Worldwide Stamps & Covers - Oct. 2023 FRANCE - FRENCH WWII POSTAL HISTORY
Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1949
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MISCELLANY: A box-file containing a c1800-1960s range of covers, mainly French interest with useful Type Sage, WWI and other military interest etc. (Qty) Cross Reference: MILITARY (Image)
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Lot No: 1951
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EUROPEAN ALLIED FORCES: Covers on leaves inc Czech army 1940-45 (6), good range of Polish items from forces in France with range of cachets and cancellations inc. Polish internee in Hungary card (16), Belgian army item. (23)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Lot No: 1953
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FRENCH FORCES: Accumulation of military covers with ‘F.M.’ endorsements, franchise stamps, army cds, unit cachets, censors, undeliverable etc. inc. navy & air force items. Lots of interesting material but needs more careful research. (69)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1954
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FREE FRENCH IN LONDON: Group of covers with FF cachets inc. GENERAL DE GAULLE/ETAT-MAJOR on naval cover, 1944-45 UK covers with departmental cachets (2), another with courier service cachets, BCM7 cds, AVF envelope label 1944, 1946 E to Miitary Attache in London.(7)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1955
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FREE FRENCH IN LEVANT: Covers with FFL BCM1 cds (2 inc on KGVI 10d ex Beirut), BPM5 (Alexandria) inc attractive registered cover to UK (3), cross of Lorraine censor marks inc uncommon boxed example on Red Cross item to Djibouti, CFLN stamp issues on cover etc. (17)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1958
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ITALIAN FORCES IN FRANCE: Uncommon Italian Armistice Commission cover 1940, also a group of Italian forces postcards used during the occupation with range of FPOs in France inc. a number in Corsica and Nice also N. Africa; a few items of censored civilian mail.(36)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, ITALY (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1960
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INCOMING MAIL TO FRANCE: Censored covers ex Finland, Roumania, Spain, Norway, U.K. (inc two telegrams), Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary (reg’d postcard), Italy, USA; interesting Dutch cover to Venezuela routed via Lisbon. Also covers ex Algeria mainly to Geneva with US and German censorship etc. (38)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1961
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TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1940-42 Group of airmail covers to USA with range of high frankings and Bermuda censorship, US instructional marks etc. Also two covers to UK via USA. Attractive lot. (14)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1962
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TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1940-41 Air covers ex USA to France returned to sender with INADMIS or Marseille 3-line return cachet reinforced by US RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED (4, one with stamp removed); also 1942 E ex Nice with RELEASED BY AUTHORITY OF/THE DISTRICT POSTAL CENSOR and 1945 returned cover ex French Navy to Boston . (7)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1963
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UNDELIVERABLE MAIL: 1940-45 covers with ‘return’ cachets inc. ex Portugal, Venezuela & UK; item returned from Alsace, various French cachets inc various types of INADMIS, ACHEMININEMENT SUSPENDU, RETOUR etc. (16)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1964
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THOMAS COOK BOX 506: 1941 E (roughly opened at R, fold) with France 2f 50c stamp ex Vichy addressed ‘Box 506 Lisbon’ with ‘TC/S’ perfin KGVI 2½d stamp and yellow address label tied by Cook’s oval cachet. Also two ‘ambulance’ envelopes to Box 506 and two others from/to the Red Cross Message Scheme. (5)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1965
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DETAINED MAIL: 1940 covers (2) ex France or Switzerland to UK, held in Paris until 1945 each with fine boxed DETAINED IN FRANCE/DURING GERMAN/OCCUPATION; 1940 UK pair with ‘NO SERVICE’ h.s. one with scarce original RLS official return envelope; also 1942 Lyon cover to Dublin censored, with CONDEMNED h.s. deleted and RELEASED in 1946. (6)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1966
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COMMERCIAL MAIL: Substantial lot of covers on leaves inc variety of Petain frankings, many censored with 1f bisect noted; strength in immediate post-war period with attractive Dulac & Arc de Triomphe items, much overseas mail, uprated postcards, unusual censors etc. Liberation opts of Montreuil-Bellay (3) and Bordeaux. Useful lot which will repay careful inspection. (88)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1967
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COMMERCIAL FOREIGN MAIL: Substantial lot of commercial covers to foreign destinations, most with Petain stamps and censorship, most to Europe inc UK but items to India, Roumania, Egypt & Tunisia. Attractive lot with potential. (72)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 853
Lot No: 1968
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POST-WW2 MILITARY MAIL TO 1995, ETC.: Binder with miscellany of covers inc various British FPOs to 1959, occupation of Germany & Austria inc. trilingual permit and Innsbruck censor item, Greek revolution 1948 (2) etc. (49)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII (Image)
