PPC's + 3 fronts).

£100

EGYPT WWI - INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

1348

INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/FIELD POST OFFICES, ETC.: 1914-23 Collection of Indian Expeditionary Force covers and stamps on piece of mainly Field Post Office cancellations inc. 14 Feb. 1915 env. to Ismailia with fine purple oval "INDIAN MILY./BASE DEPOT" signed h.s.; 29 May 1915 large env. to Bombay with fine purple "PASSED/Chief Censor/MILITARY" AND SIGNED "J.G.Hennessy/MAJOR/CHIEF CENSOR/I.E.FORCE"; 10 Oct. 1915 PPC from Port-Taufiq to Paignton with fine "ATTACHED/IND. EXP./ FORCE/OCT 10 1915" h.s.; 3 Dec. 1920 env. (opened to display) from London to Egypt and re-directed several times inc. "EAST Ind Ry" with fine "IFPO 362/KANTARA" d.s.; 26 Nov. 1923 env. (centre fold clear of marks) from Port-Tafiq to Bombay with pair of 5 mils. pink adhesives etc. Good group with wide variety of marks. (Approx. 45 covers and qty. on piece).

£75

1349

INDIAN FIELD SERVICE CARDS: 1915-18 Small group (16) of 12 different Indian Field Service Cards with a mix of FPO, Base, Censor handstamps inc. 19 July 1915 to Valletta with fine "BASE OFFICE/H" d.s.; 14 Dec. 1915 to General Hospital, Alexandria with FPO 313 and 35 d.s.'s plus fair "PASSED BY CENSOR/INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/39" in red; 8 Apr. 1916 to Valletta (A.F.A. 2042d (Hindi)) with earliest recorded date "FIELD POST OFFICE/H15" d.s.; plus two Indian Military Postal Stationery cards. (18 cards).

£50

1350

INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE CENSOR HAND STAMP: 1915-18 Collection of covers, PPC's etc all struck with the double circle "PASSED BY CENSOR/INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/(numeral)" in a variety of colours inc. 2 Jan 1915 env. to Farnham with pair of ½a. green ovp. "I.E.F." with censor h.s in red alongside; 20 Feb. 1915 env. (open/cut to display) from Headquarters Canal Defence to Ismailia with blue fancy resealing tape "MARTIAL LAW/OPENED BY CENSOR"; 27 Aug. 1915 env. to Stockholm with five ½a. green ovp. "I.E.F." and censor h.s. in purple alongside; 19 Nov. 1915 env. to Convalescent Depot, Suez and returned with unusual brown censor h.s.; 8 Nov. 1915 env. with letter to Norfolk with photo of sender Gunner Woodham etc. Majority have different IEF censor numerals and would form a fine study group. (52 covers/cards).

£120

EGYPT WWI - MILITARY BASES

1351

BASE ARMY POST OFFICES, ETC; 1914-23 Large group of covers, PPC's and pieces with a variety of Base Army Post Office cancellations inc. 12 Aug. 1915 env. from Aberfoyle to Lt Stout 8th Scottish Rifles, endorsed "Killed in Action" with boxed "VERIFIED AT RECORD(S)/BASE M.E.F." and also stamped with "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/RLO"; 17 Apr. 1916 OHMS/RETURNED POSTAL PACKET (RLB env No. 4) to Cairo and struck with the "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE Z/R.L.O." d.s.; 6 Jan. 1923 PC to Batavia, Dutch East Indies with "BRITISH BARRACKS/ABBASSIA" d.s. etc. Also included are a large quantity of cancellations on stamps many in multiples, plus a few Parcel Post labels. Worthy of close inspection. (30 covers/PPC's + qty. on piece).

