401 FIRST DAY OF YANKEE CLIPPER SERVICE AND OTHER AIRMAILS:1940 A green honour env from FPO 122 franked at the 150m (ie 3/-) clipper rate via Singapore to Birmingham dated 7 July 1940 which is believed to be the 1st day of the service, h.s "AV2" in red, violet censor h.s. and bridge type "ARMY/POST OFFICE" applied by the Australian APO. Small tear at top. 1936 env. from FPO 16 (Jerusalem) to London with "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/DIVERTED TO ORDINARY ROUTE" h.s. with "ORDINARY" altered in m/s to "Imperial". 1936 env from FPO 17 (Jaffa) by KLM at the 6d rate to Camberley.1948 green honour env to Leicester at the 20m rate with boxed violet bilingual "Insufficiently prepaid/for air mail" h.s. (4 covers). PHOTO PLATE 20B £140
402 GREEN HONOUR ENVELOPES FROM VARIOUS FPO'S TO UK:1940-41 A selection of green honour envelopes to UK from FPO 121 to 123, 164, 166 & 167. All are censored. (26 covers). £140
403 GREEN HONOUR ENVELOPES TO UK:1940-41 A selection of green honour envs sent from FPO 120 to 123 at various airmail rates to UK comprising 10d (2), 1/3d (2), 20m, 30m and 60m (2). Seven are censored. An interesting group. (9 covers). £100
404 AIRMAIL RATES TO UK:1940 An interesting selection of covers carried by various airlines inc Imperial, K.L.M., Italian and Ala Littoria at diverse rates comprising 1/3d, 1/6d and a 3/- clipper service cover from FPO 122 to Portsmouth with violet "TO BE FORWARDED BY/AIR FROM SINGAPORE." h.s., 20m (2, inc a honour env.), 25m (3, inc an honour env), 30m (5) and 60m (4, inc an honour env.). The cancellations inc. FPO 121 to 123 and all are censored.Also 1940 env from FPO 121 to Egypt at the 24m rate. (17 covers). £100
405 AIRMAIL RATES TO UK INCLUDING THE FREE CHRISTMAS RATE:1940 The collection of covers flown to UK at various rates comprising the free Christmas rate from FPO 122. 3d letter card rate, 10d, 1/3d and 3/- Clipper service rate from FPO 121 with violet "TO BE FORWARDED BY/AIR FROM SINGAPORE" h.s. 25m x 3 and 60m Also 1/2½d rate to Egypt and 60m rate to Western Australia. All are censored. (11 covers). £100
406 RARE USE OF 13m REGISTERED ENVELOPE FROM FPO 121:1940 (22 May) 13m "G" size registered env uprated with 10m used from FPO 121 (Haifa) to Reading. Flap a little torn on opening. Scarce. PHOTO £100
407 FREE CHRISTMAS AIR MAIL TO ENGLAND:1940 (8 Dec) env with m/s "ON ACTIVE SERVICE/XMAS AIR MAIL" from FPO 123 to Plymouth with boxed censor h.s. PHOTO PLATE 20B £100
408 AIRGRAPHS FROM PALESTINE:1941-44 The selection of airgraphs from Palestine with examples from Jerusalem at the special 15m rate for police officers, Halfa at the 25m civilian rate, Nablus an illustrated xmas example depicting the town of Bethlehem at the 25m civilian rate, Beirut and Lydda.(13 items). £80
409 THE JEWISH BRIGADE:1942-46 The selection of covers mostly to Palestine sent by members of the Jewish Brigade inc five 3d green registered envs. from The Central Mediterranean Force and 1945 env (damaged) from FPO 620 with a boxed "C" Coy 3Bn (Jewish)/The Palestine Regiment" violet h.s. Other FPO c.d.s. inc. 243, 440, 642 and 755. Some are a little ragged but an interesting group. (29 items). £100
410 COVER TO POW VIA THE RED CROSS:1948 env addressed in Arabic to "POW 6018/JAWDAT KHALIL/CAMP 1" with red circular cachet of the Red Cross at Geneva and bilingual violet circular "3201/CENSORED" h.s. plus a Hebrew censored h.s. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 20B £80
SYRIA
411 BRITISH/INDIA F.P.O. ETC:1941-45 Cover/cards with a good number cancelled with British "FIELD POST OFFICE" c.d.s. with numbers 61(8), 67, 141, 201 & 552 represented plus Indian F.P.O. numbers 25, 54, 88 (2) and R9. Also included are four Lebanon items inc Indian FPO no. 27. and two Transjordan covers from the RAF in Amman. (40 items). £240
412 BRITISH FIELD POST OFFICES:1941-44 covers inc honour envs (5) and Air Letters (5) mostly with GB adhesives with "FIELD POST OFFICE" c.d.s. numbers 40 (3), 58, 61 (5), 67 (3), 69, 74, 143, 187 & 352. The majority are censored. Also 1942 env from S. Africa to "Spears Mission, Syria with censor tape. (16 covers plus a front). £160
413 SYRIA & LEBANON - BRITISH TROOPS: Group of covers from British troops involved in the liberation of Syria & Lebanon in 1941 inc. items sent through FPOs 37, 38, 40, 61, 124,172, 226 & 552, two with local frankings, plus an airgraph ex the Spears Mission and 1943-44 pair of censored covers sent via the US diplomatic pouch. (12 items) £140
