1914-18 Covers and cards including 1917 cover from Havana to Sweden franked Cuba 5c endorsed from a P.O.W at Castillo del Morro; cover and cards from or to (2) Kumamoto Camp in Japan; covers from British or French P.O.W Camps in France; also facsimile P.O.W lettersheet produced for propaganda purposes and dropped over German lines by balloon, etc. (34).
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Lot No: 355
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British Empire. 1914-20 Covers and cards to or from German P.O.Ws, comprising 1914 cover to Germany from an internee in Diyatalawa Camp in Ceylon with a Ceylon censor cachet and a Dutch stamp cancelled in Rotterdam; 1914 stampless postcard from Germany to a P.O.W in Sierra Leone; 1917 Canada cover with "Passed by Internment Censor / Kingston, Ont."; covers from Aus, South West Africa (3); and covers or cards from Malta with oval or boxed cachets (4, three types of cachet). Also a stampless card from a Turkish P.O.W in Malta with oval cachet. (11).
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Lot No: 356
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Bulgaria/Austria/Russia. 1916-17 Covers and cards, from British P.O.Ws in Bulgaria (4); from or to British civilian internees in Austria (6); and two unusual stampless 1916 postcards apparently from a British Doctor, H.T Price, at Stretensk in Siberia, both sent to England as P.O.W mail. (12).
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Lot No: 357
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Egypt. 1915-20 Covers and cards from (6) or to (3) P.O.Ws or internees in Egypt, camps comprise Tura, Helouan, Sidi Bishr, Ras-el-Tin or Suez Segregation Camp, also an unused P.O.W card. (10).
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Lot No: 358
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France - P.O.W Ships. 1916-17 Postcard from a P.O.W on the hospital ship "La Navarre" censored at the P.O.W Depot at Carcassonne; cover from a P.O.W on the prison ship "Phryne" at Le Havre; and a registered cover from USA to a prisoner on the "Phryne" at Le Havre, censored at the P.O.W Depot at Oissel. (3).
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Lot No: 359
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Germany. 1914-18 Covers and cards from or to British or allied P.O.Ws or internees, including Ruhleben (5); cards from O. Nicholson, 2nd Officer on the S.S "Esmeraldas", from six different camps (16); also picture postcards of P.O.Ws or P.O.W camps, and two cards from Switzerland concerning money received for food to be sent to a British P.O.W. (60).
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Lot No: 360
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Gibraltar. 1914 Stampless covers from Austrian or German P.O.Ws with red circular "P.C", one with matching circular "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR", the other with small violet "MAIL / CONTROL", a scarce and unusual pair. (2).
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Lot No: 361
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Hong Kong. 1914 (Sep 10) Stampless cover to Germany from "W. Stilke, 128, Hong Kong", reverse flap sealed with red wax impressed "TOWN MARSHALS OFFICE / (crown) / HONG KONG", the front with "HONG-KONG / IV" c.d.s, violet triangular "Letter Prisoner of War / Free under / Convention" and oval "PROVOST MARSHAL / HONGKONG" signed "A.E Hurles, APM", and red circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR". An early P.O.W cover just five weeks into the war, the Provost Marshal cachet the scarce first type with four dots (instead of single small circles) at either side, the triangular cachet the first type with "Letter" and "Prisoner". Photo on Page 64. (Image1)
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Lot No: 362
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Hong Kong. c.1915 Stampless cover to Germany inscribed on the reverse from "Carl Mayer No 219, c/o Provost Marshal" with boxed "PASSED BY / HONG (crown) KONG / CENSOR" and circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" both in black, and the censor's personal handstamp "E.B / 476" in red, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 64. (Image1)
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Lot No: 363
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India/Tanganyika/Egypt. 1917 Ahmednagar P.O.W envelope "For Transmission Overseas from India", the sender probably captured in East Africa, addressed to Pangani near Tanga and readdressed to "Internment Camp, Tanga" and then to Egypt, the front with Ahmednagar censor cachet and triangular "PASSED / BY / CENSOR / No. 3990". The reverse with "Opened By Censor Under Martial Law" label tied boxed "PASSED BY / No. 3333 / CENSOR", datestamps of Base Office B, Indian F.P.O 304 (3 strikes) and Port Taufiq. Small tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and unusual.
