Great Britain and British Commonwealth KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA World War Two
Sale No: 41
Lot No:392
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Forces Mail. 1940-45 Covers and cards with various East African, South African or British F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps, includes various Honour Envelopes (12), boxed "O.H.M.S / No.― / MILITARY / FRANKED" handstamps (2, one on KUT 30c registration envelope with violet "E.A.A.P.S / NAIROBI / REGISTERED" c.d.s.); registered cover to Nigeria Regt. HQ in Lagos with KUT 15c strip of three + 50c tied by similar violet "E.A.A.P.S / REGISTERED" c.d.s without any place name shown, E.A A.P.O datestamps from Burma (4, three on captured Japanese forces postcards) or Somaliland (2), cover from E.A A.P.O 88 with 70c on 1/- pair including "Crescent Moon" variety, etc. (31)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 600.00
Closed..Mar-08-2018, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 41
Lot No:393
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Cat No:Stampless
P.O.W / Internee Mail. 1939-45 Stampless lettersheets or covers from P.O.W Camps 360 at Ndarugu or 365 at Londiani (unusually from a German seaman), or to Camps 356 at Eldoret (with two Italian partisan censors and various "NO RECORD" cachets), Camp 365 at Londiani or Camp 370 (redirected to Camp 360, Red Cross cachet, creased but rare, Camp 370 unrecorded). Also cover to Camp 360 and reused with official camp cachet, and cover from London to Lady Farrar in charge of the Internment Camp at Mau Summit. (7).
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Mar-08-2018, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 41
Lot No:394
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Cat No:Postcard
P.O.W Mail - Vichy Prisoners. 1942-44 Postcard and lettersheet both from French Vichy P.O.Ws in Camp 368 at Makindu or Camp 365 at Londiani, both to Madagascar. A small number of Vichy forces were captured during the campaign to capture Madagascar and sent to camps in East or South Africa. Fine and very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 62. (Image1)