THE PETER HIGH COLLECTION OF NAVAL & WARTIME HOSPI World War One Great Britain
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Great Britain. Aberdonian. 1915-19 Cover and picture postcards of the hospital ship (11), the stampless cover endorsed from "Lt. G.F Gill, RAMC On Active Service, H.M.S H.S Aberdonian" to his wife in Jamaica with A.P.O SZ4 c.d.s (Suvla Bay, Dardanelles) and violet oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / Date (8.12.15) / ABERDONIAN" on reverse. Six postcards posted by wounded soldiers, four posted in England, two stampless cards with "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED". A good group, the cachet very scarce. (12).
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Lot No: 112
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Agadir. 1915-17 Covers (2) and a postcard, front and a piece from a parcel (boxed Fleet Post Office A parcel cancel) all with censor cachets, four types including circular "PASSED CENSOR / H.M.S AGADIR" with large crown, small crown or without a crown in the centre. Also a postcard of the ship. (6).
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Lot No: 113
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Anglia. 1915 (Nov 17) Cover franked 1d from Holyhead to the Hospital Ship "Anglia" at Dover, endorsed "Ship Sunk in Channel" with a Dover c.d.s applied a week later on Nov. 24th. The "Anglia" was sailing from Calais to Dover when she struck a mine and sank about noon on November 17th (almost the very time this cover was posted); 139 patients and 10 medical staff were lost. Two punch holes, otherwise fine, a unique and remarkable cover. Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Lot No: 114
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Aquitania. 1916-17 Picture postcards (8) and a Photo of the hospital ship, two written on the ship at Ryde or Cowes, the last posted at Southampton with violet oval "OFFICER COMMANDING TROOPS / H.M.S AQUITANIA", and a stampless postcard of Naples with London Received From H.M Ship machine and red "Hospital Ship "Aquitania" / Passed by Censor". A good lot, both cachets very scarce. (10).
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Lot No: 115
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Asturias. 1914-18 Picture postcards of the ship (21), a cover and letter, comprising 1917 stampless cover to No. 20 Ambulance Train, B.E.F with red boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP "ASTURIAS" / PASSED BY CENSOR", 1915 card cancelled in London with violet "ASTURIAS" and oval "POSTED ON THE / HIGH SEAS", seven other cards written by wounded soldiers, three of these stampless cards posted at Southampton with red "ARMY / LETTER / FREE" or ½d charge marks (2, one with a ½d due stamp), two stampless cards with red triangular "WOUNDED / SOLDIER / IN HOSPITAL" applied in Salisbury or violet circular "2nd WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL / MANCHESTER / POSTED / BY A / WOUNDED / SOLDIER". Also three postcards showing the ship beached off the South Devon coast after being torpedoed on 21st March 1917, and a letter of 25th March written by a crew member describing the torpedoing. An interesting lot. (23).
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Lot No: 116
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Great Britain. Braemar Castle. 1916 Picture postcards of the hospital ship (5), and a cover bearing KEVII 6d postal stationery cut out tete-beche pair cancelled at Southampton with violet triangular "CENSORED / H.M.H.S 602 / MASTER". Two postcards posted from Alexandria, one to Canada with a 2c stamp applied at Hamilton. (6).
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Lot No: 117
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Great Britain. Brighton. 1915-17 Covers and ephemera comprising stampless covers with oval "HOSPITAL CARRIER / "BRIGHTON"" and violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" or oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "BRIGHTON"" and circular eight bar naval dumb cancel. Also two tie-on patients tags both with boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "BRIGHTON"" on reverse, a fine postcard and real Photo of the ship. The "Brighton" operated the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry service until requisitioned as a hospital ship in 1915. A fine and rare group. (6). Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Lot No: 118
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Cambria. c.1916 Stampless picture postcard of Boulogne with red army censor and cover with violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED", both with boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "CAMBRIA", also two postcards of the ship. (4).
