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The Dave Tarry Mauritius Collection continued...

WORLD WAR II - CENSORS, PO BOX 1000 INTERNEES, ETC., 1939-1945 continued...

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Opening

241

BALANCE OF CIVIL CENSORSHIP COLLECTION INC. RARE CHIEF CENSOR "[Crown]/PASSED/E.E./1" TRIO, ETC.; 1941-44 group of covers with unusual censor markings/treatment inc. 4 ingoing envs. (ex NZ with Savings Slogan, honour env., Reunion "ZC/" tombstone, etc.) and a good range with Mauritius KGVI frankings with rare 1942 trio with mainly fine or very fine rare fancy boxed "[Crown]/PASSED/EE./1" Chief Censor's cachets (to India, Nyasaland or Switzerland), 1942/3 pair to US with Mauritius Censor slips "NO ["written" or "coupons"] ENCLOSURE..." slips, 1942 pair to GB/Ceylon with purple boxed "PASSED BY/WAR/DEPARTMENT/CENSOR" marks ("No.1" or "No.2"), a few uncensored (local/Red Cross), etc. Good variety inc. very scarce covers. (21 covers + 2 slips + 1 photo) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, NEW ZEALAND (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £480.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

242

P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - "B1", "B2" (2), "B4" & "B5" TRIANGULAR CENSORS ON MAIL TO SWEDEN/SWITZERLAND/GB; Fine group of 1941-45 mail from Internees at the Beau Bassin Camp to Europe; 1941 pair at 20c rate to Sweden or Switzerland with mainly v. fine triangular "PASSED BY/CENSOR/MAURITIUS" cachets with central codes "B1" or "B2" (latter with British transit censor label); plus 1944 env. at 12c rate with "B2" triangle censor to a Lieut. at "PO B[ox] 226" in London (with v. fine Czech FPO cds on the front and red 4-line "The original address...incorrect...Please inform your correspondent" cachet, and 1942/5 pair registered at 32c-rate to the same London addressee with "B5" or "B4" triangle censors. Rare group. (5 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, JUDAICA (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £700.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

243

P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - "B2" (2) OR "B4" TRIANGLE CENSORS ON MAIL TO CHINA & SOUTH AMERICA; Remarkable and very fine 23 July 1941 usage of the Mauritius 10c P. Stat. PC (cancelled by GPO/MAURITIUS cds) to Shanghai (bilingual arrival cds on front) with mainly very fine purple "B2" Camp censor on the front; 22 Oct. 1941 registered usage to Paraguay of the 10c P. Stat. PC (creasing) uprated with 20c tied by oval regd. ds with "B2" triangle censor alongside; and 1944 env. to Argentina with 20c tied by GPO cds with fair "B4" Camp censor triangle on the front and UK transit censor label. Rare trio to most unusual destinations for PO Box 1000 mail. (3 cards/cover) Cross Reference: JUDAICA, SHANGHAI, PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

244

P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - "B1" (2), "B2" OR "B4" TRIANGLE CENSORS ON MAIL TO USA - ONE VIA S. AFRICA; 1941-45 covers (3) + PC from the Beau Bassin Internment Camp to USA addresses; 1941/4/5 trio of envs. to New York at 20c rate with faint to fine "B1"(2) or "B2" triangle censors, the 1941 env. most unusually also with South Africa censor label on reverse; plus 1943 usage of the 10c Red P. Stat. PC to New York with partly fine "B4" censor as well as transit "W22" octagon censor in red. Rare group. (4 covers/card) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, JUDAICA (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

245

P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - "B1", "B2", OR "B3" TRIANGLE CENSORS ON MAIL TO PALESTINE/M.E.F. + TELEGRAM; 1941 pair of 10c P. Stat. PC usages to Tel Aviv with "B1" or "B3" triangle Camp censors, 1942 env. with 12c to "Czechoslovak Training Dept., EAST, MEF" with faint "B2" triangle censor also sealed with small piece of unidentified ".. " label, and 17 July 1943 Cable & Wireless telegram form (no. env.) with Tel Aviv cds with message from Port Louis ref. goods sent to Haifa and asking addressee to "INTERVENE FOR US WITH JEWISH AGENCY...". Rare group. (4 items)Cross Reference: TELEGRAMS, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, JUDAICA, PALESTINE (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 110

