641 DAMAGED COVERS INC. EXAMPLES FROM LIMA & IRAQ:1941 (29 April) env from Lima to London with boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" h.s. 1943 Christmas Air Letter front from Iraq to Liverpool with violet "SALVAGED MAIL" h.s. c1941 env to Nottingham with "ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE" h.s. 1943 Paiforce Air Letter to Birmingham with violet "DAMAGED BY FIRE/IN TRANSIT" h.s. 1944 (2 April) OHMS env from BAPO 4 to Birmingham with "SALVAGED MAIL" h.s. and 1950 (June) env from Bahrein to Tunisia with "COURRIER ACCIDENTE" h.s. (5 items). PHOTO PLATE 24A £140
642 DAMAGED COVERS TO ADEN:1941 (13 Jan) env from Bedford to a Royal Artillery member at Aden with a fine boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" h.s. on reverse. 1941 (17 Jan) part cover from Highgate to Aden with boxed violet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER/S.S." with "COMORIN" removed. (2 covers). PHOTO PLATE 24B £120
643 "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" AND "SALVAGED MAIL HANDSTAMPS:1941 (Aug.) Honour env from a member of the M.E.F. tank regiment to Cambridge with boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" h.s. 1941 (9 Aug) env to London with partially boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" h.s.1942 (Jan) latter card with a readable framed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" h,s, sealed with "RETURNED LETTER SECTION,/LONDON POSTAL REGION" label. 1943 (Nov) env from FPO 235 with "SALVAGED MAIL" h.s. (4 covers). £120
644 LONDON TO YUGOSLAVIA WRECKED MAIL, ETC.:1941 (10 Jan) env from London to Stenjevc with boxed violet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" and boxed "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. plus London officially sealed label.1941 (7 Jan) env from London to Susak with violet "SALVED FROM THE SEA" and "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. Both covers have Egyptian censor tape.Also 1942 env. from BPO 16, Northern Ireland to London with "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" & censor h.s. (3). £80
645 DELAYED BY ENEMY ACTION ETC:1943 (3 May) env from a sailor to Crowborough with on reverse "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION" h.s. a "G Crown R/OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/RETURNED LETTER SECTION/LONDON POSTAL REGION" h.s. 1943 (14 Sept) env with contents from a troopship to Boness with "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION" h.s. & POST OFFICE/MARITIME MAIL" UDC. PHOTO. £140
646 SALVAGED COVER TO THE ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES SUDAN:1943 (Aug) a portion of an air letter from London to "Royal Ulster Rifles/H.Q. Troop/Sudan" with "SALVAGED MAIL/FROM/FIRE AUG 1943" h.s. Also the ambulance env. with a similar h.s. and a feint "FAST ALL AIR ROUTE" h.s. PHOTO PLATE 24B £100
647 AIR CRASH MAIL FROM INDIA:1943 (19 June) env from Lahore to Altringham with "Salvaged air mail Cairo-Karachi dispatch No.65" typed label, framed "Crown/PASSED/DHB 21" and DHB/86" h.s. 1945 (14 Aug) env from Deccan, India to Worksop with a fine boxed "RECOVERED FROM/SALVAGED AIRCRAFT" h.s. (2 covers). PHOTO £100
648 MAIL WRECKED FROM AND TO ASIA:c1943 Honour env from FPO 261 (British 2nd division in India) to Oldbury with on reverse "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" & "G.Crown R./OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/RETURNED LETTER SECTION/LONDON POSTAL REGION" label. 1944 (11 Jan) 5½d registered env from Leeds to RAF India with m/s "RECOVERED 8 3 44". 1947 env from Rafpost 11 (Japan) to USA with partially framed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" h.s as the cover was involved in a crash at Bahrain. (3 items). £100