£100

EGYPT WWI – PRISONS

1352

PRISONS/PRISONERS OF WAR MAIL 1916-19; Five envs. all relating to prisons or POW's inc. Sep. 1916 Alexandria to Port Said with violet "PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP/RAS-EL-TIN ALEXANDRIA" cachet and v. fine and fancy "PASSED BY CENSOR/No 7" plus blue "PASSED BY CENSOR/No 13"; June 1917 Alexandria local OHMS env. with fine "MILITARY/PRISON" cachet; Mar. 1918 OHMS env. to Mudros with fine "MILITARY PRISON/SALONICA" cachet and "(signed)/CAPTAIN/DEPUTY GOVERNOR" h.s.; Sep. 1919 OHMS Type K env. from Alexandria to London with v. fine and scarce "MILITARY PRISON/IN THE FIELD E.E.F." cachet plus undated Alexandria locally used env. with "PRISONER OF WAR CAMP/RAS-EL-TIN ALEXANDRIA" plus "from Prisoner of War" h.s.'s in violet. A scarce group. (5 covers).

£150

EGYPT WWI - REDIRECTED/RESEALED MAILS

1353

OFFICIALLY SEALED/RESEALED MAILS; 1914-16 trio of envs. which have been resealed inc. Dec 1914 London to Abbassia resealed with two "EGYPT/FOUND/OPEN/AND/OFFICIALLY/SEALED" dual language labels; 16 May 1916 Registered env. (opened for display) Alexandria to Cross Hill SC USA with blue "OPENED BY CENSOR" tape which appears to have been re-opened again and resealed with two "Post Office Department/OFFICIALLY SEALED/United States of America" labels plus 14 Aug. 1916 grubby Registered env. from Ballah to Alexandria with "...AND/OFFICIALLY/SECURED" part label. (3 covers).

£65

1354

REDIRECTED MAIL; 30 Mar. 1922 env. (opened to display and some faults) originating in Cairo and would appear to originally be addressed to Abbassia. Re-addressed on several occasions with numerous d.s.'s inc. Heliopolis, British Barracks/Abbassia, Cairo, FPO No. 18 etc with a hopeful(!) endorsement of "Please forward" plus Sep. 1922 YMCA OAS env. (opened for display) from Iraq to Officers Hospital, Abbassia, redirected to Esher and again redirected to Rochester, Kent with a variety of d.s. (2 covers).

£50

EGYPT WWI - REGISTERED MAILS

1355

TWO PENCE BLACK REGISTERED ENVELOPES; 1915-20 Collection of Registered 2d black envs. with a wide variety of APO & FPO h.s.'s inc. Sep. 1916 Romani to Alexandria with v. unusual cork "FPO/160" on registration label; Oct. 1916 from FPO SY to Alexandria with red "inspectors" star plus June 1917 to Alexandria with star in black; June 1919 (opened for display) from Moascar (Australian BPO) with pink Registration label and unusual boxed St Andrews cross cancellation, etc. Fine study group. (33 covers).

£100

1356

REGISTERED BUT UNDELIVERED/UNABLE TO TRACE; 1915 (10 Sept.) env. registered from Manchester to MEF with pencil ms. "KILLED" (signature alongside) and boxed (2) "UNABLE TO TRACE/Army Post Office/B.M.E.F." plus 8 Feb. 1917 env. registered from Base APOZ MEF to Mecca with red ms. "Registered letters for/Hadjaz not/admitted/Returned" plus dual language brown oval "RETURN TO SENDER" and a violet boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASONS STATED/RETURN TO SENDER", various d.s.'s, ms marks etc. Both have been opened for display but an attractive pair.

£120

1357

REGISTERED LETTER MAIL, 1916-1922; Large selection of registered envelopes (some opened to display) with vast assortment of Civilian PO's, APO, FPO, BAPO and censor h.s.'s inc. Sep. 1916 Alexandria to SWF Force with civil registration label, blue "OPENED BY CENSOR" tape etc.; May 1917 Alexandria to Bombay with civil registration h.s. for "SEAMENS HOME OFFICE" franked with 5m. lake(4); Jan. 1918 Zagazig to San Jose, Costa Rica on 5m imprinted env. uprated by 1m brown, 4m red & 10m. blue plus blue censor tape; Mar. 1922 (opened) from APO GR to Cairo with multitude of date stamps and franked with ½d green, 1d red and 1½d brown(3). Needs close inspection. (56 covers).

