KGVI WWII - CHRISTMAS MESSAGES continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1541 |
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 NORTH AFRICA - CHRISTMAS MESSAGE BY AIRGRAPH, LETTER CARD ETC: 1941-44 selection with Dec. 1941 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) endorsed
in ms FREE XMAS LETTER from GHQ MEF to Edinburgh with censor hs, etc; 1943 AMLC red banner with white GREETINGS / BY AIR MAIL, illus. inside, franked tied GB KGVI 3d FPO 518 at Benghazi to Plumstead, South Africa; Oct. 1942 AMLC with blue banner &
white "Xmas Greetings TO" soldier with 151 Bde. EPP6 to Harrow with GB KGVI 3d tied Egypt cds and Censor 4509 hs; similar Dec. 1942 AMLC to Bournemouth from L/w Neuville WRNS at HMS Nile with tombstone HM SHIPS censor hs; 1943 Airgraph from Ewell,
Surrey to a Private at HQ RASC MEF "... MY ENGAGEMENT TO SQD LEADER ALBRECHT ..." a "Dear John" Christmas greeting!; 1941 Airgraph Long Range Desert Group to Leeds with soldier/santa riding a camel, etc. (44 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT,
LIBYA, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)
(Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 204.80
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1542 |
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 WEST AFRICA - GAMBIA MAIL FROM FPO 109: 25 Aug. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card with red cross (similar to those used at Gibraltar for
Christmas 1941/2) paid with pair GB KGVI 1½d tied by FPO 109 cds with two different Censor hs, Examiner 3131 label, etc. (Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 693 part Lot 331) Cross Reference: GAMBIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1543 |
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 WEST AFRICA - GOLD COAST MAIL FROM FPO 45: 15 Sep. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card (one page text removed) with red cross [similar to
those used at Gibraltar for Christmas 1941/2] to Cheltenham, paid with GB KGVI 3d tied by v.fine FPO 45 cds with fine purple PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 3200 hs. (Ex Daynes Sale 693 part Lot 331)Cross Reference: GOLD COAST/GHANA (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 83.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1544 |
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 WEST AFRICA - GOLD COAST MAIL FROM TAKORADI, ETC.: 1941 Xmas Airgraph from RAF Station Takoradi illus. with pilot, plane, etc.; 19
Nov. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card sent Free with v.fine FPO 106 cds at Takoradi to Blackpool with Blackpool 24 Dec. 1943 receiving ds; Mar. 1944 Air Letter "Sch of Art., Gold Coast Area" to Boscombe redirected to Norfolk with Passed Censor 7732 hs, etc.
Good trio. Cross Reference: GOLD COAST/GHANA (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
Currently...£120.00
Currently...USD 153.60
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1545 |
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 WEST AFRICA - NIGERIA - AIR LETTERS INC. FREE YELLOW CHRISTMAS ISSUE: 1942-44 group inc. 14 Dec. 1944 Air Letter (one page text
removed) printed on yellow paper cancelled fine FPO 46 cds, Abeokuta to Hove (Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 693 Lot 346); Feb. 1945 similar yellow paper Air Letter Kaduna to Glasgow (Ex lot 347); 3 Dec. 1944 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) writer heads it
"At sea" to Doncaster with GB KGVI 3d tied by v.fine purple circled PAQUEBOT hs of Lagos; 17 Nov. 1944 Airgraph with Christmas Greetings Lagos to Leicester; 1942/3 trio of AMLC with pink lined interiors two cancelled FPO 559 and one FPO 46, etc. (8
items) Cross Reference: NIGERIA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1546 |
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 WEST AFRICA - SIERRA LEONE - FPO41 & 561: 8 Nov. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card 34th Gen Hospital West African Force to Liverpool franked
GB KGVI 3d tied by FPO 41 cds with purple PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 3152 hs plus 8 Nov. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card 56th Gen Hospital West African Force to Wales with postage stamp space endorsed in red FOR DELIVERY / XMAS / 1943 overstruck with v.fine
FPO 561 cds, etc. Fine pair. Cross Reference: SIERRA LEONE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1547 |
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 SOUTH AFRICA INC. NYASALAND & RHODESIA: 1941-46 selection with 25 Nov. 1944 Airgraph with Christmas Greetings from Blantyre,