414 SYRIA & LEBANON - AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND FORCES MAIL:1941-42 covers mainly to Australia with a good range of Australian FPO marks inc numbers 3, 15 24, 28 & .37. Also eight covers (2 with Syrian adhesives) with N.P.O. c.d.s. comprising K.W. (2), K.W.1 , K.W.2 (2) & K.W. 5 (2).Mainly clear strikes. (32 covers + a front). £120
415 SYRIA & LEBANON - COMMONWEALTH TROOPS: Covers from Commonwealth troops involved in Syria & Lebanon 1941-44 inc. Australian FPOs P3, 13, 32, 33 & 37 plus an FPO12 cover sent through British FPO 444; also NZ MPO KW & KW1, IFPO 28 & 44 and items from the Indian & Cypriot Mule Companies. (13 items) £150
TURKEY
416 TURKEY - BRITISH TROOPS: Quartet of scarce covers from British troops in Turkey 1944-45 inc. unrecorded 2.September 1944 use of FPO 714 plus later use at Istanbul, FPO 516 (Ankara) on RAF-censored 'honour' E and FPO 727(Izmir) on E to British Embassy, Ankara. (4 items) £100
LATER MIDDLE EAST MAIL
417 THE ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT, ETC: 1948-56 large accumulation of covers inc censored items , Egyptian FPO's , tax marks and a few propaganda envs. (170+ covers). £140
418 THE GULF WAR: A remarkable collection of covers, cards, etc. relating to the Gulf War with a good range of cachets and postal markings, sundry signed items inc. Operation Provide Comfort covers (2) signed by ten relevant parties, dignatories, philatelic covers signed by Rupert Smith, Sir Peter de la Billiere and Norman Schwarzkopf and various other dignatories, a Gulf Victory Parade air letter signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, cards from U.S. Marines, covers from Australian Navy ships, etc., etc. Unusual material. (Approx. 80 items). £150
AFGHANISTAN
419 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM:2002 covers with a wide range of cachets associated with operation enduring freedom inc items from Australian, Canadian, British (inc "FORCES POST OFFICE/773" c.d.s.) and American forces. (47 items). £100
BURMA
420 CIVIL CENSOR MAIL, MILITARY CANCELLATIONS, ETC. PRIOR TO JAPANESE INVASION; 1939-42 covers inc. v. fine rare purple triangular Oct. 1939 "PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1/AKYAB", similar Jan. 1940 Rangoon No.3, 6 May 1942 Calcutta usage of a Burma 1r P. Stat. env. from fleeing British forces (special permission was granted at the time for this purpose), later civil censors,1941/Jan. 1942 2-ring "RANGOON ARMY HQ" c.d.s.'s (2), and stampless OAS Jan./Apr. 1942 envs. to GB (2) or India (3) with v. fine "BASE P.O./BURMA" c.d.s.'s (some with "FREE" triangles). (15 covers). PHOTO PLATE 20B £120
421 THE NUMBERED INDIAN "BURMA"& PLAIN F.P.O.s ON COVER; 1942-45 Collection of all-different Indian FPO No. c.d.s.'s; hand-picked lot inc. v. fine rare "No.1/BURMA" (1r to GB), "No.2/BURMA", fine "No.4/BURMA" and the anonymous series used in various Burmese towns, Nos. 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 39, 40, 51, 52, 63, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76 (Honour env.), 77 (first day at Hopin; 25 Oct. 1944), 78, 79, 82 (last day at Pegu; with "FREE" triangle), 85, 94, 97, 106, 109, 111, 113, 117, 120, 121, 122, 1234, 126 (Honour env.), 128, 132, 134, (Jan. 1946 AIr Letter), 136, 145 (Feb. 1945 air Letter), 148 (Sahmaw; on India 4x2as), 168 (headed "Somewhere in Burma" but actually NOT from Burma!?), 169, 175, 176, 177, 182, 183, 188, 189 (front), 192, 193 (phil franking of Nov. 1945; 13 different "MILY. ADMIN." o.p. India to 1r), 195 (Honour env.), 198 (Feb. 1945), 209, 595 (machine), 595 (machine), S-595 (Honour env.), 601, 602, 603, 605, 639 (very scarce) and 640. Remarkable assembly; good core for further study of Burma prior to Jap. Occ. and after the reoccupation by the Allies. (66 covers + 1 front).PHOTO. £300
422 Similar all different lot of INDIAN FPOs USED IN BURMA; c.1941-6 covers inc. mostly fine to v. fine strikes of the "No.1/BURMA" (rare), "No.2/BURMA" (superb backstamp), and Burmese usages of the anonymous Indian FPOs; Nos. 20, 38, 39, 51, 52, 63, 68, 69, 71, 73, 76, 77, 79 (1944 Air Letter), 82 (spectacular 26x 1a franking!), 97, 109, 117, 120, 121, 126 (front), 128 (Honour env.), 132, 134 (triangle Air Letter), 136 (Jan. 1945 Air Letter), 145, 148, 169, 176, 188, 193 (piece), 209 (Air Letter), 592 (machine on Air Letter), 595 (machine), 540 (triangle Air Letter) & scarce 639 (piece). Good lot. (34 covers, 1 front & 2 pieces). PHOTO PLATE 20B £150
423 INDIAN F.P.O.s USED IN BURMA - BALANCE OF THE COLLECTION; 1941-6 covers with a wide range of the 'anonymous' FPO Nos. used in Burma inc. 2 (2; inc. 11 May 1945 Air Letter stating that the writer had been in the invasion force to take the city the previous week), 38 (8; some useful frankings & one triangle "FREE"), 63 (front), 79, 82 (8 inc. unusual Jan./Feb. 1944 usage of GB KGVI 2d P. Stat. PC), 145 (5), 169 (2), 188, 209, 592 (5; all machines), and 595 (8; all machines). Also 1945/5 pair with 2-ring "6 ADV. BASE POST OFFICE" or "BURMA/EXPTL. P.O. No.29" c.d.s.'s. Useful group. (42 covers + 1 front). £120