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Lot No: 119
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China. 1915-18 Covers and cards comprising covers with enclosed letters from Surgeon Ldr Keir with a violet "CENSORED / Fleet Surgeon & S.M.O" (3); cover with "CENSORED" and rare "Chaplain R.N / AND CENSOR"; other covers and cards with straight line "CENSORED" (3, two types) or "PASSED BY CENSOR" (3, one a 3d registration envelope); and other picture postcards of the ship (7, two written from the ship). A fine lot, some covers franked 1d, others unfranked, the three Keir letters describing the increase in number and severity of influenza cases being treated. A fine and scarce group. (17). Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Lot No: 120
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Copenhagen". 1916 (Jan 4/7) Covers with enclosed letters both sent in the first week of service as a hospital ship, a stampless cover from Army P.O 2 at Rouen with violet boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "Copenhagen"" on reverse, and a cover posted at Southampton franked 1d with red boxed "R.A.M.C / HOSPITAL SHIP" on the front. Also a postcard of the ship, and a card of H.M.H.S "St Denys" written from the "Copenhagen" at Southampton. Two very scarce cachets. (4). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 121
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Devanha. 1915-17 Stampless cover and postcards (5) all from the ship, including cover to Canada with Base Office B c.d.s of Dar-es-Salaam, and a postcard with Bombay c.d.s and boxed "PAQUEBOT", both with violet boxed "CENSORED / H.M.H.S / "DEVANHA""; a postcard of the ship with message of thanks for a "treasure bag" sent for a wounded man from the Dardanelles, with violet "H.M Hospital Ship "DEVANHA" and "CAPT. R.A.M.C / O.C. Troops H.M.H.S "DEVANHA"" and A.P.O SZ2 c.d.s of Lemnos; and other cards from the ship with Bombay c.d.s and boxed "PAQUEBOT, "C.S OFFICE / I.E.F" c.d.s of Port Tewfik, or British eight bar naval dumb cancel. (6).
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Lot No: 122
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Dongola. 1915-18 Covers (6) with enclosed letters from Commander Ernest Spicer, all to his wife in England, written from Malta (also a second cover from Malta without letter), Limassol, Straits of Gibraltar, Zanzibar (cover with two letters) or Mombasa, one cover franked Malta 1d, the others stampless, cachets comprise violet "R.H Jackson" (2, posted at Malta), "H.M.H.S "DONGOLA"", violet "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / H.M.H.S "DONGOLA"" and "Captain & ADJUTANT, R.A.M.C" (2, Mombasa or Zanzibar datestamps, one also with "VIA SOUDAN"). Also three postcards of the ship. (9).
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Lot No: 123
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Drina. 1914-15 Covers (2) and picture postcards (5) from the ship, a 3d registration envelope franked ½d pair tied by naval dumb cancels bearing registration label with manuscript "H.M Ships" and two stampless postcards (one showing the ship) all with violet "CENSORED/ J.D.McC.", a stampless cover with violet "CENSORED / E.S.", three other cards franked ½d cancelled by London or naval security machines, one card with red London Paid machine. Also a postcard addressed to the ship, two cards of the ship, and two cards depicting sick berth attendant George Rallings (the writer of three of these cards) or his family. (12).
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Lot No: 124
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Dunluce Castle. 1915-19 Cover, card picture postcards (5) comprising stampless cover with violet "Passed by CENSOR / "B.E.F.M APO B-MR/15" and postcards from Salonica, Alexandria or Marseille all with circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 29 / R.A.M.C", the Egypt card also with two "RECOVERED FROM THE SEA" cachets. Also two postcards of the ship posted from Cape Town, one franked 1d. (6). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 126
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Egypt. 1916 Stampless O.H.M.S cover with Bombay backstamp, violet boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" and oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "EGYPT"", fine and scarce. Also five picture postcards depicting the ship (4) or the ships chapel. (6).
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Lot No: 127
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Glenart Castle. 1915-16 Stampless covers (3, one with enclosed letter on headed notepaper from the Dardanelles) all with London Received From H.M Ship machine, oval "H.M.H.S / "GLENART CASTLE"" and straight line "PASSED BY SHIPS CENSOR" (2) or oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "GLENART CASTLE" / DATE .....", a few faults, also a postcard of the ship. (4).
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Lot No: 128
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Garth Castle. 1914-18 Covers (2) and cards (17, also a photo), with stampless O.H.M.S cover handstamped violet "HOSPITAL SHIP No. 2 / M.F.A. "GARTH CASTLE"" and eight bar naval dumb cancel, cover franked 1d tied by the naval dumb cancel with larger violet "Hospital Ship No. (2) / M.F.A. "GARTH CASTLE"" and "PASSED BY CENSOR" and two cards of the crew or ship with naval security machine and "PASSED BY CENSOR". Also a postcard with printed Christmas 1914 greetings from the ship, and picture postcards and a Photo depicting the ship (5), visit of King George V (2), interior views (6) or groups of crew or medical staff (3), a fine lot. (21).
