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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 49

WORLD WAR ONE
G.B - P.O.W & Internee Mail
Sale No: 49
Lot No:374
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1914-19 Covers, cards and photos comprising 1914 cover with red "LONDON E.C / POSTAGE / PAID / POW" c.d.s and censor cachets; 1914 cover with violet "P.C / M.O.5 (H)" and stamps cancelled by London Official Paid machine and "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR" cachets; 1918 O.H.M.S parcel tag to the Postal Censor in London with Morn Hill Camp c.d.s and Winchester P.O.W Camp cachet; 1919 lettersheet with "P.C RIPON" and 1½d tied by Ripon Camp c.d.s; postcard from a German sailor on S.M.S "Konig" at Scapa Flow with ship's cachet; real Photo of S.S "Orotava" arriving at Cuxhaven with released prisoners, and picture postcards of the P.O.W Transport "Melilla" (2), etc. (13).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:375
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Channel Islands - Jersey. 1915-17 Covers and cards comprising stampless P.O.W cover with "ST. PETERS / JERSEY" c.d.s and scarce "JERSEY / P.C / CHANNEL ISLANDS", roughly opened with piece torn from upper left corner; real Photo picture postcard of a German P.O.W and a lettersheet both from the camp, and cards from Germany to the camp (3), all with circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR" (4) or "P.C"; 1915 picture postcards depicting the camp or a barrack building both printed from pictures drawn by the P.O.W H. Muller. (8).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:376
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Cheshire/Lancashire/Scotland. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising 1914 stampless covers from Lancaster with violet boxed "O.H.M.S / PRISONERS OF WAR / POSTAGE FREE" (2), cards to the camp (2) and an unused bundle label; 1915 stamped cover from Handforth with camp censor cachet; covers from Leigh (5), a card to the camp and an unused bundle label; stamped cover from Stobs Camp at Hawick with camp censor cachet, stampless cover from (3) or to Stobs Camp. (18).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:377
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Derbyshire/Shropshire. 1914-19 Covers and cards from Donington Hall (3), one unusually registered to London franked 3d; or from (4) or to Shrewsbury including 1915 and 1916 Christmas postcards and a postcard with printed Easter greetings, three with "P.C / SHREWSBURY", one with boxed "P.C" and separate "SHREWSBURY", the incoming postcard unusually from Brazil. Also a card to Weobley, a sub-camp of Shrewsbury. (9).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:378
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Dorset/Hampshire/Somerset. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising 1914 stampless cover with violet "DORCHESTER" and oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU"; 1914 stampless postcard from Aldershot, covers from or to (2) Connaught Hospital, Aldershot; cover from 5th Southern General Hospital at Portsmouth; 1914 stampless postcard from Southampton with "Prisoners of War Reception Depots" cachet, cover from Shirley Skating Rink, Southampton, and a postcard to Southampton; lettersheet from Sandhill Park near Taunton and a German parcel card to the camp; lettersheets from Blandford or the sub-camp at Fovant; card to Blandford and a cover to Blackdown. (15).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:379
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Berkshire/Hants/Surrey. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising items from (4) or to (2) Holyport with a 1915 Christmas postcard and stamped cover both with oval camp censor, also unused 1916 Christmas postcard and a bundle label; 1914 stampless cover from Newbury with oval camp censor; 1914 postcard from Holland to Belmont Workhouse, Sutton, with violet boxed "Postal Censor" and "P.C. / M.O. 5(H)"; cover from Libury Hall with camp cachet; cover from Frith Hill and two postcards of the camp. (14).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:380
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Ireland. 1916 P.O.W covers from Oldcastle to London franked 1d, with red circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C / OLDCASTLE" (2); and undated stampless P.O.W covers from Templemore to Germany (2), all fine. (4).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:381
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Isle of Man - Knockaloe. 1915-16 Covers comprising 3d size H registration envelope franked 1d pair to Holland, all tied by "THE CAMP, KNOCKALOE / PEEL" c.d.s, with camp registration label and censor cachet; and covers with "ALIENS DETENTION CAMP / KNOCKALOE / PEEL, ISLE OF MAN" printed in the lower left corner (2, differing sizes, one with O.H.M.S printed heading) both franked 1d to London, cancelled by Peel squared circle or Douglas machine. Three unusual covers, a few minor faults. (3).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:382
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Isle of Man. 1915-19 Covers and cards from Knockaloe Camp (6) or Douglas Camp (5), or to Knockaloe (11) or Douglas (3), including 1915 postcard from Hungary with violet "REPATRIATED" and black boxed "P.W.I.B / Repatrie / RETOUR / Return to Sender", card from Denmark endorsed "Transferred Feltham", 3d registration envelope from London, cover to Brazil with scarce small oval "KNOCKALOE ALIENS CAMP / 13 NOV 1916 / ISLE OF MAN", other oval named censor cachets of Knockaloe (8) or Douglas (5), a few small faults. (25).



