WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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| 501 |
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 AUG. 1871 EL TO PARIS with 20c stamp cancelled by cds of St Amarin, attractive '2' of Paris in blue ink; April 1871 EL to Lyon ex
Mariakirch with 20c grey-blue pair tied by cds, cursive '2' hs alongside. Useful and attractive. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 502 |
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 INCOMING MAIL FROM FRANCE: June-July 1871 Els with Ceres or Napoleon 20c stamps ex Calvados to Schlestadt or Montagny to Mulhouse
with blue crayon ms '30' or double-line '30' hs tax marks. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 46
Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 503 |
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 RARE UNDERPAID COVER charged postage due in France: Sep. 1872 E to Allevard les Bains with German 1gr and French 25c stamps
cancelled by Lutzelhausen cds, ms endorsement of 1gr due; boxed red AFFRANCHISSEMENT / INSUFFISANT and ms '5' due charge. Roumet cert. (2018) states '1ere piece vue'. Rare and most attractive.Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 500
Currently...£500.00
Currently...USD 655.00
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 504 |
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 FEB.-MAY 1872 GERMAN 2gr SINGLE FRANKINGS tied by boxed station cancellations of Mulhouse (2) or Strasbourg going to Chalons,
Grenoble or Moussey - the last with Belfort-Paris TPO cds in red and ms '25', the others with double-lined '25' marks. (3)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 505 |
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 LETTERS INTO ALSACE LORRAINE FROM EARLY 1872 with Ceres 25c stamps and additional '2' hss indicating extra postage. (5)Cross
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 506 |
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 JAN.-FEB. 1872 MULHOUSE GERMAN 'HORSESHOE' CANCELLATION: Two ELs to Paris or Belfort franked by German 2gr stamps with this
attractive cancellation - double-line hs or ms '25' charge on arrival. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 46
Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 507 |
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 MAR.-MAY 1872 USE OF GERMAN STAMPS: Two ELs with 1gr pair or two single cancelled by Wesserling or St Avold cds, the latter to Lille
with fine red boxed AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT and blue double-lined '25' tying stamp; the other with red Belfort-Paris TPO cds and black '25'. Colourful pair. (2)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 46
Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 508 |
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 MILITARY MIX: 1889-1987 inc. (1898) E ex Diego-Suarez, scruffy 1901 E to Ragama Boer POW camp, Armee du Levant items (6) inc.
attractive 1926 Reg'd E (SP 600), items ex Morocco, Egypt & Senegal plus 1950s-'60s from range of areas etc. (42 & some stamps)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 509 |
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 FRENCH ARMY IN AFRICA & THE FAR EAST, 1899-1956: 1899 E ex Kati with Soudan force cachet and Ligne U cds; 1934 E ex Fort Lamy with
cachet REGIMENT INDIGENE DU TCHAD; five items from French naval forces in Japan (2, 1930s) or China - Peiping or Yang-Tse (gunboat cachet); also 1947 FM cover ex Vietnam. (8)Cross Reference: FRANCE, CHINA, JAPAN, SUDAN (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 85
Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 111.35
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 510 |
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 BOER WAR INC. APO, FPO, POW CAMPS, ETC.: 1900-02 with 1900 front to "Tent No. 46 Green Point Cape Town" with Censor /Prisoners of
War lilac hs; 1900 GB Registered P. Stat. env. uprated with 2 x 1d lilac British Army FPO to Barnet; 1901 env. Bloemfontein to Winchester franked tied OFS 1d lilac opt VRI 1d with fine SOUTHAMPTON/ PACKET LETTER cds (Tab. P4) alongside; 1901 env.