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Lot No: 129
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Glengorm Castle. 1919 Stampless picture postcards, one depicting the ship, the others of Constantinople (2) or Salonica, all with circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 3 / R.A.M.C", one card written from Constantinople states "we are leaving for Batum in Russia tomorrow". (4).
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Lot No: 130
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Gloucester Castle. 1916-20 Stampless covers (2) and picture postcards (2), the 1916 covers with London Received From H.M Ship machine or F.P.O H15 c.d.s of Port Said both with scarce violet "H.M.H.S "GLOUCESTER CASTLE" / No. 2068 / CENSORED / ON ACTIVE SERVICE", 1916 card of the ship with violet "PASSED CENSOR", and 1920 card with A.P.O 4 of Calais and violet "AMBULANCE TRANSPORT / No. .... / "GLOUCESTER CASTLE"" and "ON ACTIVE SERVICE". Also a 1916 Red Cross card "I have just arrived in the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle" posted at Dublin, original photos (5) and a postcard of the partially sunken ship after being torpedoed in March 1917, and an "In Memoriam" card of the ship. The ship was salvaged and became an ambulance transport in 1919. An interesting group. (12). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 131
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Goorkha. 1915-18 Stampless covers (6) and picture postcards (5, all depicting the ship), all posted on board, ten with cachets comprising "SIGNED BY / H.M.H.S "GOORKHA"" (3), "HOSPITAL SHIP "GOORKHA"" (2), "Hospital Ship "Goorkha"" (2), triangular "CENSORED / PURSER" (3) or facsimile signatures of officers in the I.S.M.D (4, two types), cancels include London, Southampton or A.P.Os at Boulogne, Alexandria or Salonica, also two cards of the ship. One cover addressed to the British Fever Hospital at Belgrade with arrival backstamps. An interesting lot, the ship serving in 1915 with the Indian army. (13).
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Lot No: 132
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Guildford Castle. 1917-19 Stampless cover from Southampton with circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C. / 22 / R.A.M.C", postcard of the ship with London c.d.s and red "CENSORED / H.M.H.S - G601", and a 1919 cover to South Africa with Walvis Bay c.d.s, endorsed "Prisoner of War Service" with return address of a German P.O.W on the Guildford Castle at Walvis Bay. Also an unused prewar postcard of the ship with violet "H.M.A.T "GUILDFORD CASTLE" / G.601". (4).
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Lot No: 133
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Karapara. 1915-17 Covers, comprising printed cover from Australia for use to A.I.F forces abroad, addressed to a soldier at Alexandria who had been wounded at Gallipoli, directed to the "Karapara" and then to Malta; cover from Alexandria to Australia with a letter from an Australian medic in B. Co. 8th Bn A.I.F serving on the hospital ship; stampless covers with naval dumb cancel and blue "HOSPITAL SHIP "KARAPARA"" or London Received From H.M Ship machine and violet "Censored / "KARAPARA"". Also two postcards of the hospital ship. (6). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 134
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Kildonan Castle. 1915-16 Stampless covers (2) and a postcard of Salonica, two from Alexandria with manuscript "Censored, Purser, Kildonan Castle" or violet "Major R.A.M.C / O i/c H.M.H.S "Kildonan Castle""; the other with London Received From H.M. Ship machine, backstamped violet "KILDONAN CASTLE" and "H.M. HOSPITAL SHIP / CENSORED / PURSER". Also a postcard of the hospital ship. (4). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 136
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Magic. 1915-17 Picture postcards (3, one a poster type card for the Belfast Steam Ship Co. Ltd), two franked ½d with eight bar naval dumb cancels and violet "PASSED BY CENSOR / R.F. ASHLEY-SPENCER / CHAPLAIN R.N" or "CENSORED BY / CHIEF / OFF", a stampless cover from A.P.O 78 at Dunkirk with violet "Passed by Censor / Head Wardmaster", and stampless covers with London Received From H.M Ship machines and violet "PASSED BY CENSOR" (2), also a postcard of the ship. (7).
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Lot No: 137
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Mauretania. 1916 Stampless cover posted at Ryde endorsed "Hospital Ship at Sea, stamps unobtainable" charged 1d postage due, reverse with blue boxed "H.M.H.S / "MAURETANIA" / 12 FEB 1916 / No. ... / Place ..."; and picture postcards of the hospital ship (8), four written on board and posted at Southampton or Devonport, one written on board in 1918 by a U.S soldier (when the ship was being used to repatriate U.S forces) and posted in New York. A very scarce hospital ship cachet, only in use as a hospital ship for four months. (9).
