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161

1900/2 BOER WAR SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURNED MAIL - "STOPPED BY CENSOR", "UNCLAIMED", ROODEWAL INCIDENT COVER, ETC.: Group inc. 1902 env. pair ex Germany to Transvaal returned & endorsed "no means of delivery[or "fwd"]"; 1901 env. ex Orange Free State to a "Kommando" thus endorsed in red "no communication" & returned; 1900 pair of envs. ex Transvaal, one to GB with pink "OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW." label & boxed purple "STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER", the other sent from Pretoria to New Scotland (19 May) but missent to Scotland (Edinburgh 23 July backstamp), sent back to Pretoria where it passed censor, was struck "NO POSTAL COMMUNICATION" and held for 2 years before being returned from "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/14.APR.1902/JOHANNESBURG"; etc. Interesting lot. (7 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, RETURNED MAIL, TRANSVAAL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

162

WWI & WWII FELDPOST, PROPAGANDA, PPCs, ETC.: Two albums containing a range of PPCs and postal stationery inc. 5h P.Stat. PC overprinted "K.U.K./FELDPOST" with fine 1915 Miechow ds and with very fine pink "K.U.K. KREISKOMMANDO/[EAGLE]/Miechow" cachet; New Year PPC (possibly cut from a sheet) showing hot air balloon "UEBER LAND UND MEER" franked 2½ pfennig HANSA private post tied by very fine 1898 Breslau (now Wroclaw) hs; various WWII propaganda PPCs showing military subjects or praising the Fuhrer; etc. Also v. fine 1827 EL to Vienna with various msmarkings. (94 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - WWII, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, GERMANY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

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163

WWI COVERS/CARDS: Large group of 1915-1920 PPCs (mainly) & covers to UK addresses. Inc. boxed "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" hs's; triangular, hexagonal, oval & boxed censor cachets; Regd Letter envs.; plus 1915 PPC to Norwich ex Aldershot, written in Morse Code. Also inc. 1915-18 range of c.40 covers, PCs, Field PCs, etc. to one address in Liverpool, displaying a variety of censor cachets, etc. (c.170)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 75

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164

WWI & WWII RAF CREW P.O.W. MAIL: A fascinating collection of mail mainly from German POW camps, but also North Africa and the Far East. Most items have the squadron details and where they were captured. Incs. 1917 3 PCs and a series of letters of flyers taken POW; WWII incs. c.20 other cards of RAF personnel inc. 1943 card from Stalag Luft III where "The Great Escape" took place in 1944 (Lt M.M. Shand was the last to escape from the tunnel but was soon recaptured); and two 1944-45 Serbian cards from STALAG VII B. A group well worth further research. (c.26) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - WWI, PRISONS & PRISONERS (Image)

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Starting at £ 180

SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

165

1917-1980 RANGE OF AIR FORCE & A FEW CIVIL AVIATION ITEMS: A broad selection of covers, PPCs, PCs & related publications. Predominantly RAF and Commonwealth with a few USA, Germany, Palestine, Scandinavia, Italy, etc. inc. 1917 PPC with a slightly weak sr TRESCO & MS "ACC, RNAS 24-10-17" (Air Construction Corp.) also PPC, origin office not known, cancelled with wavy line 26 Jul. 17 & with fine sr "A.C.C. CENSORED". GB incs. RAF bases in India, Burma, Malaya, Zambia, etc. with scarce 1957 Sanders Roe SR 53 Jet Rocket sea plane trials on IoW; 1956 July. 20 Canberra P.R. Mk. 7, England to Dakar Trial Flight; 1949 "The Truculent Turtle" flight NY - Plymouth via Lisbon; 1943 letter from Toronto to Sgt. MacLean, Canadian Air Force, Overseas, with "617 SQN" added in pencil. McLean was navigator on one of the Lancasters on the Dambuster raid. Env. soiled and missing adhesive, but good strikes of two Canadian Base Post Office marks in purple on reverse; Australia incs. Vietnam occupation; 11th APR. 1948 Palestine blue "provisional" stamp of Rishon le Zion on E. to Tel-Aviv. Lots more & well worth further research. (c.80 + Articles) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, AVIATION, AIRCRAFT, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £340.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

166

CHANAK 1922 CRISIS MAILS: 1922-23 collection with June 1922 PPC to London with KGV 1½d tied FIELD POST OFFICE / 11 cds (Haidar Pasha); May 1923 env. + content HMS Marlborough at Chanak to London; 1923 pair env. sent Registered to same addressee at Southsea franked 3 x KGV 1½d tied FIELD POST OFFICE / 11 cds; 1922 PPC HMS Malaya Chanak to Poole with 1½d tied RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS hs; Aug. 1922 PPC to Prestbury franked KGV 1d red tied FIELD POST OFFICE / 12 at Constantinople; Oct. 1922 env. to Lichfield endorsed OHMS with Adjutant cachet and boxed "Posted on Board Ship Abroad / I.S. hs and charged 1½d postage due with stamps, etc.; 1922 long OHMS env. to Lichfield with FPO 12 cds and Certified Official with "The British Corps of Occupation Constantinople" hs; photo of British Fleet at Kilea 1922, various photos of sailors working ashore, etc. Good group. (15 covers + 5 phots) Cross Reference: TURKEY (Image)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

