WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
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| 84 |
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 18c MAILS TO FRANCE OR ENGLAND: 1757-95 group inc. 1757 EL Boulogne addressed to an officer of the Irish volunteer 'Regiment de
Rooth' at Dunkirk with "B.GNE" hs; 1788 EL Menin to the Swiss Guard in Paris; 1779 EL Lausanne to London mentioning the threat of the French fleet during the American war; 1795 part wrapper Lyndhurst to a French general in London with "88LYND/ HURST"
hs (W&J747). Interesting group. (4) Cross Reference: FRANCE, BELGIUM (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 38
Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 85 |
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 FRANCE - ARMEE DES COTES: 1795 part printed EL (small loss at foot, not affecting text or presentation) to Paris with revolutionary
heading of the HQ at Rennes, fine "ETAT/MAJOR/GENERAL" etc. as seal; fine strike of the uncommon "ARMEE DES COTES" mark and two further authorising hs's of the army at Cherbourg and Brest. Attractive. Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 38
Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 86 |
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 FRANCE - ARMEE D'ANGLETERRE: Pair inc. 1798 part-printed EL (address part erased) from HQ at Rouen with oval cachet of the
"Etat/Major/General" front & reverse plus fine & scarce "PORT-PAYE/ARM.D'ANGLETERRE" hs plus 1798 EL from General Clément at Paris HQ to the Adjutant-General at Le Havre giving the movements of General Desaix; Paris postmark; 4pp printed notice
regarding public subsidies. (3 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 107.20
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 87 |
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 FRANCE - ARM. D'ESPAGNE OR D'AFRIQUE: Pair inc. 1828 EL Pamplona to Isere with fine, crisp "[D]/ARM. D'ESPAGNE" plus 1830 EL Algiers
to Marseille with part-fine "A/ARMEE EXPEDRE/D'AFRIQUE". Attractive pair. Cross Reference: FRANCE, SPAIN (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 38
Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 88 |
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 FRANCE - ARMEE DE MOREE DISINFECTED MAIL: 1830 wrapper to Paris with fine "QER.GAL./ARM. DE MOREE" used by the French army in Greece
with single disinfection slit clear of hs. Rated 15 decimes military rate on arrival. Scarce and attractive. Cross Reference: FRANCE, GREECE, DISINFECTED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 38
Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 89 |
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 CRIMEAN WAR - BALTIC FLEET COVER TO GB WITH "DANZIG" CDS: 24 Aug. 1855 env. (v. light edge staining etc.) to Southsea with GB 1d red
'Stars' OJ-OL tied by London "49 49 49" triple numeral (struck in transit) with a fine 2-ring "DANZIG" cds (24 Aug.) alongside, with London & Portsmouth 28 Aug. cds on reverse. A rare Baltic Fleet cover.Cross Reference: DANZIG, MILITARY -
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 268.00
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 90 |
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 FRANCE MILITARY/MARITIME MAILS INC BLACK SEA CRIMEA MAILS: 1856-1915 group inc 1856 E to Marseille via Constantinople post unpaid
with fine boxed MER NOIRE hs (Salles 917) and 20c hs; 1856 env. to France with open style "30" hs and alongside a ESCAD. DE LA MEDITEE/MARSEILLE ds (Salles 245); c1873 env. Probably Cayenne to Chambery with scarce COR. D. ARMEES/LIG. C PAQ No. 1 ds
(Salles 1538) alongside France 25c blue also tied by same cds; scarce 1881 small env. (faults/one reverse flap removed) to Plouescat, Finistere with v.fine *COR. D. ARM */LIG. B PAQ. FR, No.3 ds (Salles 1.451) etc; 1881 env. Guadeloupe to Chartres
franked tied Ceres imperf. 15c bistre with v.fine *COR. D. ARM.*/LIG. A. PAQ. FR. No.1 ds (Salles 1427) alongside; 1898 env. (faults) to Plouescat with CORRESPCED'ARMEES/LA. No.1 ds (Salles 1429) etc. Good variety. (7 items) Cross Reference:
FRANCE, MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, MILITARY, GUADELOUPE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.10
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 91 |
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 MILITARY, 'TENTATIVE D'ENTRÉE ' ETC: Oct. 1870-71 group with small EL addressed to an NCO with the Garde Mobile at the Fort of
Nogent; Oct. 1870/Feb.1871 pair of Es endorsed 'Garde Mobile', one with 20c Ceres (Bordeaux); Oct. 1870 E endorsed 'Armee de Rhin' ex Sathonay army camp; small EL with 20c stamp with Caen cds of 3 Nov. 1870 and endorsed 'par Triel' and backstamp TPO
same date - very faint arrival cds Paris 8 Mar. 1871 - an attempt to get mail into Paris during the Siege, etc. Good variety. (8 items)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 64.32
