INDIA continued... World War Two Forces Mail continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1426 Christmas Air letters. 1942-45 Air letters with pictorial Christmas Greetings inside and/or a Christmas picture on the address panel, two unused, ten used with stamps (one with G.B 3d, one with India + Burma stamps, others with India stamps), seven posted without stamps (two of these endorsed "Free Xmas Lettercard" or "Free Xmas Mail"), ten different internal pictures, a fine and scarce group. (19). Est. £700-800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1427 Christmas Air Letters. 1943-45 Pictorial Christmas Greetings air letters all with "Postage Free" printed on the address panel or reverse, printed Christmas Greetings inside, some also with pictorial greetings on the front, seven R.A.F types, two unused, seven others posted free of charge (one to Canada), one scarce used air letter with "RAF POST / INDIA / POSTAGE / FREE / XMAS 1934" printed on the front with the year error then overprinted "1943" in red (also a front), a scarce group. (10). Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1428 Naval Mail. 1940-44 Covers (15) and air letters (5) to G.B (19) or India, naval censors include scarce circular "PASSED / NAVAL CENSOR" with central cabled anchor, various boxed types, tombstone types for H.M.I or H.M Ship, cancels include "B-1" of Bombay (5), covers franked 7a, 8a, 14a or 1r12a, air letters franked 4a or 3d, also a 6d air letter from London to H.M.S "Braganza" at Bombay with naval censor. (21). Est. £200-240 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1429 Naval Mail. 1944-45 Covers (5) and air letters (2) all to the U.S.A, the covers franked 12a (3), 5r8a or 1/- in G.B stamps all cancelled "B-1", air letters franked 4a, all with naval censors. (7). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1430 Official Mail. 1942-48 Covers bearing Service stamps including cover from British F.P.O 145 to Nigeria franked 14a, registered cover from F.P.O 147 to London franked 9r14a, 1948 cover from F.P.O 651 in Japan franked 12a to G.B, etc. (7). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1431 Safe Hand Mail. c.1940-45 Covers to London (6), Glasgow or New York all carried by R.A.F pilot, India stamps cancelled by a handstruck cross (4), manuscript cross or c.d.s (3), handstamped "SAFE HAND" (2 types) or "BY SAFE HAND", the others with similar printed, typed or manuscript inscription, rates from 3½a to 2/11/6. Also stampless cover from the War Office in London to Southern Army India inscribed "All Air" with Army Signals HQSA arrival c.d.s. (9). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1432 Safe Hand Mail. 1943-45 Covers to London (4) or Glasgow franked 14a, 1r12a (3) or 4r6a cancelled in India, one handstamped "SAFE HAND OF PILOT", the others with similar manuscript or typed inscription, all carried by R.A.F pilot, Ministry of War Transport cachets applied in London where they were posted as registered Official mail with red Official Paid London W.1 datestamps, very unusual. (5). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1433 Safe Hand Mail. 1944 Covers to London carried by R.A.F pilot, one handstamped "SAFE HAND OF PILOT", the others with similar typed or manuscript inscription, franked 14a (3) or 1r15a all cancelled by handstruck "cross", cachets of the Ministry of War Transport applied in London where they were posted as registered Official mail with red Official Paid London W.1 datestamps, very unusual. (4). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1434 Official/Safe Hand Mail. 1948 (Feb 24) Parcel address label, reverse with Official stamps totalling an astonishing 127r8a (8a + 2r + 5r + two 10r blocks of six) all cancelled by New Delhi G.H.Q datestamps, O.H.M.S address label to the Indian Ambassador in Cairo inscribed "In the personal charge of the pilot, By Air Mail. No.5-Cairo (Air) dated the 24th February 1948. By Safe Hand". Photo on Page 170. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1435 Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 1942 (Jan 27/Feb 1) Air Mail covers from Capt. H.J de W. Waller, Royal Artillery, franked 4a to India, cancelled by "EXPERIMENTAL P.O / C-507" c.d.s in violet with matching triangular censor M1. Very scarce, this c.d.s only used for about one month. (2). Photo on Page 170. (Image1) Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1436 Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 1947 Cover to India endorsed "Forces Mail" and "From J. Richardson, Car Meobar, Andaman & Nicobar", franked 14a in Indian stamps, a BMA Malaya 3r pair applied over these, all stamps cancelled in Singapore, unusual. Est. £80-100 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1437 Burma/Thailand. 1945 (Nov 17) Registered cover from F.P.O 138 in Rangoon, to another soldier in Siam, franked Burma 10r and India 3a, handdrawn registration etiquette, very unusual. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1438 Sudan. 1940-45 Covers with 1941 Italian military postcard ("the D.A. D.P.S got a few of these when he was touring in occupied enemy territory in Eritrea") posted from Base Office 2 at Khartoum franked 4½a; 1940-41 cover and Honour Envelopes (4) with air mail postage paid by Sudan stamps posted at F.P.O 17, 23 (3) or 25 (one stamp missing); and 1945 registered air mail cover franked 1rla from F.P.O 593 to Atbara with British F.P.O 718 and Atbara backstamps. (7). Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1439 U.S Forces. 