Postal History, Canada continued...

**Military Mail - Japanese P.O.W. Camps continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	Cat No.	Lot Description
321	CVR		1943 Cover Mailed to P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Winnipeg on NOV.7.1943 (machine cancel) to "Cpl. F. Fagg / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Canadian Prisoner of War No. 473 / Camp Tokyo No. 5 / Japan", with DB / 650 censor re-sealing tape at left and black and red Japanese censor chop "Uyemori" also at left. Cpl. Fagg was transferred to Camp 3d, the Tsurumi Camp in Yokohama. Upon arrival in Japan, the cover was marked "473" in pencil, the prisoner's serial number. Bit of a surface scrape on front, else very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 250 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
322	PC		1945 P.O.W. Postcard Mailed from the Tsurumi Camp in Yokohama to Canada, a Japanese P.O.W. printed postcard (with printed "Prisoners of War Mail" and red Japanese chop at right) mailed by Private Arthur Sissons (Winnipeg Grenadiers) to his wife in Winnipeg, with Japanese Censor chop at left. The letter on back was written on JAN.10.1945 (unusual, as dates were often censored on these), also, the Japanese had restricted these cards to 25 words and this one contains many more. No allied censor markings, so was probably received after V-J Day after Canadian censorship had ended. Light creases, still a very rare card, written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 350 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
323	PC		1945 P.O.W. Postcard Mailed from the Tsurumi Camp in Yokohama to Canada, a Japanese P.O.W. printed postcard (without printed "Prisoners of War Mail" but with red Japanese chop at right) mailed by Private Arthur Sissons (Winnipeg Grenadiers) to his wife in Winnipeg, with Japanese Censor chop at left "Onishi". The letter on back was written on MAR.18.1945 (unusual, as dates were often censored on these), also, the Japanese had restricted these cards to 25 words and this one contains many more. No allied censor markings, so was probably received after V-J Day after Canadian censorship had ended. Light creases, still a very rare card, written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 350 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
324	CVR		1943 Cover Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, an Airmail envelope mailed at the 1sh rate from Jamaica on JUL.31.1943 (c.d.s.) to "Sergeant G. D. McLellan / Winnipeg Grenadiers / British Prisoner of War / c/o Japanese Red Cross / Tokyo", with D/5 P.C. 90 censor re-sealing tape at left (applied in Jamaica) plus very fine strike of the Japanese Red Cross handstamp. Crayon "5B" denotes Niigata (near Tokyo) and "S" (plus 5B receiving mark on back). Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 250 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
325	CVR		1943 Cover Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Victoria BC on APR.18.1943 (slogan cancel) by a mother to her son "L.C. Speller / Royal Canadian Corps of Signals / Taken Prisoner of War at Hong Kong / c/o Japanese Red Cross at Tokyo", with DB / 608 censor re-sealing tape at left and "POSTAGE FREE / PRISONER OF WAR MAIL" handstamp. L/Cpl Speller had moved camps a few times, and the letter was finally forwarded to Camp 3D at Yokohama. The addressee received the Military Medal for Bravery Under Fire, and died in Victoria in 2006 at the age of 86. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 250 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
326	CVR		1943 Cover Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, mailed at a 4c rate from Winnipeg MB on SEP.29.1943 (slogan cancel) to "Sgt. L. P. Berard / "C" Company Winnipeg Grenadiers / c/o Tokyo Red Cross / Tokyo Japan", with DB / 650 censor re-sealing tape at right and "PRISONER OF WAR MAIL" handstamp. Japanese censor markings indicate "Onishi" and "Uyemori". There is a notation "Tokyo Camp 5" on front as well as "3D" (Yokohama Camp) and "307" denotes the addressee's serial number. A notation on back indicates the letter was received on NOB.9.1944, almost 14 months after it was mailed. Includes original letter written by his sister, with Japanese censor markings. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 250 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
327	CVR		1943 Cover Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Winnipeg on NOV.7.1943 (machine cancel) to "Cpl Fred Fagg / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Canadian Prisoner of War No. 473 / Camp Tokyo No. 5 / Japan", with DB / 650 censor re-sealing tape at left and "c/o Japanese Red Cross / TOKYO" handstamp. With Japanese censor chop "Uyemori". Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 200 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
328	CVR		1943 Cover Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Ajax Ontario on APR.12.1943 (duplex cancel) to "Sgt. L. P. Berard / Winnipeg Grenadiers / H Camp / Hong Kong c/o Japanese Red Cross / Tokyo", with DB / 608 censor re-sealing tape at right and "POSTAGE FREE / PRISONER OF WAR MAIL" handstamp. Redirected to Camp 3D (Tsurumi), with original letter inside, bearing Japanese censor marking (same as on cover). Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 200 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
329	CVR		1944 Cover Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, mailed free-franked from Nanaimo BC on MAY.10.1944 (machine cancel is blacked-out, but full return address on back) to "Lance Corporal Speller L.C. / Royal Canadian Corps of Signals / Camp No. 5 / Tokyo", with DB / 556 censor re-sealing tape at right and Japanese censor chops. A note on back denotes it was received on FEB.1.1945. Very fine and written-up on exhibit page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 200 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
