Great Britain and British Commonwealth The Mac McClaren Collection Forces Mail
Sale No: 44
Lot No:931
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1939-40 O.H.M.S Covers franked 8c from Singapore to India with differing "FORCE EMU" cachets, violet "PASSED / FOR / TRANSMISSION" or boxed "PASSED / 46 / CENSOR". (2).
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 70.00
Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 44
Lot No:932
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1940-41 Covers with army censors, comprising covers franked 8c from Singapore to G.B or India both with boxed censor No. 1111 or 1123; triangular censors on stampless cover to India with "F.P.O / No 32" c.d.s, covers franked at 25c Imperial Airways rate to India with "BASE POST OFFICE 4" or "F.P.O / No 36" c.d.s, or a cover to G.B franked 8c with "F.P.O / No. 50" c.d.s; and a stampless O.A.S cover with F.P.O SP502 c.d.s and boxed "PASSED BY / ARMY / CENSOR". Also 1941 air mail cover to India with 25c cancelled "INDIAN SECTION BASE OFFICE 3" and triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION / 24" civil censor, and a 1942 cover from Scotland to a soldier in Malaya but returned to the sender, with boxed cachet. (9).
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 44
Lot No:933
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Royal Navy / R.A.F. 1940-41 Covers with "FROM H.M SHIP" tombstone censors comprising three air mail covers to G.B franked 55c cancelled at Singapore (2) or F.P.O SP501 (also bearing 1c Malayan Patriotic Fund label), and a stampless O.A.S cover with F.P.O SP502 c.d.s; and an airmail cover franked 25c cancelled at F.P.O SP501, unusually addressed to New Zealand, with "RAF / CENSOR / 82". (5).