424 BRITISH "FIELD POST OFFICE" DATESTAMPS USED IN BURMA; c.1942-46 covers (inc. regd. envs., AIr Letters, etc.) all with fair to v. fine strikes of the British 2-ring "FIELD POST OFFICE" numbered c.d.s.'s used in Burma. Good variety of frankings and numbers; inc. several items ex the West African Division's forces (that used FPOs 769-773 incl.). Scarce study. (31 covers). £150
425 BURMA FRONTIER FORCE, THE CHIN HILL STATIONS & E.A./A.P.O. CANCELS; Jan. 1941 pair with "SERVICE" o.p. frankings from "Burma Frontier Force" (inc. one with B.F.F. cachet), Sept. 1943 & Aug. 1944 uprated P. Stat. env. & Air Letter ex Chindit Hills forces (with "HAKA" c.d.s.'s and Indian FPO/181 (Mogaung) respectively, and 1944/5 group with 2-ring "E.A./A.P.O." c.d.s.'s of Nos. 20(?), 57 (to Belgian Congo!), 61, and 79 (3; stamped Honour env. + Air Letters & front). Scarce lot. (9 covers + 1 front). £150
426 U.S. FORCES IN BURMA, ETC.; 1944/45 group of stampless OAS or P. Stat. envs. all to USA with US APO 218 machines (3), duplex or rare purple 2-ring Registered Mail mark, 1946 Burma-franked env. cancelled in US with explanatory mark, 1944 US APO 465 duplex (Burma?), 1943 env. with unusual Indian Civil Office anonymous 2-ring "47" c.d.s. used on Military mail,1942 ingoing undeliverable GB env. that travelled around for over a year (!), and puzzling stampless OAS env. (cancelled P. Due mark). Useful group. (10 covers). £120
427 BURMA R.A.F. MAIL OF WORLD WAR II INC. RARE CENSORS; Feb. 1942 pair of envs. (one stampless OAS with triangle "FREE" mark; the other with Burma 1r (faults) ex Rangoon & canc. 2-ring "BASE P.O./BURMA" c.d.s.) each with fine rare purple unframed Burma "R.A.F./CENSOR/32" cachet on the front; plus 1941 env. (ex RAF unit) with Burma o.p. India 2as 6pi ex civil PO, and 1945-46 covers with "RAF POST" c.d.s.'s, Nos. 5 (3), 83 (purple; with contents), 157, 179, 183, 304 (2), and 305 mostly with RAF censors. Also unusual 1944/45 Canadian RAF correspondence from a flyer in Burma sent back home to Canada all with boxed "RAF/CENSOR/578" cachets (7 Air Letter covers; 2 franked, others stampless - all with "RAF POST/5" c.d.s.'s) and two further from the same lot but with British FPO539 or Bournemouth cancels. Scarce study. (22 covers). PHOTO PLATE 20B £150
428 BURMA WORLD WAR II NAVAL MAIL INC. RARE "NAVAL CENSOR" MARK, ETC.; Fine 29 May 1940 env. to GB with Burma franking endorsed "Nautical Adviser to the Govt. of Burma" on the front having a v. fine purple boxed "PASSED BY/NAVAL/CENSOR." (m/s date) on the reverse (the only recorded example of a Burma Naval censor), Mar. 1941 stampless OAS env. to GB with naval tombstone censor & fine British FPO/304 c.d.s, "U.B.S. INMA/BURMA NAVY" c.1944 cachet on officer's message, June 1946 regd. "Forces Mail" env. from a "Burma RNVR" unit at Akyab to Rangoon Burma RNVR with India 3as tied by Indian FPO 200 c.d.s., etc. Rare group. (4 covers + 1 note). PHOTO PLATE 20B £120
429 BURMA WORLD WAR II PERIOD AIRMAIL FRANKING COVERS INC. CHINA EXPED. FORCE; 1939-42 lot inc. unusual stampless 30 Apr. [1942] env. ex "British Military Mission, HQ, C.E.F. [China Expeditionary Force], Burma" endorsed "By Calcutta, Lagos & Lisbon" with fine purple boxed "TREAT AS PREPAID/AND DELIVER FREE/CALCUTTA G.P.O." on the front, and a good range of mostly high value Air Mail civil rate covers to GB (via Hawaii etc.) inc. regd. Aug./Nov. 1941 pair (one flap lost, the other with minor wear) with "RANGOON ARMY HQ" s. line mark on their R labels franked at 4r 2as 6pi rate to GB via Pacific route. Good group. (18 covers). PHOTO PLATE 20B £200
430 JAPANESE AND USA PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS:1942 Japanese propaganda leaflets (3) for distribution to Indian troops and another in the shape of a Kiri leaf dropped by USA on the Japanese. A scarce group. £80
431 JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF BURMA INC. FORCES' MAIL; c.1942-5 covers/cards inc. 9 Japanese Forces PCs and one pictorial letter-card (all concession cards except one with 2s stamp) all thought to be from Burma (one ex Tenasserim?); plus philatelic covers (3) & card with Jap. Occ. issues/overprints inc. captured Burma P. Stat. envs. (2; one from Moulmein to Tamwe with triangle "R" etc.; one uprated with Jap. Occ. issue) & PC, with a 'Peacock' o.p.FDC addressed to Rangoon Jap. Mily. Camp. (14 covers). £140
