MILITARY MAIL
MILITARY MAIL
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 676 |
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1925-91 Covers and cards, mainly World War Two including naval and R.A.F, redirected and returned mail, 1945 (Sep 29) stampless Czech cover with British army censor, 1944 A.E.A.F / C.P H.Q" c.d.s, "114 Mount St. London" undercover address, etc.
(129).
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Est. £150-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 677 |
|
P.O.W Mail. 1914-67 Covers and cards from World War One (7) or World War Two (25), also a 1967 Red Cross form from an Arab P.O.W in Israel, including 1915 Rubleben picture postcard, WW2 G.B 2½d P.O.W air letters (4, one to Ilag VII), Isle of
Man (2), India (2), cards from Biberach or Vittel internment camps, 1946 card from a German P.O.W in Russia sending Christmas greetings with a Photo of the sender attached, Y.M.C.A Christmas postcard from a civilian internee on Ellis Island, etc.
(33).
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Est. £160-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 678 |
|
c.1939-99 Covers and cards, ephemera, etc., including unused V-Mail forms (4, two illustrated), group of five British WW2 and postwar miniature medals, Red Cross message forms, a few patriotic labels, various postwar forces mail, censors, sheet of
100 WW2 military labels believed to be from Thailand, 1982 (Mar 8) British Antarctic Territory F.D.C with Islas Malvinas datestamp applied at Port Stanley on April 6 (date inverted), etc. (c.200).
|
Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 679 |
|
c.1947-2005 British forces covers including mail from Korea, Falkland Islands, Aden, Malaya, Bahrain, Libya, Jordan, Singapore, Malta, Hong Kong, Kenya, Thailand, Cyprus, Australia, Europe, etc., also some philatelic covers with special cancels.
(c.340).
|
Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
World War One
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 680 |
|
1914-22 Covers and cards including Indian F.P.O 151 and 156 used in the North West Frontier during the Third Afghan War, 1918 A.P.O S.X.14 used at Corfu, Portuguese forces mail with "C.E.P / S.P.C" datestamps (7), 1919 card from the French hospital
ship "Flandre" at Constantinople, 1918 cover to a U.S soldier redirected to the hospital ship "Ascanius", Austrian Feldpost card from S.M Dampfer VII with a superb handpainted illustration of the sailing ship "Roschen" and a Turkish flag, etc.
(109).
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Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 681 |
|
1916-19 Covers and cards (5) and letters (36) from Pte P.J Peters, 1/5th Queens (West Surrey) Regt, also a card of Peters and four picture postcards sent home from India, the letters mainly from Mesopotamia or India, datestamps include Indian F.P.O
104 (2) and 312 from Mesopotamia. (46).
|
Est. £50-80
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 682 |
|
Hospitals & Medical Services. 1914-20 Covers and cards from Austrian, British, German or French forces with hospital or ambulance cachets, Red Cross, etc., also a few earlier and later covers including 1898 cover with Yen-Bai, Tonkin c.d.s and
circular "INFIRMERIE - AMBULANCE / LE MEDICIN CHEF / YEN-BAI", etc. (100s).
|
Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 683 |
|
Russia. 1919 Stampless cover and card, the May 12th postcard of H.M.T "Czar" headed from "Pte J.F Ford, R.A.M.C, 155 Field Ambulance, 238 Special Brigade, North Russian Relief Force"; the cover to the U.S.A from an American soldier with "ARMY POST
OFFICE / PB.." c.d.s (Feb 4, the number unfortunately off the cover) and circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 25 / R.A.M.C" (possibly used on the "Braemar Castle"). (2).
|
Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
World War Two
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 684 |
|
1939-45 Forces mail from allied forces including U.S, French, Canadian, Indian, Australian and Czech, covers from G.B, Europe, West Indies, Iraq (one with small "POSTAGE prepaid" cachet), Iran, Bermuda, etc. (140).
|
Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 685 |
|
c.1944 Cover with War Office crest addressed in the handwriting of Field-Marshal Montgomery, "TOP SECRET & Personal. To be opened only by Lt. Gen. C. Foulkes C.G.S, Montgomery of Alamein Field Marshal, Lt. Gen Charles Foulkes C.B, C.G.S Canada,
Defence H.Q, Ottawa, Canada", presumably delivered by diplomatic bag, enclosed piece with signature of Montgomery of Alamein.
|
Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 686 |
|
1940-45 Covers (with enclosed letters), air letters, cards, telegrams and airgraphs to or from Pte A.W.S Hill, R.A.S.C, in G.B or the Middle East, a very extensive correspondence, many to or from Egypt, mixed condition. (100s).
|
Est. £300-350
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 687 |
|
U.S Forces - India/China/Burma. 1942-46 Covers from U.S forces in Burma (3), China (14) or India (21), various U.S A.P.O cancels, stampless or franked 6c. (38).
|
Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 688 |
|
U.S Forces - Pacific. 1942-59 Covers (mainly WW2 period) from U.S forces in the Pacific including British Solomon Islands (22), also Australia, Hawaii, Japan, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, etc.,
various U.S A.P.O cancels, a few with U.S Navy cancels. (c.270).
|
Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 689 |
|
U.S Forces. 1942-59 Covers (mainly WW2 period) from U.S forces within the U.S.A (c.1,100, many camp or fort cancels) or forces overseas including Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, West Indies, South and Central America, Newfoundland, also
forces in Alaska, various U.S A.P.O cancels, some U.S Navy cancels (mainly from Alaska). (c.1,700).
