Great Britain and British Commonwealth Great Britain County Postal History The Red Cross Message Scheme
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 640
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The Red Cross Message Scheme. 1941 (Apr 26) - 1942 (Apr. 13) "Controlling Committee of the States of Guernsey" letters from Elizabeth College or Hirzel House advising R.C messages await collection, but giving the messages with regret that they contain bad news (4); 1942 (Sep 21) letter from the R.C Bureau signed by L. Trouteaud requesting the return of two Red Cross forms; Jersey Enquiry and News Service slips "This a reply to your enquiry and you may keep the form" (13, two types); and "Instructions for Replying" with the office address shown as "Morning News" or "over Burtons". (20).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 642
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Censorship and other forms enclosed with Red Cross messages, comprising British Red Cross form FR/CL/95 suggesting delaying replying pending further developments in the war situation (7); British Postal Censorship forms P.C. 176 with eight reasons for a form being returned (3), "P.C. 149 (3rd revision)" or "P.C. 149 (3rd revision) French" forms concerning communicating with enemy occupied territory directly. Also Red Cross letters forwarding messages received from the I.C.R.C (4), and a letter acknowledging receipt of a message but advising the sender to post future messages at a Citizens Advice Bureau. (17).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 646
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Envelopes. 1941-45 Window envelopes for use in the islands (11, two with forms, one with tiny boxed "1127" censor cachet); British delivery envelopes (26, twelve with forms, six with large circular B.R.C cachets); also Swiss Red Cross envelopes from Geneva to G.B (2) and German "Inliegend Telegramm" envelope. (40 + 14 forms).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 648
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1941-42 British forms to Jersey (8) or Guernsey (28) all with "COUPON-REPONSE" cachets, one cachet deleted, nearly all from 1941, one late use on a form of 11 August 1942. (36).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 651
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1941-42 German forms from Guernsey, ten 1941 forms with boxed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / Eing.: / Ausg.:" (six undated, one dated "24 JUIL 1941 / 25 JUIL 1941", three dated "21 AOUT 1941 / 21 AOUT 1941"), and 1942 (Nov 17) form with rare undated "Eingang am: / ab:", possibly the only known example of this cachet. (11).
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Lot No: 652
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1941 British forms to Jersey all with boxed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / Eing.: / Ausg.:" dated "21 AOUT 1941 / 21 AOUT 1941" (16) or "22 AOUT 1941 / 22 AOUT 1941", other cachets include "COUPON - REPONSE" and large circular British Red Cross cachet. (17).
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Lot No: 654
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1941-43 British forms to Guernsey all with circular "WAFFEN-SS / Derwaltung / SS - flak - Ert. - Abt." cachet applied to the reverse, one cachet incomplete, otherwise fine. A rare cachet, previously unrecorded. (3).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 659
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1942-43 British forms to Guernsey (5) or Jersey with replies on reverse, all with attached P.C.149 British Postal Censorship slips "You are reminded that although it is not an offence to receive messages or letters from enemy or enemy-occupied territory, it is contrary to the Defence Regulations to attempt to communicate with such territory by any other means than through an authorised intermediary ...... The only available way of communication with ..... the Channel Islands is by personal messages of not more than 25 words between relatives, written on a prescribed reply form, and sent through the British Red Cross Society ....". Four versions of this slip, headed "P.C.149 revised" (2), "P.C. 149 (3rd revision)" (3, two versions) or "P.C. 149 (4th revision)", one also with a P.C.11 slip "The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter" (altered to "message"). Offending reply messages include requests to send photos or acknowledgement of receipt of a photo. A very scarce and unusual group. (6).
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Lot No: 660
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1944 German forms from Jersey (2) with British Red Cross slip FR/CL/95, "We have received the enclosed message through the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva. As any reply sent via Geneva would take at least three months to reach the islands, we suggest you should delay sending an answer to the message pending further developments in the war situation", one slip attached to the form, another enclosed with the form in a delivery envelope to Mrs W. Tunbridge in Leigh-on-Sea. Also six other forms and five British delivery envelopes to Mrs Tunbridge, the forms all sent to her sister in Jersey and returned with replies. (8+).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 661
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1941-42 German forms from Jersey (5) or Guernsey (2) all to members of the British forces, with violet circular "RE RECORD OFFICE / BRIGHTON" datestamps (5) or boxed "R.A.S.C RECORDS / 15 MAY 1942 / ORE PLACE / HASTINGS", another form with an attached slip from the War Office to A.T.S Records in Winchester requesting the message be redirected to the addressee. Very unusual. (7).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 662
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1941-42 German forms from Guernsey (3) or Jersey (18) all to members of the British forces, one with Swiss Red Cross delivery envelope (faults) to W.W Guenier on H.M.S "Danae" but unknown and presumably returned, cachets including "UNCLAIMED / IN R.N BARRACKS / PORTSMOUTH", "NON RECLAME" and "RETOUR". (21).
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Lot No: 666
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1942-43 German forms from Guernsey to C.G Buttery in Brighton or at R.C.M.B 201, Clarence House, St. James's, London (6), and British forms sent by Buttery from R.C.M.B 201 to Guernsey (9, all with large circular British Red Cross cachet), one form to Buttery with attached forwarding slip from 352 General Transport Co. R.A.S.C, also six letters from the British Red Cross in Algiers sent with Red Cross message forms delivered to Buttery. An unusual and scarce correspondence, the letters showing forms apparently sent to and from London were delivered in or came from Algeria. (15 + 6 letters).