£200

EGYPT WWI - BRIGADE/REGIMENT CACHETS, ETC

1358

ARMY, DIVISIONAL, REGIMENTAL, ETC. CACHETS; 1914-23 Collection of Army, Divisional, Regimental, etc. cachets on cover with a large variety of hand stamps which also inc. censor marks, civilian PO's etc. Too many to give a full list but some of the more obscure include, "EXPEDITIONARY FORCE CANTEENS", "156th Co MACHINE GUN CORPS", "304 SIEGE BATTERY" "CAMEL CORPS ORDERLY ROOM", "THE CITY OF LONDON YEOMANRY/ROUGH RIDERS", "A.P.M. PORT/THE DOCKS/ALEXANDRIA", etc. A good mixed lot worth close inspection. (90+ covers. PPC's etc).

£200

EGYPT WWI - RAILWAYS AND T.P.O.'s

1359

THE TAC/CAT TPO; 1916-18 Trio of covers carried on the Cairo to Port Said railway, inc. June 1916 OHMS env. to El Ferdan with fine CAT d.s.; Feb. 1917 2d. registered env. from APO SZ24T with v. fine TAC TPO d.s. on reverse plus 24 Dec. 1918 (last recorded date) to Bingley, Yorks. with fine TAC TPO d.s. (3 covers).

£75

1360

SAT TPO; 1916 pair of covers carried on the SAT Suez to Port Said railway. 11 Aug. 1916 2d "black" registered env. to Alexandria with FPO 62, BPO Z and Alexandria d.s. plus SAT TPO d.s. and 22 Aug. 1916 OHMS registered env. to Cairo with APO SZ 1 T d.s.'s plus v. fine "TAC/23 AU 16/TPO" and "SAT/23 AU 16/TPO" stamps. Both env. have been opened for display but a fine and scarce pair.

£70

1361

Z AND W TPO; 1917 (14 Feb.) 2d. Registered env. (slight trimming and minor faults) to Army & Navy Stores, London with fine strikes of the scarce "Z AND W TPO" which was used on the Alexandria to Dabaa railway. Also on the front is a fine triangular "PASSED CENSOR/No. 3607" in red. Attractive and scarce thus. PHOTO - see plate no.

£150

1362

THREE DIFFERENT RAK TPO D.S.'s; 1917 trio of RAK/TPO d.s.'s of differing diameter/style used on the El Arish to Kantara railway. 19 Jan. 2d registered env (faults and opened to display) to Alexandria with fair strike of the 36mm dia. "RAK/TPO"; 21 Jan. Honours env. to Kent with v. fine strike of the 34 mm "RAK/TPO" and 10 May OHMS env. (opened for display) with FPO 5Y, BAPO Z/LOD and BAPO Z d.s.'s and a fine 28mm "RAK TPO". (3 covers).

£100

1363

THE LAK TPO D.S.'s; 1917 covers (4) with the LAK TPO d.s.'s used on the Kantara to Deir el Belah railway. 27 June Honours env to Wolverhampton with v. fine 35mm "LAK/TPO"; 2 July env. to Croydon with fine 28mm "LAK/TPO"; 18 May and 23 Aug. 2d registered env. (both opened for display) to Alexandria, the earlier with v. fine 28mm "LAK/TPO" and later with fine and scarce "LAK TPO/DAY MAIL". Nice group. (4 covers).

£120

1364

CAIRO - ITAI EL BARUD TPO, DIVISIONAL TRAINS ETC.; 1915-16 small group of railway associated covers/PPc's inc. 2 Apr. 1916 YMCA env. (minor faults clear of mark) with "ITAI EL BARUD(date) T-72" d.s. carried on the Cairo to Itai el Barud railway; Feb. 1916 PPC from "No1 Armoured Train, Egypt"; pair of Mar. 1916 envs. to London cancelled, one with the "ARMY POST OFFICE/R W" d.s. and the other with "FIELD POST OFFICE/T W" d.s. both of the WFF Railhead. Scarce group. (6 covers).