432 ALLIED DROP LEAFLETS, ETC: c1944 small group of seven allied propaganda leaflets mostly advising the Burmese people to assist in the overthrow of the Japanese includes are rare example in Shan text. Also 1945 Air Letter (3) from H.M. Transport moored in the middle of the Rangoon River prior to departure to Singapore. 1942 env from Maymyo to USA sent after the Burma section of the horseshoe route had closed a week previous.Also covers with double ring "RAFPOST/RANGOON" and "MAIL AGENT.M.S./RANGOON R.S." c.d.s. (16 items). £120
433 BALANCE OF THE BURMA WWII COLLECTION INC. AIRGRAPHS, ETC.; c.1910-51 lot inc. 1910 Maymyo Barracks c.d.s., pre-War 1930s group of covers (6 + a front) with military favour (varied condition; 5 with fancy 'signature' cachets), group of scarce 1944 Xmas Airgraphs (7), 3 paper & 1 'silk' aerial propaganda leaflets, unusual stampless May 1942 "Rescue Flight" cachet cover (15 flown?) and 1951 1st Flight OHMS env.to GB with v. fine purple boxed "CHIEF OF AIR STAFF/DEPT./WAR OFFICE RANGOON" cachet. (23 items + 1 stamp). £100
434 BALANCE OF THE BURMA COLLECTION - POST-1945 MATERIAL; Good range of c.1945-54 Military covers inc. British Mily. Admin., Interim Govt. etc., with a useful study of Post-War (1945-7) Indian numbered FPO cancels (Nos. 2, 138, 145 - May 1946 uprated use of Indian regd. env. -, S-16, Mar. 1946 FPO No.78 on India franked regd. env., 145, 183, 190, 200, 592 machine, 592 plain & "REG." cds, 595 "REG." c.d.s., etc.). The "REG." FPO 595 cancels on highly franked (values to 10r) 1946/7 large covers (2) + 1 front. Good lot. (53 covers, 1 front + 1 piece).PHOTO PLATE 20B £160
CEYLON
435 MISCELLANY: 1943 (17 June) env from HNMS Sumatra to Cheltenham franked with GB 2½d tied by the large circular "POST/OFFICE/MARITIME/MAIL" and on reverse a red boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR/DATE SIGNATURE OF OFFICER/ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY" h.s., 1944 re-used env. to Captain A. Rentse, Detachment 404 with oval "COMMANDER IN CHIEF/CEYLON" violet d.s. & c1944 envelope to the USA with violet "This article officially mailed/in country indicated by postage h.s.", 1945 env franked with 3c & 9c tied by "BRITISH NAVY/1" c.d.s. to No 28 Indian APO. Also a 1953 (June) env. to Austria with boxed "COMMANDING OFFICER/H.M.S. HIGHFLYER" d.s. and a check slip from a labelled bundle is attached.(5 covers). £140
436 H.M.S. HERMES - SUNK OFF CEYLON BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT; 1939-42 covers from/to crew of this unlucky ship inc. Oct./Dec. 1939 pair to US/GB with distinctive red "PASSED BY CENSOR", similar mark on two of 4 covers (inc. a telegram) from the same officer, plus a 1942 env. to his mother after his death in the sinking and a cover to him returned to sender, and another 1942 env. to a different sailor lost in the ship with boxed "CANNOT BE TRACED". Good social philately story about a ship; also an unusual Mar. 1940 stampless naval env. to GB ex HMS Hermes (pencil note) with scarce intaglio "THE SEAL OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS/[Flag]" in red. (13 covers). PHOTO PLATE 20B £120
437 MISCELLANY - CENSORED MAIL/FPO/POW AND POST WWII MAIL ETC:1940-90 The interesting selection of mail from and to Ceylon inc a good range of post WWII FPO c.d.s. and earlier inc. numbers 74, 120, 161 & 162. 1940 env from the internment camp at Diyatalawa to London with the Commandants violet h.s. and signature. A group of boxed Naval censor h.s. and a few unit censor h.s. (Approx. 130 covers plus a few pieces). £100
438 CENSORED MAIL/F.P.O./P.O.W. & POST WWII MAIL, ETC.: A further group of 1940-90 mail to & from Ceylon inc. WWII F.P.O. c.d.s., etc. (Approx. 100). £100
439 AIR LETTERS/HONOUR ENVELOPES AND AIRGRAPHS:1942-45 the interesting selection of Air Mail Letter Cards (17, inc one to Canada with circular framed violet "CANADA/AND U.S.A./ONLY" h.s., and an example of the "blue triangle" type), a range of green "Active Service(11) and "Royal Navy" (6) honour envelopes with various censor h.s. Also thirteen airgraphs from Ceylon to UK. A good lot. (47 items). £150
440 MAIL TO INDIA - RAF MAIL - CENSORS ETC:1942-58 The selection of covers inc a good number to India with a wide range of h.s. inc triangular Indian censors, "FIELD POST OFFICE" c.d.s number 40, APO c.d.s. number 61, oval green "No6 INDIAN FIELD CENSOR UNIT" h.s. 1945 large OHMS env registered to London with "LONDON/X" registration label. 1944 large env registered to London with "ADMIRALTY 1" registration label.1945 env to UK with violet "R.A.F. BASE P.O./CEYLON" h.s. 1944 Christmas illustrated airgraph from RAF Section 42. (21 covers). £120
