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HOSPITAL SHIP MAIL continued...

World War One - Australia, New Zealand and South Africa continued...
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
601 imageSouth Africa - "Ebani". 1915 Stampless postcard with red oval "HOSPITAL SHIP "EBANI" / 17 SEP 1915 / S.A Expeditionary Force" and Alexandria c.d.s, fine and scarce. Also a card of the ship at Cape Town. (2). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

Est. £120-150


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
World War One - India
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
602 imageGascon. 1915 Stampless picture postcards of the ship, both with Southampton Paid c.d.s and circular intaglio "INDIAN HOSPITAL SHIP" seal type handstamp in violet, one also with straight line "Indian Hospital Ship", fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

Est. £160-200


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
603 Glengorm Castle. 1915-16 Stampless covers (4, three to India) and a postcard, sent from Southampton, Indian F.P.O 20 at Marseille (2) or Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria (2), two handstamped violet "Indian Hospital Ship" and "GLENGORM CASTLE", one of these also with circular intaglio "INDIAN HOSPITAL SHIP" seal type handstamp, the other three with circular "INDIAN HOSPITAL / GLENGORM / CASTLE / Date - / SHIP" (two also with "ON ACTIVE SERVICE"), a good lot. (5).

Est. £350-400


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
604 imageGlengorm Castle. 1915-16 Stampless cover posted locally within Alexandria and a registered cover from Alexandria to England franked 15m, both handstamped circular "INDIAN HOSPITAL / GLENGORM / CASTLE / Date / SHIP" (the second with "Date" removed from the cachet), and "ON ACTIVE SERVICE", also a card of the ship. Both fine, registered mail from hospital ships very scarce. (3). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

Est. £150-180


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
World War Two & Postwar
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
605 imageG.B/India - "Tairea". 1942 Cover originally sent from Bombay to the Hospital Ship "Tairea", turned and reused to "G.H.Q, M.E.F (Egypt)" with F.P.O 220 c.d.s and violet oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / No / Date / "Tairea"". Also a card of the ship. WW2 named British hospital ship cachets are very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

Est. £100-120


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
606 G.B. 1940-46 Covers and cards, airletters, an airgraph, photos and ephemera, including covers from the "Prague" (2), "Vita", "Aba", "Dorsetshire", "Oxfordshire", "Batavier II" (also a card of the ship) and "Karapara" (also a card of the ship), airgraph from the "Llandovery Castle", and covers to the "Maine", "Oxfordshire" (Sydney to the ship at Neutral Bay, with ship's cachet applied upon arrival) or the "Toscana" (4). Also tie-on Army form W3118A (used to hold the patients medical card) with cachet of H.S "Atlantis", Photo of the "St Helier" with ship's cachet on reverse, five large press photos, claim form for goods lost on the H.C "Paris" sunk off Dunkirk in 1940, etc. (30).

Est. £300-350


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
607 Australia/New Zealand/Netherlands. 1943-46 Covers comprising cover franked Australia 3d cancelled at Aust. Base P.O No.1 with violet "H.M.A HOSPITAL SHIP" and circular "PASSED BY CENSOR / 47" posted on the "Oranje", stampless covers with "H.M.A / HOSPITAL SHIP" and A.I.F Censor 600 (probably from the "Oranje") or boxed "H.M.A / HOSPITAL SHIP" and A.I.F Censor 263 (probably from the "Manunda"), stampless 1945 air letter from Melbourne with "No 1 Hosp. Ship / "ORANJE"", and a cover redirected to 2/1 Hospital ship ("Manunda"). Also a postcard of the "Oranje" and an identity card and menu from the ship, and a cover from the "Maunganui" with "N.Z.E.F / FIELD / POST OFFICE" and British Fleet Mail 1 c.d.s of Ceylon. (9)..

Est. £140-160


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
608 South Africa - "Amra". 1941-43 Stampless covers, one from Durban to Canada, one with violet oval "No. 1 HOSPITAL SHIP / c/o ARMY P.O DURBAN" and "CENSORED" with a South African A.P.O, the third with F.P.O 572 c.d.s (Tunisia) and bilingual boxed "S.A HOSPITAL SHIP / No. 1 / C/O S.A. ARMY POST OFFICE". (3).