|
Est. £200-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
WORLD WAR ONE GERMAN & BRITISH NAVAL MAIL
The Ships of Vice Admiral Graf von Spee's China Sq
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 690 |
|
1914-18 Naval related propaganda postcards, various ships including "Ayesha landing troops at Hodeida", also the "Emden", "Nurnberg", "Scharnhorst", Officers from "Mowe", etc., some used. (58).
|
Est. £100-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 691 |
|
Literature. Books and catalogues on the history or postal history of the German naval ships under Graf von Spee, including "Admiral von Spee and his Ships" by Frank Laycock (2008) comprising a copy of the Camellia collection, superbly bound in
leather, also "German Prisoners in Great Britain" with many photos (c.1920), etc. (30+).
|
Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
S.M.S "Scharnhorst" and Vice Admiral Graf von Spee
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 692 |
|
1899 (Aug 3) Registered cover from Vladivostock franked 10k pair, to a sailor on "Scharnhorst" at Hakodate, redirected to Tsingtau, backstamped at Tsuruga, Hakodate, Shanghai I.J.P.O and Tsingtau, boxed "REGISTERED" handstamp on the front. Also a
1913 cover from "Scharnhorst" at Tsingtau with 10pf tied by K.D.M.S No 16 c.d.s. (2).
|
Est. £120-140
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 693 |
|
c.1905-16 Picture postcards depicting the "Scharnhorst", Admiral "Graf von Spee, Cruisers of the South Sea Squadron, Tsingtau, etc. (43, one from Tsingtau with K.D.M.S No. 16 c.d.s, also a cover with this datestamp), fund raising labels (6) and a
music programme, also a 1917 stampless postcard from a Japanese Naval Officer at the captured German naval base of Tsingtau with Japanese Tsingtau c.d.s. (52).
|
Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 694 |
|
 1914 (Aug 1) Official stampless cover to the German Admiralty, handstamped "Kommando / S.M.S "Scharnhorst" / B. no (1625)" and "Marinesache" with two strikes of the K.D.M.S No 16 datestamp applied whilst at Ponape, circular
"Kaiserliche Marine / Brief-Stempel / Kommando / S.M.S "Scharnhorst"" on reverse. From the mail handed to the Father Superior of the Capuchins who buried it under the Catholic church, finally dug up and delivered in 1923, the cover with some
understandable wear and soiling, very scarce. Private letters from this mail delivered in 1923 had explanatory mails applied by the German Post Office, but these were not applied to official letters. Photo on Page 86. (Image1)
|
Est. £250-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 695 |
|
 1914 (July 11) Postcard from Alfred Brettschneider, signaller on the "Scharnhorst", to Germany franked Caroline Islands 5pf tied by "TRUK" c.d.s, from the mails posted under the Catholic church at Ponape at the start of the
war in 1914, dug up and delivered in 1923 with German P.O explanatory label applied, the picture side detached and lost due to the years of burial with a further shorter explanatory label on this side. The earliest recorded posting date for this
mail buried in August 1914. Very scarce, with Roland Steuer Certificate (2017). Photo on Page 92. (Image1)
|
Est. £900-1,200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 696 |
|
 1914 (Oct 15) Stampless cover to Berlin endorsed "Feldpostbrief" and signed by Lt. Claussen von Finck with two strikes of the K.D.M.S No. 16 c.d.s, applied and posted whilst at Easter Island, the mail taken to Valparaiso on
S.S "Yorck", mail from Easter Island very scarce. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)
|
Est. £350-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 697 |
|
 1914 (Nov 25) Stampless cover from Vice Admiral Graf von Spee to his wife in Germany, endorsed "Feldpostbrief" and signed on the reverse, with two strikes of the K.D.M.S No.16 c.d.s, sent from St Quentin Bay in Chile and
carried to Argentina by the N.D.L S.S "Seydlitz" (acting hospital ship). By the time this cover reached Argentina, and long before it reached Germany, von Spee and his two sons had been killed in the Battle of the Falklands on December 8th. Photo
on Page 92. (Image1)
|
Est. £400-500
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 698 |
|
Medallions produced to commemorate Vice Admiral Graf von Spee, two impressive large medals each 100mm diameter depicting von Spee (one also showing his two sons) with four smaller medals, three probably in silver (one duplicated), also an Iron Cross
dated 1914, all in a fitted case. (7).
|
Est. £500-600
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
S.M.S "Dresden"
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 699 |
|
1914-15 Picture postcards of the "Dresden" (23), hat bands (2), and two 1914 cards sent prior to the war with K.D.M.S No. 66 datestamps from Mexico, one a locally produced leather card unusually bearing a Mexico stamp. (30).
|
Est. £150-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 700 |
|
1914 Stampless covers from Machinist Ahrhus to Danzig with two strikes of the K.D.M.S No. 66 c.d.s, the first with violet "Feldpostbrief" dated August 9th when the ship was at Jericoa Bay, Brazil, taken by the collier "Corrientes" to Pernambuco; the
second cover dated October 1st unusually with number and year omitted from the datestamp, carried by a coal supply ship off Mas a Fuera, Chile. (2).
|
Est. £120-140
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
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