649 AIR CRASH MAIL:1945 (13 Aug) Air Letter from India to Wales with a fine red boxed "RECOVERED FROM/SALVAGED AIRCRAFT" h.s. 1954 (8 Jan) env from Singapore to Hurst Pierpoint with red "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/COMET MAIL" h.s. 1954 (12 March) env from H.M.S. Ceylon (on duty as the guard ship for the royal tour of Australia) to Scotland with boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13 3 1954" h.s. 1954 (25 Dec) OHMS env from London to Up Park Camp, Jamaica with boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" h.s. (4 covers). £120
650 SALVAGED COVER FROM PALESTINE:1945 (5 July) env from FPO 726 to Palestine with "SALVAGED MAIL" h.s. and on reverse "It is regretted that this/has been damaged by fire in/circumstances beyond the /control of the Army Postal Services/R.L.B. 4 Base A.P.O. M.E.F." typed label tied by "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/4" c.d.s. PHOTO PLATE 24A £100
651 COMET CRASH NEAR CALCUTTA:1953 large env from Victoria, Hong kong to London with a smudged "SALVAGED MAIL/"Comet" Crash near Calcutta/2nd. MAY 1953" violet h.s Also another to Ross on Wye with similar h.s. (2 covers). PHOTO PLATE 24B £100
CENSORED MAIL
652 WWI - UNUSUAL CENSORED MAIL etc.: Interesting group of covers inc. incoming E ex Chile with scarce 'P.C.' wax seal, 2-ring cachet of the registered mail section, five items with blue 'Return to Sender' labels with explanatory h.s.inc. scarce 11-line h.s. relating to printed matter, red 'UNDELIVERABLE' cachet, green cachet forbidding publication of contents etc. Also (1901) front signed by FM Lord Roberts. (21 items) £120
653 RETURNED TO SENDER/BY THE CENSOR” ETC:1939-43 covers (3) returned with green PC23 labels and printed notices from the censor giving reasons for return. Also 1941 cover (faults) with a notice stating that the cover had been “Violated” ! 1941 env from USA to Oxford with printed PC 98 notice, plus four unused labels and three notices. £120
654 RARE WWII USAGE OF WWI CENSOR MARKS ON CIVIL & INTERNEE MAIL; 4 Nov. 1939 PPC from Holland (71⁄2c) to GB with v. fine lower portion of cut-down boxed 1914-8 "[PASSED BY/Crown]/No.3351/CENSOR" and fine 21 Dec. 1939 Cable & Wireless Xmas Greetings telegram from Durban to London with similar cut-down "No.3396/CENSOR", both censors in purple. Plus even rarer Jan. 1942 stampless POW env. from "Hotel Westend, Bad Neuenahr" in Germany to Surrey, most exceptionally with partly fine World War CM3-style triangular "PASSED/BY/[CENSOR]/[Crown]/No.4521" tying brown paper seal label with fair red oval "FOREIGN OFFICE" mark and "A. Cadogan" (Permanent Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) all on the front. These old-style censor marks are very rarely seen used in World War II like this. Plus a WWII boxed censor cover. (4 items). PHOTO PLATE 24B £120
655 RARE MILITARY CENSORSHIP OF CIVIL MAIL - FAEROE IS., FRANCE & TURKEY; 16 Oct. 1942 internal Faeroe Is. env. to Thorshavn franked by Danish 5o(4) tied by v. fine undated 2-ring "SORVAAG/+" marks having v. fine tiny "OPENED BY/MILITARY CENSOR" tying the brown seal-tape on reverse; plus 28 Apr. 1940 env. ex north France to GB and 20 Aug. 1941 env. ex Istanbul to Baghdad both having military censor marks, French lozenge "OUVERT/PAR AUTORITE MILITAIRE" or triangular WWI-style CM3 "PASSED BY/CENSOR/No.2551". Rare trio. (3 covers). PHOTO PLATE 24B £120
656 RARE TRAVELLER/S CENSORSHIP OFFICE MARKS & "POSTAL CENSOR" CANCELS; Rare c.1942 parcel tag addressed to Liverpool censor office with rare "R" label with tiny purple encircled "T.C.O./No.1/HOLYHEAD", large Aug. 1942 env. addressed merely by name (internal censor's mail?) sealed with 5 red wax "TRAVELLERS'/CENSORSHIP/PERMIT/BRANCH/LONDON" with no less than 9 strikes of a similar "TRAVELLERS' CENSORSHIP OFFICE..." cachet (only known usage?) tying censor label on reverse, and 1944/5 pair of fine OHMS "OFFICIAL/PAID" items (env. - address erased - & front) cancelled by v. fine purple "POSTAL CENSOR/BIRMINGHAM" c.d.s.'s. Rare lot. (4 items). PHOTO £100
