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INDIA continued...

World War One P.O.W & Internee Mail continued...
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
701 Ahmednagar. 1914-19 Covers and cards to P.O.Ws at Ahmednagar including Japan 1½s postal stationery card, Bavaria 10pf postal stationery card, postcard posted within India franked ½a, covers from Chile or USA (with incorrect 3A due mark) both with stamps removed by the censor, stampless items from Germany (6), Switzerland or Australia, three with scarce red "OPENED BY / CENSOR / P.W. AHMEDNAGAR" seals, four to the "Parole Camp". (13).

Est. £250-300

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
702 Ahmednagar Civil Camp. 1915-16 Postcard and cover to Germany both with printed heading "CIVIL DETENUS LETTER" or "CIVIL DETENUS POST CARD" and "Passed by Superintendent, Civil Camp, Ahmednagar", and a stampless cover to Bombay, the postcard and stampless cover both with violet boxed "PASSED CENSOR / JHG / Superintendent / Civil Camp, Ahmednagar", the printed cover with unframed "Passed by ..... Superintendent / Civil Concentration Camp". Fine and scarce. (3).

Est. £180-220

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
703 Belgaum. 1915-19 Covers and cards, four stampless items with "Colonel / Supt. Civil Camp, Belgaum" in violet (2) or black (2, handstamp worn), three with additional "Service of Prisoners of War" above, one also handstamped "PASSED CENSOR / BELGAUM / W.E.H", one unusual card to another P.O.W at Ahmednagar and forwarded to Maadi Camp in Egypt with Sidi Bishr P.O.W Camp censor cachet; cover from Bombay to Belgaum with violet "PASSED / CENSOR, BELGAUM" and red censor seals; and a card from the camp to England probably from a camp guard. (6).

Est. £120-140

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
704 Bellary. 1915 Stampless postcard and cover from the civilian internee camp (which closed by the end of 1916), sent within India endorsed "Prisoner of War Letter", with violet "CENSORED / W.N.H / SUPT., BELLARY" or "Passed Postal Censor". Fine and very scarce, very little mail recorded from this camp. (2).

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
705 imageDagshai. 1916 Printed Ahmednagar Camp P.O.W postcard with the camp name changed to Dagshai in manuscript, handstamped fancy framed "PASSED CENSOR / G.E.R", and a stampless cover endorsed "Prisoners of War Letter Censorship Stamp, Passed by Commandant, Prisoners of War, Dagshai" with violet oval "STATION STAFF OFFICE / Dy. No. / Date / DAGSHAI", both sent by A. Fritz to Germany. Fine and very scarce, very little mail recorded from this Convalescent Camp. (2). Photo on Page 102. (Image1)

Est. £160-180

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
706 Katapahar. 1917 Stampless cover to Switzerland endorsed "Prisoner of War Service, no stamp required, Civil Detenus Letter" with violet boxed "Passed by / G. RYLE SMITH / Supervising Officer / KATAPAHAR", Bombay censor cachet and label, light backstamp. Very scarce, very few covers recorded from this camp, which held just 36 people in a census of March 1916.

Est. £120-140

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
707 imageKodaikanal. 1915 Stampless cover to Germany endorsed "Free Service of Prisoners of War" with boxed "PASSED CENSOR / KODAIKANAL", Bombay censor and circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR", Kodaikanal backstamp. Very few items recorded from internees at Kodaikanal, believed to be the only recorded example of this censor cachet. Photo on Page 102. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
708 Ramandrug. 1918-19 Printed Ahmednagar Camp P.O.W postcard with the camp name altered to Ramandrug in manuscript, reverse handstamped "FROHE / WEIHNACHTEN & Neujahr", and a Prisoners of War envelope on white shiny paper, both with boxed dated "PASSED CENSOR" cachets of Ahmednagar with differing censor initials. Scarce, very little mail recorded from this Convalescent Camp. (2).

Est. £160-200

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
709 imageSholapur. c.1918 Stampless cover to Holland with censor label on reverse, and a Prisoners of War envelope on white shiny paper to Germany, both with violet "Lieut. Colonel, / Supt. Civil Camp, / Sholapur" and a Bombay censor cachet, the plain cover with violet "Service of Prisoners of War", the P.O.W envelope with red boxed "Forwarded as a / Special Case". The P.O.W envelope with two file holes at left, otherwise fine and very scarce. Very few covers recorded from this camp, the "Special Case" cachet the only example recorded. (2). Photo on Page 102. (Image1)

Est. £160-200

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
710 Takdah. 1917 (Nov 27) Stampless cover to Ghum, headed "On Prisoner of War Service" with violet boxed "Passed by / Supervising Officer / TAKDAH" (signed), despatch and arrival backstamps. A little toning but rare, virtually no mail recorded from this camp.

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
711 Yercaud. 1918-19 Stampless postcards (2), one with "On Prisoners of War Service" printed heading, and a printed cover "Prisoners of War Letter, For Transmission Overseas from India, Prisoners of War, Yercaud" (5,000 - 8-1-18 imprint) sent to Germany, Sweden or the Red Cross in Switzerland, two with violet circular "PASSED BY CENSOR / YERCAUD" with or without a central crown, the other with circular Madras censor. Fine and scarce. (3).

