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Gavin Fryer Collections - Oct. 2024 continued...

KGVI WWII - CHRISTMAS MESSAGES continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1561   imageOTHER CHRISTMAS MILITARY MAILS 1939-1941: 20 Dec. 1939 env. + content FPO 23, BEF France to Canterbury with fine purple boxed PASSED BY CENSOR No. 999 "This may or may not arrive by Christmas ..."; Dec. 1939 PPC Norwegian winter scene Oslo to Durham franked tied 10ore+ 2 x 5ore with GB Censor P5 hs; 7 Dec. 1939 env. Indian FPO 19, Mena Camp Egypt to Tain, Scotland franked large 3mil green concession rate with square Unit censor hs; 8 Dec. 1940 env. endorsed CHRISTMAS MAIL AIR ON ACTIVE SERVICE from FPO 123 (Palestine) to Glasgow with censor hs, etc.; 8 Dec. 1940 South African Med. Corps crested env. + "home made" Christmas card APO - U - MPK to Johannesburg; 19 Dec. 1940 env. + card Balipapan, Dutch East Indies to Ryde IOW with censor tape, censor hs, etc.; 17 Nov. 1941 large env. ON ACTIVE SERVICE from FPO 120 (Jerusalem) to Morecambe with printed "Greetings from the Holy Land", etc Good variety. (21 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, NETHERLANDS COLONIES, NORWAY, SOUTH AFRICA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1562   imageOTHER CHRISTMAS MILITARY MAILS 1942-1943: 1942 env. + content (illus PC) CINC Med Station to London with Maritime Mail cancel and fine red HM Ships tombstone hs; Nov. 1943 env. + content (folded red crested greetings MEF) from Indian FPO No. R-13 to Cardiff; Nov. 1942 env. + content (printed Xmas card) "Somewhere in Italy" APO 464 to Amsterdam NY; 1943 hand illustrated card by Russian POW, A Volokov, of a peasant home in Cholm, east of Lublin Russia and sent under cover to England from a POW Camp; 1943 two different folded cards with Christmas wishes from 2nd NZEF Tonga; 3 Dec. 1943 illus. folded letter sheet FPO 532 (Tunisia) to London, etc. Fine selection. (12 items)Cross Reference: ITALY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TONGA, RUSSIA (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1563   imageOTHER CHRISTMAS MILITARY MAILS 1944-1946: 10 Nov. 1944 env. air mail FPO 149 (Palestine) to Eden Bridge Kent franked tied GB KGVI 10d and endorsed "XMAS CARD ONLY"; 15 Dec. 1944 2nd Tactical Air Force RAF illus. colour Christmas card + env. FPO 889 to Worcester; 1944 folded illus. D Day landings "Greetings 1944" and inside "Best wishes for 1945" CSM Johnson, 2nd E Yorks B.L.A.; 1945 pink env. + content (illus. Christmas card) from FPO 352 (Rouen) to HMS Drake, redirected to HMS Pintail then RNAS Gunton Derry; 1945 Christmas card from RAF Hong Kong, SEAAF; 13 Nov. 1944 env. + illus. Christmas card 63 Medical Depot, APO 508 Bristol to New York, etc. Good mix. (22 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FRANCE, EGYPT, PALESTINE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
KGVI WWII - AIRGRAPHS, AIRMAIL LETTER CARDS, ETC.
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1564   imageHONOUR ENVELOPES INC. ROYAL NAVY, ARMY & RAF SPECIFIC SERVICE TYPES: 1942-49 variety with 1942 green Active Service AF W3078 Indian FPO 17 to Bristol franked pair India 3as + pair GB KGVI 3d; 1944 Indian type "GREEN ENVELOPE" Lucknow to Bombay: Royal Navy black double cross style env. Form S1324 to Ilfracombe; Royal Navy violet "T" style env. Maritime Mail cancel to London; 1945 Army Privilege Envelope BAPO 4 Egypt to 514 POS Coy, CMF; 1943 light blue RAF Privilege Envelope double cross style, FPO 676 (Inverness) to Hove with RAF censor 82 hs; 1944 RAF env. with "T" style printing FPO 148 (palestine) to London; 1947 Army privilege env. with left side hazed out by diagonal lines & "WAR ECONOMY" franked GB 1/- from FPO 424 BAOR to Philadelphia, etc. Good selection. (39 items)Cross Reference: EGYPT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SWITZERLAND (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1565   imageAIRGRAPHS - FIRST & LAST DAY USAGE: 15 Aug. 1941 Airgraph from Birmingham to RASC, MEF with the senders message "HM Queen is sending the first Airgraph message today... " the first day of outbound Airgraphs; 30 Oct. 1944 original Airgraph Form (Type GB 44/8) with, printed impression of 3d postage stamp, uniquely on an adjoining page plus a Christmas Airgraph from Birmingham to Carterton, New Zealand dated 30 Oct. 1944 with "Despatched on First Day of issue ..." plus 31 July 1945 Last Day of Service Airgraph showing map of Africa with Kenya highlighted from Nairobi to Rotherham with "Text of Postal Notice" "Airgraph Service will cease to operate ...31/7/45. Postmaster of Nairobi". Fine and scarce trio. Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND, KENYA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1566   imageAIRGRAPHS INC. SUDAN, INDIA, CEYLON, CHRISTMAS, ETC.: 1942-44 with 18 Mar. 1942 Airgraph Sudan to a Goldsmith in Edinburgh re purchase of an engraved brush!; 19 Feb. 1942 Airgraph Calcutta to Edinburgh with note "Edinburgh 30th March"; Nov. 1942 illus. "SEASON'S GREETINGS" Airgraph RAMC Colombo to Chepstow; Nov. 1943 "Greetings from H.M.S. Carlisle" (Alexandria) to Kilmarnock; 1944 Polish Christmas Airgraph from Polish Forces 622 CMF to Polish Forces P70, London etc. Good mix. (26 items) Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA, INDIA, SUDAN, CHRISTMAS/RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1567   imageAIR MAIL LETTER CARDS, ETC. INC. KENYA, INDIA, ITALY, ETC.: 1942-46 with 20 Mar. 1944 blue triangle Type PH1 subtype 1 from FPO 481 (Sicily) to Isle of Man franked tied New Zealand KGVI 3d blue, etc.; 7 Apr. 1944 blue triangle Type PHJ.1 Italy to Harrow with KGVI 3d lilac, v.fine Censor No. 9567 hs and censor tape two sides; 1945 AMLC Polish Force N20 MEF to a Polish Officer in Dunfermline; Mar. 1946 Air Letter HMS Nile (Alexandria) to BBC London with red MARITIME MAIL cancel; Dec. 1944 solid blue triangle Honour AMLC WRNS Quarters, Mombasa to Tunbridge Wells; 1942 AUSTRALIA type AMLC Syria to South Australia franked tied Aus. KGVI 3d, censor triangle; 1942 AMLC MEF Durban to Grahamstown franked tied New Zealand, GB & Australian 1d, etc. Good variety. (33 items) Cross Reference: ITALY, EGYPT, INDIA, KENYA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 180

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1568   imagePOSTCARD RATES TO OVERSEAS, ETC. INC. EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, ETC.: 1939-44 selection with Apr. 1942 PC London to Denmark paid 1½d with v.fine purple roller POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER; 1940 pair KGV 1½d PC uprated with KGVI 6d Cardiff or St Albans airmail to South Australia or South Africa; 1940 PC Manchester to Jerusalem franked 7d for airmail rate; 1941 PC Exeter to Bermuda airmail with KGVI 7d green; 1942 PC airmail Rotherham to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands endorsed VIA NORTH ATLANTIC with poor Port Stanley cds (Dec 42?) on reverse with KGVI 1/-, 5d + 2d; 1944 PPC Oxford to Calcutta airmail paid 7d; 1942 pair PC Wolverhampton to Portugal franked tied 2½d with Censor hs, etc. Good variety. (45 items) Cross Reference: DENMARK, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BERMUDA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1569   imagePOSTCARD & LETTER CARDS TO OVERSEAS, ETC. INC. MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, ETC: 1939-44 with 1941 2d KGVI PC uprated with 1d "BY AIR MAIL" Worcester to Royal Engineers, East Africa Force; Nov. 1939 PC London to Zurich paid 1½d with single line PASSED BY CENSOR hs; 3 Apr. 1941 "FIRST DAY CONCESSION RATE" airmail PC Bournemouth to HQME Egypt; Jan. 1942 "thin" PC airmail Leyland to Bombay, India with boxed IT IS REGRETTED THAT ... REPORTED MISSING hs; Feb. 1944 2½d Letter Card uprated with US 3c from a USN Lt FPO 417 (England) to West Hempstead, NY; 1942 PC printed blue AIR MAIL Leicester to Basra Iraq franked KGVI 7d green; 1942 2d KGVI PC uprated 1d for air mail Romsey to RAF East Africa, etc. (37 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, EGYPT, IRAQ (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
KGVI WWII - P.O.W. CHRISTMAS MAILS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1570   imagePRISONER OF WAR - GERMAN CAMPS - CHRISTMAS MAILS: 28 Dec. 1940 PPC from a Czech inmate in Buchenwald Concentration Camp sending "Good wishes" to an addressee in Bohemia; 1942 Christmas & New Year card drawn by POW, KV Wood, in Auschwitz and sent by Private Harris to his wife in London with camp hs, etc. plus another 1942 Christmas greetings illus. camp, barbed wire, tower, etc. also from harris to his wife with fine violet Feldpost 27340 A triangle hs. (3 items) Cross Reference: GERMANY, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1571   imagePRISONER OF WAR - ILLUSTRATED CARDS SENT FROM P.O.W.s: 1941-44 with 22 Nov. 1941 PC Biberach Oflag to Godalming illus. with Santa going over the wire next to German sentry tower "I really AM Father Christmas"; Dec. 1941 PC illustrated with a sailing ship with Christmas greetings from Stalag XB, Marlag to Ashtead, Surrey; 7 Dec. 1942 colour PC with verse sent from Bombardier Mathieson, OFLAG IIIC, to his wife in Argyll; 1941 colour illus. PC with verse from Bdr Holmes, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf to Harrogate; 5 Nov. 1944 colour PC of alpine chalet from Sgt Dexter Stalag XVIIIA Linz to his wife in Kings Lynn; 10 Dec. 1942 PC of a snow scene with pencilled "A MERRY XMAS" from Cpl Hixon OFLAG IIIC Lubben to Leeds, etc. Fine selection of cards. (15 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, GERMANY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1572   imagePRISONER OF WAR - BALANCE OF THE P.O.W. MAILS INC. COLDITZ 1941-46 with 19 Dec. 1942 fold out letter env. (minor faults and slight trimmed at left) Oflag IVC (Colditz) to Steyning Sussex with both red and blue Oflag IV C censor hs "allowed to send back two Christmas cards..", etc.; Nov. 1944 fold out letter env. from Canadian priest Robert Barsalow, Marlag & Milag Nord Camp to a nun in Paisley; 23 Dec. 1946 Air Mail Letter Card RMS Rangitata (enroute Suez) to Campden Glos. "arriving Suez Christmas night ... then Naples to land our Italian POW.."; 14 Dec. 1944 fold out letter env. Camp L Ramsay, Isle of Man to Germany endorsed "Special Xmas letter Written in German Internee Mail" with camp ds & 17 April 1945 Hamburg cds; 1941 blue printed PC "NOEL 1941 -SALON DU PRISONNIER" from Vincennes to Stalag VIF Bocholt, Munster, etc. (11 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, GERMANY, FRANCE (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £340.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