657 INTERCEPTED & CONDEMNED MAIL; May 1940 pair of civil envs. posted to Belgium prior to its occupation - ex France & India - both censored on arrival due to occupation having started; plus 1941/2 envs. to Argentina/USA (3) ex France/Switzerland(2)/Holland all held up until after the end of the war; two marked "Released by/Prize Court" or "HELD BY BRITISH CENSOR/RELEASED JANUARY 1946" and two with blue crayon "X" marks over censor labels. Scarce lot. (6 covers). PHOTO PLATE 24B £120
658 "RETURNED TO SENDER/BY THE CENSOR": Group of four returned items with green-printed PC23 labels, one with original enclosures, two with POSTAGE REFUNDED h.s., two are unusual OHMS items (inc. War Office!); also two examples of the uncommon black-printed label (two different type-faces). In addition, three examples of the CONDEMNED / RELEASED confiscation of foreign mail and 4-line cachet on Argentinian E detained for over a year by the US censor. (10 items) £120
659 "RETURNED TO SENDER/BY THE CENSOR":four covers with green PC 23 labels and slips giving the reason for return, all have censor tapes. Also two other covers with slips indicating the reason for return to sender. (6 covers). £100
660 TELEGRAM CENSORSHIP: Group of uncommon censored telegrams (mainly "Cable & Wireless" types) with octagonal PASSED BY CENSOR marks inc. numbered and 'T-coded' (2) types, also boxed CENSOR and numbered oval TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP (2) marks and six envelopes with Manchester (4) and Liverpool (2) Censor Office cachets. (17 items) £150
661 SPECIAL TREATMENT OF DIPLOMATIC & PHILATELIC MAILS; 1941/2 pair of envs. ex Australia (Gov. General in Brisbane & ex Prime Minister in Canberra) with special exempt from censorship marks, 1940/3 pair ex London/Bombay to NZ/USA with special pink Exempt from censorship labels, and 1939/40 pair to GB with philatelic frankings having special endorsements on the censor labels due to investigation of possible currency swindles. Scarce lot. (6 covers). PHOTO £120
662 G.B. CENSORSHIP : Substantial group of covers to and from the UK with wide range of PC66 OPENED BY CENSOR & PC90 OPENED BY EXAMINER sealing labels with different fonts, numbering and m/s additions, unusual Indian types inc. PASSED BY CONTROLLER/OF/ENEMY TRADING and blue-printed Bermuda type; also a few h.s inc. scarce 'cut-down' WWI boxed 'No 3376/CENSOR' (1939), oval NAVAL CENSOR/LIVERPOOL and AEF cover to London (1944) with oval EXAMINED FOR FLAG OFFICER IN CHARGE/LIVERPOOL. Interesting lot. (158 items) PHOTO. £200
663 OCTAGONAL 'CROWN' CENSORS: Study of these interesting marks with good range of types inc. PASSED with P, PM, PU, PW, SE, T,TP & (Indian) DHC, PASSED/BY/CENSOR numbered & blank plus PM, PO, T plus 'Belfast crown' types and marks with wording removed etc. (77 items inc. several pieces) £150
664 PRESS CENSORS: Interesting group of covers with distinctive press censorship labels inc. red & orange printings (2/6d brown franking to Australia noted), five covers with rubber h.s. censor inc. unusual oval type plus (1942) an uncommon US example. (21 items) £120
665 BALANCE OF THE JOHN DAYNES COLLECTION OF CIVIL CENSORSHIP MAIL OF WORLD WAR II; 1939-47 range of unusual covers inc. 7 May 1940 GB to Holland with special P.O. "held up following the suspension of the postal service..." apology label, May 1944 PC from Switzerland to GB with rare printed rouletted "Stamp removed under martial law" label, 1941/4 pair to/from Internee/transit POW in Sweden, special typed of Indian censor labels (3), 1946/7 pair to/from Germany with returned marks, and 1940/2 pair (one ex Bristol)with non-standard "RETURNED...BY CENSOR" labels. Good study. (15 covers). £150
UNITED NATIONS
666 MAIL FROM WORLDWIDE PEACEKEEPING FORCES WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF RELATED CACHETS:1957-96 The accumulation of covers/card from a wide range of peacekeeping forces in various theatres of war inc. Bosnia, Congo, Croatia, Egypt,Georgia, Malaya, West New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Zambia. Many with large cahets and datestamps. (120+ items). £100
