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Worldwide Stamps & Postal History - Sept. 2024 continued...

WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
221   imageRAF - POST-WWII RETURNED MAIL: Group of covers from 1946-1990s sent to or from RAF bases in GB, all bearing a variety of RTS marks. Inc. 13 June 1949 env. to Wilmington ex Woodbridge, redirected 4 times with 3 RAF "Form 1674" redirection labels on top of the original address and final "RE-DIRECTED BY RECORD OFFICE, R.A.F. GLOUCESTER" label affixed over all others; 19 Oct. 1957 env. to RAF Wunstorf, repatriated with RAF "Form 1674" redirection label redirecting to the Records Office tied by purple "ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, WUNSTORF" ds; 19 Dec. 1989 env. ex TV Licensing agency with pink "UNKNOWN AT THIS UNIT/PLEASE RETURN CORRESPONDENCE/TO THE ADDRESSEE" hs; plus other similar examples. (35 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY, RETURNED MAIL, REDIRECTED MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
222   imagePOST-WWII FORCES RETURNED MAIL: Group of covers all bearing a variety of return to sender markings. Inc. 15 Apr. 1946 KGVI 1½d Forces Letter env. ex Bedford, with purple boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" hs over franking, and label over address with blue boxed hs reading "TO BE RETURNED TO SENDER BY/ORDER OF ADMIRALTY IN VIEW/OF TIME ELAPSED SINCE LETTER/WAS WRITTEN."; 6 Oct. 1973 Returned Postal Packet env. with "B.F.P.O. LONDON/10" double-ring cds, red boxed "RETURN LETTER BRANCH/[date]/HOME POSTAL &/C.O. DEPOT R.[?]." hs's (2 - one on front & other on reverse), and "CIVIL ADDRESS/NOT FORCES MAIL" hs on front; 17 Mar. 1971 Air Mail env. ex Harrow with purple "RETURN TO SENDER./UNABLE TO TRACE WITHOUT/ARMY NUMBER." hs on label; plus other similar examples, inc. registered mail. (28)Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL, MILITARY, NAVAL MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
223   imagePOST-WWII SERVICE SUSPENDED MAIL: Group of covers/PPCs from 1945-1997, all ex GB to a variety of destinations (majority to Iraq/Kuwait). Inc. 17 Feb. 1949 Notice from the Postmaster-General advising that "registered letters, printed and commercial papers, samples and small packets may now be accepted for transmission to those places in Palestine to which the service has been extended"; 16 Feb. 1951 env. ex Sheffield to Israel with ms "NO SERVICE TO" at bottom left; 1990s (poor machine cancel) propaganda PPC to Iraq ex Birmingham with label over address reading "RETURN TO SENDER/INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED", 2nd line crossed out and replaced with ms "NO SERVICE" in pencil; 1990 Post Office Notice advising of the limited resumption of the postal service to Iraq & Kuwait on 17 Sept.; 1992/5 envs. to Bosnia-Herzegovina returned with labels over address window advising "Due to the situation in the former Yugoslav/Republic we are unable to find any route/for mail to the State of Bosnia-Herzegovina [...]" or "THERE IS NO SERVICE TO/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA DUE/TO THE CURRENT/SITUATION [...]"; plus other examples inc. mail to Burundi & Rwanda during the 1995 Civil War. (23 covers + 2 notices)Cross Reference: IRAQ, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, RUANDA-URUNDI (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

CRASH & WRECK MAIL
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
224   imageRAILWAY DISASTER MAIL - GREECE/FRANCE - SALONICA RAILWAY STATION BOMBING: 2 charred envs. ex France to soldiers in the Levant damaged in an aerial bombardment of a train each with different types of the s/l purple "INCENDE WAGON POSTE" cachet on back.Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL, GREECE, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
225   imageRAILWAY DISASTER MAIL - FIRE ON A PARIS TO BRUSSELS TRAIN; Scarce 20 Dec. 1918 PPC to Belgium struck with purple "CORRESPONDENCE RETARDEE/PAR SUITE D'UN INCENDIE". Few of these covers known.Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL, FRANCE (Image)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
226   imageRAILWAY DISASTER MAIL - USA COVERS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN RAILWAY STORAGE CAR; 2 scarce 1937 charred envs. ex New York to Los Angeles struck with purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE / OG & LA TR.5 AUG 22" or red "DAMG'D BY/FIRE TR. AUG 22/OGDEN & L.A." cachets.Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 50

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
227   imageSHIP WRECK MAIL - SS OREGON TYPE 4A LABEL; 1886 env. (opened to display, stamp floated off) to Brooklyn and on the reverse across the flap a Type 4a PO New York July 6th 1886 label with Brooklyn Rec'd 9 July 1886 ds plus fine unused "The Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society" Members Ticket for 1885. (2 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
228   imageSHIP WRECK MAIL - SS ST PAUL - DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER: 1897 (1 Jun.) env. Lena WI to Cardiff franked tied 5c brown (Grant) with alongside a fine violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER" hs. The env. was carried by the SS St Paul of the International Navigation Co. but how the mails became water damaged is unknown. Hoggarth recorded 10 items, this is an additional item.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
229   imageSHIP WRECK MAIL - COLLISION OF THE PS CHICAGO ON THE HUDSON RIVER; 1899 (31 Oct.) 2c. printed PS env. Philadelphia to New York with "POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y./This piece of mail was damaged/through the sinking of the Penn. R.R./ferryboat Chicago which occurred at/about 12.45 a.m., on October 31st, 1899." printed label to the front. Few covers recorded.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