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Lot No: 138
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Neuralia. 1915-17 Stampless picture postcards (3, one depicting the ship, another a fine poster card for the B.I Lines) and a cover with printed "T.S.S Neuralia" flap, all written on the ship, three with A.P.O or F.P.O datestamps of Egypt, two with oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "NEURALIA"", the other card written at Malta and Gibraltar by a soldier wounded at Gallipoli and posted at Southampton with ½d charge mark and postage due stamp. Also three cards of the hospital ship (one posted from Port Said in 1919 with a G.B stamp) and a French permit allowing a steward from the ship to land. (8).
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Lot No: 139
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Nevasa. 1916-17 Stampless covers (3) and picture postcards (3, two depicting the ship) all posted from the ship, two with Bombay datestamps (one also with "PAQUEBOT") and one from Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria all with violet oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP "NEVASA"" (two dated, one undated, one with scalloped inner oval, two with a plain inner oval); the other three with London Received From H.M Ship machine, red "ARMY LETTER FREE" of Southampton or Totland Bay c.d.s with manuscript ½d charge. Also five other postcards of the hospital ship. (11).
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Lot No: 140
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Oxfordshire. 1914-16 Cover and postcards (11) comprising stampless cover from Malta to India with violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.H.S "OXFORDSHIRE"", 1915 plain postcard with printed hospital ship address on reverse posted from Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria with violet officer's signature cachet, 1914 Christmas greeting postcard of the ship posted by two medical staff from Southampton, and nine picture postcards of the hospital ship, one stampless card with red Southampton Paid c.d.s, four others posted by wounded soldiers from India or G.B. (12).
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Lot No: 141
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Panama. 1916-19 Covers (2) and postcards (3), with a cover and postcard of the ship both with red oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP / No ... / Date ... / "PANAMA"" and "R.A.M.C / O.C TROOPS" alongside the signature of Major Martin, 1916 F.P.O cover addressed to a nurse on the ship at Southampton, and two postcards of the ship, one posted in 1919 by an ill soldier from Southampton. (5).
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Lot No: 143
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Rewa. 1914-19 Covers (3) and postcards depicting the ship (4) all sent from the hospital ship, including stampless O.H.M.S cover with A.P.O S.X.3 c.d.s of Mudros and "M.F.A "REWA" / HOSPITAL SHIP NO. 5", locally addressed to the 3rd Royal Marine Btn; covers with naval dumb cancel or London machine and "PASSED BY CENSOR" in red or violet, two other cards with naval dumb cancels. Also three other cards of the ship, and a Y.M.C.A card showing sick disembarking from the "Rewa" at Dar-es-Salaam. (11).
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Lot No: 144
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St. George. 1916-18 Picture postcards including three stampless cards from Rouen with oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / No ... / DATE ... / "ST GEORGE"" or "HOSPITAL SHIP / "ST GEORGE"" (2), also five postcards of the hospital ship, two written by soldiers or crew. (8).
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Lot No: 145
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St. David. 1915-18 Stampless covers (3) and postcards (3, two depicting the ship), all sent from the ship, four with cachets comprising single oval "AMBULANCE SHIP / "ST. DAVID"", double oval "No. 1 AMBULANCE SHIP / "ST. DAVID"" (2) or "No. 1a AMBULANCE SHIP / No. ... / Date .... / "ST. DAVID"" (Dover c.d.s), two items with violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED", another card posted in London with a 1d charge mark, crossed out and replaced by a ½d charge mark but with a 1d postage due stamp still applied. Also four other cards of the hospital ship. A fine group. (10). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 146
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St. Patrick. 1915-18 Stampless postcards posted from A.P.O 3 at Boulogne with violet oval "NO. 3 AMBULANCE SHIP / 3 JUL 1915 / "ST. PATRICK"", or from A.P.O L.6 at Voghera in Italy to the hospital ship at Southampton redirected with violet oval "H.M.A.T / 1 OCT. 1918 / "ST. PATRICK"". Also a card of the ship, and a tie-on patients label with violet boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "ST PATRICK"". (4).
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Lot No: 147
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Salta. 1915-16 Stampless cover and postcards (3, two depicting the ship) with violet boxed "H.S "SALTA" / No ..." (2) or "H.M.H.S "SALTA" / LONDON / OFFICIAL No. 136744 / TON: 4239" (2 types), three with datestamps of B.A.P.O Z at Alexandria (2) or B.A.P.O Y at Lemnos. Also three cards of the ship, one an "In Memoriam" card. (7).