667 MULTINATIONAL FORCES AND OBSERVERS IN SINAI:1982-83 A group of covers/cards from various multinational forces and observers in Sinai with a good range of colourful cachets, FPO 136 & 174 c.d.s etc. (51 items). £100
AIRMAILS
668 COVERS FLOWN FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO THE UNITED KINGDOM:1939-45 covers from a wide range of countries to the UK inc examples from Canada, Australia, Denmark, USA inc Alaska , Bermuda by diplomatic bag service, Egypt, Malaya and Tehran. The majority are censored. (107 items). £240
669 COVERS FLOWN WORLDWIDE DURING WWII:1939-46 Covers flown between various countries inc. 1939 Imperial Airways flight by “Cabot” from USA to Limerick. 1943 from USA to China. 1941 Australia to Turkey, 1944 env carried on the 1st flight from Trinidad to Jamaica.1941 Pan Am 1st flight from Singapore to Honolulu. 1940 Australia to Sweden. 1939 Thailand to Germany. 1942 India to Sweden 1941 by RAF service from India to Jerusalem and 1943 G.B. to Argentina. An interesting lot most being censored. (89 covers). £200
670 COVERS FLOWN FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO USA:1939-46 covers from various countries flown to USA inc examples from India, UK China with framed “Crown/PASSED/DHA7” h.s. FPO 654 (Libya),Germany, Russia, Australia on cover h.s. “PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE” and Tangier. All are censored with h.s. or tapes. (40 covers). £140
671 MAIL TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND:1939-44 covers flown from and to N Zealand with examples of 1st flights with relevant cachets comprising boxed "NEW ZEALAND-/AUSTRALIA-/ENGLAND/THROUGH AIR MAIL SERVICE/INAUGURAL FLIGHT.1940." x 2, "NEW ZEALAND - U.S.A./AIR MAIL SERVICE/VIA NEW CALEDONIA, CANTON IS./AND HAWAII" x 3 and "NEW ZEALAND - FIJI/AIR MAIL SERVICE/INAUGRAL FLIGHT/1941". Mostly with censor cachets. (37 items). £120
672 WWII MISCELLANY: Quantity of 1939-45 covers, mainly airmail, with variety of censorship etc. inc. high-rate UK trio to Argentina (obliterated cds noted), UK-Sweden group, Irish censor on Swiss card, three different OAT items, India-Sweden E with red-bar cancellation of air label, 'NO SERVICE' pair etc. Inspection recommended. (86 items) PHOTO. £120
673 COVER WHICH STARTED ITS JOURNEY IN PEACE TIME BUT FINISHED DURING THE WAR:1939 (10 Aug) large Air Mail env carried on the 1st Montreal to Southampton flight thence from UK to Hong Kong (12 Aug), Hong Kong to USA (30 Aug - whilst on this part of the journey WWII was declared) onward from USA to Canada. The cover bears the adhesives of four countries and has the relevant cachets and cancellations. PHOTO. £100
674 INTERRUPTED /SUSPENDED AIRMAIL SERVICES:1940-45 covers inc 1940 env from Egypt to N. Zealand with boxed “AIR MAIL INTERRUPTED” h.s. 1942 card from Birmingham to APO 4330 (N Africa) with “NO AIR SERVICE/AVAILABLE” and another to the same destination with “NO AIRMAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE” h.s.1944 env from London to Palestine with “PLEASE INFORM SENDER/AIRMAIL SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE”. 1942 from Burnley to Stockholm with “NO SERVICE/EXCEPT BY AIRMAIL”1940 env from China to London with “Diverted by air via. U.S.A. owing to/suspension of Air France Service” h.s. (15 covers + a front). £200
675 MAIL TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA:1940-45 covers inc 1940 p.c. from Group 7 POW camp Sydney to USA with "PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE" violet h.s. 1941 env to USA franked at the 19/8d from Australia via New Zealand. 1940 env from Mosham Park to APO 725 (N Africa). 1945 7d air letter from Warroonga to London.and two from Egypt. (29 covers) £150
676 WWII AIRMAIL POSTCARDS: Interesting collection of elusive 1939-45 postcards sent at airmail rates with emphasis on UK and Commonwealth material inc. mail to & from servicemen inc. Egypt & India (unusual Indian card with pasted-on photograph), Palestine-UK item with boxed 'AIR POSTCARD SERVICE/NOT AVAILABLE...', UK card to Iraq (stamped 7d) with 'NO 3d AIR POSTCARD/SERVICE' , various censors etc. (62 items plus a few modern examples) £150