441 THE RARE NETHERLANDS NAVY CENSOR MARK:1942 (18 Dec) An unstamped env possibly from a survivor of the dutch cruiser "Wm. De Ruyter" in Colombo to Portadown with a fine strike of the scarce red boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR/DATE & SIGNATURE OF OFFICER/ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY." h.s. and "O.A.S." nearby. Sealed by Royal Netherlands Navy censor tape. PHOTO PLATE 20B £100
442 RARE HORANA USAGE OF EA/APO 55 C.D.S. ON 20c METER AIR LETTER, ETC.; 30 Sept. 1943 fine usage of the Air Letter to Rhodesia with red 20c Meter Frank cancelled by fine rare 2-ring "E.A./A.P.O. 55" c.d.s. (used at Horana; previously unrecorded?); plus stampless July 1943 env. to GB with similar Ceylon usage of EA APO58 c.d.s. (2 covers). PHOTO PLATE 21A £120
443 RARE AIRMAIL RATES:1943 (12 March) env. (roughly opened) from RAF advance P.O. by "ALL AIR ROUTE", "CEYLON-LAGOS-USA-LONDON/VIA PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS" to Manchester franked with 25c & 2r x 2. 1943 env (faults) from "INDIAN SECTION POST OFFICE No 9" via "CEYLON-LAGOS/PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS" to Tunbridge Wells. bearing on reverse 50c & 1r x 4. Both covers are censored. £100
444 BELGIAN FORCES IN CEYLON, INDIA AND BURMA: Group of censored covers to the USA from an Emile Hausmann serving with the Belgian Troops in Ceylon, India & Burma. One is ex Ceylon (6th April, 1944) bearing KGVI 50c & 1r adhesives tied by APO 60 (Hambantota) cancellation, the next bears Ceylon 20c (3) & 1r adhesives used at Gharwal Lines, Chittagong (India) and is dated 10th June, the third (18 August) bears Indian 8a & 1r adhesives with APO 79 cancellation (located at Palei) whilst the fourth (19 November) bears Indian 4a (3) & 1r (2) tied by further strikes of same (located by then at Yazagyo in Burma). A good quartet. (4). PHOTO PLATE 21A £150
445 CENSORED MAIL INCLUDING THE COLOMBO WAX SEAL:1944-45 The small group of covers with various censor h.s. inc framed "Crown/PASSED/DHC/70", 1944 env registered from Panadore to London with censor label tied by "CENSOR/Crown/COLOMBO" wax seal. 1945 env to UK with diamond framed red "PASSED/BY/MILITARY CENSOR" h.s. 1945 env to Sydney bearing 2c, 3c, 6c & 1r tied by boxed "H.Q.S.A.C./MAIL OFFICE/Regd. No" d.s. Includes some colourful frankings. (13 covers) £120
446 THE RARE NETHERLANDS ARMY CENSOR HANDSTAMP:1944 (30 June) An opened out env. from Colombo to London franked at the 50c rate with a good strike of the boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR/ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY" h.s. with m/s date and signature. Few examples are recorded. PHOTO PLATE 21A £120
447 V MAIL FROM A DUTCH SAILOR TO USA: 1944 (14 July) A "V" mail form from P.O. Box 558, Colombo (the address of Netherlands forces in Ceylon) to Akron, Ohio bearing GB 11⁄2d x 4, unusually censored with a violet English (probably because the letter was written in English) naval censor h.s. PHOTO PLATE 21AO. £100
448 TWO ENVELOPES FROM MEMBERS OF THE NETHERLANDS NAVY:1945 Envs. (one registered) franked at the 80c rate or equavalent in UK adhesives to UK(top flap missing) & Holland, each with censor h.s. of the Netherlands Navy and A.O.S. h.s. (2 covers). £120
449 A RARE CEYLON AIRGRAPH TO UK:1945 (13 June) A Ceylon compound franking 10c + 10c senders illustrated airgraph form used from Ceylon to Gosforth with "RAFPOST/SOUTH EAST ASIA" c.d.s. Some faults but rare. PHOTO. £100
450 R.A.F. MAIL INCLUDING CENSORS:1945-47 covers/cards to UK, Australia, Canada (2), USA, India, Singapore & S. Africa with a good range of framed violet RAF censor h.s. and c.d.s. inc "RAFPOST/134", "RAFPOST/CEYLON","RAFPOST/COLOMBO" and examples of the small violet "R.A.F. BASE P.O./CEYLON" circular h.s. inc a cover registered to Fleet Mail Office, Colombo with the "R.A.F. BASE P.O./CEYLON" registration label.(38 items). £100
451 STRATEGIC SERVICES OFFICER WITH COMMAND H.Q. - INGOING CORRESPONDENCE MOSTLY TO CEYLON; Unusual c.1944 lot inc. mail ex Nigeria, Australia, Trinidad, India, etc. all to the same Capt. Rentse of "SS Adv. HQ SEAC" etc; unusual marks inc. ARMY SIGNALS, scarce purple 2-ring US APO 432 regd. c.d.s., large part July 1944 OHMS env. boldly endorsed "TOP SECRET" in red (!), etc. Intriguing lot worthy of further research; John had only just started sorting through it... (40 covers). £100
INDIAN OCEAN - MADAGASCAR
452 SCARCE TRIO OF WWII & 1947-50 INSURRECTION COVERS: 1942 (4.April) 'FM' cover to Dakar ex Diego Suarez with cachet of the '2e REGIMENT MIXTE', also (2.May) hexagonal 'AGENCE NAVALE No 34' of the Diego Suarez naval base with additional FPO 'S.P.4' cds on E to Ambositra and scarce Insurrection cover from the French BPM 5 set up on the Island for troops dealing with an Anti-French rebellion with "SECTEUR POSTAL 5" cachet and registration label with "BUREAU POSTAL MILITAIRE No. 5" h.s. in addition to the BPM 5 c.d.s. (3 items) PHOTO PLATE 21A £150
453 BRITISH FORCES: F.P.O. Covers from British forces in Madagascar inc. fine strike of the very scarce FPO 597 used extremely briefly at Tamatave, with EA military censor 1/154; also items from FPOs 226 (2) and 596 (2) plus two airgraphs inc. pictorial & civilian examples. Good lot. (7 items) PHOTO PLATE 21A £200
454 ROYAL NAVY: 1944 Air letter to HMS 'Challenger' ex Commander Messenger stationed at the Diego Suarez Naval Base, the 3d stamp with large blue 'FROM/H.M.BASE' locally-made cancellation plus further examples on two large pieces bearing Madagascar stamps. Also two covers addressed from UK (Feb./March 1942) to Commander Bird aboard HMS 'Birmingham' during the Madagascar operations and a scarce (1945) Free French naval cover with DIEGO SUAREZ NAVAL cds and matching censor. (6 items) PHOTO PLATE 21A £160
455 EAST AFRICAN FORCES: Four covers from EA forces on the Island inc. fine use (8.9.45) of 30c KUT reg'd E (corner tear) with 5 strikes of the APO 53 cds and fine examples of the APOs 54, 64 & 80 all with EA Military Censor h.s. (147, 154 & 155) - one using KUT air letter. Scarce group. (4 items) £160
456 OPERATION IRONCLAD - BRITISH OCCUPATION FPO226/596 COVERS; 12/19 May 1942 stampless OAS pair of envs. to GB with partly fine scarce Antsirane (Diego Suarez) 2-ring British FPO/226 c.d.s.'s (12 May being the EKD) with different censor marks & labels; plus 13 Sept. 1942 similar OAS pair to GB (Same date!) with mostly v. fine scarce Majuna 2-ring British FPO/596 c.d.s.'s. Scarce lot. (4 covers). £120
457 MAYOTTE (COMORO IS.) - 2-RING "E.A./A.P.O. 53" COVERS ROUTED VIA DIEGO SUAREZ, ETC.; Aug. 1942 - July 1943 covers ex Comoro Is./Diego Suarez all with mostly v. fine Mayotte/D. Suarez EA/APO 53 c.d.s.'s; inc. stampless trio to Lusaka/PAIFORCE/Nairobi, GB-franked (3x3d +6d) env. to Cape Town, KUT-franked pair (one claiming to be a FDC of BPO 53 in Madagascar),, ingoing Feb. 1943 wrapper to a Belgian Casualty Clearing Station with scarce boxed purple "NOT No.6 E.A. General Hospital" etc., and unusual civil 1944 env. to the C.M.F. so having an APO53 c.d.s. as well as Madagascar franking tied by civil Tananarive c.d.s.'s. Good variety. (8 covers). PHOTO PLATE 21A £150
458 RARE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES IN MADAGASCAR APO51 COVERS EX SAKARAMY; Sept/Nov. 1942 trio of envs. with very fine rare 2-ring Sakaramy usages of the "A.P.O. -- U -- M.P.K./51" c.d.s.'s; 2 stampless OAS (and one with tied S. Africa 3d+6d (2) - all to the Cape. Very hard to find. [The 2 stampless ex Alan Brown.] (3 covers). PHOTO PLATE 21A £150
459 SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS: Four covers to S.Africa between 29.6.42 and 20.10.42, one with SA stamps for air fee - all from APO 51, the earliest item with fine strike of the uncommon 'APO/U51' cds, the others with the more usual 'APO-U-MPK / 51' version. (4 items) £100
460 BRITISH CENSORSHIP OF CIVILIAN MAIL: Registered official PTT letter to Paris intercepted, censored and retained until January 1946, item with uncancelled stamps addressed to UK and with British and S.African censor tapes; also two local covers closed with 'BRITISH CENSORSHIP/252' tape (different types) tied by British or E.African military censor h.s. and a third, to Natal, with very fine strike of the scarce oval 'BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION/MADAGASCAR/PASSED BY/CENSOR/1'. (5 items) PHOTO PLATE 21A £150
461 MADAGASCAR CIVIL CENSOR MAIL; Unusual 1939-45 lot inc. exempt Dec. 1939 to Mauritius ex British Consul, French training Camp in Nairobi env. to Tulear, Dec. 1942 env. with double-oval purple "BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION/MADAGASCAR/111" d.s. (with EA/APO 2 c.d.s. and redirected from London to "Fighting French"), 1944/5 pair with cash-paid postage explanatory marks, 252 & ZB coded censors, ZC censor ex Reunion, etc. (10 covers). PHOTO £140
462 BALANCE OF THE MADAGASCAR COLLECTION; 1941-70 covers inc. 1941 ex Egypt to Vichy French civil address so with returned marks inc. "NO OUTLET", May 1941 FM env. to France prior to British invasion, spectacular 1941 US aerial propaganda leaflet, 1945 FM stampless OAS env. to Paris, and a few later military covers. (11 covers). PHOTO £120
INDIAN OCEAN - SMALLER ISLANDS, ETC.
463 ADEN-BOMBAY SEA P.O. - RARE OVAL "PAID-OFFICIAL" D.S. ON "KING EMPEROR'S CAMP P.O." COVER; Remarkable 8/9 Dec. 1911 stampless OHMS env. to London with v. fine large "KING EMPEROR'S CAMP POST OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R.I." c.d.s. on the flap, having rare fine red "KING EMPEROR'S CAMP P.O./OFFICIAL/PAID" mark on the front beside very rare large mostly v. fine double-oval "+ [B.O.] ADEN-SEA P.O. +/PAID-OFFICIAL" d.s., of which only a handful have been recorded. One of John's few pre-1939 treasures! PHOTO £300
464 COCOS/KEELING ISLANDS - RARE WWII HONOUR ENV. EX R.A.F.; Fine 21/22 Aug. 1945 black 'Honour' env. to GB with mostly fine rare Indian "F.P.O./46" c.d.s. on the front, having interesting original contents from "175 Wing, Section 301, R.A.F., Ceylon Air Forces", also with v. fine circular purple "UNIT CENSOR/R 851" on the front. Exceptional item from this tiny Indian Ocean island. PHOTO PLATE 21B £150
465 COCOS/KEELING ISLANDS - RARE "RAF POST 301" C.D.S. ON AIR MAIL COVER TO G.B.; 17 Nov. 1945 stampless OAS env. (uncensored) to GB (redirected on arrival) with mostly fine strike of this rare 1945-6 c.d.s. on the front (used on West Island) sent by an RAF AIr Cadet(?). Seldom seen from this period. Plus c.1950-62 philatelic envs. ex RAF PO in Cocos etc. (6 covers). PHOTO. £120
466 COCOS/KEELING IS. - VERY RARE RAF POST 301 O.A.S. USAGE OF THE SPECIAL XMAS AIR LETTER; Remarkable and attractive 26 /27 Nov. 1945 usage of the special multicoloured "MAS AIR LETTER/RAFPOST/POSTAGE FREE/SOUTH EAST ASIA" EL (slightly roughly opened but fine) to GB endorsed "OAS" with fine rare "RAF POST 301/+" c.d.s. on the reverse. Amazing Cocos Is. usage of this scarce Air Letter. Exhibition Item. PHOTO £150
467 MALDIVE ISLANDS - A RARE GROUP OF COVERS & AIRGRAPHS FROM R.M. DETACHMENT 350:1942 (July) to 1944 (June) A remarkable group of air letters (2), envs (2). postcard and airgraphs (3) from R.M. detachment 350 to Hayling Island. Detachment 350 was set up to establish a fuelling anchorage at Addu Atoll the most Southerly of the Maldive Islands.The h.s. inc boxed ?P? COY?/R.M. ENGINEERS/R.M.GROUP M.N.& D.O.I? d.s Very few items are recorded from this detachment. (7 items). PHOTO PLATE 21B £300
468 MALDIVE ISLANDS - RARE WWII INDIAN FPO 150 COVERS & POST-WAR COVERS; Sept. 1943 & Oct. 1944 stampless OAS env. & Ceylon franked env. to India/GB each with fine rare Indian "F.P.O./No.150" c.d.s. of the secret Post T at Addu Atoll, having different Unit censors; plus 1958-65 group of BFPO 180(2), 1013(2), 1048, 1000, 1025 (2), 146 (4), & 166 (2) c.d.s. cancels all used at Gan in the Maldives, and a 1958 pieces with multiple franking (3d +6dx4 + 1s-3dx3) tied by BFPO 1048 c.d.s.'s, and a 1972 OHMS env. Good lot. (17 covers + 1 piece). PHOTO PLATE 21B £150
469 MAURITIUS - NO SERVICE ENEMY OCCUPIED TERRITORY; 1940 env. (minor faults) Mauritius to Mande (France) franked with tied 20c blue with rectangular "NO SERVICE?RETURN TO SENDER" resealed by Censor (twice) inc. "No. 29575/Opened by Censor/Mauritius" label with scarce printed PC 99 small memo "This letter is returned as/it cannot reach its destination/without passing through enemy-/occupied territory, and there/is reason to believe that the/ contents would be impounded by/the enemy". Unusual and scarce.PHOTO PLATE 21B PHOTO PLATE IBC (for memo) £100
470 MAURITIUS - E.A./A.P.O. COVERS WITH UNUSUAL CENSORS, ETC.; 1942/45 covers inc. 1942 stamped Honour env. with fine scarce large purple boxed "WAR DEPARTMENT/No.1" censor (intriguingly addressed merely to "The Base Censor, England. 2 letters enclosed"!), plus 1944/5 lot all with mostly fine 2-ring "E.A./A.P.O." c.d.s.'s, nos. 2 or 73 (5) with scarcer censors inc. double-boxed "BASE CENSOR E.E." types with m/s "1" & "2", RAF censors & 1 piece. (7 covers + 1 piece). PHOTO PLATE 21B £120