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 92 |
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 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: 1870-71 group inc. mail from France to Occupied area inc. Jonzac to Colmar, Paris to Bischweller, Calvados to
Schlestadt or Montagny to Mulhouse all franked 20c Ceres or Napoleon etc. (9 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, GERMANY (Image)
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Starting at £ 38
Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 93 |
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 FRANCE - ZONE ANNEXE, UNDERPAID ETC: Small group inc. Sep. 1871 EL to Paris (tiny edge fault) with 20c provisional tied Bitsch cds
and 2x 20c Ceres tied Avricourt-Paris/C TPO cds, (Roumet cert. 2018); Nov. 1871 E (small central pinhole) addressed to Paris with provisional 10c bistre pair cancelled by Altkirch cds and Ceres 20c blue cancelled with Paris star, unusually in blue;
June 1871 EL to Le Puy with 20c provisional tied Strasbourg cds and 20c Napoleon value cancelled by 'SP2' of TPO, etc. (4 items). Cross Reference: FRANCE, GERMANY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 107.20
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 94 |
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 VERY SCARCE LARGE 63mm "TAXE ALLEMANDE" HS: Feb. 1871 env. Paris to Amiens with blue ms "20" franked 20c Ceres and fine "TAXE
ALLEMANDE" hs alongside; plus Mar. 1871 front Amiens to Abbeville with part fine strike of the small (50mm) hs and '10' hs in red ink. Good pair. Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 38
Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 95 |
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 FRENCH MILITARY MAILS INC. NORTH AFRICA, SMYRNE, MADAGASCAR ETC: 1889-1987 selection inc. 1895 PC Madagascar to Marseille with
v.fine "CORPS EXP DE MADAGASCAR / L.V. No. 1" cds; 1898 env. Diego-Suarez to Besancon with fine "CORRES D'ARMEES / DIEGO-SUAREZ" cds; 1901 env. (faults) Calvados to Ragama Boer POW camp, Ceylon; 1906 PPC Port Said to Les Aydes with v.fine "CORR
D'ARMEES / PORT SAID" cds; 1922 env. Smyrne to Paris with 50c Sower tied "TRESOR ET POSTES 528" cds; 1903 PPC Timmimoun to Marseille with v.fine "TIMMIMOUN / OASIS SAHARIENNES" cds; 1904 env. In Salah to Paris with "CORPS D'OCCUPATION DU TIDIKELT, In
Salah" cds etc. (64 covers + few stamps) Cross Reference: FRANCE, FRENCH COLONIES, TURKEY, MADAGASCAR (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.10
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 96 |
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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 £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 147.40
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 97 |
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 INDIA POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES USED IN SOMALIA: Nov. 1903 or May 1904 2a6p P.Stat. env. pair optd "ONE/ANNA" from "F.P.O. No. 45"
(Somaliland) to Bellary (redirected from Madras; endorsed "N.Z.H. Somaliland") or London. (2 covers) Cross Reference: INDIA, SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 174.20
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 98 |
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 FRENCH MILITARY MAIL INC. POW: WWI French military mails inc. 1915 red Express env. to Amiens Registration label, Military cachet
etc; 1917 env. Registered from Ambulance unit "Sectuer 509" to Paris; patriotic PPCs (27), fine group of 'silks' (11), good mix of military mail (24), a few censored civilian items, POW Le Havre camp, German covers ex French POWs inc. unusual item to
POW ship 'Phryne' at Le Havre, etc. (86 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 64.32
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 99 |
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 RED CROSS TRACING SERVICE DURING WWI: 1914-19 Study of the service, written-up on leaves inc. covers with a variety of tracing
service case labels. Inc. 1915 env. Corsica to Geneva with v. scarce red TRESORERIE label; an unusual double enquiry cover; Belgian & civilian cases inc. 1915 env. Strasbourg to Geneva with buff Civils R.Daniel label; original letters with unused
enquiry labels attached inc. 1919 letter Geneva to Pologne with blue Civils entire label, etc. Fine and varied lot for further development. (42 items) Cross Reference: RED CROSS, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 64.32
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
| 100 |
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 FRANCE - LE HAVRE: 1914-18 selection written up and mounted for display depicting Le Havre 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. (50 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 38
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Currently...USD 50.92
Closing..Sep-02, 04:00 AM |