677 PRESS CENSORED COVERS:1940 (25 Aug) env carried at the 1/3d rate from Canadian Press, London to their offices in New York on the 3rd flight of “Clare” which was interrupted at Foynes for four days arriving on 1st September. 1940 env from London to the N York office of the Daily Telegraph carried on the last westbound flight of the “Clyde” at the £1 7/6d rate. Both covers have the orange censor labels used on press mail. (2 covers). PHOTO. £100
678 COVERS FLOWN TO CANADA:1940-43 covers to Canada at various rates from overseas inc. examples from India inc an illustrated advertising env. sent via Hong Kong, Egypt, UK by flying boat “Clare” & Australia. Also three items from Canada inc one “O.H.M.S. to “Chief Paymaster, Canadian Army, Overseas with “VIA BOMBER MAIL” h.s. (26 items). £100
679 SERVICE SUSPENDED/NO SERVICE/SERVICE STOPPED MARKS ETC:1940-41 A selection of covers from various countries with various no service h.s. inc 1940 env from Hull to Belgium with boxed “NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER”, 1940 card & env from India ton France with boxed “SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER” h.s. 1941 env from NZ to China with “THIS ARTICLE WAS INTERCEPTED/OVERSEAS AND RETURNED TO/NEW ZEALAND”. 1940 env From Bosham to Perpignon with “ACHEMINEMENT SUSPENDU/Retour a l’envoyeur” h.s. and 1940 env to London with boxed “DETAINED IN FRANCE/DURING GERMAN/OCCUPATION” h.s. (10 covers). £100
680 THE EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF AIR LETTER SHEETS:1941-46 The collection of unused and used letter sheets inc a good number of illustrated types, mainly from the Commonwealth units with better N Zealand and Ceylon examples. (150 +) £160
681 SAFE HAND OF PILOT & AIR DESPATCH SERVICE MAIL:1941-45 covers (9) and a piece with various h.s. inc boxed "R.N.D.A. BOMBAY/SAFE HAND SECTION", red "BY SAFE HAND", "AIR DESPATCH/LETTER SERVICE" and blue "BY AIR IN CHARGE/OF PILOT". An interesting group. PHOTO PLATE 24B £150
682 COVERS FLOWN TO INDIA:1941-45 covers from overseas to India inc examples from South Africa, Burma, Canada, USA inc one sent by privilege mail to the Governor General Lord Linlithgow UK inc an OHMS env sent at the 2/6d rate and another dated 1947 being an Honour env used OHMS with “AIR MAIL/GOVERNMENT BAG” sticker as the civil postal services had broken down. Also a small selection used from India. (38 covers). £120
683 MISCELLANY INC R.A.F. MAIL – AIRGRAPHS – ADVANCED DESERT AIRFORCE - CENSORS - LETTER SHEETS ETC:1941-43 covers inc airgraphs with some illustrated types, items from the advanced desert air force with three examples of the large violet “No 6/PASSED BY R.A.F. BASE CENSOR” d.s. 1945 Air Letters (2) from the Balkan Air unit in Italy.1944 Air Letters (3) from the Special Communications Unit No.5 A good lot. (31 items). £120
684 AIRGRAPHS SENT FROM SHIPS:1941-44 The group of airgraphs sent from ships inc a very fine illustrated example from HMS Medway, other ships inc HMS Nile, HMS Stag, HMS Danae, HMS Gnu and HMT Cordela. Also a “V” mail from Offices of Flag CMF to London. (26 items). £120
685 MAIL TO ASIA WITH SERVICE SUSPENDED MARKS:1941 (Nov) env from Canada to Hong Kong with vivid green ?MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED? h.s. 1941 (Dec) env from India to Japan with ?Returned to sender/Service suspended? h.s. 1941 env from Trinidad to China with ?RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED? h.s. 1941 env from S. Africa to Hong Kong with ?MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED/POSDIENS GESTAK? h.s. and 1942 env from Bombay to Java with boxed ?SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURNED TO SENDER? h.s. (5 covers). PHOTO PLATE 24B £120
686 AIRGRAPHS SENT FROM & TO AFRICA:1941-44 The selection of airgraphs sent from mainly Natal with seven Xmas greetings examples, and six to Southern Rhodesia inc two Xmas types. (32 plus twelve envelopes). £100