471 MAURITIUS - P.O. BOX 1000 (JEWISH INTERNMENT CAMP) MAIL TO PALESTINE; 16 Aug. 1944 env. (one stamp removed - by censor?) to Tel Aviv and scarce uprated 27 Apr. 1945 usage of the KGVI 10c red PC (some creasing) to Haifa, both endorsed ex "PO Box 1000" and having faint purple triangular Mauritius censors. Good pair. (2 covers). PHOTO PLATE 21B £120
472 MAURITIUS - MAURITIAN FORCES IN EGYPT, EUROPE & THE MIDDLE EAST; Unusual c.1942-52 group of covers from Mauritian forces around the world; 6 WWII Honour envs. ex FPOs in Beirut, Egypt, Libya, etc., 1947 "[H.M.S.] ASCANIUS" env. ex Mombasa, 1948 ex Canal Zone FPO 551 force, 1955 pair ex Rodriguez Guard Co. in Cyrenaica & Canal Zone, etc., plus cloth "MAURITIUS" shoulder (?) tag. Scarce lot. (20 covers + 1 label + 1 stamp). £120
473 MAURITIUS - WORLD WAR II CENSORS & POST-WAR MILITARY MAIL; Nov. 1939 - Mar. 1945 civil censor covers inc. labels, oval h.s. in black & purple (to Canada), mail to Mauritian volunteers with RAF in GB, and trio from Govt. House uncensored to East Africa Command; also useful post-1945 military/naval lot inc. stampless 1946 OAS env. ex HMS Jamaica, 1950 Army Signals c.d.s.'s (2), regimental cachets, etc. (37 covers). PHOTO. £150
474 MAURITIUS - A RARE TRIO OF AIRGRAPHS: 1944 trio of civilian airgraphs from Mauritius to The Victoria League in London (who looked after Mauritius soldiers in the City). £120
475 MAURITIUS; 1944-1975 Selection inc. 1944 Letter Card to Leicester franked with 12c orange and 5c lilac cancelled by London Maritime mail h.s. with signed triangular "PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR" h.s.;1943 env. to New York with 20c blue tied by Mauritius d.s. and resealed by Censor Label "OPENED BY EXAMINER EE/1";1948 env. to Bishop Auckland with "STATION HOSPITAL/MAURITIUS" cachet; 1954 Regd. env (opened to display) to Manchester with FPO Registered label, FPO 316 d.s. and purple "2063 MAURITIAN GUARD COY" cachet; 1961 OHMS env. to lOndon with "BASE SUPPLY/OFFICER/RN WIRELESS STATION/MAURITIUS" d.s. etc. Interesting selection. (12 items). £100
476 MAURITIUS - A RARE COVER TO DENMARK CENSORED IN EAST AFRICA:1944 env from Mauritius to Denmark with various KGVI adhesives cancelled in ink with green oval "RETURPOSTKONTORVEE/KOBENHAVN" d.s. and violet "CHIEF FIELD OFFICER/DE[PUTY?]" circular h.s. PHOTO £100
477 SEYCHELLES, ANDAMAN IS., NICOBAR IS., ETC.; Seychelles group inc. 7 July 1943 front of Kenya/Uganda 25c meter frank Air Letter ex Seychelles with EA/APO 89 c.d.s., Aug. 1944 env. (+ letter) to NZEF ex "2036 Coy Seychelles" of the CMF with GB KGVI 3d tied by faint FPO c.d.s., and 1945-54 trio endorsed "OAS" or with Reg. cachets; plus 1947 ingoing pair ex US to RAF in Andaman Is. (each with fine Port Blair arrival c.d.s.; one Missent to Hawaii!), 1949 env. (Singapore franking) ex RAF at "Nicobar Is.", and philatelic 1950 cover ex Marion Island. (10 covers + 1 front). PHOTO PLATE 21B £120
INDIA
478 BALANCE OF INDIAN FORCES MAIL INC. SCARCE F.P.O. TYPES, RAF CANCELS, ETC.; c.1939-45 covers with wide range of marks inc. scarce British-type "FIELD POST OFFICE/6" single-ring marks (3) and one with the extra "BR.", undated pair (one stampless, one with India 2½as tied/cancelled by blue "RAF PO 10", sundry FPOs, etc. (24 items). £120
BORNEO
479 THE BRUNEI REVOLT:1962 (Dec)-1963 (May) A selection of covers with various cancellations and h.s. associated with troops sent to quell the Brunei revolt with FPO 948, 964 & 1044 represented, h.s. inc boxed "SIGNAL OFFICE/42 COMMANDO R.M." d.s. "472 COURIER &/POSTAL UNIT RE" d.s. "COXWAIN'S OFFICE/H.M.S. CAVALIER" (used to rush British troops to Brunei). Also two covers from 846 squadron naval air service based at Kuching. (10 covers). £100
480 GUERRILLA INCURSIONS INTO BORNEO:1963 (May) -1964 covers/cards mostly to UK with an interesting range of FPO c.d.s. used during this campaign with numbers 51, 156, 573, 1034, 1035, 1044, 1059 and 1061. The variety of h.s. inc. oval "216th QEO Gurkha Rifles/ORDERLY ROOM" d.s. boxed "HQ. COY/51 GURKHA INF BDE GP" d.s. & oval "No 7 RECONNAISSANCE/FLIGHT A.A.C." d.s. Mostly fine strikes. (41 covers). £200
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