Est. £100-120


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
609 Netherlands - "Oranje". 1945 (July-Sep.) Stampless air letters from a Dutch Lieutenant, R.N.I.A, all written on the ship on a voyage from London to the Far East, to a lady in England with red "POST / OFFICE / MARITIME / MAIL" machine and violet "GECENSUREERD / 9", good content on the voyage. (5).

Est. £100-120


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
610 1948-83 Covers including 1948 "ORDERLY ROOM / HOSPITAL SHIP / "EL NIL"" on cover from Malta, faint 1952 Hospital Ship "Maine" cachet on Korean War cover from Japan, 1982 Falklands War covers from British hospital ships (18), Vietnam War covers from the German ship "Helgoland" (3, one commercial cover from Singapore), etc., most philatelic. (29).

Est. £100-150


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
HOSPITAL SHIP MAIL
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
611 imageAsie. 1916 Cover with return address of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Lagos, registered to Funchal, a 50c stamp tied octagonal "MATADI A BORDEAUX / L.L No. 2" datestamp, the "MATADI A BORDEAUX" registration label handstamped violet "ASIE", Portuguese censor labels and cachets, also a postcard of the ship. A scarce registered cover with seapost cancel and registration label used on the ship. (2). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

Est. £100-120


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
612 Serbia/Albania. 1916 Cover and cards (3), the cover franked Italian P.O in Valona 1pi cancelled by "POSTA MILITARE ALBANIA / No. 1" c.d.s with violet circular "MARINE NATIONALE / Navire Hopital "TCHAD" / SERVICE DE LA MER"; stampless card of the "Vinh-Long" sent from Salonica to "Miss C. Dunlop, Orderly, c/o Director of Medical Transports, Royal Serbian Army Headquarter, Salonica" with Serbian "A.P.O 999" arrival c.d.s; stampless cards of the "Asie" from Alger to "Miss M. Wilkinson, Scottish Hospital 301, Secteur 510" with light ship cachet or to England endorsed "Serbian Relief Fund, c/o British Headquarter, Salonique" with "Marine Francais" cachet on the picture side. (4).

Est. £120-140


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
613 1915-18 Covers and cards with cachets of the "Duguay Trouin" (3, one with "HOPITAL CHIRURGICAL FLOTTANT / DU C.E.O" cancelling a Greek 10L stamp, also two unused cards of the ship), "Divona", "Canada", "Espagne", "Sphinx" or "Ile-de-France"; also a complete French Red Cross Society booklet "Expedition Des Dardanelles" with a coloured illustration of the "Charles-Roux" on the front, containing twenty Red Cross labels sold for 1f; and a cover to the "Charles-Roux" at Mudros with "SALONIQUE" cachet. (11).

Est. £140-160


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
614 1915 Stampless picture postcard from Samara to Finland with a large red Hospital Ship cachet, a Red Cross in the centre, Samara and Wiburg datestamps.

Est. £80-100


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
615 1899-1991 Covers including 1899 "U.S ARMY HOSPITAL SHIP / MISSOURI" printed cover posted from "U.S Mil. Sta. No.1 Manila" franked 4c with red "Soldiers Letter / W.H Arthur / Major & Surgeon U.S.A" (a few faults), 1924-35 covers from the U.S.S "Relief" (3), "Mercy" (2) or "Medusa", WW2 and Korean War covers, etc. (18).

Est. £100-120


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
616 Austria - "Argentina". 1918 Stampless postcards all with "K.U.K Seespitalschiff VI "Argentina" / Zensuriert!", written from Cattaro, Fiume or Spalato. (14).

Est. £140-160


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
617 Austria. 1916-18 Stampless picture postcards (5), official registered covers (3) and Money Order receipts (3), with various cachets of Hospital Ship I ("Electra"), II (3, "Metkrovich"), III ("Tirol") or IV (4, "Graf Wurmbrand"), or Dampfer X, another cover inscribed from the "Baron Call", also a postcard of the "Tirol". (12).