Nyasaland to Blackpool; 18 Nov. 1943 Airgraph with Christmas Greetings from RAF Heany, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia to Norwich; 1944 Airgraph from London to RAF Norton, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; 1946 Air Letter to Transvaal with fine FPO 662 cds
overstruck by purple CONCESSIONAL POSTAGE PERSONNEL / FROM SOUTH AFRICA hs; 30 Nov. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card Durban to Tunbridge Wells with "Stamp must be ..." with red cross with ms Free all overstruck by inc. FPO 543 cds; 4 Dec. 1944 blue AIR
LETTER/LUG BRIEF Christmas issue from HMSAS Southern Isles (Egypt) to E London, South Africa with HM Ships tombstone censor hs, etc. Good variety. (18 items) Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY, RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE, NYASALAND/MALAWI (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1548 |
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 EAST AFRICA INC. SOMALIA, MADAGASCAR, SUDAN, ETC.: 1942-44 group with 14 Nov. 1944 CHRISTMAS / AIR LETTER Sudan to Bournemouth with
FPO 718 cds and RAF Censor 325 hs; 14 Dec. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) printed POSTAGE FREE from Madagascar to South Croydon with fine EA / A.P.O. 53 cds; Nov. 1943 Postage Free AMLC Diego Suarez to Sidmouth with censor hs, etc.; 1942 AMLC
printed red CHRISTMAS 1942 GREETINGS from Diego Suarez to Hitchin franked tied KUT 10c + 15c; similar AMLC but with additional red POSTAGE / FREE imprint Jan. 1943 Mogadishu to Bulawayo with fine E.A. / A.P.O. 74 cds and on the reverse APO 84, APO 2
and Bulawayo cds, etc. Fine selection. (9 items) Cross Reference: MADAGASCAR, SOMALIA, SUDAN (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 204.80
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1549 |
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 EAST AFRICA - MADAGASCAR, CEYLON COMMAND, FREE XMAS MAIL: 24 Nov. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card with the rare red overprint "FREE/ XMAS/
MAIL" from "Lt Adams, Ceylon Command" to Solihull with EA/APO 60 cds and HELD CENSOR INDIA triangle overstruck with purple UNIT CENSOR / X 418 / INDIA hs. [Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 693 Lot 247].Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA, MADAGASCAR (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1550 |
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 EAST AFRICA - KENYA, TANGANYIKA & UGANDA: 1942-45 with Nov. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card overprinted red CHRISTMAS 1942 GREETINGS with
KUT 30c tied EA cds, Military Censor hs; 1944 pair blue AMLC "Christmas Greetings" from APO 2 or APO 53 to Rotherham or Slough internally printed Elephant & Zebras; 20 Nov. 1944 blue & red printed Air Letter (stamp removed) EA Command to Burnley with
internal "JAMBO" printing; 28 Nov. 1944 Airgraph from MTB & TL East Africa Command to Sandy, Beds, etc. (6 items) Cross Reference: KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1551 |
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 MIDDLE EAST INC. EGYPT, SYRIA, IRAQ, ETC.: 1941-44 selection of Air Mail Letter Cards (AMLC), Airgraph, etc. with 14 Dec. 1941 AMLC
Basra to Ripon with ms FREE XMAS LETTER and fine INDIAN SECTION BASE OFFICE No.7 cds, etc.; 5 Dec. 1941 AMLC GHQ 2nd Echelon MEF Egypt to Tunbridge Wells with Free Christmas Mail endorsement, etc.; 1941 Airgraph (Plane & pilot) HQ RAF Syria to
Edinburgh; Nov. 1944 Airgraph (Mosque & Church) from RNAS 800 to Llandovery; 1941 unused Airgraph form with plane & pilot design; Nov 1942 Airgraph RAF Persia to London; 1944 unused Airgraph RAF MEF silhouette of camel; 15 Nov. 1944 Airgraph
Ordnance depot, Beirut to Bolton, Lancs., etc. (38 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, IRAQ, SYRIA, INDIA (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1552 |
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 ADEN: 4 Dec. 1941 env. endorsed FREE XMAS LETTER / By Air Mail / On Active Service Aden to Oundle with fine red RAF CENSOR 751 hs
and fine lilac Aden cds plus 11 Dec. 1944 Air Mail Letter Card Aden to Ripon with fine red diamond RAF CENSOR 112 hs and blue Aden cds. Fine pair. Cross Reference: ADEN (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1553 |
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 ADEN: 15 Oct. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card to Kidderminster with blue banner & white "Xmas Greeting TO" franked GB KGVI 3d lilac tied
fine blue Aden cds plus 5 Nov. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card Khormaksar to Birmingham with red banner & white GREETINGS BY AIR MAIL and 3d lilac tied Aden cds both have RAF Censor 59 hs. [1943 cover Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 693, Lot 380]. (2 items)
