MILITARY - CAMPS, ETC. IN G.B. continued...
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| 1041 |
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 BRITISH NAVAL CENSORSHIP INC. FREE FRENCH SUBMARINE CURIE, HMS HOOD, ETC: 1939-44 selection inc. May 1944 airmail env. from a
Mechanic on the Free French submarine Curie posted at FPO126 (Sardinia) to Trenton, USA with British Naval censor tombstone; 2 Sep. 1939 env. Portsmouth (Home Fleet) to London with on the reverse v.early use of a large blue PASSED BY / CENSOR hs;
1939 env. HM Ships London to W Byfleet with single line PASSED BY CENSOR hs; 1939 trio of env. (one Registered) to London or Hants. with three different types of Passed by Censor hs used on HMS Hood; 1939 env. HMS Jade to Leven, Fife with v. fine
double circle red CENSORED hs; 1939 env. HMS Terror to Ilfracombe with fine blue boxed PASSED BY / NAVAL / CENSOR hs; 1939 env. HM Ships London to London with blue circular CENSORED ONBOARD H.M. SHIPS initials & date, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (27 items)
Cross Reference: FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (Image) (Image2)
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| 1042 |
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 CENSOR LABELS INC. "CONTROLLER OF ENEMY TRADING": 1939-41 inc. Aug. 1939 window env. Germany to India arriving Nov. 1939 opened and
resealed with O.H.M.S. / PASSED BY CONTROLLER OF ENEMY TRADING label; c.1940 env. ex Argentine to Manchester 4 x 5c brown, possibly carried privately stamps not cancelled, with OPENED BY NAVAL CONTROL LIVERPOOL label on reverse; 1941 env. Leuchars,
Fife to Edmonton Canada resealed with brown OPENED BY / EXAMINER / 3442 continuous printed tape and 1939 env. London to Amsterdam resealed with OPENED BY CENSOR 381 label with "38" struck through and ms 1130 S Cnr EM added. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (4 items)
Cross Reference: INDIA, CANADA, ARGENTINA, NETHERLANDS (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
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| 1043 |
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 UNUSUAL BRITISH CENSORSHIP, ETC.: 1939-43 group inc. 1941 Honour env. with KGVI 10d tied by Egypt FPO cds having partial purple oval
"No.5 AMBULANCE TRAIN" cachet and PASSED UNIT CENSOR 129 (Ex Daynes); 1941 env. Bournemouth to "Home Forces" (deleted) with typed label on reverse "PLEASE INFORM YOUR CORRESPONDENT THAT THE USE OF "HOME FORCES" ... IS IRREGULAR etc"; 1941 env. London
to USA with fine red boxed RELEASED BY CENSOR hs; 1940 long wrapper with OHMS label General Staff War Office to Bognor Regis opened by the censor with green PC23 RETURNED TO SENDER BY THE CENSOR label (whoops!); c.1944 OAS env. BAPO 15 (Naples) to
Barking censored and on reverse purple boxed PASSED BY PHOTOGRAPHIC CENSOR [crown] No.7 hs; 1943 env. Newbury to Buenos Aires with the crude obliteration of the PO hand stamp town details; 1945 env. registered HQ Orkney & Shetland Defences to
Ashford, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (13 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITALY, ARGENTINA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1044 |
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 BRITISH CENSORSHIP INC. OVERSEAS ETC: 1939-44 group with 1939 PC to Italy Passed by Censor hs with unusually RET. TO SENDER
(deleted) SURNAME & ADDRESS REQUIRED hs; May 1940 OHMS PC to New York with interim mutilated PASSED[crown] T.45 only censor hs; 1940 env. BEF to New York cancelled by FPO cds with number obliterated; 1940 PC Liverpool to Sweden with fine red PASSED
[crown] P.5 hs, BY CENSOR removed; 1940 PPC Songea (Tanzania) to Switzerland with fine purple boxed PASSED BY CENSOR No. 3, etc.; 1939 KGV 1d PC London to Netherlands with part boxed No 3369 / CENSOR hs, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (18 items) Cross
Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITALY, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1045 |
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 NAVAL CENSORS INC. ADMIRALTY CHART OFFICE, CONTRABAND CONTROL, ETC.: 1940-45 inc. Nov. 1940 part wrapper Admiralty Chart Supplies,
London to Commissioner of Lighthouses Washington DC franked KGVI 1d for Printed Paper up to 4oz with rare green triangular HYDROLOGICAL ADMIRALTY / SALES BRANCH / 20 Nov. 1940 / Forwarding Office (initials) Censor No. 1489 Packet No 2 hs; 1940 long
OHMS env. "Admiralty Service" to Amsterdam with fine boxed BRITISH NAVAL CONTRABAND / CONTROL BASE / 1 Mar. 1940 / THE DOWNS hs; 1944 env. registered Alexandria to Hull with M.M. 992 Registration label, stamps cancelled POST OFFICE / MARITIME MAIL
and alongside a purple cachet OFFICIAL SHIPS DOCUMENTS / FOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH / NAVAL CHANNELS; 1945 long OHMS env. Alexandria to London franked 28 x KGVI 3d lilac with PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR hs, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (5 items) Cross
Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NETHERLANDS, EGYPT (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1046 |
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 FAROE 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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (9 items) Cross Reference: FAROE
ISLANDS (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1047 |
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 CYPRUS: 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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (16 items) Cross Reference: CYPRUS, INDIA, EGYPT (Image) (Image2)
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| 1048 |
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 COMMONWEALTH CENSORSHIP, OFFICIAL MAIL, ETC.: 1940-46 inc. 1940 OHMS Money Order Advice grey env. airmail Trinidad GPO to Postmaster
New York; 1940 airmail env. Brisbane to Merano Italy with ms Written in German and boxed lilac PASSED BY / CENSOR 7 hs; 1943 Registered P.Stat. env. FPO 549 (Sudan) to Devon with PASSED BY CENSOR / 1151 hs; 1942 env. Rotorua to London with "Opened by
Censor in New Zealand resealing tape and PASSED BY CENSOR N.Z / 108 hs; 1941 env. Northern Rhodesia to Todmorden with patriotic label "We realise in Rhodesia.... The British Navy"; 1943 env. Johannesburg to London with red patriotic label FOR OUR