Starting at £ 85

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
230   imageSHIP WRECK MAIL - FRANCE - SINKING OF THE SS LIBAN: Trio of 1903 envs. from the SS Liban which was run into by Company sister ship the SS Insulaire. 5 Jun. Gaillac to Ajaccio with two strikes of the distinct blue "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" hs; 6 June Paris to Bastia (stamp floated off) with v. fine blue "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" hs and further example to Bastia. (3 items)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
231   imageSHIP WRECK MAIL - SS LOUIS V EX SALONICA AND SS KENILWORTH CASTLE EX S. AFRICA: Trio inc. 1917 long OHMS env. to London ex mail from Salonica carried by French SS Louis V. This probably an "ambulance" env. but struck with three red boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER IS" hs; much travelled 1917 env. originally posted Kenegha Drift to Le Havre; returned to S. Africa, readdressed and put onboard SS Kenilworth Castle to England when the ship collided with a destroyer escort setting off 2 depth charges which damaged Kenilworth's hull. The ship made it to Plymouth where the mails were landed and the env. was struck with a boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs plus French 1917 Postes, Telegraphes et Telephones env. endorsed "accident de mer" used as "ambulance" for mails originating in Yokohama. (3 items)Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SOUTH AFRICA, GREECE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
232   imageAIR CRASH MAIL - USA INTERNAL MAIL: Two 10 Jan. 1930 env. on plane crash in Wabash Range with fine "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930" cachet; 1938 env. with "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/PT. REYES CALIF./NOV. 29 1938" cachet. (3 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £60.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
233   imageAIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A. INTERNAL MAIL: 1930 env. carried on night flight Los Angeles to Salt Lake City with "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930." cachet; 3 water damaged envs. carried on a est bound Salt Lake City to San Diego flight which crashed at Alhambra with "DAMAGED BY AIR PLANE WRECK/DECEMBER 22, 1930" cachets; 2 envs. (one charred) carried on flight which crashed on landing with "DAMAGED IN PLANE FIRE/AT WARREN, OHIO, 9-21-30" or "Damaged in Plane Fire/at WarreN O. 9-21-30" cachets; 28 May 1932 env. carried on flight from Salt Lake City to Seattle with "DAMAGED BY PLANE CRASH/IN WILLIAMETTE RIVER" cachet. (7 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
234   imageAIR CRASH MAIL - 1954 PRESTWICK AIR CRASH: Collection of covers from this B.O.A.C. Stratocaster "Cathay" crash inc. repaired env. to Venezuela franked 2/6d; charred part env. to Canada franked 1/3d; unfranked, undamaged "On Her Britannic Majesty's Service" env. to Canada; plus 3 to U.S.A. (2 charred). All with very fine purple boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachets. (6 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA, VENEZUELA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £90.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

AIRMAILS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
235   imageWORLDWIDE AIRMAIL COVERS, ETC.: 1931-2014 Mixed range commercial mail and some special covers. inc. c.1940 boxed RAAF SERVICE cachet in purple, GB Blue "AIRMAIL FOREIGN" bundle label; 1942 New Zealand to London "Per Pan American Airways" rated 5s 9d with 5s paid by NZ revenue; 1931 Prague to London via Berlin; WWII "VIA TRANS. ATLANTIC ROUTE" on 2 items USA to UK with Examiner labels; 1942 London to Austrailia MacRobertson air race. Also an Aug. 1937 agreement with UK government and South Africa for Imperial Airways to set-up a new airmail service, good piece of postal history. (60+ items) (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
236   imageGB TO SOUTH AMERICA INC. ZEPPELINS: 1933-38, some with minor folds, 2 Zeppelin flown; 1933 30 MR, 4s rate Dundee to Chile with Paris & Toulouse, Santiago marks; 1936 MR 26 3s-6d rate Dundee to Brazil with Paris Avion transit mark; 1938 13 SP 4s rate Leyland, Lancs. to Argentine with good to weak DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST EUROPA SUDAMERIKA red cachet & 18/9 arrival mark; Also 1938 29 175 XI, rate 175pf Vienna to Argentina with similar red DLES cachet (4) Cross Reference: ZEPPELIN MAIL, AUSTRIA, CHILE, BRAZIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
237   imageSELECTION OF 'LATI' CARRIED COVERS BETWEEN GERMANY & SOUTH AMERICA: Range of mostly 1940/41 covers with mostly Argentine frankings (13) but also Brazil (3), Bolivia (2), Chile & Italy. Some directional cachets. (total 18 covers) Cross Reference: GERMANY, ARGENTINA, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £55.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
238   imageSELECTION OF 'LATI' CARRIED COVERS BETWEEN GERMANY & SOUTH AMERICA: Range of mostly 1940/41 covers with a range of German (7) & Argentine (8) frankings, also Chile & Brazil. Some directional cachets. (total 18 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, GERMANY, ARGENTINA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £55.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
239   imageAEROGRAMME PROOFS: Four aerogramme proofs inc. 50b Oman (1979?), 10p + ½p Jersey (1974), no value 1977 G.B. Silver Jubilee, and 10½p G.B. Christmas (1979). All in excellent uncut condition. (4) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

CIGARETTE CARDS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
240   imageCOLLECTION OF BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH ISSUES: Album containing a multitude of complete and part sets inc. issues from India, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada from between 1910 to 1933 plus British Wills issues, these being mainly 'Coats of Arms' series from about the same period. Generally fine for these. (qty) (Image)

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Starting at £ 50

SOLD for £65.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

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