KGVI WWII - MISCELLANEOUS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1573   imageFORCES PARCELS: 1945-50 with Nov. 1945 ARMY WELFARE SERVICES / GIFT SHOP BRUSSELS label with HM Forces Overseas Customs label alongside from an LAC 128 Squadron to Tadworth registered with KGVI 6d+ ½d; Dec. 1945 piece registered from BAOR to Glasgow with Customs label franked 4 x 1/-, 6d, 5d + ½d; c.1946 Duty Free Concession label from RN Base Trieste franked 2 x 9d, 3d, 1½d +1d; c.1946 Duty Free Concession label British Forces Iraq to Ilford with GB KGVI 1/- + 3d sending a pound of tea!; etc. (9 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, ITALY, BELGIUM, GERMANY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1574   imageFORCES AIRMAIL BY CIVIL AIRLINES, PALESTINE, SUDAN, ETC.: 1940-44 with Aug. 1940 env. airmail by westbound route, Palestine to Royston, franked with 10 x KGVI 1½d brown all tied by FPO 121 cds with red on yellow label EXAMINED BY BASE CENSOR label; Aug. 1940 env. (roughly opened) airmail by eastbound route Palestine to Nottingham franked (front & back) with 24 x KGVI 1½d brown tied FPO 121 cds with TO BE FORWARDED BY AIR FROM SINGAPORE hs and Singapore censor triangle, etc.; Mar. 1941 env. Registered air mail from FPO 174 (Khartoum) to Plymouth with pair GB KGVI 1/- + 1d, Passed by Censor No. 1001 hs etc; 1942 Honour env. air mail VIA PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER SERVICE from Cairo to Sunderland franked tied pair KGVI 1/- + 10d; 1942 AMLC from "P.A.I. Force" to Canada endorsed VIA PAN-AMERICAN paid with 5 x GB KGVI 5d with RAF Censor 96 hs; 1943 air mail env. FPO 96 (Tunisia) to New York endorsed "Pan-American" paid with GB KGVI 2 x10d + 3d, etc. Good variety. (15 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, SUDAN, PALESTINE, IRAQ (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1575   imageMAILS OF ALLIED FORCES IN GREAT BRITAIN: 1940-47 with 1943 env. Dovercourt, Harwich to Surbiton with 2½d tied by v.fine Czechoslovak Field Post cds; 1940 env. airmail London to Netherlands with censor label; 1944 env. airmail Sherborne to Berne with pair 2½d, Examiner label; 1944 Armed Forces Air Letter RAAF Base PO, Kingsway, London to Northbridge NSW franked 2 x 2½d 2 x ½d; 1942 env. "Via North Atlantic Air Mail" from a Canadian at FPO S.C.12 (Hampshire) to Montreal franked & tied 1/- + 3d; 1943 env. endorsed "OVERSEAS ON ACTIVE SERVICE" to Hamilton, New Zealand cancelled with NEW ZEALAND ARMY BASE PO-UK cds; 1943 env. from FPO 416 Marlborough, Wilts to Norwegian Forces with fine NORWEGIAN ARMY / FIELD POST OFFICE receiving cds on reverse; Aug. 1945 env. registered Dunfermline to Polish Lt. at Koblenz with yellow Polish Censor tape, redirected to Polish Forces Edinburgh, etc. Fine selection. (46 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1576   imageMAILS FROM U.S. FORCES IN GREAT BRITAIN: 1942-45 with 1943 OHMS env. registered from APO 887 (Bushey Park) to Manchester with US FORCES 4 registration label etc; 1944 air mail env. from US APO 641 (St Mawgan, Cornwall) to New York; 1943 US Army Blue env. franked US 6c Air Mail from US APO 887 (Bushey Park/Hendon) to St Louis, Ill.; Nov. 1943 env. + Xmas card APO 510 to Stockholm with purple NO SERVICE / EXCEPT BY AIR and returned to sender after searches at APO 857 & 887; 1944 env. from APO 5 (Newcastle upon Tyne) to Crawley with US Censor hs; 1944 env. endorsed "Free" from APO 172 (St Germains) to New Jersey; 1944 illus env. Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to US APO 637 (Watford) etc. Good variety. (53 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITALY, FRANCE, CANADA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 180

SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1577   image1942 FLEET MAIL OFFICE CANCELLATION: An undated label to Lowestoft with KGVI 1d & 2d tied by the scarce boxed "POSTAGE/PAID/F.M..O." hs which was only in use for 46 days as the 1st cancel at Kenya Mombasa to Kipindini. (Image)

Starting at £ 50

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1578   imageWWII MAILS TO & FROM OUTER G.B. ISLANDS: 1939-42 with Nov. 1939 env. Kirkwall, Orkneys to Glasgow with PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.S. "NORTHERN SUN" hs; c.1940 Bristol Aeroplane Co env. from RNAS Hatston, Orkney to Bristol with HM Ships tombstone hs and on reverse HMS and red SPARROWHAWK hs; Mar. 1940 Royal Navy Honour env. to St Martins, Guernsey with RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS and Edinburgh cds; 1941 env. + content (4 page personal letter on crested notepaper) Stromness to Shepton Mallet with triangular censor hs; Dec. 1941 env. from HMS Valkyrie Douglas IOM to c/o Royal Naval Base, Stornoway; Oct. 1942 light blue RAF Privilege env. + 5 page letter, from FPO 676 (RAF Sumburgh, Shetlands) to Liverpool with RAF Censor 121 hs, etc. (11 items) Cross Reference: ORKNEY ISLANDS, SHETLAND ISLES & FAIR ISLE, CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1579   imageBALANCE OF THE WWII MAILS: 1939-46 selection of mails inc. registered, overseas, etc. with Nov. 1939 env. air mail, Newbury to Las Palmas franked 4d with boxed purple INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL and CENSURE MILITAR / LAS PALMAS hs alongside; 1940 env. Sidcup to "Miss Margaret Napier, ACL 282, Secteur Postal 390 France" an undercover address; May 1944 Registered P.Stat. env. London to "Mrs SB Cheer, Sanchez 2370, Republic Argentina" another undercover address; 1945 OHMS env. with economy label registered Co Down to Ashford Kent with BALLYKINLER / CAMP registration label; c.1944 env. air mail London to Niort, France with fine large red COMMANDEMENT DES FORCES AERIENNES FRANCAISES EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE hs; 1944 env. BAPO 6 (Italy) to Chelmsford, Censor hs, etc.; Aug. 1945 very large env. Egypt to London registered and paid 11/- with 12 x 10d + 2 x 6d GB KGVI; Mar. 1945 OHMS pair envs with "inner" env. marked SECRET and "outer" env. registered from HMS Abatos (Supermarine Factory Woolston) to Basingstoke, etc. Good variety. (95 items) Cross Reference: ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, PALESTINE (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
THEMATICS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1580   imageCOLLECTING HOLES (1) - G.B.COVERS: 1847-1964 lot inc. 1848 & 1852 envs. with interesting examples of Brown's patent sealing device and Rickman & Jenner advertisements; 20 April 1912 env. from London to Madagascar with a hand drawn picture of a man with a hand gun pointed at the fake perforated address; 4 June 1929 env. to U.S.A with red "BY S S BERENGARIA" hs bearing PUC 1d & 2½d perfins; 18 May 1920 Bradbury 10/- with A.P.O. cds; and 1914 PPC & 1963 env. posted from abroad with GB stamps marked by 'virtual holes'. (8 items) Cross Reference: PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN, ADVERTISING COVERS, G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM

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