Cross Reference: ADEN (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1554 |
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 INDIA ILLUSTRATED AIR LETTERS, ETC.: 1943-45 selection with Nov. 1945 illus. Xmas Air Letter RAF SEAAF at Trichinopoly to Stockport,
post free; similar 4 Dec. 1945 from New Delhi to London; 1945 "Christmas Greetings India 1945" Air Letter printing to St Andrews with multi colour internal art printing; 1945 Air letter with elephant illustration and internal artistic work depicting
Taj Mahal, etc. from Advance BPO No. 21 to Luton; 1944 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) from soldier in Bengal Sappers & Miners Roorkie(?) to Cuffley franked pair 2As tied Unit Censor hs, etc. and illus. internally with Taj Mahal; 1943 AMLC RAF Post 5
Calcutta to Burnley franked 4As. with fine Unit Censor W47 India hs and internally illus. with Indian & British caricatures, etc. Colourful variety. (25 items)Cross Reference: ITALY (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1555 |
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 INDIA - AIRGRAPHS: 1942-44 with 1942 Airgraph depicting shepherds and mountains from Signals Sergeant to Boroughbridge; Nov. 1943
Greetings Airgraph from RAF Major, RAMC Meerut to London; Nov. 1943 Airgraph 44th Indian Armoured Division Bombay to Morecambe; 1944 unused Airgraph form with Taj mahal, Dover Cliffs, ship etc; 1944 Airgraph with Santa on Indian rope trick RAF India
Command to Sandy, Beds.; 1944 Airgraph Punjab India Command to Edinburgh with Indian rope trick, etc; Nov. 1944 Airgraph from Upper Heyford to a Sergeant, B Company, Nigeria Regt. India Command, etc. Good variety of types. (37 items) Cross
Reference: ITALY (Image)
(Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1556 |
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 CEYLON INC. ILLUSTRATED AIR LETTERS, ETC.: 3 Nov. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) "[Plum Pudding]/Xmas/1942/CEYLON" to GB with
Ceylon KGV 5cx4 franking tied by fine purple barred "R.A.F. BASE P.O./CEYLON" cancels with internally colour-printed pictorial "RAF/MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPIER NEW YEAR/SERVING WITH THE RAF IN CEYLON"; 1942 AMLC Colombo to Ulverston franked KGV 5c +
KGVI 15c with two censor hs and internally illus. with map of Ceylon and elephant in the centre plus 1944 Airgraph RAF Ceylon to London with "Plum Pudding" logo. (4 items) Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1557 |
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 COCOS ISLANDS. - SCARCE RAF POST 301 O.A.S. USAGE OF THE SPECIAL XMAS AIR LETTER: 26 Nov. 1945 usage of the special multicoloured
XMAS AIR LETTER/RAFPOST/POSTAGE FREE/SOUTH EAST ASIA (slightly roughly opened but otherwise v.fine) to Chelmsford endorsed "On Active Service" with fine rare 27 Nov. 1945 RAF POST 301/+ cds on the reverse. Scarce and attractive. [Ex Daynes Cavendish
Sale 693 Lot 466].Cross Reference: COCOS ISLANDS (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 435.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1558 |
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 PACIFIC - SOLOMON ISLANDS & PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 18 Nov. 1944 Airgraph RAF Station Santa Cruz, Solomon Is. to London illus. with palm
tree & Santa, etc. plus 1 Dec. 1944 V Mail + env. from Admiralty Isles (administered by PNG) to Texas with palm trees and "Southwest Pacific" part of the illustration. Unusual pair. Cross Reference: SOLOMON ISLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1559 |
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 AUSTRALIA - AIRMAIL LETTER CARDS & AIRGRAPHS: 21 Dec. 1941 illus. Air Mail Letter Card with printed "Greetings from the A.I.F.
Middle East Xmas -New Year 1941-42" with blue printed AUSTRALIA in address panel from 3rd Bde H to Perth, Western Australia franked with tied Australia KGVI 3d blue; 1943 Air Mail Letter Card with printed red ACF (star) AUSTRALIAN COMFORT FUND
Thursday island to Shepparton, Victoria with red circled POSTAGE / 1d / PAID hs and boxed Australian Military censor 654 hs; trio of 1943 Airgraph inc. Kangaroo type Sydney to Newport, Mon., etc. (5 items)Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1560 |
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 NEW ZEALAND - AIRGRAPHS: 1943-44 with kiwi, etc. illus. 1944 Airgraphs from Newmarket New Zealand or Wellington to Edinburgh or
Newport, Mon.; 21 Nov. 1944 Airgraph 2nd NZEF Italy to Lancaster; 2 Dec. 1943 Airgraph Palmerston to Wales; 1944 unused illus. Christmas Airgraph form with kiwi, etc. (11 items) Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
