H.R. Harmer GPN, Inc. Sale: 3043
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Lot No:4536 Symbol: US ARMY WW II HOSPITALS COVERS/ APO NEW YORK ADDRESSES COVER COLLECTION. approx 220 covers and postcards of various Army hospitals incl Evac, Field, General, etc. plus some additional Medical Battalions, Clearing and Connecting Companies, Detachments, Hospital Trains, etc., variety of APO cancels from all over the European or African theaters (also note China, India, New Guinea, Alaska, Puerto Rico), censor markings and tapes, some V-Mail, etc., some Red Cross or patriotic envelopes, few with accompanying letter and also includes a WW II Medical Officer collar insignia, usual mixed condition but overall a Fine and exceptional collection CV. 500
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Lot No:4537 Symbol: US ARMY WW II HOSPITALS COVERS COVER COLLECTION of approx 187 covers and postcards with APO return addresses in San Francisco (155), Seattle (21), Miami (4), New Orleans (6) and Presque Isle, Maine (1); includes covers from General Hospitals plus Medical Battalions and Detachments, Convalescent, Evac and Field Hospitals, etc., variety of censor markings and tapes, APO cancels, some V-Mail, etc., note locations in Alaska, Puerto Rico, St Lucia, Panama, New Guinea, Philippines, Admiralty Island, Christmas Island, Guadalcanal, Australia, Solomon Islands, Mariana Islands, Samoa, Okinawa, New Caledonia, New Zealand, etc., usual mixed condition but a Fine and desirable collection CV. 500
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Lot No:4538 Symbol: CV. 300
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Lot No:4539 Symbol: ECLECTIC COVERS ASSORTMENT. approx 55 mostly pre-1930s covers, cards, stationery etc. and including 1916 censored ppc to Russia, 6c banknote to Germany, 1880 Detroit to France with 1c (2), 3c Banknotes, UX6 1895 to Prague, 113 cover Hartford to Pennsylvania, 158+161 registered , 330 Boston to Germany, 221 on 2c envelope to Chile, 281 to Sweden, 302 on pcd to Grand Canary, 288 single franking to Paris, 304 on 2 panel Salt Lake City pcd to Budapest (stamp used as seal and torn), 319 on pcd to New Zealand, 319 on Brooklyn Bridge pcd to Prague, 323 on St Louis Fair pcd with fair cancel to Germany, 399 single franking to Germany, 268+291 on 2c envelope to Helsinki, 302 on 2c envelope to Prague, 213 single franking to England with British due markings, 216 single franking to Italy, 333 on 2c envelope to Cairo, U330 to Rio de Janeiro, U395 to St Petersburg Russia with due markings, etc. typical very mixed condition, VG-VF, bonus items picture postcard signed by hockey legend Maurice Richard and another hockey card signed by several incl Craig Patrick CV. 250
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Lot No:4540 Symbol: US ARMY and NAVY HOSPITAL SHIPS of WW II COVERS, 1939/45. collection of approx 45 mostly 1944/45 covers, 23 picture postcards (some used) of the ships and nicely enhanced with an assortment of press/ wire photos of the various ships (including photos of the wounded) plus some background information, note covers from Army ships "Blanche Sigman", "Dogwood", "Emily Weder", "Ernest Hinds", "St Olaf", "Seminole", "Shamrock", V-Mail from "Wisteria", covers from Navy ships "Benevolence", "Bountiful", "Gaspar", "Haven", "Hope", "Mercy", "Refuge", "Relief", "Rescue", "Sanctuary", "Solace", "Tranquility", "Tryon", also cover with "Hospital Ship Fleet/ Camp Stoneman Calif" return address and another with "557 M.H.S.P./ E.A.P.O. NY" (Medical Hospital Ship Platoon) return address, some of the covers philatelic with others showing various APO or US Navy cancels, censor handstamps and tapes, etc., generally F-VF, a fascinating collection CV. 250
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Lot No:4541 Symbol: US ARMED FORCES MEDICINE in WW II RELATED COVERS COLLECTION - PACIFIC THEATER and MALARIA SURVEY and CONTROL UNITS. . approx 50 covers including a strong section of Malaria Survey and Control Unit uses with many from the New Guinea region, from various medical battalions, Evac, Field, Station and General Hospitals, Medical Seabees, Medical Lab, also includes some newspaper/ wire photos and V-Mail, includes Malaria Unit APO/ TPO locations at Guadalcanal, Oro Bay (New Guinea), Base G - Hollandia (New Guinea), Philippines (various locations), Kunming (China), New Hebrides (V-Mail), Algiers, Burma, Senegal, Pacific Theater Australia, New Guinea, Fiji, Guam, Baker Island (part of Ellice Islands group), Solomon Islands, Tongabutu (part of Fr Polynesia), Philippines, etc., assorted censor markings and tapes, variety of Army and Navy cancels, etc., generally F-VF, ideal for expansion CV. 250
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Lot No:4542 Symbol: US ARMED FORCES MEDICINE in WW II RELATED COVERS COLLECTION - EUROPE and NORTH AFRICA THEATERS. engrossing collection of approx 45 covers (incl some V-Mail) augmented by some newspaper and wire photos and some collateral information, majority of the covers 1943/45 with few earlier, starts with a cover from the Casualty Branch of the War Dept's Adjutant General's Office and a card for a German POW at "Glennan General Hospital" then continuing with parade of covers from various hospital APOs in Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, Senegal, France incl the Normandy area post-Day, Italy, Tunisia, Palestine, Scotland, England, USA, Algeria, Germany, Northern Ireland, etc., among the highlights a 1943 cover to a medic in North Africa marked "deceased" (4-line handstamp and officer notation), piece of V-Mail from soldier at a hospital in England mentioning "I was wounded in France...made the landing D-Day", also a letter from a soldier "I went in on the second wave (D-Day) and I must say it was rough. I was very lucky and didn't get hit while on the beach. I got shot later, in a small town", etc., covers with range of cancels, censor marks and tapes, etc., a Fine and enthralling collection CV. 200
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Lot No:4543 Symbol: US NAVY/ MARINES WW II HOSPITALS and MEDICAL UNITS COVERS COVER COLLECTION of 134 covers of assorted Navy (115) and Marines (19) units mostly of the 1943/45 period, includes Navy stateside hospitals, assorted Base, Fleet, and Mobile hospitals, Hospital Corps, Medical Depts and Dispensaries, plus Marine Corps Medical Battalions and Medical Depot, variety of postmarks, censor handstamps, some auxiliary markings, numerous franked manuscript "Free" or official use, some patriotic envelopes or cacheted envelopes, etc., usual mixed condition but a Fine overall lot of these popular covers; accompanied by WW II period "United States Navy Hospital Corpsman" brochure and the "Hospital Corps Quarterly" issues for July 1943, March 1944 and January 1945 CV. 200
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Lot No:4544 Symbol: US ARMY HOSPITALS (Stateside) WW II COVERS COLLECTION of approx 95 covers to/from numerous different US-based Army hospitals, variety of censor tapes and markings, auxiliary markings, many marked "free" franking incl some War Dept official mails, note a cover from China to an APO in France and forwarded to Torney Hospital in Palm Springs with British and Chinese censors, usual mixed condition, Fine selection CV. 150
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