Est. £180-220

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
712 imageBurma - Shwebo. 1918 (Oct 1) Stampless cover to Switzerland inscribed "On Prisoners of War Service. Postage Free", endorsed "Passed by Censor, N.N Smart, DC Shwebo, W.W.W" backstamped at Shwebo and St. Gallen, opened out, fine and rare. Shwebo used as a Convalescent Camp for civilians from Thayetmyo Camp, very few covers recorded. Photo on Page 102. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
713 imageBurma - Thayetmyo. 1917 Printed P.O.W envelopes to Bombay, one with "From Prisoners of War Camp, Thayetmyo / Burma, India" printed at the base with a printed circle for the censor cachet, with differing circular censor cachets in violet, "CENSORSHIP STAMP / Passed by / Commandant / Date 25 JAN 1917 / signature or initials / R.J.H / Camp THAYETMYO / BURMA" or "CENSORSHIP STAMP / Passed by / Commandant / 4 MAR 1918 / R.J.H / P. of W. Camp, THAYETMYO". Backstamped at Thayetmyo and Bombay, the standard type P.O.W cover with minor soiling, otherwise fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 104. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
Air Mails
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
714 image1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, cover to Bombay with KEVII 1a tied by the pictorial Aerial Post cancel in magenta, Allahabad and Bombay Fort backstamps, fine. Photo on Page 104. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
715 image1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, cover to Jubbulpore with KEVII 3p (2) and ½a tied by the pictorial Aerial Post cancels in magenta, Allahabad and Jubbulpore backstamps, fine. Photo on Page 104 (Image1)

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
716 image1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, registered cover to Bombay franked KEVII 1r tied by the special pictorial Aerial Post handstamp in magenta with a second strike on the front, reverse with a registration label bearing boxed "R / ALLAHABAD" and datestamps of Allahabad and Bombay. Fine and a scarce high franking, additional strikes of the Aerial Post handstamp usually only applied to privileged mail items with the handstamp in black and to highly franked covers bearing rupee value stamps. Photo on Page 104. (Image1)

Est. £450-550

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
717 image1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, cover addressed to "Clarksonville, Cave Valley P.O, Jamaica, West Indies" with KEVII ½a pair cancelled by the special pictorial Aerial Post handstamp in magenta, backstamped at Allahabad, Bombay, Kingston (Mar 23) and Cave Valley. A remarkable and unique destination, presumably the first Air Mail cover ever sent to the West Indies. Photo on Page 104. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £2,400-2,800

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
718 1920 (Jan.-Mar.) Karachi to Bombay experimental air service, covers carried on the first, fifth and seventh flights from Karachi, or the first or seventh flights from Bombay, all with special Air Post datestamps, the Bombay first flight cover registered, all very fine. (5).

Est. £250-300

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
719 image1925 (Feb 5) Anglo-Indian Survey Flight by Alan Cobham, picture postcard of Cobham's De Havilland aircraft flown from Calcutta to London with the violet flight cachet and green vignette, bearing an uncancelled India 1a stamp, posted upon arrival with a "WADDON AERODROME / CROYDON" c.d.s (Mar 17), "1d / E.C" charge mark and a 1d postage due stamp cancelled at Kensington W., signed by the flight engineer Arthur B. Elliott. Fine, 31 postcards flown to London. Photo on Page 104. (Image1)

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
720 image1927 (Feb 16) Stack and Leete Karachi to Delhi flight, flown cover with KGV 1a tied by the special cancel in violet, unusually addressed to Ceylon, signed by Neville Stack. An uncommon pilot signed cover to Ceylon. Photo on Page 108. (Image1)

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
721 1927 (Feb 16) Stack and Leete Karachi to Delhi flight via Lahore, covers with the special cancel in violet, flown from Karachi to Lahore (2, sixty flown), or Karachi to Delhi (3, one to Gwalior), all fine. (5).

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
722 1927-40 First Flights and other special flights, covers including 1927 Stack & Leete Karachi to Lahore flight (60 flown), 1933 (Mar 21) Dacca to Dum Dum experimental flight (53 flown), 1933 (Sep 6) Edmonstone Island to Dum Dum flight with a cargo of fish (55 flown), 1933 (Dec 1-4) Indian National Airways flights (7), 1934 (Dec 4) Lahore to Karachi flight cover to Bahrein, 1936 Paris to Saigon flight by Arnoux and Japy which crashed at Karachi, etc. (24).

Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
723 1929 (Mar 30/Apr 7) Cover from England to Bombay, carried on the Imperial Airways first flight to Karachi, unusually signed by the pilot Capt. A.S Wilcockson; and covers carried on the first return flight from Karachi to London (5, one registered), two unusually franked by a single 1r or 5r. (6).

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
724 1929 (Apr 7) Covers from Karachi to USA, carried on the first Imperial Airways Karachi to London flight, flown to Bushire, Jask or London. (3).

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
725 1929 (May 21) Calcutta to Darjeeling flight by Bengal Air Transport Co., flown cover franked KGV 1a with arrival backstamp, and printed newspaper wrapper "PRESS-PACKET / The Englishman / PER BENGAL AIR TRANSPORT Co" with printed address of Darjeeling, inscribed and signed "Genuine flown copy, Stephen H. Smith". 78 Covers flown (64 cancelled at Calcutta), the newspaper wrappers scarce. (2).

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.

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