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Gavin Fryer Collections - Oct. 2024 continued...

KGVI WWII - ADEN TO CRETE continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1461   imageCRETE - FPO 192 AT SOUDA BAY: 1940-41 trio inc. 28 Nov. 1940 airmail env. FPO 192 to Jerusalem via Cairo with fine double square PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR / 116 hs, etc.; 17 Jan. 1941 env. + contents airmail FPO 192 to Fareham with fine double square PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR / 146 hs, letter headed "York and Lancaster Rgt Z Middle East Force" and 20 Mar. 1941 Honour env. endorsed AIR MAIL from FPO 192 to Wembley. (3 items) Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1462   imageCRETE - FPO 192 AT SOUDA BAY MAILS TO UK: 14 Dec. 1940 env. airmail from FPO 192 to Chalfont St Giles franked pair KGVI 5d brown with fine purple double square PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR / 146 hs; 6 Feb. 1941 env. endorsed O.A.S. with v.fine FPO 192 cds to Epsom College with fine purple double square PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR / 158 hs and ms Censored [signature] alongside and 15 Mar. 1941 Honour env. airmail FPO 192 to Hampton, Middlesex with fine purple double square PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR / 146 hs. (3 items) Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1463   imageCRETE - FPO 221 USED MAY 1941: 1 and 13 May 1941 envs. to Egypt unfranked and Garstang Lancs with KGVI 9d+1d with mostly fine strikes of the scarce FPO 122, only recorded used during May 1941. Egypt cover with faint boxed Unit censor, the other signed at top left. (Ex Daynes Sale 693 Lot 107). (2 items)Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE, EGYPT (Image)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1464   imageCRETE - FPO 221 USED MAY 1941: Pair of envs. with 8 May 1941 (opened two sides) endorsed ON ACTIVE SERVICE unfranked to Chingford with good FPO 221 cds plus 12 May 1941 Honour env. to Bournemouth endorsed AIR MAIL with KGVI 9d + 1d tied by v.fine FIELD POST OFFICE / 221 cds. Scarce pair. Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1465   imageCRETE - PRISONER OF WAR MAIL TO NEW ZEALAND WITH RARE CACHET: c.July 1941 env. (minor faults) addressed to Mrs J C Cleaver, Dargaville, New Zealand with on the reverse ms J C Cleaver, P.O.W. Camp Crete. On the front is a v.fine red Zensiert: Kriegsgefangenen Lager Kreta (VI) hs one of only two examples recorded to date. Thought to have gone via Italy, Spain, Portugal then USA and finally to New Zealand where the ms 14 Feb. 1942 on the reverse may have been the date of receipt. Rare cover. Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE, NEW ZEALAND, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1466   imageCRETE - BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR MAIL: 1941-42 quartet inc. 8 Apr. 1941 env. Coventry to GHQ 2nd Echelon, c/o APO 725 with red ms CRETE and boxed purple RTS hs and below a fine purple Addressee Reported / Prisoner of War. hs; Feb. 1942 POW airmail letter sheet from Mrs Brown Cheltenham to Cpl Brown POW 5023, POW Camp Crete with fine Stalag VIIIB / Gepruft Nr 20a hs and boxed purple THIS LETTER HAS BEEN RETURNED BY THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS ... etc hs. By this date Cpl Brown had escaped and had been picked up by a British patrol boat to resume his war! plus May 1941 2d PC Reading to Cpl Bowden c/o Army PO with boxed purple RTS hs and alongside a fine purple Addressee Reported / Prisoner of War. hs with a 4 Feb. 1942 POW lettercard from Bowden, who had been transferred from Crete, at Stammlager XVIII D Maribor, Austria to his home in Reading. (4 items)Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 120

