WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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 DURBAN PURPLE BOXED "STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER" MARKS ON COVERS TO L. MARQUES; 22 Jan./5 Feb. 1900 pair of envs. from CGH
to "Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay" (Portuguese East Africa) with CGH 1dx2 (Oudtshoorn cds's; partly under pink censor label) or with CGH 1/-+4d+1d+½d (7 times UPU 2½d rate; with Cape Town cds's), but each with very fine purple boxed Durban "STOPPED
BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER" cachet on the front with Natal/RLO cds's alongside and Cape Town red RLO backstamps (12/22 Feb.). Good pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL,
NATAL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £130.00
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| 202 |
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 1900 BOER WAR BATTLE MAP: Pencil drawn map of the battle of Bothaville (Doornkraal) executed by either Claude Alexander or his
brother Boyd. Showing positions of the rival forces at 9 a.m. and noon. Bothaville was fought on 6th November 1900 and was a rare defeat for Boer commander Christian de Wet. Significant Australian involvement in this battle. Ex Alexander
archive.Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 75
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| 203 |
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 RARE "UNDELIVERABLE AT/WINBURG" & PURPLE "COMMUNICATION" + "SUSPENDED" COVER EX C.G.H.; Remarkable 20 Apr. 1901 env. (faults) ex
"EAST LONDON/C.G.H." (cds tying CGH ½d Green) to "Reitfontein, P.O. Senekal, ORC" with censor's red "P.B.C." + purple "H.P" marks but also with purple "RETURNED LR. OFFICE/BLOEMFONTEIN" cds's back & front (oddly dated 15 & 26 May 1902); also with v.
fine purple "COMMUNICATION" and "SUSPENDED" marks on the front and a mainly very fine large black "UNDELIVERABLE AT/WINBURG" (crease) on the reverse. Sent at the unsealed ½d printed matter rate. What happened to this cover for a year?! With copy of
related ABWP article. Very rare. [Ex Ken Griffith, 2003.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, ORANGE FREE STATE/RIVER COLONY (Image)
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Starting at £ 180
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| 204 |
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 RARE "UNDELIVERABLE AT/N.S." & "COMMUNICATION" + "SUSPENDED" COVER EX NATAL; 15 July 1901 env. (stains) ex "DURBAN/NATAL" (cds tying
Natal 1d) to "Bethlehem [ORC]" with censor's blue "P.B.C." + "NPR" marks but also with black "COMMUNICATION" and "SUSPENDED" marks on the front and a partly fine black "UNDELIVERABLE AT/N.S." (overstruck by "RETURNED LR. OFFICE/BLOEMFONTEIN" cds of
26 Mar. 1902), having a v. fine 2-ring "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/NATAL" cds on the reverse. Where was this cover for almost a year?! With copy of related ABWP article. Very rare. Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - SERVICE
SUSPENDED, ORANGE FREE STATE/RIVER COLONY, NATAL (Image)
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Starting at £ 150
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| 205 |
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 BRITISH MILITARY INC. WWI & WWII: 1909-c.1990 eclectic mix of British military mails inc. 1909 PPC with West Down South Camp cds;
1915 RPPPC YMCA canteen Bere Island, Bantry Bay to Blackpool with BERE ISLAND cds; 1917 RP PPC Apple Pie Camp, Longmoor to Co. Durham with fine LONGMOOR CAMP cds; 1919 env. Constantinople to London with BRITISH APO / CONSTANTINOPLE cds; WWII censored
mails inc. POW, good variety of OAS mails, etc. (130+ items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 32
SOLD for £34.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 206 |
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 FIRST WORLD WAR: Miscellany inc. FPO items from British & French armies with diversity of marks; also Czech, US & Canadian items,
POW, Armee d’Orient, Delandre label on cover etc. Interesting group. (42)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY, MILITARY - WWI (Image)
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Starting at £ 32
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| 207 |
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 FRENCH ARMY – GVC AUTHORISING CACHETS: Range of covers & cards on leaves with mainly fine strikes of the cachets used by the Garde