£100

1365

THE SCARCE UPPER EGYPT/TPO D.S.; 1919 (April) env. (small piece missing top left does not affect marks) to London with fine strike of the "UPPER EGYPT/TPO" d.s. which was used during the Egyptian Civil disturbances of April/May 1919. Scarce.

£120

EGYPT WWI - TOBACCO AND COMFORT FUND CARDS

1366

TOBACCO FUND, COMFORTS FOR TROOPS FUND; 1915-17 Group of Tobacco Fund cards inc. "More baccy better fighting" Nov. 1915 from APO SZ5 to Gaberones, S. Africa plus Apr. 1916 from FPO SA1 to Basutoland, both Type 1 plus two Type 2 cards and a Type 3; 1915 "Are we downhearted", Type 11; 1915 "A bit of alright from Home" Type 21 (2) plus Type 26(3); 1916 "Ypres Tower" Type 31. Also three different types of "Comforts for Troops" cards (5), Sheffield Independent "Your Day" card etc. (23 cards).

£75

EGYPT WWI - BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS

1367

S.S. ABERDONIAN - GIANT OVAL "HOSPITAL SHIP/* Date....*/ABERDONIAN" CACHET ON COVER TO JAMAICA; 8th Dec. 1915 stampless env. (light stains mostly on front) to Kingston (Jamaica) endorsed "O.A.S." by an R.A.M.C. Lieutenant, with a poor "ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ2" c.d.s. on the front and a mostly very fine strike of this spectacular cachet (HSC1; the only recorded example) in purple on the reverse, slightly overlapped by the Kingston arrival machine d.s. Exhibition item. Plus a fine unused c.1916 real photo PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£150

1368

S.S. ASTURIAS - RED BOXED "HOSPITAL SHIP ASTURIAS/PASSED BY CENSOR" MARK; 28th Dec. 1915 stamples "O.A.S." PPC to GB with a very fine strike of this rare cachet (IA4; only recorded date). Plus a c.1916 PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£120

1369

S.S. BRAEMAR CASTLE - THE RARE TRIANGULAR "CENSORED/H.M.H.S. 602/MASTER" CACHET; 11th Sept. 1916 env. to Edgar Weston (the noted philatelist) in London franked (as so often with Weston's WWI mail) by a pair of GB c.t.o. KEVII Postal Stat. cut-outs tied by "SOUTHAMPTON" c.d.s.'s, with a very fine strike of this unusual purple censor mark (IA133; no dates of use recorded) with initials in the middle on the front. Few known. Plus c.1916 unused PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£120

1370

S.S. ESSEQUIBO - DOUBLE OVAL "HOSPITAL SHIP/No..../Date...../ESSEQUIBO" CACHET ON STAMPED COVER; 25th June 1916 long "O.H.M.S." env. to London franked by a GB KGV 1d red tied by a fine "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/X" c.d.s. with an almost superb strike of this rare purple ship's cachet (HSC8, the only recorded date; with 25th June 1916 m/s date in centre) on the front. Clearly the letter was written and dated at sea and posted a fortnight later at the next port of call. Rare and of Exhibition quality. Plus an unused c.1916 PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£150

1371

S.S. GLENART CASTLE - THE RED OVAL "HOSPITAL SHIP/GLENART CASTLE/DATE...." CACHET ON COVER TO INDIA; 19th Jan. 1916 stampless "O.A.S." env. to Bombay with mostly fine light red strike of this rare mark (HSC10; one of only 3 recorded examples) with m/s date, as well as a very fine boxed red "PASSED BY/(crown)/No.2862/CENSOR" and mostly fine "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/Z" c.d.s. all on the front. Plus 18th Jan. 1917 PPC of the ship sent from "No.3 War Hospital" in Reading from a wounded soldier who had just arrived from Boulogne. (2 items).

£120

1372

S.S. HEREFORDSHIRE - OVAL "H.M. HOSPITAL SHIP/HEREFORDSHIRE" DATESTAMP; Attractive 14th Sept. 1916 PPC to London with m/s "O.A.S." and signature of "Ship's censor" as well a superb purple strike of this rare ship's cachet (HSC13; few examples known), beside a fine "MILITARY/POST OFFICE/ALEXANDRIA" c.d.s. and a very fine small red "Star" mark (DM7; Alexandria PO inspector's mark). Exhibition quality.

£150

1373

S.S. LETITIA - THE FANCY "SIGNATURE" CACHET OF "Charles Luke" WITH THE "Lieut. Colonel, I.M.S./Officer Commanding Troops/H.M. Hospital Ship LETITIA" & DOUBLE OVAL SHIP's CACHET ON CARD TO G.B.; 26th April 1916 PPC (of Egypt) to Doncaster with very fine purple handstruck "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" matching the "Signature" and Ship's marks (HSC17 - one of two recorded - and HSC58 which is only known for April 1916); the oval HS17 cachet is slightly overstruck by a very fine "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/Z" c.d.s. Spectacular and rare. Plus a c.1916 unused PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£150

1374

S.S. LETITIA; Similar 1st April 1916 PPC from the same correspondence with the same "Signature", "O.A.S." and 3-line Ship's cachet but without the oval cachet. Rare and spectacular. Plus a c.1916 unused PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£150

1375

S.S. SALTA - DOUBLE BOXED "H.S. SALTA/No......" CACHET; Stampless "O.A.S." 3rd May 1916 PPC (of Alex.) to Blackburn with a very fine strike of this rare ship's cachet (HSC46; only one other strike recorded) nicely placed above the address beside a partial "ARMY POST OFFICE/Z" c.d.s. Rare thus. Plus a c.1916 unused real photo PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£120

1376

S.S. SALTA - THE BOXED "H.M.H.S. SALTA/LONDON./OFFICIAL No.136744./TON: 4239." CACHET ON "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" CARD; Fine stampless c.1915 PPC (real photo of the ship) to Cowes, endorsed "O.H.M.S." with a superb strike of this rare boxed ship's cachet (HSC47; only one example dated 10th Oct. 1915 recorded) at top right, slightly overlapped by a light handstruck London "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" mark. Rare thus.

£150

1377

OTHER BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS' CACHETS; Stampless O.A.S. 28th Sept. 1919 PPC (of Turkey) to Stoke with very fine 2-ring "HOSPITAL SHIP/P.C./3/R.A.M.C." cachet of S.S. Gloucester Castle in purple (1A144; only recorded date) overstruck by a fine "ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ4(?)" skeleton c.d.s.; similar 16th Oct. 1916 PPC (of Egypt) to Andover with a very fine purple triangular "CENSORED/MASTER" cachet of S.S. Lanfranc (3B43), overstruck by a near fine "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/I" skeleton c.d.s.; and 6th Dec. 1915 PPC (Egyptian girl) to London with GB KGV ½d tied by naval dumb bars grid with very fine fancy purple ">PASSED BY CENSOR<" mark (4C100; only recorded date) of S.S. China alongside. Rare trio. Plus PPC's of all three ships (two unused real photos, and one from a wounded soldier just returned to Southampton on the ship in 1917). Good lot. (6 cards).

£150

1378

THE BALANCE OF THE BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS COLLECTION; 1916 stampless OAS env. & PPC endorsed as from HMHS Valdivia and HMHS Gascon, 1916 GB 1d P. Stat. env. from London to an EEF soldier redirected to "H.M.H.S. Delta", 1915 piece with the rare purple "SIGNED BY____/H.M.H.S. GOORKHA" cachet, and 4 PPC's of these ships. Good lot. (9 items).

£100

EGYPT WWI - INDIAN HOSPITAL SHIPS

1379

S.S. ASSAYE - DOUBLE OVAL "H.M. HOSPITAL SHIP/No..../Date..../ASSAYE" CACHET; 26th Aug. 1915 stampless "O.A.S." env. to Huddersfield with m/s censor signature, having an almost very fine strike of this rare cachet (HSC3; at least one other example recorded - shaved by crease at top) beside a partly fine "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/Y" c.d.s. Plus a c.1916 PPC (not posted) with message from a soldier recently arrived at "St. George's Military Hospital, Malta". (2 items).

£100

1380

S.S. EBANI - DOUBLE OVAL "HOSPITAL SHIP EBANI/* M.E.F. *" DATESTAMP ON CARD TO NEW ZEALAND; Unusual stampless "O.A.S." PPC (of Egypt; slight scuffing of address) to Christchurch (redirected with light boxed "NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/CHRISTCHURCH" mark as well as transit c.d.s.'s) having a very fine purple strike of this rare ship's cachet (HSC7; only recorded date). Exhibition item.

£120

1381

S.S. GLENGORM CASTLE - FOUR DIFFERENT SHIP's CACHETS ON ONE COVER; 31st July 1915 stampless "O.A.S." env. (opened out for display; some red ink staining ) to Peshawar with superb purple circular intaglio "INDIAN HOSPITAL SHIP" mark (HSC33; few known) and superb matching "Indian Hospital Ship/GLENGORM CASTLE" (HSC53 + HSC63) on the front, also with very fine black circular "INDIAN HOSPITAL/* SHIP */GLENCORM/CASTLE/Date...." cachet (HSC31) on the flap. Extraordinary combination!

£120

1382

S.S. GLENGORM CASTLE; Similar c.1916 stampless "O.A.S." env. to Bournemouth endorsed at "Alexandria" with a mostly fine intaglio purple circular "INDIAN HOSPITAL SHIP" cachet (HSC33) and a very fine matching "GLENCORM CASTLE" cachet (HSC53) on the front. Attractive.

£85

1383

S.S. GUILDFORD CASTLE - 2-RING "HOSPITAL SHIP/P.C./22/R.A.M.C." CACHET; 5th April 1918 stampless "O.A.S." env. to India with almost very fine purple "P.C./22" circular cachet (IA150; only date recorded) with a fair Southampton machine cancel also on the front. Plus an unused c.1916 PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£75

1384

S.S. LOYALTY - 2-LINE PURPLE "On Active Service/Hospital Ship Loyalty" CACHET; 21st Oct. 1915 stampless env. to GB with a superb strike of this rare mark (HSC59; few known) in purple ink matching the very fine 2-ring IEF "65" censor mark on the front and a handstruck "Major, I.M.S." mark beside initials on the reverse. Rare thus.

£100

1385

S.S. SYRIS - THE RARE RED-PURPLE "H.M.'s Hospital Ship SYRIA" CACHET; Stampless 11th/14th July 1915 PPC (of the ship) to Watford endorsed "On Foreign Service" with a very fine strike of this distinctive cachet (HSC61; the only recorded example) on both front and back, having a partial "PORT TAUFIQ" c.d.s. as well. Rare.

£100

1386

S.S. SYRIA - THE FANCY BOXED "H.M. HOSP. SHIP SYRIA/No..../Date...." CACHET; 17th Aug. 1915 stampless "O.A.S." env. (some toning) to Karachi with an almost very fine purple strike of this mark (HSC48; the only recorded example), with signature, on the front, as well as a fine "SUEZ" c.d.s. Rare. Plus a c.1916 PPC of the ship. (2 items).