Est. £250-300


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
618 Germany - Boxer Rebellion. 1900-01 Stampless cover and Feldpost cards (6), posted from the "Gera" (6) in Japan or China all with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / No. 6" c.d.s (the cover with "KAISERLICHE MARINE / LAZARETSCHIFF GERA" cachet on reverse), or from the "Savoia" at Shanhaikwan with "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / OST / ASIATISCHE / HAUPTLINIE / d" c.d.s and violet "Lazaretschiff "Savoia" / Chefarzt". (7).

Est. £220-260


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
619 Germany. 1914-18 Covers and cards (12) with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST" datestamps No. 119 ("Portia"), 120 ("Viola"), 188 (3, "Sierra Ventana", one with senders cachet), 191 ("Adler") or 192 ("Lensahn", with named cachet), or with cachets of the "Adler", "Hansa", Hilflazarettschiff "G" ("Titania") or Lazarettschiff "C" (2, "Cassell"). Also cards of the "Sierra Ventana" (2) and "Hansa", the Dutch ship "Koningin Regentes" and unnamed Turkish ships (2), and a 1944 card of the "Robert Ley" probably sent from the ship. (19).

Est. £240-280


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.

WORLD WAR ONE

WORLD WAR ONE
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
620 1903-20 Covers and cards, mainly World War One including 1917-19 postcards from F. Clarke R.A in Italy (31, two with Italian A.P.Os, others with British A.P.Os or F.P.Os, nine of these with Italian censors), camp cancels, naval mail, etc. (56). Also 1889-1914 covers and cards (27) with triangular missent marks. (83).

Est. £120-140


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
621 image1914 (Oct 30) 1d Field Service Postcard to England, cancelled over six months later at Army Post Office S1 (6 May 1915, Abbeville) with Norwich arrival c.d.s (May 10) and violet "Found in billet abandoned / in October 14 and / re-occupied in May 15", a little creased but very scarce and unusual. Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

Est. £120-150


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
622 1914-19 Covers with various cachets, most returned to the sender, including covers to Russia with "SERVICE SUSPENDED" (2) or "Livraison impossible / a cause de la guerre", 1914 wrapper from Bulgaria to London with a Service Suspended cachet, 1915 cover from Greece to London with "Retour. / Pas d'occasion de / transport par voie / d'Allemagne", 1917 cover from Baku to London with "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED / BY GERMANS AND DELAYED", 1916 O.A.S postcard from Base A.P.O Z in Alexandria with unusual "Transferred" cachet, 1916 registered cover from Germany to USA detained until 1919 with boxed "RELEASED BY THE / BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES", etc. (12).

Est. £240-300


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
623 1914-19 Covers and cards to British forces but undelivered and returned with various cachets, including "CANNOT TRACE / 1ST SOUTHERN GEN. HOSP / EDGBASTON / BIRMINGHAM", 1917 cover to R.F.A "Naseent" endorsed "ship sunk", also a cover and card from forces in France delayed because they were posted unsigned, etc. (23).

Est. £160-180


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.

WORLD WAR TWO

WORLD WAR TWO
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
624 1939-45 Covers and cards with airletters, F.P.Os, P.O.W mail, Free French Forces, 1942 Canadian Forces cover with "Special Detachment, 1. Cdn. Corps Signals" cachet, 1945 G.B cover franked 2½d with "Invasion Fronts Appeal 1944, Y.M.C.A 3d donation" label, etc., also a few WWI and earlier covers. (c.130).

Est. £100-150


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.
625 British Forces. 1939-46 Covers, cards and ephemera, the collection well written up on pages illustrating mobilisation of the B.E.F in France (with two June 1940 cards posted at London or Okehampton with Paid datestamps), 1941 cover to H.M.S "Nile" franked 1/3 Health & Pensions Insurance stamp, stationery, postal services and handstamps, 1944 O.H.M.S cover to Ireland with enclosed form "Capt Jameson is engaged in an operation which does not permit him to write but would appreciate mail from you", demobilisation, etc. (135).

Est. £160-200


Closing..Nov-06, 11:59 PM EST.

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