167

WORLD WAR II POSTAL HISTORY: A box-file containing an interesting, well-written-up, world-wide collection on leaves plus some loose. A wide ranging study from the rise of Hitler in 1939 to French provisional Government. Commences with covers following the Austrian Anschluss and a cover from France to Britain a few weeks after the declaration of war. 1940 cover from Vichy France & Stamp centenary Exhibition FDC to Canada with clear 'SALVED FROM THE SEA' cachet. 1941 example of undercover mail from Vichy France via Lisbon. 1942 airmail from Switzerland to England with Red Cross cachet. 1942 POW letters to prisoner in Germany. 1943 unused Greetings forms. 1943 censored cover to a Captain with the Persia & Iraq Force. A wide variety of censor marks and tape & a small collection of airgraphs. A good lot. (68 cover, 7 stamps & 19 cut-outs) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

168

GIBRALTAR WWII MAILS: 1939-1944 with 1940(?) env. Airmail to London endorsed OAS with red Passed by Censor hs and v.fine and scarce violet double circle POSTAGE PAID / 4d hs (Ex Cavendish Alan Brown auction 1996 Lot 403 £170+BP); 1941 env. to Accrington with red tombstone Censor hs, local AIR / MAIL hs and Received from HM Ships; 1942 Air mail Letter Card with pair KGVI 1½d red cancelled FPO 475 cds, violet Passed by Censor hs; 1944 pair env. to Birmingham variety of franking with Censor label and Honour Certificates on front, etc. (23 items) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 85

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169

WORLDWIDE WWII MAILS: 1939-45 with 1942 Navy Dept. env. to Wellington with US Navy cancel "TOJO IS A BUM / HITLER A HEEL" ds; 1942 env. St Pierre et Miquelon to London franked tied overprinted three 90c FRANCE LIBRE FNFI, two different censor tape, etc.; 1944 env. Ethiopia to London via Cairo franked tied Ethiopian 60c. & 10c. with dual language censor tape, etc.; 1944 env. Cape Verde to Portugal with variety of censor hs and Lisbon censor tape; 1941 env. Belize to USA with pair tied KGVI 3c purple & brown and BRITISH HONDURAS censor label; 1942 env. to USA with HMC SHIP (Canadian) censor hs and fine red PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD / PAID cds; 1945 env. Martinique to Algeria via Miami, New York where THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP hs was applied etc. Wide variety. (32 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON, PORTUGUESE COLONIES, BRITISH HONDURAS/BELIZE (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

170

WWII RAF RETURNED MAIL: Group of 1939-45 covers, Air Letter envs. & an Air Letter card. Inc. 4 Aug. 1942 env. ex Glasgow, initially to Tangmere but with red boxed "NOT/OFFICERS MESS/TANGMERE" hs on reverse, redirected to Biggin Hill but with ms "not at/Biggin Hill" on front, a further label redirecting to Aberdeen over the address but with redirection crossed out, forwarded to the Air Ministry in London on 22 Sep. (Aberdeen hs on front) where "UNDELIVERABLE FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" hs applied on reverse before returning to sender in Glasgow; c.1943 cover to an RAF POW in Batavia, Indonesia (while under Japanese Occupation), address crossed out and pencil ms "Kallang" (RAF Seaplane base near Singapore) applied, still undelivered with boxed "RETURN TO SENDER/A M INSTRUCTIONS/[W G Sleep W.O.]" hs applied and returned to the Air Ministry in London with 10 Mar. 1943 "London/79" machine cancel applied to rear; plus other similar examples inc. "NO AIR MAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE" and "No air letter card service to" hs's. (16) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £80.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

171

WWII P.O.W. RETURNED MAIL: 1941-48 group of covers, cards & forms to/from POW camps, returned to sender for a variety of reasons. Inc. c.1942 env. (with contents, written in Burmese) to a Burmese soldier in Rangoon, redirected to Tokyo after the soldier was captured, but as the language was not known to Japanese censors the letter was returned with boxed purple "RETURNED TO SENDER/LANGUAGE NOT ALLOWED" hs; Feb. 1942 env. to a German POW addressed to Egypt (where he was captured) but no army number included so the addressee could not be found, with ms "not No 10230" and red "NOT INTERNED/IN CANADA." hs on front, and "RETURNED FROM CANADA./REFUSED BY PERSON OF/SAME NAME WHO STATED/IT WAS NOT FOR HIM" hs on reverse, opened & resealed by German censor; an unusual 11 Sep. 1946 env. to Kendal ex London franked KGVI 2½d cancelled by London slogan postmark, slogan reading "RECOVERED P.O.W. MAIL/FROM EUROPE/RECENTLY RECEIVED/BY BRITISH P.O.", an unusual misuse of this cachet and the only example known; plus other similar examples. Also inc. Sep. 1944 PPC to a British POW in Germany from an escaped POW currently in Sweden where he is waiting for a boat back to Britain, with purple "KRIGSFANGEPOST/Service des prisonniers de guerre" hs & boxed purple "Granskad av/SVENSK/censurmyndighet" hs. A varied and interesting lot. (21 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