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Lot No: 149
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Stad Antwerpen. 1917 Stampless cover from A.P.O 3 at Boulogne, endorsed from a R.A.M.C Captain to his wife in Australia, with oval "HOSPITAL SHIP "STAD ANTWERPEN" / No ... / Date ...", and a 1915 registered cover with Belgian stamps cancelled at Le Havre bearing the cachet "MARINE DE L'ETAT BELGE / "STAD ANTWERPEN"" endorsed from a Belgian Officer "a bord du navire hopital Stad Antwerpen au Havre". Also patient's tie-on "Diary of Transferrance" and identity tag showing service and injury details both with oval cachet of the ship (the first also with boxed "No. 28 / AMBULANCE / TRAIN"), and two cards of the ship. The former Belgian Government mail steamer served as a Belgian hospital ship until sold to the British in October 1915. (6).
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Lot No: 150
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Valdivia. 1915-19 Stampless cover and postcards (3) posted on the ship with violet boxed "H.M.H.S "VALDIVIA" 136.743 / LONDON, T.4335N. HP.7500" (2) or circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 31 / R.A.M.C" (2), three from Egypt, another card of the ship posted at Totland Bay with ½d charge, also two further cards of the ship. (7).
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Lot No: 152
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1915-18 Covers and cards, various ships with named or distinctive cachets, comprising "H.M.H.S Delta" on 1916 card from F.P.O D54 at Suez, 1915 card of the ship with violet "A. Stirling Marshall C.F", and seven other cards of the ship, one with London machine and 1d charge mark and postage due stamp, also a cover to the ship; 1916 cards with Malta 1d cancelled at Valletta or G.B 1d cancelled at London with violet "PAQUEBOT", both with "H.M.H.S "FORMOSA"", also four cards of the ship, one posted at Malta with A.P.O H.D.1 c.d.s; card from Alexandria with violet oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP / 14 SEP 1916 / "HEREFORDSHIRE""; 1917 stampless card from the "Jan Breydel" with circular "AMBULANCE TRANSPORT / P.C / 6 / R.A.M.C", also six other cards of the ship, three posted on board; 1917-18 stampless cover and cards (2) posted on "St Mary of Scotland" with violet boxed "PASSED THLJ CENSOR" or "CENSORED / J.D. McC" (2), also a card of the ship; 1915 stampless cover and postcard of the "Somali" both with violet "B.L.E / PASSED / CENSOR" and London Paid machine, also two other cards of the ship. A good lot. (32). Photo on Page 24. (Image1)
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Lot No: 153
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1914-21 Covers and cards from or to British hospital ships, and picture postcards of various ships, including the "Araguaya" (5), "Britannic" (6, also two original photos of nurses on the ship and a telegram from the War Office to a Doctor in Belfast ordering him to join the ship), "Carisbrook Castle" (9, two cards with ½d charge marks), "City of Marseille" (2), "Dieppe" (3), "Essequibo" (6, including a card to the ship at Liverpool endorsed "Ship Sailed" with violet boxed "Returned to / P.O LIVERPOOL by"), "Grantully Castle" (7, also a printed menu), "Morea" (3), "Munich" (3), "Princess Elizabeth" (3, one card charged 1d due), "St Andrew" (2), "Southland" (cover with enclosed letter, which reports the death of the poet Rupert Brooke, Royal Naval Division), "Tagus" (2), "Vita" (2, one 1921 stampless card with F.P.O 400 skeleton of Constantinople), "Western Australia" (4), etc. (80).
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Great Britain - Ambulance Barges
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 154
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Great Britain - Ambulance Barges. 1916-18 Covers, cards and ephemera comprising 1916 O.H.M.S cover from A.P.O S33 at Etaples to Calais with oval "DIRECTOR OF / INLAND WATER TRANSPORT", 1917 cover from G.B to a member of the Inland Water Transport at 1st Echelon GHQ, two attractive 1918 Inland Water Transport Christmas cards, 1915 postcard written by a nurse on 1 Ambulance Flotilla from A.P.O S6 (depicting barges on the Seine at Bougival), 1916 postcard written on a barge with A.P.O S2 c.d.s of St. Omer, and two real Photo cards of ambulance barge 144 on the River Seine, also various reproduction photos. Inland Water Transport items are very scarce. (8+).
