KGVI WWII - BLITZ MAIL
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1402 |
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 EARLY DAMAGED MAIL "BY ENEMY ACTION": Oct. 1940 env. Rossendale to London with label on the reverse "The Postmaster much regrets
that this packet has been accidentally (struck through) damaged / delayed in the post. (Initialled) and below ms "By Enemy Action" with London SE1 cds. Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1403 |
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 HOUSE BOMBED, "ENEMY ACTION" ETC.: 1940-1 selection inc. 1940 env. (opened to display) used locally within London and marked
REGISTERED AR, Undelivered with on reverse ms "House Bombed unable to deliver (initials)"; 2 Dec. 1940 PC Southampton to Ringwood with message"...place of abode remain happily standing [after similar night]" this after second night of air raids on
Soton; Mar. 1941 env. Bromley, Kent local with pencilled "Unable to deliver owing to enemy action"; small brown card folder "LONDON UNDER FIRE" with printed "Passed by Censor" and the original 12 photos, etc. (5 items + photos) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1404 |
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 DELAYED THROUGH ENEMY ACTION: 16 Mar. 1941 PC Keighley to Skipton with v.fine boxed DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY ACTION hs. Originally
thought to have been used for one day, 14 March, but see other lots below.Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1405 |
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 DELAYED THROUGH ENEMY ACTION: 14 Mar. 1941 pair envs., both showing minor fire damage, Skipton or Keighley to Bury or Skipton with
fine boxed DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY ACTION hs. This was the day of a 40 bomber raid on Leeds which effected the GPO in the town centre. (2 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1406 |
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 DELAYED THROUGH ENEMY ACTION: 14 Mar. 1941 pair env. (one window env.) Keighley to Skipton with fine boxed DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY
ACTION hs and one with contemporary(?) ms. "Damaged in first bombing raid on Leeds 14/15 March 1941". (2 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE
(Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1407 |
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 DAMAGED BY FIRE/WATER DURING ENEMY ACTION TYPED LABEL: Apr. 1941 env. & content Darlington to Chiswick, London part damaged by fire
with typed label stuck to env. THE G.P.O. REGRET THIS POSTAL ITEM / WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE/WATER DURING / RECENT ENEMY ACTION. Annotated on the reverse in pencil "Rec'd under / cover Thurs 30th".Cross Reference: DURHAM (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1408 |
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 EFFECT ON MAIL OF LIVERPOOL DOCKS BLITZ MAY 1941: Pair May 1941 envs. to Reading (6 May) or Nottingham (7 May) carried by ships
diverted along the Manchester Ship Canal after destruction of Huskisson No 2 dock. Cancelled by Manchester machine with Censor marks. (2 items) Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 83.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1409 |
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 AIRMAIL TO TANGANYIKA - DAMAGED THROUGH ENEMY ACTION: 6 June 1941 env. Hounslow to Dar es Salaam sent Airmail and franked tied 2/6d
brown (SG476) with light fire damage bottom left corner repaired with GPO Crown tape and typed label "Damage through enemy action. / Officially re-sealed by G.P.O." [initials]. Scarce and attractive. Cross Reference: KENYA, UGANDA &
TANGANYIKA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1410 |
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 RARE BLITZ "DELAYED BY(BOMB)ENEMY ACTION" ILLUSTRATED HANDSTAMP: 28 June 1944 env. (vert fold clear of marks, etc.) London to
Lustleigh, Devon then redirected to Moreton Lampeter, with a v.fine lilac strike of the rare "DELAYED BY(BOMB)ENEMY ACTION" hs (RPSL Cert. 2012). Very few genuine examples are recorded. Cross Reference: DEVON (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1411 |
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 LONDON TEMPORARY POST OFFICE NO.1: 6 Aug. 1941 env. Registered London to Mexico redirected to Washington DC with KGVI ½d & 5d tied
by two v.fine L.P.R./6 Aug. 41/LONDON O.O./MOBILE P.O./No.1 cds with OPENED BY / EXAMINER 693 tape at right. Several transit ds on reverse and picture of the frame tent temporary PO included. (Cavendish Sale 689, Lot 113 Ex Hahn) Cross
Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MEXICO (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1412 |
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 LONDON TEMPORARY POST OFFICE NO.1: 6 Aug. 1941 env. Registered London local use with KGVI 2½d & 3d tied by two v.fine L.P.R./6 Aug.