THE CHRISTOPHER GRIMSHAW COLLECTION

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172

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. FPO "H. 12" CDS - ALL CENSORED: 7 Feb. to 17 Mar. 1919 covers (inc. Regd) to GB (6), Belgium, Switzerland or Japan(!), all with red boxed Censor marks & both types of the short-lived "H.12" FPO cds's (fair to v.fine) inc. the LRD (9 covers) Cross Reference: TURKEY, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWI (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

173

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. ARMY POST OFFICE/Y: 22 Mar. (ERD) to 3 July 1919 group (some Regd) all but one to GB (one to Holland), all with "ARMY POST OFFICE/Y" cds's inc. thick & thin 'bars' types. Inc. 23 June PPC with purple boxed Italy "CENSURE MILITARE/CONSTANTINOPLE/VERIFICATO PER CENSURA" hs with coat of arms (mostly fine, shows some hs deformation). All censored with boxed red Censor marks and/or labels. (29 covers + 3 PPCs) Cross Reference: TURKEY, ITALIAN COLONIES & P.O.s ABROAD, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, LEVANT - BRITISH (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

174

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. APO/SX32 SKELETON MARKS: 9 Apr. 1919 to 10 June 1920 (LRD recorded by Proud 4 June) group (all censored; great majority Regd) mainly to GB, a few to Europe/USA or Turkey. Inc. trio of 11/15 (2) July envs. Regd to GB or Holland (2) with rare "APO/SX3" skeleton marks (fair to fine) recorded used for 8 days (4-11 July 1919). (32 covers) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, CANCELLATIONS, LEVANT - BRITISH (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

175

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. BPO/APO/FPO MARKS ON 2/6 TO 10/- SEAHORSES OFF-COVER: 1919-20 group inc. BAPO, BPO, "S.X.3", "+" codes, the pre-war circular "BRITISH.POST.OFFICE./CONSTANTINOPLE" mark, etc. cds's; plus 10/- or 5/- vert. pair with "BRITISH POST OFFICE/CONSTANTINOPLE" 2-line (possibly telegraphic); etc. Wide variety. (68 stamps) Cross Reference: KGV - SEA HORSES, LEVANT - BRITISH, TURKEY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (All Images)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

176

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. 1919/20 MARKS ON UNOPTD ISSUES, PIECES, BLOCKS, ETC.: Diverse used Constantinople range mostly on piece. Inc. block of 80(!) 1/- issues all cancelled "BRITISH A.P.O./CONSTANTINOPLE" [ex Adrian Almond & John Kingsby]; block of 15 9d cancelled as previous; 5/- Seahorse with APO cancel, etc. Also inc. some mint examples to 1/-. Wide variety of marks inc. some later usages. (c.100 stamps) Cross Reference: KGV - SEA HORSES, TURKEY, LEVANT - BRITISH (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

177

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. REGISTERED MAIL - MAJORITY UNCENSORED: Large 1919-21 collection, majority to GB (other destinations mostly Europe or Egypt). Wide variety of frankings, virtually all cancelled by "BRITISH A.P.O." cds's. Inc. 15 July 1921 env. to Manchester endorsed "Samples" and sent Regd rather than at sample rate (rare, particularly for this area); 26 July 1919 env. to Finland (with Finnish censor mark) with unusual 6d + 1½d franking; etc. (c.55 covers) Cross Reference: FINLAND, REGISTERED MAIL, KGV ISSUES (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £340.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

178

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. REGISTERED MAIL - MAJORITY UNCENSORED: July 1919 to Jan. 1921 collection of Regd Letter envs., all to GB or USA (one to Spain), with a variety of frankings. Inc. four with 1919 boxed "CENSORED/MILITARY AUTHORITY" marks. (14 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

179

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. MISCELLANY: May-Oct. 1919 group to GB, USA, Europe (mainly Germany) or Egypt, all with boxed Censor marks and/or Censor labels; many Regd. Mostly single 2½d letter-rate frankings. (48 covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT, GERMANY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

180

BPOs, APOs & FPOs IN CONSTANTINOPLE. BRITISH A.P.O. CDS ON STANDARD LETTER RATED COVERS: 1919-21 uncensored mail mostly to GB, USA, Switzerland, Belgium or Denmark all with single 2½d blue franking. "A" or "B" cds codes. (c.35 items) Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BELGIUM, DENMARK (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM