Allied Forces Mail. Belgium. 1914-27 Covers and cards including post-war mail from Belgian forces in Germany (30) and Belgian censorship of German civilian mail (2), Belgian occupation of Malmedy (2), provisional postmarks used in early 1919 (3), 1918 cover from Namur paid in cash with "PAYE" handstamp, F.P.Os in East Africa (2), Le Havre and Ste Adresse cancels, etc. (91).

Belgian Armoured Car Division in Russia. 1915 (Nov 26) Stampless O.A.S postcard to London, written by Rene Vanden Brock from Peterhof, with fine Russian cachet of the Belgian Armoured Car Division, censor cachets and Petrograd datestamps, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 118. (Image1)

Belgian Refugees in G.B. 1914-17 Covers and cards, virtually all stampless, including single or double ring Elisabethville datestamps (also a naval cover to Elisabethville); covers with letters from a wounded Belgian at Mangotsfield (2, one charged 1d postage due); cover endorsed from the Belgian works at Colnbrook with c.d.s and violet boxed "ARMEE BELGE / DETACHMENT / DE / COLNBROOK (Mdx)", etc. (19).

France. 1914-34 Covers and cards including mail from Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria, Salonica and Egypt, from the colonies of Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Syria or Indo-China, Turkey and 1920 Military Mission to Zagreb, also naval mail with registered cover from Naval P.O C1 at Piraeus, card from Malta and 1918 cover with scarce "ILE ROUAD / POSTES FRANCAISE" c.d.s, also civil cover from Salonica with French army censor cachet and label, etc. (67).

France - Gallipoli Campaign. 1915 Covers and cards with Tresor et Postes datestamps, one with cachet of the Italian water tanker "Aniene", two with good letters written from Sudd ul Bahr. (6).

French Occupation of Alsace & Lorraine. 1915-17 Covers with French stamps sent from the French occupied villages of Moosch, Massevaux (2), Montreux-Vieux, Dannemarie or Thann (2); and 1918-19 covers posted in the area of Alsace-Lorraine occupied after the war, from Mulhouse (2, French or German stamps), Hayange (German stamps) or Strasbourg (3, French stamps). (13).

French Aeronautical Mission to Japan. 1918 (Dec 1) Stampless picture postcard of Port Said, posted from the Suez Canal to Paris by one of the 50 strong French Military Aviation Mission to Japan, with octagonal "MARSEILLE A YOKOHAMA / No. 4" datestamp and superb violet "MISSION Mre FRANCAISE D'AERONAUTIQUE AU JAPON / LE CHEF DE MISSION", scarce.

Italy. 1915-21 Covers and cards including Italian forces in France, Italian occupation of Zara, Venezia, Giulia, Trieste and Fiume, Italian military P.O in Sofia, Albania, Libya, Bulgaria, etc. (128).

Italy - Naval Mail. 1915-37 Covers and cards with named ship datestamps, cachets (some used as cancels) or censors, mainly World War One but with some post-war, cancels noted include minelaying barge No. 3, cable laying ship "Citta di Milano", transport "Carigiano", water tanker "Ofanto", submarines W2, "Tricheco", "Galileo Ferraris" and "Zoea", also requisition tugs and steamers, gun boats, torpedo boats, cruisers, destroyers, battleships, etc., a few post-war items philatelic, also a few pieces and postcards, a fine collection mainly on pages. (95).

Italo-Ethiopian War. 1935-37 Covers and cards with various "Posta Militaire" datestamps, many unstamped, others with stamps of Italy, Eritrea or Somalia, also a 1938 cover with Eritrea stamps posted at Addis Abeba. (54).

Portugal. 1916-19 Covers and cards, from Portuguese troops in France (10, seven with "C.E.P / S.P.C" numbered datestamps, two on Portuguese Field Service postcards); card from Spain to a Portuguese soldier in the B.E.F with arrival c.d.s and censor cachets; cover and card with A.P.O S69 c.d.s used by the HQ of the British Mission to Portuguese Expeditionary Force at Roquetoire; and cover from G.B to the British Mission at A.P.O S5, redirected with various backstamps including A.P.O R.A.1. (14).

Russia. 1914-17 Forces mail with various F.P.O datestamps and/or unit cachets, a few civilian covers sent through the field post system, most fully written up on pages, includes items from the military occupation of Lvov (3), 1915 (June 1) card from Przemsyl sent just two days before German and Austrian forces recaptured the city, etc. (73).

Russia - Civil War. 1918-22 Covers and cards (5), parcel card, stamps or pieces (3) comprising White Russian army card with Harbin c.d.s and unit cachet; registered covers (2), parcel card (corner fault) and pieces or stamps all with red army F.P.O datestamps; also 1918 cover with Russia stamps posted from Ukraine after independence from Russia; and 1921 registered cover from Moscow to London with April 22nd arrival c.d.s, possibly the first mail from Russia after postal services were re-established between G.B and Soviet Russia. (9).

Russia - Wars in Europe. 1918-23 Covers and cards with mail from Estonia forces sent during their war for independence from Russia (9); mail from Czech forces with F.P.O cancels (4); censored mail from Poland (3), Hungary, Latvia or Czechoslovakia; cover from Tiflis with Georgia stamps; American Relief Administration cards posted in Russia or G.B; postcard from Warsaw to London with uncancelled U.S stamp and circular "AMERICAN RED CROSS / OFFICIAL / CENSORED" and "POLISH COMMISSION / A.R.C / OFFICIAL", etc. (25).