ALLY / MEDICAL AID FOR RUSSIA, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (13 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
(Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 85
Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 106.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1049 |
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 CRETE - 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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (3 items) Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 85
Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 106.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1050 |
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 CRETE - 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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (3 items) Cross Reference: CRETE, GREECE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 85
Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 106.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1051 |
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 GIBRALTAR: 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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (6 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 100.00
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1052 |
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 OPENED BY R.A.F. INTELLIGENCE TAPE SEAL: c.1940(?) env. Plymouth to Mines Rescue Station, Rotherham with KGVI 2½d blue cancelled by
barred numeral 620 hs and resealed across the top with typed OPENED BY R.A.F. INTELLIGENCE tape. Believed to be the only recorded example. [Ex Gavin Fryer] Cross Reference: DEVON (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 81.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1053 |
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 MALTA - THE MANUSCRIPT GREEN CROSS LABEL ON COVER: 14 July 1941 ON ACTIVE SERVICE env. (minor edge faults top and right) Ilford to a
Gunner Bounsnell, 7th AA Regiment R.A. Malta franked by GB KGVI 6d+9d with Examiner label at left overlapping a clear green crayon Cross 'Label' beside the tied blue Air Mail label. NOTE: The Malta handbook only records 3 examples (two being to
Bounsnell) of this GXL-M manuscript label, but this is much earlier than than the Dec. 1942 to Feb. 1943 dates noted. This example could have been the original inspiration for the manuscript types, being dated around the change-over date between
normal Types 1 and 2/3. A rare cover. [Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 700 Lot 183, Ex Gavin Fryer]. Cross Reference: MALTA (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 200.00
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1054 |
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 MALTA - WWII DELAYED MAIL: 8 Aug. 1941 unfranked folded EL Sliema internally dated 30 April 1941 to Valetta with typed "Delayed
through / damage at Sliema Branch / Post Office by enemy / action" label affixed at left hand side and tied by v. fine Valetta cds. Scarce. [Ex Gavin Fryer] Cross Reference: MALTA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 162.50
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1055 |
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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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (18 items) Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY, RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE,
NYASALAND/MALAWI (Image)
(Image2)
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| 1056 |
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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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (38 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, IRAQ, SYRIA, INDIA (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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| 1057 |
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 PORT & TRAVELLER CENSORSHIP: 1941-2 inc. 1941 env. originating in Leith to Faroe Islands with v. fine purple RELEASED BY P.O. /
[crown] /T.C. 8. hs and 3d tied by boxed Paquebot hs; 1941 env. Hartlepool to 2nd Engineer MV Cymbula c/o agent in Plymouth with fine red RELEASED BY P.O. / [crown] /T.C. 13. hs; 1942 env. Birmingham (meter mail cancel) to L.Sea Davidge HMT Dominion
Monarch c/o of an agent in Deepdene with fine blue RELEASED BY P.O. / [crown] /T.C. 49. hs; 1941 env. Beverley to Radio Office SS Milcrest via agent in London with blue RELEASED BY P.O. / [crown] /T.C. 14 hs, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (7 items) Cross
Reference: FAROE ISLANDS (Image)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 137.50
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1058 |
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 AIRGRAPHS - 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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND, KENYA, AIR MAIL COVERS, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 125.00
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1059 |
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 GIBRALTAR - CHRISTMAS MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS AIR MAIL LETTER CARDS, ETC.: 11 Dec. 1941 Forces Letter Card (some spotting) with added
diagonal red cross for concessionary Christmas mail from FPO 475 to Berkhamsted with purple triangular PASSED CENSOR / 12 / GIB. hs; 8 Dec. 1942 similar red cross Forces Letter Card to Barking with violet circular PASSED BY CENSOR No 3601 hs and FPO
475 cds plus Mar. 1945 (late use) of red cross Air Letter to Johannesburg, South Africa with franked Gib. KGVI 3d blue tied FPO 475 cds with RAF Censor 396 hs. Fine trio. [Ex Gavin Fryer] Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, SOUTH AFRICA (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 106.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
| 1060 |
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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. [Ex Gavin Fryer] Cross Reference: ADEN (Image)
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Starting at £ 85
Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 106.25
Closing..Mar-06, 03:00 AM |