des Voies de Communication who enabled the smooth transit of mail – good variety of these uncommon marks; also items of British Army mail handled by the French. (48)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 208 |
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 FRENCH NAVY & AIRFORCE: Scarcer airforce items inc. air training schools, bases, air park etc.(6) plus WWI Naval cachets on PPCs
(14) and related material plus a further range of 1970s-80s covers with naval postmarks inc. a number of Antarctic items etc. Interesting group. (42)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
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 WWII RAF RETURNED TO SENDER MAIL: Small group of covers to or from GB with a variety of RTS marks, inc. 1946 env. ex Swinton with
purple boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" and "RETURN TO SENDER" & "NO RECORD OF ADDRESSEE AT/RCAF SECTION, C.O.P.S./AS SERVING WITH RCAF O/S" hs's on front; 1945 env. ex F.P.O. 190 with various censor cachets applied, with return
reason "LEFT 2 CON DEP" applied in purple ink block letter ms; 194[?] env. ex Cairo with purple "RETURN TO SENDER/UNIT DISBANDED" hs; also 1935 env. to London ex Baghdad with ms "Please forward" at top left in ink, address crossed out and boxed
purple "RETOUR" and red "CANNOT IDENTIFY AS DESCRIBED." hs's applied to front, with blue boxed "INCONNU" hs on reverse along with large circular "AIR MINISTRY - PERSONAL LETTER SECTION" ds's (2) and a number of recieving marks from London (2) and
"D.L.O./BAGHDAD" (2); plus other examples. (10) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, RETURNED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Starting at £ 200
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 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC.: Group of POW cards & covers inc French boxed "VISE A SAINT-BRIEUC", official cachet, Swiss internee items
(2), Dutch (2) & Russian (5) camps, Austrian item, Ruhleben PC, etc. (14)Cross Reference: FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS, AUSTRIA
(Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 32
SOLD for £46.00
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 FRENCH POWS: Group of POW cards (14) ex various German stalags with range of censorship inc. two from work-kommandos and an unusual
instruction card; also informal Red Cross E, covers to POWs in Switzerland (3) etc. (22)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 32
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 BRITISH ARMY: Miscellany inc. 1939-40 BEF covers (9), later WWII items and others to 1957 inc. RAF & Naval items. (21) Cross
Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 18
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 RETURNED TO SENDER BY CENSOR: Quartet of 1940-42 covers returned to sender, inc. 1940 env. To San Diego ex Weymouth opened by
Examiner 5813 with PC 23 RTS label over the address and included "P.C.91." memo stating "This type of correspondence is/not permitted by the Military/Authorities"; 1941 env. ex London opened by Examiner 1929 with PC 23 RTS label over the address and
included memo stating "Please refer to your Banker regarding/the necessary completion of Export/Form C.D. 3."; plus two other 1940/42 examples (no enclosed memos), two loose memos "P.C. 11." & "P.C.79", loose RTS label and loose Censor label for
Examiner 6481. (4 covers, 3 memos + 2 labels) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, RETURNED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 214 |
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 WWII "NO SERVICE" MAIL: Small group of covers all ex GB bearing boxed purple "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" hs's. Wide variety of
destinations; scarcer ones inc. Moravia, British Somaliland, Tunisia & Danzig; more common ones inc. France, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Austria & Belgium. Inc. 1 Oct 1944 env. to Dieppe ex Croydon, missent to Ottawa DLO with censor tape tied by
dual-language Ottawa "INSPECTION DIVISION./DEAD LETTER OFFICE." ds on reverse; env. (date unreadable) to Luxembourg ex Warwickshire, opened and resealed by "Examiner 2512" P.C.90 tape, with typewriter ms "To await Liberation" at top left; 29 June
1940 env. to Nice ex Ipswich with boxed purple "WAR OFFICE/PERMIT No. B442" hs, sent and returned shortly after the German occupation of France; plus other similar examples inc. Registered Mail to Br. Somaliland, etc. (15)Cross Reference:
MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - WWII, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 215 |
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 WWII - MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA: Group of covers, letter cards, etc. to or from Forces in the Middle East & North Africa. Inc. 8
Nov. 1943 Airgraph (with env.) to GB ex Tunis with FPO cds & censor cachet at top; 1941(?) Air Mail env. to The Daily Telegraph Offices in London ex Cairo with ms signature "Scott Martin/B.W.C" (British War Correspondent), franked by 10m block of 4,
all tied by FPO cds's, with censor tape at left edge tied by "[????] CHIEF [????]/CENSOR" cachets on front & reverse; 1946 Christmas card in env. ex Ireland to Kent redirected to "Duncombe Park/Camp" with purple boxed "NOT AT ADDRESS STATED./PRESENT
ADDRESS NOT KNOWN/RETURN TO SENDER" hs over address and purple "UNTRACEABLE AT/[2]nd. ECHELON, (BRITISH), M.E.F./Date 6/2 Initials 40" hs at lower left and pencil ms "Deserter/23 12 45"; and 7 May 1942 env. ex Ipswich to "Gnr. J. H. Day" in the
Middle East Forces, with purple boxed "IT IS REGRETTED THAT/THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE/DELIVERED BECAUSE THE/ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED/PRISONER OF WAR." over the address. Other examples inc. RTS marks, Prisoner of War hs's, Undeliverable mail, etc. An
interesting mixture. (26 items).Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, RETURNED MAIL, MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS
(Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
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 RETURNED TO SENDER BY CENSOR: 1940 Air Mail env. To Canada ex Preston, GB, franked by KGVI 1/- tied by Lancashire hs (blurred), with
label over address reading "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS F.B./CLOSED AGAINST INSPECTION/PLEASE SEE PAGE 81-86/P.O. GUIDE RE." tied by boxed purple "UNDELI[VERED FOR REASON S]TATED/RETURN TO SENDER" hs. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL,
RETURNED MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
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 KGVI/QEII FORCES MAIL: A selection of covers sent to or from Army Post Offices or FPOs. Majority QEII 1950s-70s (some later), but a
good selection of KGVI 1940s covers inc. 1946 Official env. marked "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION/BALLOT PAPER." with address written on "Army Form B.2645" tied by purple "ARMY/POST OFFICE" circular cachet, returned to sender with boxed purple "NOT AT
ADDRESS STATED./PRESENT ADDRESS NOT KNOWN/RETURN TO SENDER" hs. Other RTS marks also present, mainly from 1970s; plus a very small qty of Censor marks. Majority are internal mail but some other destinations inc. USA, Singapore, Malta, India, etc.
(100)Cross Reference: MILITARY, MILITARY - WWII, PARLIAMENTARY, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 48
SOLD for £50.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
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 GERMAN FORCES IN FRANCE: Four feldpost covers inc. registered item, official documents (2) and two letters, one with transcript. (8)
Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWII, GERMANY (Image)
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Starting at £ 18
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 WWII BURMA & INDIA XMAS MAILS: Collection of specially printed illustrated Air Mail covers issued to British military forces in
India & Burma. Most are the latter, being carried free of charge. Date range Nov. 1942 to Dec. 1945. Incs. 15 Nov. 1943 cover to Birmingham (unstamped) with India Unit Censor W108, 131 cancel, showing error "1934" in box, corrected in red to "1943".
A scarce item. (10 items) Cross Reference: BURMA, INDIA, MILITARY - WWII, CHRISTMAS/RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
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 U.S. FORCES: Range of US Army covers 1944-45 with variety of APO duplexes, apparently mostly in France (17), V-mail (4) & envelope,
French naval post E with ‘RF’ opt on 6c airmail; Canadian forces air-letters 1962-63 (4). (29)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWII, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 18
SOLD for £65.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