1942-45 Covers from U.S Forces in India or Burma, to the U.S.A, most franked at the 6c air mail rate, a few stampless, with U.S A.P.O cancels, all differing A.P.O numbers. (38). Est. £380-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1440 U.S Forces. 1942-45 Official mail with various War Ballot envelopes (9) and postcards (8), other stampless covers (13) and covers franked 20c for registration (7), from India or Burma with U.S A.P.O datestamps, various numbers, some censored including "PASSED FOR PUBLICATION / U.S ARMY PRESS CENSOR / CHINA-BURMA-INDIA" named to Charles H. Holt (3), Noel J. Cipriano or James R. McIver, also "CENSORED / US / ARMY / AIR / CORPS", etc., mainly long legal size covers. (37). Est. £380-450 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1441 U.S Forces. 1942-46 Covers from U.S forces in India all unusually franked by India stamps, one sent by U.S diplomatic bag franked 1r6p cancelled in Washington D.C, cover with boxed "CENSORED / U.S.M.N.A.M" and 2a pair tied by unusual barred cancel, U.S 6c envelopes (3) and plain covers (2) bearing India stamps with U.S A.P.O cancels, covers with U.S army censors and India stamps tied by civil P.O datestamps (2), cover from U.S A.P.O 465 with U.S 6c tied by Indian F.P.O 605, and 6c envelope to India with U.S 6c (3) tied by U.S Navy cancel and India 1½a pair cancelled upon arrival. A very unusual group. (11). Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1442 U.S Forces. 1944-45 Printed patriotic envelopes from U.S forces in India or Burma, to the U.S.A, some franked 3c or 6c, others free, U.S A.P.O datestamps with various numbers. (40). Est. £450-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1443 P.O.W Mail. 1942-46 P.O.W postcards (4) and lettersheets (20) from Italian P.O.Ws to Italy, 22 sent by air, the postcards franked 4a in stamps, lettersheets with 8a in stamps (16) or an 8a meter mark (2); also covers, cards and lettersheets from Italy to P.O.Ws in India (10, four with stamps removed by the censor), two with boxed air mail cachets "via Sofia-Istanbul" or "via Chiasso-Sofia-Bagdad". Nine lettersheets or cards with stamps cancelled by the censor cachet, two of these unusual circular or oval intaglio type cachets, a good lot with items from camps 10, 13, 14, 22-28. (34). Est. £450-550 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1444 P.O.W/Internee Mail. 1939-44 Covers comprising 1939 (Nov 4) cover to Denmark franked 1r10a from an internee at Ahmednagar with violet oval "PASSED CENSOR / CENTRAL / CAMP / AHMEDNAGAR"; cover franked 1/5/6 to a British internee at an escapees camp in Switzerland; cover franked 8a to a P.O.W in Italy; 1943 cover franked 8a from an internee at Dehra Dun to Teheran, "T" handstamps applied in India and Iran, returned to India with boxed "PARTI"; 1945 cover from P.O.W Censor Station Bombay to Sicily franked 14a in Service stamps with violet "SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR"; 1944 lettersheet from an Indian P.O.W in Stalag IVD to India paid 25rpf air postage in cash. (6). Photo on Page 178. (Image1) Est. £200-240 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1445 Internee Mail. 1942-43 Postcard and covers (12) from German internees at Dehra Dun (11), Satara or Deoli, twelve sent by air mail franked 4a (postcard) or 8a, seven with the stamps cancelled by intaglio oval "INDIA CENSORSHIP" handstamps with arms. Also air mail covers from Germany to internees at Dehra Dun franked 25rpf or 50rpf. (15). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Used Abroad Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1446 1854-1944 Covers (10), pieces and stamps (c.50) including covers from Abadan, Bandar-Abbas (4), Mohammerah (2) and Guadur, 1925 cover with India and Afghanistan stamps, 1897 cover to Nepal with arrival backstamp, etc. (c.60). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1447 Afghanistan. 1879 (Nov 17) Cover to London, sent during the second Afghan War, with ½a pair + 4a each cancelled by a diamond of bars, "CANDHAR" backstamp, flap missing and opening tears at upper left corner. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1448 French/Danish India. 1863-1931 Covers and cards comprising 1863 entire letter from G.B to Pondicherry, covers from Pondicherry franked QV ½a (2, faults) and 1931 registered air mail cover to Paris; 1889 official postcard and c.1890-1901 registered address labels franked 3a or 6a (book post rate) from Tranquebar (both with boxed registration handstamps), 1895 postcard from Tanjore to Tranquebar. (8). Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1449 French India. 1934 Air Mail cover from Pondicherry to Paris with "BUY POST OFFICE / CASH CERTIFICATES" slogan on the front, reverse franked by KGV ½a + Air Mail 3a (3) all cancelled by Pondicherry datestamps, one Air Mail 3a with variety reversed serif on second I of INDIA (S.G. 221b, £325), an uncommon variety on cover, very unusual from Pondicherry. Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1450 Bushire/Dubai. 1861-1921 Covers comprising 1861 entire from London to Bushire paid 1/- in cash and bearing a 1d red (late fee?), c.1875 stampless covers to Bombay with "BASHIR" c.d.s and boxed "POSTAGE DUE" (2, 2a or 4a charge), and later stamped covers (7); also a 1918 cover with two KGV stamps completely or largely covered by an Opened by Censor label, a KGV ½a with "Dubai Persian Gulf" c.d.s partly visible, the front with violet circular "PASSED CENSOR / BUSHIRE" (corner faults). (11). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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