Serbia. 1916-18 Covers and cards from Serbian forces in Serbia, Greece, Corfu or Bizerta, various F.P.O datestamps, four with French stamps, one card from a soldier in Salonica to Austrian occupied Serbia posted in Switzerland, also a cover (stamp torn out) with enclosed letter from an American lady about to leave for Salonica with the intention of joining the Serbian army, card from occupied Serbia to a Serbian soldier sent via Switzerland with F.P.O arrival c.d.s, a Roumanian army postcard, etc., a few faults. (25).

U.S Forces in G.B. 1917-18 Covers and cards, mostly stampless, many from men in U.S Aero Squadrons, a few camp cancels including Morn Hill (4) and Upavon Central Flying School (edge faults), etc. (23).

U.S.A. 1917-19 Covers and cards from the Western front with covers posted in the French army or civil postal services (7) or the British army postal service (44), British A.P.Os include 3K, 5K, 6K (2), 8K, 9K, 13K, 15K, 21K, 23K, 24K, HK (3), RK, RK6, RK7, etc., also incoming mail, U.S Field Service postcards (2), Christmas Package coupons (4), various U.S A.P.Os including provisional types, registered mail, A.E.F censorship on P.O.W and civilian mail, cover with French navy cancel and G.B 2½d tied by U.S A.P.O 768 c.d.s at Cherbourg possibly originating at and flown from the French seaplane base at St. Peter Port in Guernsey, etc. (88).

U.S Forces in Italy. 1918-19 Covers and cards from U.S soldiers, Marines or airmen (6), two posted through British A.P.O L7, also two cards from the American Y.M.C.A, one from Trento with Venezia Tridentina 10h stamp. (8).

USA - Naval Mail. 1915-39 Covers and cards, mainly WWI but with some post-war covers, various censors, U.S Navy or named U.S Ship datestamps, a few sent through the British postal service with dumb cancels. (87).

Czechoslovakia. 1938-46 Covers and cards with 1938 forces mail (26) and censored covers (3); 1939-40 Czech forces in France (7); 1940-45 free Czech forces in G.B or Europe (45, including incoming mail from Brazil, Bermuda, Switzerland, Russia); 1945 covers from Czechoslovakia with provisional postmarks (2) or postage paid in cash (3); also mail from Slovak forces allied to or fighting in the German army (4), etc. (92).

France. 1939-47 Covers and cards with 1939-40 forces mail from France or colonies (14) and navy ship cancels (2); 1940 cover from G.B to France and 1942 cover from France to a Vichy soldier in Djibouti both returned to sender; 1940-46 free French forces mail from or to G.B, Europe, North Africa or the Middle East (44, including covers to or from French S.A.S, ingoing covers, explanatory marks); 1946 covers from Indo-China (2), etc. (67).

Greece. 1941-47 Covers and cards with 1941 forces covers from Greece or Albania (3) and unused soldiers cards (3); 1942-45 free Greek forces mainly in North Africa or the Middle East (13) with cover to the Greek Sacred Regt in Xios and 1944 cover from a Greek in a P.O.W camp in Egypt (following the mutiny in the 1st Greek Brigade); 1942 cover from the merchant ship "Ekaterini Coumantarou"; and 1946-47 forces mail from Greece (6), various F.P.O cancels. (27).

Poland. 1937-48 Covers including 1937-39 forces mail (5); 1940 Polish forces in France (2); 1940-41 cards from Poles interned in Hungary, Roumania (3), Switzerland or prisoners in Germany (4, one to Oflag IVC); 1940 Red Cross cover from Starachowicach hospital sent on P.O.W business; 1941-48 free Polish forces (99), the excellent range with ingoing mails, illustrated airgraphs, undercover addresses, mail from G.B, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, naval and air force mail; 1945 postal stationery postcard produced in Oflag XC after liberation; 1947 covers from Polish guards at Dachau (2); 1944 covers from the liberated Praga district of Warsaw (3) and provisional cancels of 1946 (2), a fine lot. (124).

Yugoslavia. 1941-48 Covers and cards with 1942 cover from the Government in exile in London; 1943-44 merchant navy (2); 1941 cover from an Italian F.P.O in Slovenia with "Co. Ci" Italian occupation overprint stamp; 1945 cover from a refugee in Egypt; stampless cover to USA with Yugoslav and Allied Transadriatic censors; covers from P.O.W in Germany or to P.O.Ws in Italy (2); 1945-47 Yugoslav forces (5, two from communist partisan forces); and 1948 card from a German Jewish P.O.W in Yugoslavia. (15).

Scandinavia. 1940-47 Covers and cards including mail from or to free Danish forces (3) or Norwegian forces (8) and a cover to Sweden from Wren Olsson, possibly a Swedish volunteer. Also military mail from Sweden (5) or Finland (8, one card from a Swedish volunteer); 1940 cover from Finland, posted in London, presumably sent by diplomatic bag; a 1937 front with F.P.O No. 3 c.d.s used on army manoeuvres in Finland; 1946 O.A.S cover from Germany with "SWEDISH RED CROSS / SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND" cachet and printed envelope; and 1946 covers with cachets from refugee camps in Denmark (12), a few faults. (40).