Various ephemera including 1942 States of Guernsey 6d banknote; greetings card handdrawn in Biberach Internment Camp; various passes; 1943 "Funeral Ceremony of 19 Naval Ratings from H.M.S "Charybolis" interned at Foulon Cemetery"; 1942 German guidebook "Die Kanalinseln - Jersey, Guernsey, Sark"; "Nachrichten" newspapers dropped by the R.A.F (14); wartime newspapers (46, with 1st July 1940 "Star" giving orders from the German Commandant and 9th May 1945 "Guernsey Evening Press" reporting the liberation), etc. (89).

1940 (June 28) Cover from Jersey to London returned endorsed "No Postal Service"; and three covers from England to Guernsey all returned to the sender including June 28/29 covers handstamped "Service Suspended" or "NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER". (4).

1941-44 Postcard to Holland from a Dutch civilian staying at the Carlton Hotel, and covers to France from civilians at St. Brelades (3) or Highlands College, all with French stamps cancelled "FELDPOST / g" datestamps, all commercial, four with German censor cachets or seals, all fine. (5).

1941-45 Occupation issues of Jersey and Guernsey, mint and used stamps including imprint blocks, and covers (30) with 1943 Guernsey cover endorsed "evacuated 1940" and handstamped "1d POSTAGE / DUE FOR / RETURN / TO / SENDER", 1942 Guernsey cover franked 1/2d + 1d and handstamped "Liable to Letter Rate / 324" and "1d / 324", etc. (30 covers + 266 stamps).

1940-45 Covers and cards including bisected KGV 2d or KGVI 2d (7), Jersey 1d Paid datestamps (2), 1945 post-war F.P.O covers to Guernsey (3), cover from Australia to Biberach Internment Camp with "Returned by Swiss Post Office" cachet (faults), etc., also two bisects on pieces. (21).

World War Two covers bearing 2d Guernsey revenue stamps, one 1944 cover with the stamp accepted as valid, another c.1944 cover with three stamps (one damaged) left uncancelled with a Guernsey c.d.s applied away from the stamps and handstamped boxed "TO PAY / POSTED / UNPAID / 324", marked as 21/2d due. Two unusual and scarce commercial covers. (2). Photo on Page 65. (Image1)

1941-44 Red Cross forms (54), various cachets, seven with delivery envelopes. (61).

S.S "Vega". 1945 (Mar 27) Portugal IE postcard uprated IE75, sent from Lisbon to Brussels bearing a blue "Par Avion" label and inscribed "via Londres", octagonal British "PASSED/P.148" censor cachet, the senders address shown as "Raoul Le Jeune, S.S Vega, c/o Consulat General de Suede a Lisbonne". The S.S "Vega" was chartered by the Red Cross and made six voyages to Jersey and Guernsey with food and medical supplies between December 1944 and May 1945, this card written whilst the "Vega" was replenishing supplies in Lisbon prior to sailing to the Channel Islands. The only recorded card from the "Vega" during the period it sailed to the Channel Islands, with a reproduction Photo of the ship and an article by Peter High on this rare and interesting card. Photo on Page 65. (Image1)