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image Sale No: 49
Lot No:383
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Kent - Dartford. 1915-18 Stampless P.O.W covers from Dartford War Hospital (4) or Lower Southern Hospital, two with very scarce violet boxed censor cachets (with chamfered corners) reading "PASSED CENSOR / LOWER SOUTHERN HOSPITAL / DARTFORD" or "PASSED CENSOR / DARTFORD WAR HOSPITAL / DARTFORD". Also an unused Red Cross postcard of P.O.Ws at the hospital, and a 1916 cover from Russia to a British R.A.M.C Private at Dartford War Hospital redirected to Twezeldown Camp, endorsed "Not at" alongside the violet oval cachet "DARTFORD WAR HOSPITAL / 11 APR 1916 / DARTFORD". An unusual and scarce group, the Lower Southern Hospital cachet not recorded in the book by Graham Mark. (7). Photo on Page 66. (Image1)



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:384
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London. 1914-17 Covers and cards comprising Alexandria Palace 1915 Christmas postcards in English (3) or German, and covers franked 1d (2), with circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C / ALEXANDRA PALACE" (5, two types) or "O.H.M.S / Prisoners of War / Alexandra Palace N."; 1914 cover franked 1d with oval Olympia cachet; stampless covers from the Cornwallis Institute at Islington (2) and registered cover to the camp, all with oval camp cachets; 1916 cover from Stratford with violet "C.G.H / CENSOR" and a cover to Stratford endorsed "Repatriated" with boxed "Released from internment / RETURN TO SENDER / Der Kriegsgefangene ist entlassen / PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU". (12).



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image Sale No: 49
Lot No:385
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Northants/Warwickshire. 1916-19 Covers, lettersheets and cards from Eastcote or Pattishall near Toncester (10), postcards (2) and a German parcel card to Pattishall, an unused 1916 Christmas postcard, and two official Red Cross postcards advising that a P.O.W has been moved to Pattishall. Also a 3d registration envelope cancelled at Coventry with violet oval "PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP / P.C / REDFORD, COVENTRY", no cachets from this camp recorded in the book by Graham Mark. (17). Photo on Page 66. (Image1)



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:386
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Wales. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising covers from Queens Ferry (4), one with violet oval "C.C.M" and boxed "O.H.M.S / PRISONERS OF WAR / POSTAGE FREE", another with red circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C. / QUEENSFERRY"; covers from Dyffryn Aled (4, two stamped 1d with red "DA"); lettersheet from Beachley Camp, Chepstow; cover from Frongoch and three covers or cards to the camp, one a 3½d registration envelope from London with unusual double ring "P.C", another cover redirected to Dartford War Hospital with violet boxed "NOT AT FRONGOCH". (13).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:387
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Yorkshire. 1914-18 Covers, cards and a front from (20) or to (2) Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, including a lettersheet to Hungary unusually with a 30f postage due applied, cover to USA missent to Las Palmas, eight covers or cards franked ½d or 1d and a front franked 3d, two 1915 Christmas postcards (one unusually sent to Japan), thirteen bear named camp censors in four types (including scarce tiny double oval type). Also a 1914 cover from York franked 1d with red "PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP / YORK" and "P.C"; and a lettersheet from Catterick with oval camp cachet. (24).



