| 241 | SAILOR's CORRESPONDENCE INC. 1d CONCESSION RATE COVERS WITH STITCH-MARKS WHERE THE PENNIES WERE SOWN ON; Original 1839-42 correspondence of EL's (some dusting etc.) from a British seaman, inc. 1839/40 pair from Portsmouth & Naples to London ex "H.M.S. Benbow" both prepaid 1d and both showing the clear needle-marks where the 1d coin was originally sewn onto the letter itself while it was en route to a British P.O. (having c.d.s.'s of Gosport & London), and one with scarce red UPP handstruck "1" of Sheerness. Very interesting contents about the French blockade of Naples, the writer's hopes of going to fight in the 1st Opium War, his near loss of an eye in Naples, and a remarkable 1842 accident at sea in which his leg was crushed (and his thigh smashed) beneath the ship;s wheel during a transatlantic storm. The latter written from Liverpool Infirmary where he was recovering and noting that he had changed his name from William Taylor to Samuel Weller (after the Dickens character?)!! Good lot. (5 covers). PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 242 | 1st AFGHAN WAR & THE 1st OPIUM WAR - NEWS FROM THE FORMER & OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE LATTER; 6 Feb. - 7 Apr. 1840 EL (toned corner barely detracts) from "Ferozepore" (one J.D. Parsons) to an M.P. in London endorsed "Post pd pr Steamer" with a fair red oval Bombay "INDIA" on the front, along with unusual manuscript "Ind. Postage 1-5-0/Steam 0-13-6/[=] Rs.2-2-6"; charged "3/6" on arrival (London c.d.s. of 7 Apr. 1840), with native endorsement on the flap. The contents are from an East India Co. official (?) who has just returned from Afghanistan; "...I have returned safe from Affghanistan - I wrote to you several times from thence, but as the communication with India was so much interrupted by the Belooches, who robbed & murdered our people whenever they had the opportunity, it's very probable many of my letters never reached their destination." He continues; "As we have a large Force still in Affghanistan, the Governor General thinks my services more important here at present...", and then; "Our Expedition for China is now preparing, and Troops are to be sent from Calcutta. Madras and Ceylon...I much doubt of their producing any good results...threatening Pekin is about the only thing that will bring the Chinese Government to their senses..." Historical letter. PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 243 | 1st AFGHAN WAR - LETTER REF. AN A.W.O.L. SOLDIER HAVING BEEN PRESUMED MURDERED; Unusual 23 Jan. 1843 EL from "Bombay" (near fine red oval "INDIA" on the front) to Birmingham "Via Falmouth" and charged "1/-" Packet rate, having unusual contents. The Commander of the 2nd Battalion Artillery, Capt. J.S. Unwin, writes to tell the addressee that her son (during the 1st Afghan War) "...Gunner Alexander Montgomery was absent without leave from his Company while stationed at Kurachee in Scind; every search after him was fruitless and he was struck off the returns as 'Missing' on the 13th March 1841, since which he has never been heard of and it is supposed that he must have been murdered by the enemy and his body concealed." Short and to the point; rare evidence of a British deserter in the 1st Afghan War period. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 244 | FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR - CIVILIAN MAIL TO U.K. THROUGH PRUSSIAN FIELD POST: Small E addressed to a Miss Coleman at Ampthill (Beds.), endorsed in a different hand Feldpostbrief! and with a fine strike of K.PR.FELD-POST-EXPED/15./INF.DIV. cds for 8. January 1871; it contains an unrelated letter of a year earlier from the Mayor of Albert concerning Miss Coleman's attendance at Mlle. Drouot's Institution in the town. Remarkable use of Prussian field post.PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 245 | BOXER REBELLION TELEGRAMS: Four telegrams addressed to the Hind Hotel, Wellingborough in June & July 1900 with dramatic detail of the situation in China - European warships yesterday bombarded and captured Taku forts (18 June), American marines with 400 Russians failed to break through Chinese lines nr. Tientsin (23 June), prompt despatch Japanese army to China (6 July) and Chinese attacked Mission Hospital Mukden Native pastor and all native Christians murdered. Remarkable contemporary accounts. (4 items). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 246 | BOXER REBELLION TELEGRAMS: 1900 Trio of telegrams addressed 'Hind Hotel Wellingborough' giving some graphic detail of the situation developing in Tientsin: Tientsin relieved on twenty-third (26 June), Allies routed Chinese round Tientsin...destroyed fort (9 July) and Allies fourteenth captured Tientsin native city completely routing Chinese (17 July). An evocative group. (3 items). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 247 | 20TH CENTURY MISCELLANY: 1900 FPO cover with uncancelled stamps, various pre-1914 British FPO & Camp cds, scarce WWI CEP/SPC11 (Portuguese Army with BEF), WWI fieldpost from Belgian, French, German & Austrian armies, POW mail ex Holland, inter-war mail, censorship of civilian mails plus WWII and later. Interesting lot. (Approx. 100 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 248 | FIRST WORLD WAR POSTCARDS: Two binders with an extensive collection of British, French & German PPCs, used & unused, inc. patriotic, troops, portraits, comic, glamour, RPs, propaganda etc. with many better items noted. Inspection recommended. (202 cards). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 249 | WWI - BRITISH FORCES: Extensive accumulation of postcards with BAPO, APO & FPO cds marks from a variety of Theatres 1914-19 inc. Western Front, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Occupation of Germany etc. Neatly annotated on filing-cards. (Approx. 150 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 250 | HAND-ILLUSTRATED O.A.S. ENVELOPE : Attractive censored E (August 1918) with accomplished coloured drawing of a yacht, addressed to Exeter from a soldier with BEF, with unclear FPO cds (TP2?) and original letter to writer's daughter; also a photograph of the writer, William Upton, another letter to his wife plus a couple of other related items. (6 items). PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 251 | SCARCE 8d RATE COVER TO INDIA: 1919 Censored E with typewritten address in Bombay franked wit pair of KGV 4d stamps each cancelled by 'APO/S48' cds of Mons, with unusual boxed 'R.T.O.,/MONS' cachet with authorising signature & date; a little toning but a scarce item. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 252 | FRENCH FORCES IN ODESSA: 1919 (March / April) Postcard & letter-card with mainly fine unnumbered Tresor et Postes cds, contents inc. we are awaiting the regular Bolshevik army! Things are getting hot! Recently I went on an expedition. We were 30 artillerymen, drivers and servers with 2 guns and 500 Russian volunteers. we bombed 2 villages which we then machine-gunned...we had chickens and pigs without paying for them! [ex Crabbe]. (2 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 253 | WWII - AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Collection of covers (inc. some USA 6c types) and pieces inc. US APO's 40, 322, 503, 928, 929 & airgraphs from APO 159 & 713, a selection of Australian FPO's inc. 53, 159 & 170. Mostly fine. (49 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 254 | WWII - U.S. FORCES/NORTH AFRICAN THEATRE: An interesting group of military mail inc. scarce three-line "Soldier's Mail/Mail Censor/U.S. Army Base", 1919 Third Army APO 710 "Marine's Mail" plus a good variety of censored items; Australian FPO's at El Alamein & Tobruk, British Forces in Libya & Tunisia, MEF, Egypt inc. 1936 Army seal on cover, POW mail, etc. (Approx. 50). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 255 | WWII - U.S. FORCES: Good group of covers etc. inc. POW letter-sheets (2), V-Mail ex Hawaii, variety of censored APO covers inc. Naval, from the Pacific, S.America, India, China, Egypt, Australia, New Hebrides etc. Inspection recommended. (72 items). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 256 | BOLIVIA - U.K. MAIL - RETURNED FROM ITALY: 1941 E ex Oruro to the UK, routed via Rome - with Italian censor tape and Rome/80 censor h.s., tha address covered by printed Al mittente/A l'envoyeur with 'servizio sospes' h.s.; one stamp removed - possibly by censor. Unusual. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 257 | MILITARY CAMPS: Group of pre-WWI PPCs (mostly KEVII frankings) with cancellations of military camps inc. The Barracks, Bustard Camp & West Down South (all Devizes, inc. two with RP military subjects) and The Camp (Minehead), plus skeleton cds of North Sway, Puddaven & Thetford Camps, a piece with Barry Camp bagseal impressions (3) plus a card showing Honiton Rifle Range. (9 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 258 | MILITARY STATIONERY: Interesting group of cards, 'green' envelopes etc. inc. 1917 Comforts Fund PC ex Salonika, Field Service cards inc. 1d (2) and variety of types (31), OAS 'green' Es inc. 1915 'invalided home' example with paper censor tape, printed ON ACTIVE SERVICE cover with Naval receipt, BRITISH ARMY IN THE FIELD env. with 1d stamp ex APO S18, OAS Tobacco Fund card, 1916 Xmas card (VI Div. BEF) with fine ill'n etc. Good range of cancellations. (51 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 259 | BALKANS, 1918-19: Good group of covers & cards inc. APO SX21 used during Allied Occupation of Bulgaria (2), covers from the British Military Mission to Belgrade & Mission with Serbian Army , scarce hospital unit cachets inc. fine 'Serbian Relief Fund/Lady Paget's Hospital/Unit'(Skopje), Scottish Women's Hospital at Kragujevatz and card from the Volunteer Hospital at Podgoritza. (9 items) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 260 | BRITISH EMPIRE FORCES: Group of unusual covers inc. 1917-18 pair of OAS items with SINGAPORE A or B cds plus a 1935 cover with brigade HQ cachet; FPO TW5 cds used by Australian & NZ Forces in France (at two different dates!); S.Africa trio inc. boxed UNABLE TO TRACE/ARMY POST OFFICE/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE on garrison mail endorsed 'wounded' and FPO CP1 (France); Indian forces with FPO TI1 & TI2; 1927 Sierra Leone cover used by WAFF etc. (15 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 261 | CANADIAN FORCES WITH B.E.F.: Interesting group of covers & cards inc. unusual Canadian tobacco fund card with US 2c postage due pair, good range of c.d.s. types inc APO RP1 & RX, FPO DX3, HX, 3P, 12P, TP1 (reg'd E), TP4, TW1, 6W, 2X, 3X, 8X, TX, TX2, D61, 147 etc. some with Canadian frankings. (24 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 262 | EAST AFRICA: Good group of scarce material inc. 1917 cover with FIELDPOST OFFICE 7 cds of the Nyasaland Field Force at Lumbira, censored E ingoing to 'VEG Expeditionary Force, Kilindini' (1916), IEF items inc.E with Base Office 'B' reg'n label, s/l FPO marks inc. 24, 52, 302 & 305 plus cds type IFPO 306 & 338; also two scarce covers with the IFPO 25 d.s. of PAMFORCE in Portuguese E.Africa. (14 items & a piece). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 263 | FRANCE - WESTERN FRONT: Extensive ranges of covers & cards used by British Forces in France with various APO & FPO cds, railheads, skeletons, krags etc with a number of reg'd Es, 'green' Es, good variety of censor types inc. early small circle covering a comprehensive range of units. Also noted: British Algerian Supply Mission cachet (1918) and French Military Mission with the British Army cachet (1915). Good lot, well-organised in a shoe-box - inspection recommended. (146 items). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 264 | GALLIPOLI: Useful group of items from British Forces at Gallipoli with marks inc. APO SZ 1 (2), SZ6 (Lemnos), FPOs 161 and fine strikes of the scarce EY, NL1 & NL2; also BAPO Y (4, HMTS 'Aragon') inc. 'green' env. with unusual printed label completed in red ink.(11 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 265 | GIBRALTAR & MALTA: Five soldiers' letters from Gibraltar, 1915-20 inc. two stampless OAS Es from Garrison Forces and a further three with 1d stamps to UK, one containing a handwritten letter from General Sir Horace Smith-Dorien, post-war Governor General. Also Malta censored Garrison Mail 1d cover plus unstamped E with 1d due attached on arrival and six stampless OAS covers, two with APO SZ7 cds & (different) 'OAS/Medt'n' cachets and three with APO HD1 cds. (13 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 266 | GREECE - SALONIKA & MACEDONIA: Substantial bundle of covers & cards from British Forces in Greece inc. good variety of BAPO X types (2 reg'd covers noted), covers with APO SX 1-15 cds, FPO GX plus scarce FPO W2 (Ostropa), range of railhead d.s., skeleton cds etc. The genesis of a fine display - inspection recommended! (49 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 267 | ITALY, 1917-19: Interesting group of covers & cards from British Troops in Italy inc. four different Red Cross unit cachets, fine APO PP1, item from Palermo military hospital, incoming cover addressed to the RAF Kite Balloon Base at Brindisi (redirected to Malta hospital), fine range of APO & FPO c.d.s. inc better plus a few reg'd items and a group of 9 cards etc. from forces on the Mediterranean Supply Route. (59 items). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 268 | MIDDLE EAST: Trio of items with uncommon cancellation of British Forces in Lebanon (1919) inc. APO SZ8 and FPO C12 & DC4; also Persian civilian mail censored by DUNSTERFORCE & NORPERFORCE (6), fine PASSED BY CENSOR BUSHIRE (1917) plus three covers with IFPOs 76, 319 & 357, all based in Persia. (12 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 269 | MIDDLE EAST - MESOPOTAMIA: Covers from British & Indian Forces in Mesopotamia with a good range of marks inc. IFPOs 27, 55, 61, 78, 80, 105, 308, 314 & 329; BAPO MEF, BO D, BAGHDAD BPO, Base F (reg'd) etc. Also post-WWI cancellations on cover inc Kut Camp, Basrah Dockyard, Mosul, Busra, Upper Ma'Qil, Baghdad Cantonment etc. Good variety of censor marks inc. large circular CENSORED/D and green sealing tape. Useful selection of uncommon material. (30 items). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 270 | MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINE:Good lot of scarce covers used in Palestine 1917-19 by British-led forces with marks inc. IFPOs 28, 79 7 83, OETA/EEF used with IFPO 50 and on cover with FPO GM1 & APO SZ22; scarce APO S27, 8, 20 & 51 plus scarce FPO 160 on reg'd cover plus 229 and 8Y. Good strikes of scarce marks. (12 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 271 | MIDDLE EAST - EGYPT: Substantial group of useful items from British Troops in Egypt 1915-20 inc. WFF trio with fine strikes of FPOs F2, SWY2 & 5Y - the last on a reg'd E; Army Telegraphs cds, good range of skeleton d.s. inc. scarce BAPO Z LOD, APO CAIRO (1920) & ARMY POST OFFICE ABBASSIA; generally a very good range of Offices with a number of reg'd items noted. (47 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 272 | PORTUGUESE ARMY: Fine strike of the very scarce 'C.E.P./S.P.C.II' cds (1917) used by the small Portuguese contingent fighting with the British Army on the Western Front - on E to Portugal with semi-circular 'CENSURADO' and original letter. Also (1918?) E ex Madeira to London with Portuguese and British censor tapes, the former with fine red Funchal cachet. (2 items). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 273 | P.O.W. & INTERNEE MAIL: Trio of (1915) items ex R.N.Div. internees in Holland (Groningen); 1918 cover to India ex RAF POW held in Holland; scarce item from a British POW held in Bulgaria(1916), printed card from a German at Ahmednaggar Camp (India) plus four items from British prisoners in German Camps. (11 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 274 | ROYAL NAVY: Good range of covers with barred-circle dumb cancellations and censors on 1d stamped or stampless Es, with several identified ships inc. a submarine item; RECEIVED FROM H.M.SHIPS... cachets inc. items from the 'Macedonia' & 'Bacchante'; Fleet PO covers with identified censors inc. the 'Rapid', 'Warspite', 'Centurion', 'Marlborough', 'St.Vincent', 'Victorious', 'Benbow', 'Inflexible', 'Galatea', scarce 'Kite Ballloons' censor h.s. etc. (41 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 275 | RUSSIA, 1919-20: Good group of scarce material from the British Mission to Russia inc. E with fine strike of the scarce FPO P.B. 44 (Bakharitza), with Russian censor; also mainly fine strike of the FPO T27 cds used at Tiflis and similar quality APO BMSR d.s.. Also (1921) IEF stamped E from General Walshe with dumb machine cancellation. (4 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 276 | RUSSIA - RARE 'P.B.22' COVER: Very fine strike of the rare FPO P.B.22 cds (8.May 1919) used by the small British Force at Kandalaksha; the E is a little worn but the strike is finer than that in the Crabb Collection sold by Cavendish in 2000 [Lot 270]; accompanied by a Russian 'X12' censor mark. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 277 | U.K. - MILITARY CAMPS: Group of PPCs with WWI period cds cancellations of Army Camps inc. Boyton, Bulford, Chisleden, Dibgate, Durrington, Kinmel Park (Rhyl), Larkhill, Sling, Thetford, Witley, Worgret plus Oakleafe (1930) & Okehampton (1931); also Bulford Camp skeleton, E addressed to Clipston Camp with fine 'NOT TO BE FOUND/193', PPC of Swanwick Camp etc. (19 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 278 | BELGIUM - BRITISH TROOPS IN TRANSIT, 1918-20: Substantial group of covers & cards sent by British Troops in post-Armistice transit through Belgium to Germany through a wide range of APOs & FPOs; well-annotated - the basis of an unusual pre-BAOR collection with several scarce items noted.