(open to display) Maldon to Cradock, Cape Colony franked pair 1d lilac with PASSED CENSOR triangles etc; 1901 SA 1d, P. Stat. PC opt VRI Johannesburg to London with oval PASSED PRESS OFFICE/JOHANNESBURG hs alongside; 1901 SA 1d, P. Stat. PC opt VRI
Pretoria to Osnabruck with passed Censor triangle etc; 1902 COGH 1d pink P. Stat. env. to Hovingham cancelled fine ARMY POST OFFICE /HARRISMITH cds; 1902 env. franked Natal 1d red tied Pietermaritzburg cds to Worcester; etc. (45 items + 4 pieces)
Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, MILITARY - BOER WAR, GERMANY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 209.60
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 511 |
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 FRENCH ARMY IN THE FAR EAST, 1900-03: Fine 'Ambulance de Chine' printed E with Red Cross pictorial card insert ex Nagasaki with
CORPS EXP. TONKIN/LIGNE No.4 cds; E (torn at base) with cachet of Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine with Ligne V cds; E ex Tien-Tsin with scarce s/l CORRESCES D'ARMEES plus a front with Ligne N cachet to Paris. (4)Cross Reference: FRANCE, CHINA,
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 512 |
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 ST. HELENA - INGOING TO BOER POWs: A 1900-02 display of cards & covers (some fronts, faults) inc. 1902 front addressed to "Dead Wood
Camp, St. Helena" franked pair ½a India stamps tied by faint Naini-Tal squared circle ds's with very fine violet double circle "BOER PAROLERS' CAMP/CENSOR/[initials]/BHIM TAL" cachet; 1902 env. ex Netherlands registered to "Deadwood Camp, St. Helena"
franked 35c with fine violet double triangle "PASSED BY/CENSOR/DEADWOOD" cachet; and other related examples. Collected for the quality of franking & strikes. (25 items) Cross Reference: ST. HELENA, MILITARY - BOER WAR (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 513 |
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 ST. HELENA - MAIL FROM BOER POWs & RELATED PPCs: A 1900-02 display of cards & covers (several fronts, faults) inc. 1900 env. (front
only) to Transvaal franked 6d optd 2½d tied by barred obliterator with St. Helena cds & fine "CENSOR/[initials]/PRISONERS OF WAR" cachet adjacent; 1902 env. (roughly opened, faults) addressed to "Potchefstroom Kamp No. 3, Lijn R. Tent 10, Transvaal"
franked 1d tied by St. Helena cds, resealed with pink censor tape, with fine purple double triangle "PASSED BY CENSOR/ST. HELENA/HEAD OFFICE" cachet adjacent; 1902 PPC showing "Arrival of the 4th Gloucestershire Regt. at St. Helena escorting Boer
Prisoners through Jamestown" to UK franked 1d cancelled by fine cross in circle obliterator; very fine early PPC used in 1917 showing a view of Broad Bottom Camp; and other related examples. Also unused PPCs depicting views of the harbour & camps.
Collected for the quality of franking & strikes. (14 postally used items + 9 unused PPCs) Cross Reference: ST. HELENA, MILITARY - BOER WAR
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 144.10
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 514 |
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 FRENCH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA: Morocco - scarce & attractive 1904 cover ex occupation of Tidikelt with fine cachet of Place d'In-Salah
and oasis cds, 1903 fine PPC with superb Timmimoun oasis cds and military cachet, WWI items inc. ambulance cachets (5) & railway item; fine RP card of 1923 intake at Marseille; WW2 Algeria inc. POW covers (2), British & US military mail, etc.
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 515 |
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 BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH MILITARY UNITS WWI MAILS: 1914-1921 collection of mail, with envs. PPCs & PCs, from British, Canadian, ANZAC
& Indian Military units during WWI. Wide variety of cancellations from France, Belgium, Italy etc. with range of Censor hs & cachets. Majority written-up and mounted in album. (94 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 516 |
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 FRENCH MILITARY HOSPITALS & MEDICAL UNITS: Miscellany of covers & cards with wide variety of unit cachets inc. POW, convalescent,
naval, Anglo-French, temporary, auxiliary, evacuation, etc. Plus a couple of examples ex Egypt. Good specialist lot. (90)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWI (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 517 |
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 FRENCH RAILWAY HOSPITALS: Miscellany of covers & cards, some written up or with annotations inc. hospital trains, station medical
facilities, etc. Also scarce hospital barge items (2). Great potential for development into a fascinating display. (28)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWI, RAILWAY MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 518 |
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 LE HAVRE: Display of covers & cards relating to the City during WWI inc. British, French & Belgian material, some focus on hospitals
inc. British hospital ship PCs (2), Belgian government in exile, POW etc. Interesting angle on WWI. (42)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWI (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 519 |
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 WWI BRITISH NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS - DEVON'S DRAKE'S ISLAND & TINY SCOTTISH INCHCOLM; Dec. 1914 PPC (fine real photo of officers & men
on "Drake's Island, Plymouth" sent to Braunton with KGV ½d tied by faint Plymouth machine cancel; contents inc. "We have been isolated for 3 days - too rough for boats to land & we have had no coal for fires for a week...". Plus fine Jan. 1917 PPC
(Forth Bridge) sent from "Inchcolm, via Leith Fort" to Falmouth with KGV ½d tied by Edinr. machine cancel but also having a fine purple boxed Inchcolm "CENSORED" mark (initialled) alongside; contents inc. "It is enough to freeze one, specially on
this ---- Island". We have only recorded two other items with the Inchcolm censor mark. Two rare items from WWI military/naval islands. (2 cards) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, DEVON, NAVAL MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
| 520 |
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 FRENCH MILITARY MAIL, ETC.: WWI French military patriotic PPCs (27), fine group of 'silks' (11), military mail (24) with better
noted inc. scarce red 'express' E, few censored civilian items etc. (66)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWI (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 50
Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM |