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Other Air Forces
Sale No: 49
Lot No:352
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1916-19 Covers and cards sent by French (5), Italian (22) or U.S (6) air force personnel, various cachets including 1916 card with "Detachement de l'Aviation Francaise / a Venise" and "AVIATION FRANCAISE D'ITALIE / LE COMMANDANT", 1918 cover with the cachet "AEROSTATION MARITIME / DIRIGEABLES DE BREST" incorporating a winged anchor, etc. Also associated cards (4) and an Italian pilot's medal award card. (38).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:353
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Germany. 1915-18 Covers and cards from air force personnel including the air ace Lt. W. Fehlbusch (2), etc., various cachets. (37).



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P.O.W & Internee Mail
Sale No: 49
Lot No:354
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1914-18 Covers and cards including 1917 cover from Havana to Sweden franked Cuba 5c endorsed from a P.O.W at Castillo del Morro; cover and cards from or to (2) Kumamoto Camp in Japan; covers from British or French P.O.W Camps in France; also facsimile P.O.W lettersheet produced for propaganda purposes and dropped over German lines by balloon, etc. (34).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:355
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British Empire. 1914-20 Covers and cards to or from German P.O.Ws, comprising 1914 cover to Germany from an internee in Diyatalawa Camp in Ceylon with a Ceylon censor cachet and a Dutch stamp cancelled in Rotterdam; 1914 stampless postcard from Germany to a P.O.W in Sierra Leone; 1917 Canada cover with "Passed by Internment Censor / Kingston, Ont."; covers from Aus, South West Africa (3); and covers or cards from Malta with oval or boxed cachets (4, three types of cachet). Also a stampless card from a Turkish P.O.W in Malta with oval cachet. (11).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:356
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Bulgaria/Austria/Russia. 1916-17 Covers and cards, from British P.O.Ws in Bulgaria (4); from or to British civilian internees in Austria (6); and two unusual stampless 1916 postcards apparently from a British Doctor, H.T Price, at Stretensk in Siberia, both sent to England as P.O.W mail. (12).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:357
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Egypt. 1915-20 Covers and cards from (6) or to (3) P.O.Ws or internees in Egypt, camps comprise Tura, Helouan, Sidi Bishr, Ras-el-Tin or Suez Segregation Camp, also an unused P.O.W card. (10).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:358
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France - P.O.W Ships. 1916-17 Postcard from a P.O.W on the hospital ship "La Navarre" censored at the P.O.W Depot at Carcassonne; cover from a P.O.W on the prison ship "Phryne" at Le Havre; and a registered cover from USA to a prisoner on the "Phryne" at Le Havre, censored at the P.O.W Depot at Oissel. (3).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:359
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Germany. 1914-18 Covers and cards from or to British or allied P.O.Ws or internees, including Ruhleben (5); cards from O. Nicholson, 2nd Officer on the S.S "Esmeraldas", from six different camps (16); also picture postcards of P.O.Ws or P.O.W camps, and two cards from Switzerland concerning money received for food to be sent to a British P.O.W. (60).



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Sale No: 49
Lot No:360
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Gibraltar. 1914 Stampless covers from Austrian or German P.O.Ws with red circular "P.C", one with matching circular "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR", the other with small violet "MAIL / CONTROL", a scarce and unusual pair. (2).



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image Sale No: 49
Lot No:361
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Hong Kong. 1914 (Sep 10) Stampless cover to Germany from "W. Stilke, 128, Hong Kong", reverse flap sealed with red wax impressed "TOWN MARSHALS OFFICE / (crown) / HONG KONG", the front with "HONG-KONG / IV" c.d.s, violet triangular "Letter Prisoner of War / Free under / Convention" and oval "PROVOST MARSHAL / HONGKONG" signed "A.E Hurles, APM", and red circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR". An early P.O.W cover just five weeks into the war, the Provost Marshal cachet the scarce first type with four dots (instead of single small circles) at either side, the triangular cachet the first type with "Letter" and "Prisoner". Photo on Page 64. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 49
Lot No:362
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Hong Kong. c.1915 Stampless cover to Germany inscribed on the reverse from "Carl Mayer No 219, c/o Provost Marshal" with boxed "PASSED BY / HONG (crown) KONG / CENSOR" and circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" both in black, and the censor's personal handstamp "E.B / 476" in red, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 64. (Image1)



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