(46 items) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 279 | BRITISH ARMY - INTER-WAR FPOs, EXERCISES etc: Group of uncommon items inc. covers from 1934 Divisional Exercises with FPOs 1 -11; 1935 BAPO 1 plus FPOs 4 & 6 (inc. reg'd); 1937 BAPO 1 plus FPOs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10; 1953 Coronation Camp FPO 775 etc. (42 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 280 | CHINA - SHANGHAI DEFENCE FORCE, 1927-40: Elusive material from British operations in China inc. FPO 1 cds (April 1927) used during its short service at Shanghai plus three examples1928-33 of its use at Tsientsin, inc. reg'd E; also APO 1 (3, 1927-35) inc. two reg'd Es plus FPO 4 cancelling two stamps on piece (1936).(6 covers & 4 pieces). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 281 | GERMANY - B.A.O.R., 1919: Box with substantial range of APOs & FPOs used by British Forces in Germany following the Armistice, from bases at Bonn, Cologne, Leverkusen, Doren & Euskirchen plus.railheads, registered mail etc. from a wide range of units inc. Canadian Forces, Army Pigeon Service (APO S40), Armaments Sub-Committee cachets etc.Fine lot for development! (140 items). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 282 | INDIA - N.W.FRONTIER, 1920-38: Interesting group of military FPO marks on cover inc. 1920-22 'Wazir Ops' IFPOs 151, 152, 153, 163 & 175 plus boxed FIELD SERVICE/POSTAGE FREE cachet; also Mohmand Force IFPO 2 cds and various regimental covers addressed t o the UK plus (1937) ARMY HEADQUARTERS SIMLA etc. Uncommon material. (15 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 283 | PALESTINE - ARAB REVOLT, 1936-39: Group of uncommon covers from British Forces with FPO cancellations inc. 16, the scarce FPO 17, 22, 25 and 26 (3) plus Signals E (code SFD) and two ingoing envelopes.(10 covers & 2 pieces). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 284 | BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 1939-40: Group of censored envelopes (inc. one 'Honour' E) used between October 1939 and May 1940 by British Forces in Northern France up to the Dunkirk Evacuation, with a good range of FPO cancellations - 30 different, between FPO 5 and FPO 104. (33 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 285 | CENTRAL AFRICA: Stampless OAS covers ex S.Rhodesia with various cachets inc. fine oval SOUTHERN RHODESIA/AIR FORCE and PARK RIVER TRAINING CAMP (both 1942), double-censored OAS cover ex Salisbury, two civilian covers with Navy 'Gratitude' labels; Somaliland APO-U-MPK 15 cover (reduced at left) & EA APO 65 of Hargeisa Camp plus Signals cover and postwar E from UK addressed to Somaliland Scouts; also small group of 1960s covers ex Zambia inc. FPOs 143 & 1062. (23 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 286 | CYPRUS: Group of British Forces covers (5) ex FPOs 122, 164, 289 & 726 plus scarce FPO 192 of Crete; also post-WWII covers from FPOs 113, 123, 124, 148, 164, 220, 260, 388, 461, 482, 514, 515, 555, 938 & 941, EOKA period Police cover and Service mail through Civilian PO (2). (28 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 287 | WWII - R.A.F. POST: Two filing drawers containing an extensive and well-annotated collection of RAF post during WWII, organised by area from Aden to Tunisia inc. smaller stations (Cocos Islands, Sardinia, Hong Kong, Madagascar & Muscat noted) plus Africa, Middle East, India, UK stations inc. Scotland and N.Ireland plus a few post-war inc. Occupied Japan. Fine range of censors. An unrepeatable lot - inspection invited. (Approx. 600 items). | £500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 288 | EAST AFRICA: Covers from British & Empire forces in E.Africa inc. Ethiopia EA APOs 22, 60 & 62 plus post-war FPO 576 cover; Eritrea FPO 35 and IFPOs 23, 88 & 90; KUT APS EAF, EA APO 2, 66 & 67, APO-U-MPK 3 & 10 plus 3 different Signals covers, range of airmail covers at full and concessionary rates, various censors; postwar Kenya items from a wide range of FPOs plus Zanzibar BFPO 644 cover (1961).(88 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 289 | EGYPT, PALESTINE & N. AFRICA: Good group of covers from British-led forces in N. Africa & Palestine inc. Xmas mail ex Sudan & Greece routed via Egypt, BAPO 4 marks inc. cogwheel Krags and reg'd mail, studies of airmail rates between 9d and 7s1d with some very attractive frankings, range of EGYPT/PREPAID marks, items from Palestine (5 inc. 1940 Xmas mail cover), Libya etc. (52 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 290 | EMPIRE FORCES etc: 1946 Cover from British Forces in Burma (BAPO 7); Australian Army items inc. RAAF BAPO 4 machine (3) & AUSTR. ARMY P O /214; S.African APO (2, UK); Canadian Forces in the UK with FPOs 130, 241, 247, 311, 320, 539, 666 & 668 plus Canadian Overseas?PD machine; NZ ABPO -UK & NZ stationary APO No.2; Singapore BAPO 17 trio; 'Honour' E with mixed franking Nyasaland/N.Rhodesia/GB with EGYPT/PREPAID cancellations etc. Interesting lot. (23 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 291 | INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT: Large number of covers from British servicemen inc. Nepal British Legation registered cover (1945) plus two 1970s items; Burma FPOs 260, 698, 770 (provisional reg'n h.s.) & 873 plus IFPOs 207 (6), 210 & Base PO; Ceylon EA APO 61, FPO 40, IABPO 9, IFPOs 120, 122, 123, 161, 163 & 614, Naval Establishment covers inc. 20, 33, 46 plus 4 others etc. Also India with airgraphs, IFPOs 1, 3, 11, 70, 100, 111, 119, 135, 141, S141, 147 FPOs 6, 12, 37, 40, 199, 263, 366, 389, 390, 449, 60 97 plus various others. Substantial lot. (104 items) | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 292 | IRAQ & PERSIA [PAIFORCE]: Substantial range of covers from servicemen in the Middle East inc. Iraq inc. FPOs 171, 291, 394 & 398, Indian Army covers inc. various types of Base PO cancellations plus IFPOs 14, 18, 22, 26, 41, 42, 48, 56, 104, R18 & R33 used in combination with a variety of Indian frankings & censors; also postwar FPOs 515, 567 & 942. Also an interesting group of PAIFORCE items with cancellations of IFPOs 26,35, 43, 54, 59, 95, 101, 103, 107 & R19 plus airgraph, airmail bag-label etc. (71 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 293 | LEBANON, SYRIA, TURKEY & JORDAN: Unusual group inc. covers from Lebanon FPOs 141, 172, 187, 552 & 558 plus IFPOs 27, 28, 88 & R10; also Syria FPOs 38, 555 & 567 plus IFPOs 26, 27, 28 & 42. Also postwar military covers from Jordan with FPOs 61, 113, 121, 123, 137, 140, 149, 201 & 575 plus FPO 513 E ex Turkey (1954). (44 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 294 | MADAGASCAR: Scarce group of 1942-43 covers from Allied Forces in Madagascar with FPO 596 items (2) plus scarce APO /U51 and APO-U-MPK/51 (2) items and a pictorial airgraph.(6 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 295 | NAVAL MAIL: Group of covers from Royal Navy personnel inc. good range of censors, RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIPS - cds & machine types, MARITIME/ MAIL machines, air covers, BRITISH FLEET/24 cds (1946, blue) plus similar (code 10) of 1955, cover ex Hospital Ship 'Karapara' plus 1941 E addressed to Hospital Ship 'Leinster', PPCs of troop-ships, Korean War Naval cover etc. (40 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 296 | NORTH AFRICA: Covers from British forces stationed in N. Africa inc. Algeria (13 ) FPOs 111, 116, 159, 160, 266, 385, 503, 582 & 706; Libya (8) FPOs 396, 515, 571 plus (post-war x 37) FPOs 1, 28, 61, 121, 141, 147, 149, 190, 191, 197, 258, 518, 532, 534, 656, 658, 756, 757, 953& 998;also Tunisia (18) FPOs 13, 16, 118, 178, 217, 278, 285, 288, 325, 500, 510, 632 & 658. Good range of censors, registered covers etc. (76 covers & 6 airgraphs) | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 297 | NORTHERN IRELAND: Scarce group of stamped covers from British troops in Northern Ireland, 1941-44 inc.APO 6 machine cancellations on censored covers (5 inc. 'Honour' E), FPOs 341, 492, 510 & 512, indistinct 521 cds on Deputy Judge Advocate E plus three items of Service mail sent via civilian PO. (13 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 298 | PALESTINE: Interesting group of covers, many with airmail frankings of UK or Palestine stamps inc. FPOs 69, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 139, 148, 149, 164, 167, 201, 525 & 550; also postwar FPOs 1,28, 148, 254, 256, 373, 457 & 535. Additional items inc. 1939 Garrison E with fine red censor label, 1944 airgraph ex Bethlehem, very unusual stampless APO-U-MPK 44 cover to S.Africa (1944) and a fine 1929 map of Palestine. (46 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 299 | POLISH FORCES: 1944-45 pair of censored Es (one an OAS cover) and a scarce airgraph all addressed to P.O.Box 260, London (undercover address for Polish Army); Polish FPO 1 cover with cachet of the Dutch Brigade plus FPOs 101, 111, 112 , 127 & 130 inc. M.East & Italy (2 fine reg'd items noted) plus Polish Army Corps cachets (3) on OHMS en vs. (1941). (16 items) | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 300 | SCANDINAVIA: Scarce FPO 611 cover ex Faeroes airfield group (1942) plus 1943 telegram; Iceland inc. FPOs 2, 3, 89 (reg'd E), 304, 305, 306 (2), 307 (2 inc. reg'd), 308 (2) & 526 (British Legation, Reykjavik cachet) plus FPO 316 (1969); and 7 items of 1970s Forces mail from Norway. (22 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 301 | SOUTH AFRICA: Interesting group inc. (1942) Postal Regulating Depot (Durban) cachets (2), trio of OAS covers with 'B.T.A.' cachets, post-WWII Fleet Mail POs at Durban & Simonstown, hospital cachets (3), East London 'Gratitude' label, Air Schools (6) and other cacheted covers. Also 1960s pair of FPO 1041 covers ex Swaziland. (24 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 302 | S.RHODESIA AIR TRAINING GROUP, 1941-45: Group of stampless OAS covers to the UK with rubber cachets of the SRATG and cds inc. Belvedere Camp (3) & Heany Camp plus items endorsed from Hillside (2), Cranborne (3), Heany (2), Induna (4), Moffat, Mt.Hampden, Norton & Thornhill (2) Camps. Uncommon material. (21 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 303 | U.K. - RARE "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." MARK ON COVER EX WALES TO I.O.W.; 18 Sept. 1941 window env. (obviously originally addressed to the Isle of Wight) with Cardiff 1d Meter Frank mark overstruck by a very fine purple "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." mark, because it was part of the mail sunk with the S.S. that was mined en route from Portsmouth to Ryde (Isle of Wight) early on 19 Sept. 1941.PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 304 | Similar "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." mark on cover sunk with the S.S. Portsdown; 18 Sept. 1941 window env. from Penrith (1d Meter Frank) - obviously to the Isle of Wight - with mostly v. fine purple "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." mark partly across the window. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 305 | U.K. - LONDON BLITZ "[BOMB]/DELAYED BY/ENEMY ACTION" MARK ON INCOMING NAVAL COVER; 4 Oct. 1941 stampless "On Active Service" env. (slight faults at top do not detract) to Northumberland with "RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS" machine on the front along with blue tombstone-framed Naval Censor mark matching the adjacent dated h.s.; there is also a very fine strike of the very rare London Blitz "[Bomb]/DELAYED BY/ENEMY ACTION" mark nicely placed on the front. This mark was only used on mail delayed by at least 48 hours and as a direct result of bomb damage; very rare on cover. [With photo of P.O. Proof strikes, showing that this cover has a genuine example of this mark and not the A.H. Sibley forgery, which has different lettering and which was exposed in 1981.] [Ex David Cornelius.] PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 306 | Similar c.1942 stampless naval Honour env. with red "POST/OFFICE/MARITIME MAIL" machine (in use from Nov. 1942?), having a very fine strike of the genuine "[Bomb]/DELAYED BY/ENEMY ACTION" mark on the front. Plus p. copies showing other genuine and faked strikes of this elusive mark. [Ex David Cornelius.] PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 307 | U.K. - LONDON BLITZ "DAMAGED BY/ENEMY ACTION" MARK ON CHARRED COVER, ETC.; 18 Feb. 1942 env. ( & stamped with economy label; badly charred at left but not affecting address) to Fulham with KGVI 1d tied by Birmingham machine having a mostly very fine purple "DAMAGED BY/ENEMY ACTION" mark (uneven lettering) on the front. Plus local Bromley 3 Mar. 1941 env. with 1⁄2d+1d(2) boxed "UNDELIVERED..." mark, endorsed in pencil "Unable to deliver owing to Enemy Action" with initials. Rare pair. (2 covers). [Both ex David Cornelius.] PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 308 | WEST AFRICA: British forces' mail inc. Gambia FPO 109 (2 inc. reg'd); Gold Coast FPO 106(2) & 536 (reg'd); Nigeria FPOs 46, 106, 559, 560, 563 & 769; Sierra Leone FPOs 41 (4 inc. 2, regd) & 537 (3); also postwar S.Cameroons group ex FPOs 570, 573, 600 & 1032. (25 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 309 | MISCELLANY: Group of 1½d rate Forces covers from various Theatres ; mail from Forces based in the UK (FPOs) inc. Scotland & Islands; good range of censors plus group of instructional marks; BAPOs