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1467   imageCRETE - GERMAN FORCES: 1941-44 group inc. pair 9 June 1941 env. to Germany endorsed Feldpost above a FELDPOST / b cds and at the bottom left a blue Dienststelle / Feldpostnummer 24971B hs used at Maleme, Crete; Oct. 1941 Iron Cross Feldpostkarte with fine purple DIENSTSTELLE FELDPOSTNR / 00678C used by 2nd Batt. Mountain Artillery on Crete with Feldpost/ b cds etc; May 1943 env. Registered to Germany from 7th Comp. Grenadier Reg. on Crete with Dienststelle Feldpostnummer 106538D hs, Feldpost / a cds, etc. (5 items) Cross Reference: GERMANY, CRETE, GREECE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1468   imageCEYLON - NETHERLANDS NAVAL MAILS, ETC.: 1944/5 group inc. 1945 Air Mail env. registered to Holland mixed franking Ceylon 20c blue/black + GVI GB 3d lilac with Passed by Censor dated and signed ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY hs and similar 1945 Air Mail env. (rev. top flap removed) to Llandudno with Ceylon 50c, 30c, 25c and 10c tied red Maritime Mail hs (Ex Daynes sale 693 £280+BP); 1945 Air Mail env. Postbox 558 Colombo return address to Amsterdam with Ned. Navy Censor hs franked GB GVI 3d lilac and boxed KON NEDERD MARINE / Passed by Censor / ROYAL NETH: NAVY hs on reverse; 1944 Air Mail Letter Card overprinted NAVAL ISSUE from COISEF Naval HQ, Colombo to Croydon with Passed by Censor Naval Establishment No.10 hs, etc. Fine and scarce group. (7 items) Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 200

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
KGVI WWII - CYPRUS TO ICELAND
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1469   imageCYPRUS: 1940-45 selection with 1940 env. registered Bournemouth to Nicosia with both GB & Cyprus Censor labels plus red boxed EXCHANGE CONTROL and PASSED CENSOR / CYPRUS /4 double circle hs; 1942 OHMS env. FPO 164 Cyprus to Bangalore paid 10d with 5 x KGVI 2d orange tied by FPO 164 cds; 1941 Honour env. to Darlington with pair KGVI 10d blue for double rate tied by FPO 289 cds; 1941 Air Mail Letter Card to Middlesborough with KGVI 2d + 1d tied by v.fine FPO 291 cds and purple double square PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR / 784 hs; 1945 env. endorsed O.A.S. to Palestine with v.fine FPO 164 cds and purple shield style PASSED BY CENSOR No. 1754 hs, etc. (16 items)Cross Reference: CYPRUS, INDIA, EGYPT (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1470   imageFAROE ISLANDS - FPO 219: 1940-43 group with 29 Sep. 1940 Honour env. to Bromley in Kent with fine purple FIELD POST OFFICE / 219 cds and boxed PASSED BY CENSOR / [crown] No. 1692 hs; Aug. 1941 env. endorsed O.A.S. to Worcester with bright violet FPO 219 cds and boxed PASSED BY CENSOR / [crown] No. 2140 hs; Jan. 1942 long commercial printed env. to London with violet FPO 219 cds & boxed Censor hs, franked KGVI 2d orange + ½d green tied by London cds on receipt; 1943 Honour env. to The Base Censor with FPO 219 cds & crown over circle PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 4394 hs, etc. (9 items) Cross Reference: FAROE ISLANDS (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 200

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1471   imageFAROE ISLANDS - SCARCE FPO 611, MIDVAGUR, VAGAR IS.: 1942-43 trio with Dec. 1942 env. registered to Watford franked with KGVI 3d lilac tied by FIELD POST OFFICE 611 cds with R/39 registration label alongside endorsed in pencil F.P.O. 611 with purple Crown on circle PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 5522 alongside and below a Customs hs; June 1942 & Apr. 1943 env. both endorsed On Active Service to London or Macclesfield both cancelled by FPO 611 cds and purple crown on circle PASSED BY CENSOR No. 5001 or No. 4235. Scarce trio. Cross Reference: FAROE ISLANDS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1472   imageFALKLAND ISLANDS INC. DEPENDENCIES - OPERATION TABARIN: 1943-44 trio inc. Dec. 1943 env. Leith Scotland to Naval Party 475. C/o GPO London addressed to Capt. Taylor 2i/c of the Party franked KGVI 2d orange + ½d green with v.fine lilac FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCY / Graham Land cds on the reverse; Feb. 1944 env. from Capt Roberts, FI Company, to Chingford franked two KGVI ½d Graham Land Dependency tied by Graham Land cds plus 21 Feb. 1944 env. from Capt Taylor to Librarian Madge Biggs, Port Stanley franked KGVI 1d + 3d South Orkney Dependency tied by South Orkney cds. Fine trio. Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS, SOUTH ORKNEYS/SOUTH SHETLANDS, GRAHAM LAND (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1473   imageGIBRALTAR: 1940-45 group inc. Dec. 1940 env. airmail Gibraltar to Boston USA franked KGVI Gib 6d tied by Gibraltar cds with triangular Censor hs and endorsed Par avion up to UK; c.1942 env. to Hereford franked KGVI 2½d blue with purple R.A.F. CENSOR / 143 hs; Dec. 1942 env. to Lancaster cancelled in London but with Gibraltar purple censor hs R.A.F. CENSOR / 260; 1944 airmail env. to Leicester franked KGVI Gib 6d tied FPO 475 cds with small stuck on provisional Honour label "The following Certificate must be signed by the writer: ...", etc. (6 items) (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 120