£100

EGYPT WWI - THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT

1387

CANADIAN FORCES/CHAPLAINCY, 1915-16; Small group of covers all with a Canadian connection inc. Oct. 1915 env. Cairo to Gt Yarmouth with "SENIOR CANADIAN CHAPLAIN" h.s. plus ½d. prepaid PS card Cairo to Alexandria with similar h.s. and "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" h.s.; 16 Feb. 1916 env. from FPO 88 (88 Brigade, 29 Division) to Newfoundland endorsed in ms "Nfld Regt"; 25 Jan. 1916 env. Cairo to Newfoundland with "CANADIAN CHAPLAIN" h.s. and 1916 "Comforts for Troops" card from Cairo to Nottingham with same h.s.; 9 July 1916 env. front Canterbury to 27th Division Salonica Forces, much re-directed and with purple "NOT AT No. 5/CAN. GEN. HOSP'L" h.s. Scarce and attractive group. (5 covers and front).

£120

BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN SUDAN, 1914-24

1388

EARLY MAILS FROM 7TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT ETC.; 1914-18 Selection of PPC's and envs. inc. 30 Sep. 1914 PPC to Manchester with 2m. (SG.19) (2) and 3 Oct. 1914 PPC Khartoum to Manchester with 5m. (SG.23) both from 7th Manchester Regiment; 18 Jul. 1915 env. Khartoum to London with 5m. (SG.23); Dec. 1915 5m. red postal stat. env. (faults) Khartoum to Cairo; Jul. 1918 PPC Port Sudan to Halifax, Yorks. with triangular Passed Censor h.s. and fine "retta" of dots cancel etc. (3 envelopes & 4 PPC's).

£100

1389

THE UNIQUE(?) "PASSED BY/THE CENSOR" H.S.; 1914 (17 Nov.) env. from Khartoum to Waldenburg, Germany franked with 1p. blue & brown (SG.24) tied by Khartoum d.s. Delayed for two days at Khartoum (second d.s. dated 19 Sep.), opened by censor and resealed using "SUDAN/OPENED/BY/CENSOR/OFFICIALLY/RESEALED" label which has been struck with a violet "PASSED BY/THE CENSOR", the only known example of this hand stamp. Below is the Port Said "RELEASED BY CENSOR" h.s. See Br. Emp. Cam. & Occ. pg. 242 illus. A scarce and attractive cover.

£120

1390

ABU ZABAD MARK D.S.; 1916 (17 March) printed env. to Atbara, Sudan franked with 1m. (SG18) & 2m. (SG.19) both tied by violet "ABU ZABAD/MARKA(?)" d.s. Firebrace comments that it was probably issued in connection with the WFF; Stagg does not record this d.s. Fine triangular Sudan censor 16 h.s. and on the reverse fine d.s. of El Obeid, Khartoum and Atbara. Attractive.

£100

1391

THE RARE ARMY POSTS WFF/TPO's MAIL; 1916 (8 June) env. (v. small piece top right and part rear flap missing clear of marks) endorsed "On active Service/No stamps" to London with v. fine "ARMY POSTS/WFF/(date)/SUDAN" d.s. and on the reverse fine strikes of the "KHARTOUM EL-OBEID/TPO/No2" alongside a "SHELLAL-HALFA/TPO/No.2" d.s.'s. A rare item. Plus 1m. & 2m on small piece plus 1p. all with "ARMY POSTS/WFF/SUDAN" cancels. (4 items).

£120

1392

THE SCARCE ARMY TELEGRAPHS D.S.; 1916 (19 June) OHMS env. (slightly trimmed on left) from Gebeit to Cairo with the scarce "(ARMY)/G(date)I/TELEGRAPHS" d.s. of Gebeit, only in use for one month, with fine triangular violet "PASSED/BY/CENSOR/SUDAN/8" h.s. below plus 8 Dec. 1915 registered front with 1p. (SG. 24) tied by v. fine "ARMY/H(date)/A/TELEGRAPHS" of Hassaheisa and below the scarce tablet type "A.R." h.s. plus triangular Sudan censor and Registration label completed in pencil for "Hassaheisa". A fine and scarce pair.