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

246

P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - MAIL FROM SWITZERLAND/GB/F.P.O. 156 + RARE PAIR OF INGOING AIRGRAPHS; Oct./Dec. 1944 rare pair of Airgraphs to PO Box 1000 from London (Klatzko correspondence) - one with original env. - with partly fine purple "B4" triangular Camp Censor marks (one also with curious blue "DET. CP. P.O. BOX 1000" at left); plus Mar. 1945 env. regd. ex Switzerland with S. Africa and "P.C.90" censor labels as well as a mainly fine "B2" triangle (with v. fine blue "DET. CP. P.O. BOX 1000" on the front), 1944 env. regd. ex London with KGVI 6d and partial "B4" triangle censor (with "EE/8" label, and Dec. 1943 Honour env. (some wear) ex FPO 156 (Palestine)with mainly fine (for this) purple "B6" Camp censor triangle and "EE/10" censor label. Rare group. (4 covers + 1 loose airgraph) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, SWITZERLAND, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

247

P.O. BOX 1000 INTERNEE CAMP MAIL - GUSTAV BAUER ARCHIVE INC. RED CROSS FORM, AIRGRAPHS, AIR LETTERS, ETC.; 1941-45 group of items addressed to, or relating to, Bauer during his 5 years in the Beau Bassin Internment Camp, where he was apparently nominated to be the postal clerk to go regularly to Port Louis to collect ingoing mail (with some 1970s letters from Bauer to Dave Tarry regarding some of these items). 22 Oct. 1941 Red Cross form to Bauer with message from Austria, 1944 pair of rare Airgraphs to and from Bauer (to/from his wife in Leeds), 1941/2 trio of stampless envs. (stamps removed by censors?) ex GB to Bauer with v. fine or fine "B2" triangles or faint "B4" triangle, and 1945 trio of GB 6d Air Letters to Bauer with fair/fine B4(2) or B2 Triangle censors. Also an unused Jan. 1945 "DETAINMENT CAMP - BEAU BASSIN/PASS", and Bauer's 1945 "DETAINMENT CAMP PASS" with ms entries for visits to Hospital, and a 3rd Class rail ticket from P. Louis to Beau Bassin that Bauer is thought to have used at the time. Remarkable and Important lot. [With some research notes incl. 1999 letter from Peter Ibbotson.] (12 items + notes) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 340

SOLD for £750.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

AIRMAILS

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248

1929 FIRST MAIL CARRYING FLIGHT FROM FRANCE TO MAURITIUS: 17 Oct. 1929 registered and carried on the 1st mail carrying flight from France. The env. was flown from France to Madagascar and onward by sea due to illness and the journey completed by sea to Mauritius. Signed by Goulette & Marchesseau. A scarce survivor. (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

249

1931-32 AIRMAILS VIA MOMBASA ETC. inc. 28 May 1932 env. from GPO Mauritius to UK with a single 1r. 11 April 1932 env. from Mauritius to Ipswich at the 1r 38c rate. 22 Dec 1932 env. from Phoenix via S. Africa to UK at the 70c rate. 9 March 1932 env. from Mauritius by air from Mombasa to UK. 20 Jan 1932 card from Mauritius to Paris with "MAURICE FRANCE/lere Lasison aeropostale/Avion Roland Garros/Voyage de Retour" hs. Generally fine. (12 items) (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 95

SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

250

1933 (NOV.) RAID SAMAT FLIGHT COVERS: 10 Nov. 1933 env. from Reunion to Maritius carried on the Raid Samat flight at 6f 50c with special cachet on reverse. 14 Nov. 1933 covers (4, inc. three registered) to Reunion (2) and UK (2) with correct postage and cachets. The examples to UK are pilot signed (Paul Louis Lemerle). Also one other. (6 covers) (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 110

SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

251

1933 (9 NOV.) RAID SAMAT FLIGHT COVERS from Reunion to Maritius franked at the 8f 50 rate and showing on reverse "1er LIASON POSTALE AERIENNE/REUNION MAURICE/RAID SAMAT/Escarille de 3 avions" cachet. A little folded. Also 1933 (14 Nov.) return flight cover registered from Curepipe Road to Reunion, pilot signed (J Haily) and return cachet on reverse. (2 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £95.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