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1474   imageICELAND INC. SCARCE FPO 89: 1940-42 selection with 9 Aug. 1941 long OHMS env. registered to OC Troops Blonduos with v.fine FIELD POST OFFICE 89 cds: 1942 On Constabulary Service env. Rotherham to 2nd Lt Bradley, Iceland (C) Force with various redirections, FPO 308 cds and unusual and scarce purple UNABLE TO TRACE / ICELAND (C) FORCE small hs (Ex Angus Parker); 1941 long env. + content US Marine Brigade Iceland to Seattle, USA via GB with variety of Iceland stamps tied by Reykjavik cds and GB Censor label; 1943 env. Reykjavik to Iowa franked with tied Icelandic 5a and 7a with v.fine US CENSORSHIP /Examined By 9809 hs; 1942 Registered PS env. to London cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE 304 cds with purple boxed PASSED BY CENSOR [crown] No. 2365 hs; 1941 Honour env. to SE Command, Home Forces franked KGVI 2d orange + ½d green tied FPO 2 cds; 1942 OAS env. + content to Hinckley with v.fine FIELD POST OFFICE / 306 cds, etc. Good variety. (40 items) Cross Reference: ICELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £3,800.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1475   imageICELAND - NAVAL MAILS: 1941-43 selection with c.1941 long env. SOPA ICELAND (Senior Officer Present Afloat) to Duty Cypher Officer, HMS Hecla with large GUARD MAIL hs (Ex Parker); Dec. 1942 env. to Cdr Ouvry, Havant franked with tied two Icelandic 25a with fine blue HM Ships tombstone censor hs and examiner 4448 tape (Ex Parker); 1942 env. to New York franked US 3c tied by US MARINES / ICELAND / FIRST MARINE BRIGADE / PROVISIONAL ds plus blue circular Passed by / Naval Censor hs (Ex Parker); c. 1942 pair env. to Canada franked KGVI GB 3d lilac tied by red MARITIME MAIL cancel with censor tape 9144 (Ex Parker); 1943 env. + content to Swanage from Sub Lt Bowyer at HMS Baldur, Reykjavik with red HM Ships tombstone censor hs; c.1942 Royal Navy Honour env. to Liverpool with RECEIVED FROM / HM SHIPS cancel endorsed Iceland by Angus Parker, etc. (9 items) Cross Reference: ICELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £3,400.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1476   imageICELAND - R.A.F. MAILS: 1940-42 with 1941 Honour env. to Ashton under Lyne with fine FIELD POST OFFICE / 306 cds; 1941 env. to London ms ON ACTIVE SERVICE ABROAD with FPO 306 cds and v.fine R.A.F. CENSOR 174 hs; 1942 Registered P.Stat. env. to Beverley with FPO / 2 cds and purple R.A.F. CENSOR 207 hs; 22 Oct. 1940 FDC to the Home Depot England with purple ALABASTER / AIR MAIL hs and endorsed via Akureyri with original notes by Francis Field (Ex Angus Parker); Dec. 1942 On Active Service env. + content to Hythe, Kent with FPO 526 cds and purple R.A.F. CENSOR / 185 hs; 1943 env. to Reykjavik with Examiner 6406 label, purple R.A.F. CENSOR / 114 hs and FIELD POST OFFICE / 001 cds, etc. Good variety. (15 items) Cross Reference: ICELAND (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £3,400.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
KGVI WWII - INDIA TO MALDIVES
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1477   imageINDIA CENSORSHIP: Pair with Apr. 1940 env. Djoulfa, Iran to New York USA, franked with three Iran 50d brown tied by No1 Djoulfa dual language cds intercepted in India with pink Opened but uncensored/ [coat of arms] / Passed to Bombay for Censorship label and on the other side similar with Bombay crossed through and replaced with blue crayon Peshawar the label then over-sealed with red Type 112C [crest] PASSED BY CENSOR label plus Dec. 1940 env. airmail London to The Maharaja, The Palace, Jammu franked 5 x 3d violet with Karachi Passed by Censor triangle and alongside DESPATCHED BY RAIL ROUTE / TO AVOID DETENTION hs with Airmail label struck with boxed KARACHI/CANCELLED/23 Feb. 41 hs. Unusual pair. Cross Reference: INDIA, IRAN/PERSIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1478   imageIRAN/IRAQ - PAIFORCE INCLUDING TRIPARTITE CENSORSHIP: 1940-45 collection with 1940 env. Basra to Teheran with Persian censor IRAQI GOVERNMENT / PROPAGANDA DIRECTORATE / CENSOR 7 hs with WRITTEN IN ENGLISH hs; Sep. 1941 env. airmail Abadan to New York franked tied Iraq 75f+40f+ 25f routed via South Africa where it was censored with uncommon Basra Airport ds on reverse; Apr. 1942 Honour env. FPO 291 (Habbaniya Iraq) to Morecambe franked India 8As; June 1943 American Red Cross env. + content from US serviceman APO 523 (Qum, Iran) with boxed PASSED BY / ARMY EXAMINER hs; Nov. 1943 env. airmail Durban to a Major, Hodson's Horse RAC, PAIFORCE with South African censor tape, etc.; Nov. 1944 env. (opened to display) airmail from Dehra Dun, N India to a Major The Buffs, PAIFORCE and on the reverse franked tied block 4 x 2 India 1a., circular UNIT CENSOR / F100 hs; 1944 env. Tehran to Akron, Ohio franked tied Iran 2.50R with two Tripartite ANGLO-SOVIET-PERSIAN / CENSORSHIP hs; c.1945 env. Tehran to Switzerland franked tied Iran 1R + 1.50R with Tripartite censor hs + octagonal C/22 hs; 1942 env. Tehran to Baghdad franked tied 2R + 50D with fine boxed NOT EXAMINED / BY / BRITISH SECTION/ ANGLO-SOVIET-PERSIAN / CENSORSHIP hs; 1944 Air Letter Stockport to Shuaiba, Paiforce redirected with Indian FPO 103 etc ds; 1944 env. airmail Baghdad to Croydon with triple box Iraq censor hs, etc. Good variety. (45 items) Cross Reference: IRAN/PERSIA, IRAQ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1479   imageIRAN/IRAQ - PAIFORCE AIR LETTERS INC. CHRISTMAS, AIRGRAPHS, ETC. : 1941-45 with Nov. 1941 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) FPO 291 (Habbaniya, Iraq) to Tunbridge Wells with censor triangle; Nov. 1943 AMLC C Base PO to Dover with sender address B Troop Heavy Armoured Art. PAIFORCE with red base censor label; 1943 Air Letter Christmas Card illustrated inside and out, Indian Section Base PO to Herts with censor hs; 1944 Airgraph HQ Baghdad, Paiforce to Haslemere; Nov. 1944 AMLC Tehran to Barnsley fully illustrated internally with elephant head above PAIFORCE; Nov. 1942 illustrated Christmas Airgraph RAF unit "PERSIA AND IRAQ FORCES" to Machen, Monmouthshire; 1941 illustrated RAF Airgraph XMAS GREETINGS, RAF Station Abadan, PAI force to Prestatyn; Apr. 1945 pair "Blue Triangle" Air Letter produced by Indian Army Field Force from SHQ RAF Station, Shaibah PAIFORCE to Tonbridge, etc. (18 items) Cross Reference: IRAN/PERSIA, IRAQ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INDIA (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 180

