1915-16 Stampless O.A.S covers and cards or official mail sent through civil post offices including cancels of Zanzibar, Mbabara in Uganda, Mombasa, Nairobi, Voi or Kisumu on O.A.S mail, and O.H.M.S covers from Wilhelmstal with violet "Chief Clerk / SECRETARIAT" or registered from Nairobi to England with red "POSTAL FRANK / Chief Paymaster / East Africa Pay Corps". O.A.S mail from Uganda and Zanzibar very unusual. (8).

1915 Printed "Special Post Card" for sending to Indian troops in I.E.F Force B, a large sideways "B" printed on the front in blue, posted from Peshawar with Base Office arrival datestamps. Very scarce, fewer than ten examples recorded.

Base Office Datestamps. 1914-19 Covers and cards comprising Base Office B c.d.s types D4 and D6 (2) on stampless mail and a cover franked G.E.A 3c, 6c, and "REG" c.d.s type R2 on a cover with G.E.A and I.E.F stamps or on cover to Australia franked I.E.F 1/2a + 3a, the registration label handstamped boxed "BASE OFFICE B / I.E.F"; "BASE OFFICE / C" c.d.s (6/9 Nov 14) on I.E.F 1/2a envelope to Nairobi; and Base Office E datestamps (used by Base Office B) comprising Proud type D2 on card franked I.E.F 1a, type D3 on stampless card, and similar "M.O" single ring c.d.s on cover franked I.E.F 1a. Base Office C amalgamated with Base Office B in November 1914, therefore only used Oct. 16th - Nov. 13th 1914 and very scarce; Base Office E "M.O" c.d.s intended for Money Orders, incorrectly used on cover and unrecorded by Proud. (9).

1915-18 Covers and cards with Indian F.P.O handstamps comprising circular datestamps numbered 21, 22, 23, 24 (3, one on I.E.F 1a postcard), 25, 51, 52 (6, one with unusual straight line "CENSORED"), 71 (2), 72, 73, 74, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305 (Official cover, also with large boxed "F.P.O No 305", unrecorded by Proud), 306 (3), 307 (6, one apparently posted at sea en route to Africa, another to USA bearing eight I.E.F 3p stamps), 315, 320, 321 (3), 322, 336, 337, 338 (2, one to France with I.E.F 3p pair + 1/2a), 341, 342, 343 (2, one unusually from an Officer in 2nd West Indies Regt), 348, 349 (on "South African 10th Infantry" envelope, faults) or 350, three covers to Nairobi also with F.P.O 24 arrival datestamps. Fifteen items also bear two line "I.E.F. "B" - F.P.O No / POSTAGE-FREE" handstamps comprising numbers 22, 24, 25, 51, 52, 301, 302 (2), 303, 306 (2), 307 (2), 320, 321. A fine collection, various locations and censor cachets, some earliest and latest recorded dates, some scarce handstamps. (50).

1915-16 Stampless O.A.S covers, two to England with F.P.O 51 c.d.s and "I.E.F. "B" - F.P.O No. 51 / POSTAGE - EREE" (error of spelling, "EREE" for "FREE"); the other to "O.C i/c Supplies, Tembo" with F.P.O 302 c.d.s and violet "I.E.F. "B" - F.P.O No 302 / POSATGE - FREE" (error of spelling, "POSATGE" for "POSTAGE"), three unusual handstamp errors, unrecorded by Proud. (3).

Mailbag Seal Cancel. c.1918 Cover with "L.X Dias & Sohne, Tanga" printed heading, addressed to London with I.E.F 1a tied by intaglio "F.P.O / No 304 / 17 FE" mailbag seal handstamp, incorrectly used as a cancellation. An exceptional item, the only example so far recorded. Photo on Page 190. (Image1)

Portuguese Nyassa. 1918 (Oct 30) Stampless Y.M.C.A Greetings from East Africa picture postcard to England with "F.P.O / No 25" c.d.s. This F.P.O was located at Port Amelia from 29th Dec. 1917 until 9th Nov. 1918, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 190. (Image1)

Mozambique. 1918 (19 Aug) Stampless O.A.S picture postcard of Lourenco Marques with "F.P.O / No. 346" c.d.s, a Southern Rhodesia transit backstamp. F.P.O 346 believed to have been used at the supply depot at Beira. Very scarce, not recorded in use by Proud.

Mozambique. 1916 (Sep 1) I.E.F 1/2a Envelope to India bearing India 2a cancelled "F.P.O / No 347" c.d.s, handstamped "REGISTERED" (No. 87 in manuscript), arrival backstamp. F.P.O 347 is recorded used at Quelimane in June to October 1918; this cover predates that first recorded use by almost 20 months.

Mozambique. 1916 "Sons of Temperance Friendly Society" envelope to India bearing I.E.F 3p + India QV 9p each tied F.P.O 347 c.d.s, believed used at Quelimane (but nearly 20 months earlier than the first date recorded by Proud); and 1918 (Aug 25) O.A.S cover with F.P.O 346 c.d.s, believed used at Beira (vertical folds but rare, not recorded in use by Proud). (2).

Royal Flying Corps. 1918 (Jan 31) Stampless O.A.S cover to London signed by "A.S Kennedy, Lieut, RFC", also endorsed "Censored F.A.S, Lieut RFC" with Mombasa c.d.s, a few small tears at upper edge, otherwise fine and scarce from the small R.F.C Contingent in East Africa.