Foreign Wars & Campaigns. U.S Civil War. 1861-64 Covers including 1861 patriotic envelope showing the Union flag franked 3c, with enclosed letter on patriotic notepaper from a soldier in Virginia; stampless covers endorsed from the U.S.S "Huntsville" with circular "U.S. SHIP / 3 CTS" or U.S Brig "Bainbridge" off St. Marks Fla. with boxed "SHIP"; printed Navy Department cover with "WASHINGTON D.C / FREE" c.d.s, etc. (6).

Second Schleswig War. 1864 (Mar 12) Stampless entire to the Danish Army Conscription Office in Copenhagen with "FELTPOST No. 1" c.d.s (used at Alsen, turned and reposted to Horsholm); and a stampless entire to Cologne with boxed "S.B / 7 Jag. Bat." and "K. Pr FELDPOST / VII ARMEE CORPS" c.d.s (June 12), both fine. (2).

Franco-Prussian War. 1870-71 Covers including cover from a French P.O.W at Stettin with camp cachet on reverse, franked North German Confederation 2g + ½g; cover with printed heading "BRITISH NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SICK & WOUNDED IN WAR" from William Reid to his wife, a nurse at Addenbrooks Hospital, with Alsace Lorraine 2c + 20c tied Feldpost datestamps (four other stamps sadly removed); cover from the War Correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" at Versailles to the "Morning Post" in London with Alsace Lorraine 10c + 20c tied Feldpost c.d.s (faults, upper left corner missing); covers to or from Prussian forces (9, one to G.B), etc. Also unused "Gratis" labels on orange or pink paper for use on mail from French internees in Switzerland; and fronts from Ballon Montes (2, one to Russia, severe faults). Faults but an interesting lot. (17).

Sino-Japanese War. 1895 (Sep 30) Stampless cover from Manchuria to Niigata with red datestamp of Second Army F.P.O 1, located at Chin-chou; and 1896 cover from Japan (opening faults, 2s stamp torn) to Taiwan with superb red F.P.O 4 arrival c.d.s (Feb 26) used at Houling. Two scarce covers both sent shortly after the war had ended. (2).

Spanish-American War. 1899 Covers (3, one with letter) with U.S stamps (including 1895 10c, 1898 Trans-Mississippi 5c pair) tied by Mil. Sta. No. 1 datestamps of Manila; and a cover from Santiago with Cuba 2½c on 2c, endorsed from the Postmaster of San Luis. Also a single U.S 10c brown with Military P.O China c.d.s. (5).

Russo-Japanese War. 1905 Covers and cards, mainly stampless, from Russian forces (3, all with unit cachets, two with T.P.O cancels) or from Japanese forces (8, various F.P.O cancels), also 1906 card with pictorial Japanese cancel for the Triumphal Military Review. (12).

Balkan Wars. 1912-13 Covers and cards including mail from Serbian forces (11, one a telegram envelope) or Bulgarian forces (5, one a part cover); 1912 card from Serbia to Scotland with violet oval "BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY / SCOTTISH BRANCH"; covers bearing Bulgarian stamps posted from the occupied towns of Lozengrad, Odrin or Sketcha in Western Thrace (3, one detained at Pyce for eight weeks); Western Thrace autonomous government stationery envelope commercially used from Xanthi to Stambul via Orta-Kevy; stampless cover to London with Greek and Turkish cachets and datestamps; and picture postcards (4). An interesting lot. (28).