252

1933-36 COVERS FLOWN FROM MAURITIUS VIA KENYA inc. 31 Oct. 1932 env. from Port Louise to Switzerland with a fine "PAR AVION/JUSQU'A BRINDISI" hs. 10 Nov. 1934 env. from Mauritius to London at the 55c rate. 24 July 1934 env. registered from Mauritius via Nairobi to Lincoln. 3 Jan. 1936 env. registered from Curepipe Road to London at the 70c rate. (7 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £95.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

253

1934-37 FLOWN COVERS TO EUROPE VIA SOUTH AFRICA inc. 18 July 1934 env. registered from Mauritius via S. Africa to Lincoln at the 70c plus 20c registration rate. 2 Mar. 1935 env. from Mauritius "via South Africa" to Glasgow at the 1R 40c double rate. 16 Mar 1935 env. from Rose Hill "via Durban" to London 1r 25c rate. 10 Nov. 1936 env. from Curepipe "via Durban" to Paris at the 90c rate. 15 Feb. 1937 env. from Jamaica via USA, London & S. Africa to Rose Hill at the 1/-2d rate. (9 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 95

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

254

1936-38 INTERESTING GROUP OF FLOWN COVERS inc. 24 Oct. 1936 env. from Souilac "via Tamanartive Madagascar" to Paris with a large boxed red "Premier voyage Madagascar-Europe/(Air Afrique)/par Elisabethville - Stanleyville-/Bangui-Alger-Marseille-Paris" hs. 20 Jan. 1937 envs. (2) carried on the Roland Garros return flight with "MAURICE FRANCE/Iere Liaison aeropostale/Aviaon Roland Garros/Voyage de retour" hs, one pilot signed. 25 June 1937 env. from London to Port Louise carried on the 1st day of the 1½d "all up" rate. A fine lot. (9 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 95

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

255

1947 AIR FRANCE 100th FLIGHT TO MARITIUS, ETC.: Five covers inc. a 6d air letter sheet to Mauritius, one from Reunion to Port Louise, and an env. registered from Mauritius to S. Africa all with large boxed "100eme LIASON POSTALE AERIENNE/REGULIERE EFFECTUEE PAR - AIR FRANCE/ELI MAURICE-LA REUNION-MADAGASCAR" hs. Also 18 Feb. 1948 env from Maritious to Nairobi with boxed "FIRST AIR MAIL/MAURITIUS - NAIROBI/per SKYWAYS Ltd" hs. (6 covers) (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

256

1952-62 QANTAS & B.O.A.C. FIRST FLIGHT COVERS, ETC.: 1952 (Sept.) special illustrated QANTAS envs. (13) carried on various stages of the Australia to S. Africa 1st regular flights. 2 June 1953 env. from Mauritius to London carried on the QANTAS Coronation flight. 6 Jan. 1962 BOAC envs. (4) carried on the 1st flight from London to Mauritius. (18 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

CANCELLATIONS

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c1858-1960 STOCKBOOK OF ADHESIVES WITH CANCELLATIONS: Stock of adhesives (mostly QV issues) with an interesting range of cancellations inc. numerals, cds's, and concentric circles with numerals. Mostly clear strikes. (few 100s) (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 340

SOLD for £2,200.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

258

CASCADE HALT CANCELLATIONS: 7 May 1945 small env. to Quatre Bornes bearing a single 2c tied by a fine "CASCADE HALT" hs. 11 July 1945 env. to Port Louise re-directed to Reduit with a 12c tied by a good CASCADE HALT" hs with another strike nearby. (2 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

259

1940 MARITIME CANCELLATIONS with 23 May 1940 env. from Netherlands East Indies via Mauritius to S. Africa bearing N. Indies 5c & 10c tied by "M.S. BOISSEVAIN" hs and a fine Maritius "Ship Letter" hs adjacent. A similar env. (flap damage) with a similar "Ship Letter" hs. Also 1977 env. from Mauritius to UK with a fine "Ship Letter" hs. (3 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM

260

NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS, ETC.: c1870-c1910 remaindered accumulation of adhesives and covers (2) with various cancellations inc. a good range of "B53" numerals. 31 March 1879 E from Mauritius to France with 25c tied by "B53" duplex. 1863-72 2d blue (23) and 8c on 2d (3) with numeral cancellations comprising 1, 2, 4 to 8, 10 to 12, 14 to 23, and 25 to 30. Mostly fine strikes. (c150) (Image)

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Starting at £ 95

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Apr-17, 06:00 AM