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 155
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1917 (Sep 21) - 1918 (Dec 24) Covers with enclosed letters all from Sister Millicent Peterkin, working in the Somme area, to her mother in Scotland, a few written from hospitals, the majority written from ambulance barges, some headed from Barge A370, 5th Ambulance Flotilla, or Barge 105, 2nd Ambulance Flotilla, others from Barge 106. An interesting correspondence, some good content on the movement of casualties by barge from the fields of battle to Calais on the River Somme, various A.P.O datestamps. (19 covers + 30 letters).
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Great Britain - Steam Yachts
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 156
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Great Britain - Steam Yachts. Erin - Thomas Lipton. 1915 (Feb 1) Dinner menu headed with embossed flags and "S.Y ERIN", the reverse with an applied Photo showing Sir Thomas Lipton with nurses and medical orderlies on the deck of the yacht, signed "With all good wishes, yrs faithfully, Thomas Lipton, Messina". Also a postcard of the yacht posted by a crew member at Southampton. Sir Thomas Lipton lent his yacht "Erin" to the British Red Cross early in the war; it made two trips between Marseille and Salonica with a medical team and supplies before proceeding to Serbia. (2). Photo on Page 28. (Image1)
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Lot No: 157
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Erin - Thomas Lipton. 1915 (June 17) Two page typed letter on "British Red Cross Ship Erin" headed notepaper, sent from Piraeas to Miss Boardman of the American Red Cross Society in Washington D.C, signed "Yrs Sincerely, Thomas Lipton". Lipton discusses the situation in Serbia, returning American and other nurses and medical staff to Marseille, photographing the grave of Dr Donnelly at Ghevgheli and the return of Dr MacGruder's effects. An interesting and unique letter from Sir Thomas Lipton, with various reproduction photos and cuttings detailing the work of Lipton and the "Erin" in Salonica and Serbia, and an unused postcard of the yacht with Red Cross markings. (2+).
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Lot No: 158
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Erin - Serbia. 1915 (June 15) Picture postcard of the Red Cross yacht "Erin", written from Salonica to London, "just a card to tell you that I am on my way home, am on Sir. T. Lipton's yacht as far as Marseille", a stamp strangely cancelled by a 31 May Salonica c.d.s then removed with a boxed cross handstamp in red where the stamp was placed, subsequently posted in Serbia with a Niche c.d.s (June 15) and black "T/5", endorsed in blue crayon "O.A.S, Seen by (initials)". A red Serbia censor applied, then sent via Austria with a censor cachet of Vienna. An extraordinary card, that presumably fell into the hands of the Austrians but was treated as P.O.W mail and delivered via Switzerland. Also an unused card of the yacht "Erin" with Red Cross markings. Very few items are known posted from "Erin". (2). Photo on Page 28. (Image1)
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Lot No: 159
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Liberty. 1914-16 Picture postcards of the yacht (5), a stampless printed cover "O.H.M.S, HOSPITAL YACHT "LIBERTY"" with manuscript censor and A.P.O 72 c.d.s, and a stampless postcard written from the yacht at Dunkirk with A.P.O 78 c.d.s, one 1916 card written from the yacht and posted at Cowes. "Liberty" belonged to Lord Tredegar, who lent it to the Admiralty for use as a hospital ship during the war. (7).
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Lot No: 160
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Queen Alexandra. c.1916 Stampless cover with embossed "HOSPITAL SHIP / QUEEN ALEXANDRA", endorsed from surgeon H. Danvers, S.M.O, with violet "HOSPITAL SHIP / "QUEEN ALEXANDRA"" and small boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR", a 1d stamp tied by naval dumb cancel. Also seven postcards of the ship. The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen Mission Steamer "Queen Alexandra" was presented to the Admiralty for use as a hospital ship during the war; it was equipped and administered by its C.O Captain C.E.H Chadwyck-Healey at his own expense. (8). Photo on Page 28. (Image1)
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Lot No: 161
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1914-15 Picture postcards of steam yachts serving as hospital ships, comprising S.Y "Albion" cards posted from F.P.O 40 or at Southampton with red Paid c.d.s; "Cecilia", posted at Southampton; "Miranda" (2, one in Boulogne harbour); "Paulina" (called the "Queen Alexandra" on the card); "Sheelah", written from the ship and posted at South Queensferry; "Sunbeam", posted at Southampton with red Paid c.d.s; "Youla", posted at Southampton. The "Cecilia" was owned by Sir Charles Murray, the "Miranda" by Lord Leith, "Paulina" by Montague Grahame-White, "Sheelah" by Rear Admiral David Beatty and "Sunbeam" by Thomas Brassey; all were loaned as hospital ships during the war. An interesting and very scarce group. (9).