£100

1393

THE SCARCE "FIELD POST OFFICE/SUDAN" D.S.; Pair of envs. with FPO/1/Sudan d.s. to London. 27 July 1916 from Nahud with v. fine "FIELD POST OFFICE/1/SUDAN" d.s. and violet "PASSED/BY/CENSOR/SUDAN/8" h.s. below, on the reverse is a v. fine "KHARTOUM EL-OBEID/TPO/No2" d.s. and a part strike of the Shellal-Halfa TPO d.s. plus a similar env. 5 July 1916 with No. 53 censor h.s. and a better strike of the Shellal-Halfa TPO. Fine and scarce pair.

£120

1394

THE RARE "ARMY POST/W.F.F." AND "JEBEL EL HELLA" COMBINATION; Spectacular and rare env. (slightly trimmed at the top) 29 Apr. 1916 Jebel el Hella to London endorsed "On Active Service/No Stamps available" with fine and scarce "JEBEL EL HELLA" d.s. and violet "PASSED/BY/CENSOR/SUDAN/6" alongside. On the reverse is the only recorded and v. fine example of the "ARMY POST/W.F.F." d.s. well clear of the fine Khartoum El-Obeid and Shellal-Halfa TPO No. 2 d.s.'s. Exhibition item.

£100

1395

THE EL FASHER POST AND TEL. D.S.; 1916 (30 July) env. to London with v. fine and only recorded example of the "EL FASHER/POST AND TEL" d.s. with part outer ring of holder showing, with triangular "PASSED/BY/CENSOR/SUDAN/9" h.s. alongside plus 12 Aug. 1916 env. to Chatham with scarce "EL FASHER" d.s., recorded for a v. short period, overstruck by Sudan censor No. 9 h.s. Both envs. have fair to good strikes of the Khartoum El-Obeid and Shellal-Halfa TPO d.s.'s on the reverse. A scarce and attractive pair.

£120

1396

UNFRANKED OAS MAIL VIA RAHAD CIVIL POST OFFICE; 1916 (19 April) env. from Rahad to Northampton from Lt Thornton of "C" Flight, 17 Squadron, RFC with v. fine "RAHAD" d.s. A unique example of this civil PO accepting unfranked OAS mail. A further 26 Apr. 1916 env. from Thornton to Northampton with three 2m (SG.19) tied by "RAHAD d.s. Both have violet triangular censor h.s. An attractive pair.

£150

1397

ROYAL FLYING CORPS MAIL; 1916 (25 July) env. (opened out for display/slightly trimmed) from Northampton, originally addressed to El Obeid, Sudan. Endorsed "Unknown at Flying Corps Heliopolis" and re-directed to Cairo, then 12th Corps Kirec(?) then 17 Squadron BEF Salonika. Nine different d.s. on front and reverse inc. Shellal-Hafa TPO No.1 etc. plus 2 May 1916 front Khartoum to Kordofan addressed to "Captain Bennatyne/Royal Flying Corps". (2 items).

£100

1398

THE RARE NYIMA PATROL MAIL TO CAIRO; 1917 (28 Nov.) env. (opened to display and very slightly trimmed to open) posted at Dilling to Cairo and endorsed "O.A.S./No Stamps available", signed "M.A. El Behiri/Camel Corps" with 16x16 Retta and on the reverse an average but scarce "DILLING/(POS)T OFFICE" d.s. plus the Khartoum El-Obeid and Shellal-Halfa TPO and Cairo receiving d.s. The Nyima Patrol was led by Lt Col Smith Royal Scots and at the end of Feb. 1918 he captured Chief Agabna + 2000 followers. Only three covers are known from this campaign. (See Br. Emp. Cam. & Occ. pg. 239).

£100

1399

THE RARE NYIMA PATROL MAIL TO ENGLAND; 1918 (20 Feb.) env. posted at Nahud and addressed to London. Endorsed "On Active Service. No Stamps available" and signed at the bottom left; cancelled by a Retta of 17x16 dots and with Sudan violet censor h.s., on the reverse are fine Nahud d.s. plus Khartoum El-Obeid and Shellal-Halfa TPO d.s. One of three known covers from the campaign.

£100