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1480   imageMALAYA: 1940-41 with 1940 airmail env. Singapore to Bombay with PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION / 37 triangle hs, red GUJRATI LANGUAGE hs, red type 177C [crest] OPENED BY CENSOR LABEL with on the reverse a tied 1c "He will thank you / MALAYA PATRIOTIC LABEL"; 1940 rouletted sheet (2x5) 1c Patriotic label + strip of five rouletted 2c Patriotic labels; Apr. 1941 env. airmail Taiping to Blackrock, Ireland with boxed lilac PASSED BY / CENSOR 6. hs and 11 Oct. 1941 env. airmail Blackrock Ireland to Taiping with pink Irish Opened by Censor dual language label and purple NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER hs, both these letters between same family members; May 1941 env. airmail Malacca to Dundee endorsed in red Pan American Airways (throughout) with purple PASSED BY / CENSOR 221 hs; Dec. 1941 & Jan. 1942 pair env. both endorsed ON ACTIVE SERVICE to Hailsham or Slough with red or blue HM SHIPS tombstone censor hs and v.fine FIELD POST OFFICE / S.P.501 used in Singapore; Sep. 1940 env. OAS to Buckfastleigh with fine FPO S.P.501 cds and red PASSED BY / NAVAL / CENSOR hs, etc. (12 items) Cross Reference: INDIA, MALAYA/MALAYSIA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM

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