41/LONDON O.O./MOBILE P.O./No.1 cds. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1413 |
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 MOBILE POST OFFICES - RECORD SHEET IMPRESSIONS, ETC.: 1941-45 selection inc. 6 Aug. 1941 Cert. of Posting of Registered Packet with
fine L.P.R./6 Aug. 41/LONDON O.O./MOBILE P.O./No.1 cds; Record Sheet Impressions Mobile PO 1944 No.14 (Birmingham), 1942 No. 15 Northampton, 1945 No. 16 (Loughborough), Mobile PO No.25 through No. 38 which inc. some Scottish towns, etc. (53
Impressions + 2 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1414 |
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 COLOUR ILLUSTRATED ENV. WITH DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION: Sep. 1941 Colour illustrated TT & JP Sauces env. (stamp floated
off) Acton to Yarmouth, I.O.W. with purple two line DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION. Recovered mail from SS Portsdown which hit a mine between Portsmouth & Ryde. Cross Reference: ISLE OF WIGHT, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1415 |
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 TAVISTOCK RELIEF P.O. AFTER BOMBING OF EXETER P.O. - MOBILE P.O. NO.85: 27 Apr. 1942 env. used locally at Tavistock franked with
five KGV ½d PUC issue all tied by v.fine MOBILE POST OFFICE No.85 cds. Mobile PO 84, 85 & 86 issued to Tavistock and 84 & 85 believed used between 27 April & 23 May 1942. Cross Reference: DEVON (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 102.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1416 |
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 PARCEL POST "FREE" LABEL WITH EXPLANATORY P.O. LABEL DUE TO BOMBING; 25 Mar. 1943 part brown paper parcel wrapper with dated "RETD.
LR. SECTION/LONDON POSTAL REGION" cds with a specially produced and scarce P.O. typed label "This parcel has possibly been affected by phosphorous (enemy action). The original wrapping has been withdrawn and the parcel has been.re-wrapped at this
office". (Ex Daynes) Cross Reference: PARCEL POST LABELS (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1417 |
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 PARCEL POST EXPLANATORY P.O. LABEL DUE TO ENEMY ACTION SENT ONWARDS "FREE"; 24 June 1943 complete brown paper parcel wrapper to
Worcestershire with KGVI 2½d still attached with "RETD. LR. SECTION/LONDON POSTAL REGION" cds's on pink "FREE" label and opposite a typed special label "K3475 / It is regretted that the accompanying parcel sustained damage subsequent on enemy action.
RETURNED LETTER SECTION, GENERAL POST OFFICE, MOUNT PLEASANT LONDON". Rare complete parcel wrapper. Cross Reference: PARCEL POST LABELS
(Image)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1418 |
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 DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION: c.1941 env. (damaged bottom left corner) from HM SHIP to Lympstone, Devon with fine one line purple DAMAGED
BY ENEMY ACTION plus 1943 part env. from Wireless Officer, HMS Frisky to Uddingston, Glasgow with HM SHIP tablet hs and on the reverse a two line DAMAGED AS RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION hs. (2 items) Cross Reference: DEVON, SCOTLAND (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1419 |
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 OPERATION STEINBOCK - THE "LITTLE" LONDON BLITZ: 15 Feb. 1944 window env. (fire damage at left) from Barnet to London with purple
DAMAGED BY / ENEMY ACTION hs. Posted during the period of the German Operation Steinbock dubbed the "Little" or "Baby" blitz of London.
(Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1420 |
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 OPERATION STEINBOCK - THE "LITTLE" LONDON BLITZ: 1 Feb. 1944 env. (fire damage at left) from Birmingham to London with purple
DAMAGED BY / ENEMY ACTION hs. Posted during the period of the German Operation Steinbock dubbed the "Little" or "Baby" blitz of London.Cross Reference: WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