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Lot No: 364
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Jamaica. 1915-16 Stampless covers from German P.O.Ws to USA with violet boxed "FREE / Letter of Prisoner of War", one also with circular dated "PASSED MIL: CENSOR / JAMAICA" and a Cross Roads c.d.s; the other with boxed "Passed Censor", reverse with boxed "Answer to be addressed to / P. of W Brigade Office / Jamaica" and a Cross Roads c.d.s, enclosed letter from Up Park Camp. The second cover with minor edge faults and toning to reverse, the first fine. (2).
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Lot No: 365
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Jamaica. 1915 (Feb 5) ½d Postcard to New York, from a German P.O.W at Up Park Camp, cancelled by Cross Roads c.d.s with violet boxed "FREE / Letter of Prisoner of War" and "Passed Censor", a New York postage due handstamp crossed out and endorsed "Paid", very unusual. Photo on Page 66. (Image1)
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Lot No: 368
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Malta. 1915 (Apr 5) Postcard to London with circular violet "FROM PRISONER OF WAR / PC / MALTA / FREE", oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU" and a red London Official Paid c.d.s, the reverse with an illustrated "KAMP POST / MALTA" stamp printed in red, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 66. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
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Lot No: 369
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Mozambique/Azores. 1916-17 Stampless covers from German P.O.Ws, the first with Lourenco Marques datestamp and violet oval "PROVINCIA DE MOCAMBIQUE / LOURENCO MARQUES / SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE"; the second from Angra do Heroismo in the Azores backstamped with red "DEPOSITO / DE / CONCENTRADOS ALEMAES / NA / ILHA TERCEIRA" and "CENSURADO / 28 ABR 1917", the front with various cachets applied at Angra do Heroismo, Lisbon or Geneva. (2).
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Lot No: 370
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Mozambique/Belgian Congo. 1917 Mozambique 1c postcard from a German P.O.W at Lourenco Marques, cancelled by blue oval "PROVINCIA DE MOCAMBIQUE / LOURENCO MARQUES / SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" with circular "DELEGACAO PROVINCIAL DE LA CRUZ VERMELHA / LOURENCO MARQUES" and cachets of Lisbon and Geneva, very unusual. Also a cover to the Red Cross P.O.W Agency in Geneva with Belgian Congo 25c tied by Elisabethville c.d.s, a Belgian Congo censor label, blue "Civils" and P.O.W Agency cachets, probably from an internee. (2). Photo on Page 66. (Image1)
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Lot No: 371
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Netherlands/Switzerland. 1915-19 Covers and cards from or to military internees in the Netherlands (13) or Switzerland (20), also 1917 Lestweforgel Camp Christmas card and a postcard of British P.O.Ws at Montreux, one card from Groningen with violet "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED / BY GERMANS AND DELAYED". (35).
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Lot No: 372
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Norway. 1915-17 Stampless cover and postcard sent by British Internees from H.M.S India, the 1915 postcard depicting ten sailors with an H.M.S India lifebuoy, posted by R.A Clarke from Jorstadmoen, Faaberg, bearing a red perforated label with "PASSERER" and Norwegian arms tied by a Hamar c.d.s; the 1917 cover with a Faaberg c.d.s and violet "INTERNERINGSVAKTEN / JORSTADMOEN", a "KONTROLLERT" censor label on reverse. A scarce pair. (2). Photo on Page 66. (Image1)
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Lot No: 373
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Trinidad. 1917-18 Stampless "Prisoner of War" envelopes sent locally (2) or to the USA all with Port of Spain c.d.s and violet circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" and "Percy W. Frazer / Capt. / Military Camp / Trinidad", one also with circular "Prisoners of War / F.W. Lt / Trinidad B.W.I", one with enclosed letter on "Military Camp, St James" notepaper, one with flap missing, otherwise very fine. (3).