687 AIRGRAPHS AND V MAILS FROM & TO NORTH AMERICA:1941-44 The selection of “V” mails ((20, inc one unusually used from Canada to Scotland and seven illustrated types. 1942-43 Airgraphs from (15) and to (3) Canada. (38 plus eleven envelopes). £100
688 AIRGRAPHS FROM MIDDLE EAST FORCES: 1941-44 The remarkable selection of airgraphs sent by Middle East Forces inc fifteen illustrated types. A few have envelopes. A good read. (110). £100
689 A PAIR OF AIR LETTER PROOFS:1941 An imperforate vertical proof pair of Air Mail Letter Cards (Army Form W3077). A little foxed and creased. Scarce. £100
690 R.A.F. CENSORS ON MAIL MAINLY FROM INDIA:1942-46 The large accumulation of covers with the majority from India but a few from Europe and more exotic places with a wide range of RAF censor h.s. and some FPO & APO numbers. Worth examination. (200+ items). £240
691 WEST AFRICAN RELATED FLOWN COVERS: covers inc. 1942 env registered at the 1/6d rate from Bathurst to Liverpool with “Crown/PASSED/INN 5453” h.s. in blue.1943 large env from Freetown to Casablanca at the 5/- rate with censor tapes. 1939 env from Freetown to Ceylon at the 1/10d rate with violet boxed “PASSED BY CENSOR 10”. 1943 env from Freetown at the 1/3d rate to London with censor tapes. 1941 (6 Dec) from Gold Coast to UK franked with a single 5/- with violet “FIRST FLIGHT/Regular Air Mail Service/GOLD COAST-U.S.A.” h.s and Gold Coast censor “8”. 1942 env from Ireland to West Africa Forces with censor tape. (9 covers) £160
692 AIRGRAPHS FROM INDIA:1942-45 The accumulation of Airgraphs from India inc a few with envelopes and thirteen with illustrations. Also two from Ceylon inc one 1942 Xmas type with a map of Ceylon etc. (88). £100
693 AIRGRAPHS FROM MEMBERS OF PAIFORCE:1942-45 A selection of airgraphs from members of Paiforce inc examples from Basra, Beirut and Habbaniya. One is a special 1943 Xmas design. A scarce group. (13). £100
694 A RARE COVER TO A CANADIAN CREW MEMBER OF 617 "DAMBUSTERS" SQUADRON: 1943 (17 Mar) env from Toronto to "Sergt Observer McLean D.A./R 112723/Royal Canadian Air Force/Overseas" with "Overseas" crossed out and "617 SQD" inserted. On reverse are large violet "CANADIAN BASE OFFICE OVERSEAS NO. 1/R.C.A.F./SECTION/DIRECTORY/SERVICE/C.P.C. d.s. and "CANADIAN BASE POST OFFICE OVERSEAS ????/Entered/C.P.C." . The adhesive is missing. The only example of mail addressed to a crew member of 617 squadron recorded by John. Sgt. McClean was a member of the crew of Lancaster ED923/T which on the night of 16/17 May 1943 dropped a mine which mad contact with the Sorpe dam. Also a 1977 (Oct) commemorative cover signed by Eve Gibson and Barnes Wallis. PHOTO £180
695 AIRGRAPHS FROM MEMBERS OF THE C.M.F. AND FROM CYPRUS: 1943-45 A small group of airgraphs from members of the C.M.F. inc. fourteen illustrated types. Also four from Cyprus. (22). £120
696 AIRGRAPHS SENT FROM & TO AUSTRALIA PLUS EXAMPLES FROM NEW ZEALAND:1943-44 The small selection of airgraphs from UK to Australia (17, inc one dated 4th June 1943 the first day of civilian despatch), Australia to UK (3) and from New Zealand to UK (4, inc 1943 & 1944 special Xmas examples). Six have the original envelope. (24 plus six envelopes). £100
697 UNIQUE AIR LETTERS:1943 (23 Nov) A unique Xmas Air Letter from Benghazi to Morecombe showing the fleet at sea. Also another unique example of a different type but with the same illustration used fro Port Said to Reading. (2 items). £100
698 FIRST DAY OF AIR LETTER SERVICE TO WEST AFRICA:1943 (5 March) Air Letter from Rotherham to "No 5 W.A. B.O.D./West African Force, clearly dated 5th March 1943 the first day of the Air Letter service to West Africa. PHOTO PLATE 24B £100
699 R.A.F. UK BASE C.D.S.: 1943-45 covers (5) with RAF base c.d.s. of Henlow Camp on cover flown by Scottish Airways from Glasgow to Tiree and thence to Stornaway by boat as the air service was held up by a hurricane,Stradishall Camp, Wittering Camp, Sullomvoe Shetlands and Hunt's Corner, Co Antrim. PHOTO PLATE IBC £100
700 MAIL FROM THE AZORES R.A.F. POST OFFICE INCLUDING THE UNIQUE F.P.O. 521:1944-45 covers inc an honour env (torn at right) to Hull with Portuguese $50 tied by a clear ?FIELD POST OFFICE/521? c.d.s. (believed to be unique) and eight other covers with ??R.A.F. P.O./004? c.d.s. Also a USA cover from Honolulu to Force D, Azores Force. (10 covers). PHOTO PLATE IBC £140
701 MICROGRAM ? AN AIRGRAPH SERVICE FOR OFFICIAL LETTERS AND OTHER MEANS OF CONVEYING OFFICIAL MAILS::1944 OHMS env to Cape Town with oval ?COMMANDER IN CHIEF, SOUTH ATLANTIC/MICROGRAM SERVICE? d.s. plus three micrograms as received. Also 1941 large reused OHMS env with red ?WAR OFFICE/IMMEDIATE-BY RAIL/Q(M)34? h.s. plus a similar env marked ?URGENT? bearing Southern Railway 8d parcel stamp from King?s Cross to Sidcup. (6 items). PHOTO PLATE IBC £100
702 1ST FLIGHT TRANS-PACIFIC COVER:1944 (9 Nov) env from Sydney to Liverpool flown on the 1st trans-pacific air service operated by the RAF transport command. PHOTO PLATE IBC £100
POSTAL STATIONERY
703 REGISTERED ENVELOPES, MILITARY, ETC:1939-c80 The accumulation of postal stationery inc some special forces types, mainly registered envelopes with strength in QEII cancelled with FPO c.d.s. (few 100's). £180
704 THE RARE RAF FORM 1180 HONOUR ENVELOPE ETC: 1940 an example of the rare RAF Form 1180 honour env used fronm Egypt to East Mosley franked with Egyptian 10m pairs x 2 with "F.P.O./E.805" c.d.s. and "Crown/PASSED BY/R.A.F./CENSOR/No 18" h.s. 1942 (9 May) env from FPO 676 (Orkneys) to Hull with m/s honour certification. 1945 env with contents from Germany to Howarth with "8 BASE/ARMY POST OFFICE" c.d.s. and a typed notice stating that no certified privilege envs. were available, therefore a typed declaration is attached and signed. PHOTO PLATE IBC £100
705 P.O.W. CARDS AND AIR MAIL FORMS:1944 (March) 3d POW postcard unused and used to Fukuoka Camp, Japan. 1945 1½d card unused. 1944 POW 2½d air letter sheet unused and used from Blackpool to Stalag IVB with "Nicht Stalag IV/B" h.s. (5 items) £100
706 USE OF CAPTURED STATIONERY etc: Fieldpost use of captured military stationery inc. German feldpost cancels on UK 'honour' & NAAFI Es, US 'blue envelope' & 6c airmail E and Russian 30k E plus strikes of a captured Army Signals cds on 4 German items inc. S.African E and UK air letter and Italian PM/133 cds on UK 'honour' E. (13 items) £100
BRITISH ARMY POSTAL SERVICES
707 FORMS, COURIER MAIL, NAAFI ITEMS, TRAINING SCHOOL, ETC:1942-85 The accumulation of covers, forms, tickets parcel labels and documents relating to the British Forces P.O. and its workings. (Qty). £100
INTERNEE MAIL
708 MISCELLANY of Internee/P.O.W. items, 1941-49 inc. 1943 (Dec.) "Biglietto Postale Per Le Forze Armate" form from an internee on the Island of Rhodes, three covers to/from special camps in Switzerland for escaped P.O.W's , 1947 Red Cross card sent from a German P.O.W. in Russia, 1949 env. and contents from a German P.O.W. in Russia to Berlin, etc. (8). £100
709 MAIL EX ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMAN HANDS: The interesting collection of covers, cards, etc. emanating from Allied Prisoners of War held in German Camps showing a wide range of frankings, censor marks, Camp cachets, etc. A very interesting lot with such a diversity of markings that it really must be seen to be properly appreciated. (Approx. 160 items). £300
710 COLLECTION OF COVERS/CARDS INC. ONE BRITISH SOLDIER'S WAR FROM DUNKIRK TO THE END OF HOSTILITIES INCLUDING FOUR YEARS IN ENEMY HANDS: 1940-45 correspondence, predominantly to King's Lynn with a wide range of postal and censor markings, camp cachets, etc., from a Reginald Dexter who was a member of the M.E.F. before falling into enemy hands (initially the Italians and latterly the Germans). The lot also includes a few covers/air letters from other Allied prisoners in enemy hands but is in essence a chronicle of one man's war. Fascinating. (Approx. 90 items). £150