inc. BLA, CMF, BAOR, BEF, Algeria etc. Useful material - inspection invited. (117 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 310 | WWII MISCELLANY: WWII covers from Sudan inc. FPOs 174(5), 214 & 718 (6) plus IBPO 2 trio also 1955 FPO 782 pair and 1978 'Jagged Thorn' FPO141 cover. Post-WWII Egypt free airmail covers inc. FPOs 190 & 576 and two with 'dumb' cancellations; also 1960s-'70s USA with FPOs 141, 154, 1038 & 1043 and two Falklands items - 1982 FPO 141 plus PPC. (29 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 311 | ADEN, MUSCAT & OMAN, PERSIAN GULF: Covers (mainly 1950s) from FPOs 2, 186, 250, 255, 293, 937 & 1024 in Aden; also 1959 pair of Es ex RAF Masirah & Salalah and 1960s-'70s items ex FPOs 190, 567 & 953. Also Bahrain FPO mail inc. FPO 1, 218, 514, 551, 936, 941, 1013 & 1040. (35 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 312 | AUSTRIA, ITALY & TRIESTE: Covers from post-WWII British Occupation Forces in Austria inc. FPOs 286, 546, 710, 751& 754; Italy with FPOs 502, 600 (Canadian Forces reg'd E), 708, 711, 726, 728, 748 & 797 plus Naval cover ex Bari, S.African Forces APO-U (3 inc. 2 reg'd) & IFPO 41 & 53 plus later items; also Trieste BETFOR covers with FPOs 136,530, 600, 721 & 797 plus IFPO 53 (2) and two Signals covers (code 'BEDF'). (40 items) | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 313 | AUSTRALIA & CANADA: Group of covers from British & Commonwealth forces inc. the 1956-57 Australian atomic weapon trials - Operations Buffalo, Antler & Mosaic (7), 1958 Edinburgh Field (2) plus 1960s FPOs 51, 146, 155, 1003, 1014, 1016 & 1033 plus 10 others up to 1975. Also forces in Canada FPOs 129, 155, 307,532, 616, 707 & 1016 between 1964-70. Elusive material. (34 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 314 | CARIBBEAN: Covers mainly c1953-70 inc. Antigua FPO 701 (3), Anguilla FPO 1046 (5), Trinidad 1943 censored 'Honour' E, British Guiana FPOs 154, 243, 616, 955 & 1022 plus 1973 FPO 188 cover ex B. Honduras. Also a 1901 E (faults) with arrival squared circle d.s. of Up-Park Camp, Jamaica. (16 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 315 | EUROPE: Good group of covers inc. British Forces in France with 1944 OAS E ex FPO704 (Corsica), 1950s SHAPE items inc. FPO716, 717, 815, 907, 950 & 951 plus French PO cover; Greece inc.1941 FPO 170 (4), 193 (2), 137, 514 (2), 708, 777 (2), 782 (6) & 783 (6) plus IFPOs 13, 86 & 96. Also items from Albania, Belgium, Holland & Portugal. (46 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 316 | HONG KONG: Substantial group of covers 1946-75 inc. FPOs 5, 12, 67, 80, 121, 129, 136, 142, 146, 164, 169, 233, 366, 385, 701, 707, 708, 710, 746, 790, 815, 945, 948, 965, 870, 970, 984, 998, 1037, 1038, 1044 & 1060 plus BPFO HK etc. Also IFPO 127 (2) and a 1939 E ex China. (75 items) | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 317 | INDO-CHINA & THAILAND: Uncommon material from British & Indian troops in the Far East inc. French Indo-China with IFPOs 120, 123 & 221 (1945-46); also Thailand IFPO 135 (2, 1946) plus 1960s FPOs 66, 573, 1005, 1006, 1058 & 1061. Useful lot. (14 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 318 | INDIAN OCEAN: Interesting group of covers inc. (1946) IFPO 40 cover ex Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 1974 Naval Bag cover from Diego Garcia; 1960s Maldives items inc. FPO 142, 146 (2 inc. superb hand-drawn 'desert island' postcard), 166, 1013 & 1048; Mauritius scarce (1943) EA APO 2 censored cover etc. (14 items) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 319 | JAPAN & KOREA: Useful & uncommon group of covers from the Allied presence in Japan c1946-54 inc. 1946 Australian Postal Station 497 cover (Kure), Japanese surrender Tokyo Bay commemorative cover (1945), IFPOs 77 & 148 plus 1950s FPOs (11) inc. 376, 946, 947 & 949. Also 1950s FPOs in Korea inc. FPO 80, 158, 406, 707,734, 740, 766, 790, 948 &1006 plus US & Australian Forces items. (50 items) | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 320 | MALAYA & NORTH BORNEO: Sizeable group of military covers inc. Malaya FPO 259 & 545 (1946) plus BFMO 26 and IFPOs 34 & 153; Singapore inc. WWII period FPO SP501 (2) & SP502 covers, postwar IFPO 217 & 594 plus extensive 1950s-'70s material. Several N.Borneo FPO covers of the 1960s inc. 136, 166, 573, 1030, 1034 & 1059 plus RAF Labuan & Brunei items. (62 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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