711 COLLECTION OF COVERS/CARDS, ETC. EX GERMAN PRISONERS IN ALLIED HANDS, ETC.: 1940-46 group of covers/cards, etc. including a good number of items ex Germans held in Allied hands. A wide range of censor marks, postal markings, camp cachets, etc. A very interesting lot which must be seen to be proper appreciated. (64). £120
712 MAIL TO MRS LOCKETT FROM MI.9:1939 -40 covers to Mrs Lockett at Abingdon from MI.9 the section of the British Secret Service that fostered the escape and evasion of POW. Mrs Locketts husband assisted POW to escape was eventually sent to Colditz., inc. are letters from POW, items marked “SECRET” Also a few others inc 1940 OHMS env. To M.I.10 with large GENERAL STAFF/M.I 9a/DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE” c.d.s. (23) £100
713 ITALIAN P.O.W. MAIL EX GREEK CAMPS: Group of uncommon red-printed POW cards (3) used by Italian POWs held in Greek camps during 1941 plus two similar letter-sheets; also (1940) Italian Red Cross E to Greece, all with Greek nd Italian censorship. (6 items) £120
714 CRETE/GREECE, ETC.: Scarce (1942) GB 21⁄2d POW letter-sheet to German camp on Crete with UK & German censors and cachet of Stalag VIIIB; large 4-line cachet '...RETURNED BY THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS...'. Also (1941) E to soldier at APO 725 with 'Addressee Reported/prisoner of War', 1944 POW card to Athens ex Italian officer held at Oflag 77 (Lublin) and two post-WWII items from interned Germans held in Greece. (5 items) PHOTO PLATE IBC £120
WAR CRIMES
715 CONCENTRATION CAMPS, NUREMBERG TRIALS, etc.: Interesting miscellany inc. (1941) pair of printed covers used from Dachau & Auschwitz concentration camps, two 1946 Es to German prisoners held at Dachau with WAR CRIMES/CENSOR 11 (or '13') h.s., E ex 'Room 203 International Military Tribunal Nurnberg' sent via FPO617 and US Red Cross E ex 'Office of US Chief of Counsel APO 124A' Nuremberg. Also an example of DP mail ex Bergen-Belsen . (7 items) £140
716 MAIL FROM MEMBERS OF EASTERN WAR CRIMES TEAMS ETC:1946 covers from various members of the war crimes team inc an air letter from Jack OKI with FPO SC7 c.d.s. 1946 env from Roy Ito 1945 env from Harol Hirose who acted as interpreter during the Japanese surrender. and a cover from Sadao Nikaido who took part in the interrogation of Japanese soldiers in Bangkok. (8 covers). £100
WAR LEADERS
717 SIGNATURE OF "MONTY" AS A GENERAL AND FIELD MARSHALL ETC:c1943 OHMS env to Major-General A.F. Harding in Cairo signed "B.L. Montgomery/General".1946 env marked "TOP SECRET" to FM Alan Brooke signed "B.L. Montgomery/F.M.". Also 1934, 1950 & 1952 envs with oval "C.I.G.S./WAR OFFICE h.s. in green & red (2). plus two other items.(8 covers). PHOTO £100
718 AIRGRAPH AUTOGRAPHED BY GENERAL DOUGLAS McCARTHUR:1945 (Feb) Airgraph depicting the Manila City Arms (apparently drawn by the sender) from "Canal Area South M.E.F." later autographed in ink "Douglas McCarther". Most unusual. PHOTO PLATE IBC £100
ROYAL REVIEWS ETC
719 THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE ETC:1945 (3 July) env with red "WAR CABINET/OFFICE" cachet, the cover bears no dispatch cancellations and was routed through London. 1944 Xmas card showing Princess Elizabeth, four war time PPC's of The royal family. 1940 (March) env registered from Buckingham palace to the house of Commons (Address partially erased). An undated env to South East Asia command with oval "V.C.I.G.S./WAR OFFICE" h.s. (13 items). £80
720 THE CORONATION:1953 covers/cards with cancellations & h.s. associated with the Coronation, examples of FPO 953, 955, 966, 967 and 969 are present, cachets from overseas navy vessels inc those of Gota Legon (Sweden), I.N.S. Delhi (India), Sydney (Australia), La Hulloise (Canada) and Tromp (Netherlands).Also 1965 philatelic cover with "F.M.O./GREENOCK" c.d.s. used at the Clyde review. An interesting lot.(50 covers + 44 mainly unused cards). £140
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