330	PC		1945 Postcard Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, Recovered from Japanese and Returned, a special "BY AIR MAIL" P.O.W. card mailed free from Winnipeg on MAY.1.1945 (slogan cancel) from a wife to her husband "Norris John Amlexander Capt. / The Winnipeg Grenadiers / Canadian Prisoner of War / Hong Kong / c/o Huryojohokyoku / Japan" and a very rare purple "RETURN TO SENDER FREE / BY ORDER OF POSTMASTER GENERAL / RECOVERED FROM JAPANESE" handstamp at lower right, with a large red arrow pointing to where it should be returned. There is a straightline "EXAMINED BY D.B / 840" (Ottawa). Very fine and quite rare. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Images)	Estimate $ 400 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
331	PC		1945 Postcard Mailed to a P.O.W. in Japan, Undeliverable and Returned to Sender, a special "BY AIR MAIL" P.O.W. card mailed free from Winnipeg on MAY.19.1945 (slogan cancel) from a wife to her husband "Pte. Robert Dalzell / Winnipeg Grenadiers / Canadian Prisoner of War / Osaka Camp / c/o Huryojohokyoku / Japan" and a very rare purple "RETURN TO SENDER / BY DIRECTION OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT / UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED" handstamp at lower right, with a black arrow pointing to the return address. There is a straightline "EXAMINED BY D.B / 840" (Ottawa). Very fine, and a rare example of a card not sent to Japan likely as the war was coming to an end. Written-up on exhibit page, ex Toop. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 300 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
332	CVR		1944 Cover Mailed to a Canadian P.O.W. at Japanese Camp Z in Java, mailed free franked from Montréal on JAN.3.1944 (machine cancel) to "F/O Gordon Kerle Palin / R.C.A>F> Attached R.A.F. / Canadian Prisoner of War / Camp Z / Java", with DB / 650 censor re-sealing tape at right and "C/O Japanese Red Cross / TOKYO" handstamp lower left, plus a couple of Japanese censor chops in red, fine. Mail to, or from R.C.A.F. personnel in Japanese P.O.W. Camps is very scarce. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 300 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction

**Military Mail - Boer War**
LotNo.	Symbol	Cat No.	Lot Description
333	CVR		1900 (Mar 23) Second Contingent "C" Battery Royal Canadian Field Artillery Cover, an illustrated "Soldiers of the Queen / Canadian Contingent / South African War" cover mailed by Sgt. S. Slater to Toronto, with a MAR.23.1900 "British Army Post Office Base Office / South Africa" c.d.s., an oval "Canadian Contingent / South Africa" datestamp of the same day, as well as a London England APR.16.1900 transit in red and a Toronto APR.27.1900 receiver on back. There is a franking signature of Major J.A.G. Hudon, the commanding officer of the "C" Special Service Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery. Tears and creases, else an early use of the Sam. J. Richley "Bulldog and Horseshoe" stationery. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 250 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
334	CVR		1900 (Aug 13) Wilson Patriotic Cover Mailed from South Africa to Canada, an illustrated "Patriam Adamus / The Maple Leaf Forever" cover mailed from Vereeniging on AUG.13.1900 (two c.d.s. tie two ½p stamps) to St John West New Brunswick (SEP.17 receivers) via Johannesburg (AUG.14), "Field Post Office / British Army S. Africa" (AUG.14 and AUG.20 c.d.s. on front) and there is also an oval "Canadian Contingent / South Africa" postmark dated AUG.17. Edge wear and open on 4 sides, still Canadian patriotic covers sent from South Africa to Canada are scarce. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Images)	Estimate $ 200 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
335	CVR		1900 (May 17) Wilson Patriotic Cover Mailed from South Africa to Canada, an illustrated "Patriam Adamus / The Maple Leaf Forever" cover mailed by gunner Thomas A. Gillen ("C" Battery) from "G.P.O. Capetown" on MAY.17.1900 (c.d.s. free strike) to Kingston Ontario (JUN.19 receivers). Back of cover shows patriotic poems. A few small faults, Canadian patriotic covers sent from South Africa to Canada are scarce (owner notes there are only 4 examples of this cover mailed from South Africa recorded. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 300 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
336	PC		1900 (Sep 27) Lt.-Col. Sam Steele Illustrated Private Postcard, who founded the South African Constabulary, a police force in South Africa, reading "Lt. Col. Steele / The Soldiers of Canada / in South Africa", mailed to and from Ottawa at the 1c rate. Edge and corner creases, else scarce and a nice addition to a Boer War collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Canada Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Estimate $ 50 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
337	CVR		1900 (Aug 1) Boer War Cover Used as a Wrapper, mailed by Private R.J. McCalmont #7070 of the Royal Canadian Regiment "A" Company 2nd Battalion to Balderson, Ontario, with a Boksburg Z.A.R. AUG.1.1900 despatch and a red London England AUG.11.1900 transit, with notation "Stamps not available". The envelope is believed to have been used as a wrapper, for the reasons explained on an accompanying letter from Bill Robinson, who exhibited it 13 times. Ex Steinhart, Robinson. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 150 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
338	CVR		1900-1902 Two Covers Mailed to Canada from Soldiers in South Africa, first is franked with a GB 1 penny lilac tied by a faint British Army South Africa c.d.s. dated MAR.30.1900 to Sherbrooke Qué. (MAY.7.1900 receiver on back). Second item is a cover franked with four 2d stamps tied by Pretoria Transvaal c.d.s. dated MAR.22.1902 addressed to Toronto (APR.24.1902 receiver), with a triangular censor handstamp. Overall fine. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 100 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
339	CVR		1900 (Jul 19) First Canadian Contingent Cover to Canada, mailed by Private E. D. Bartlett #7457 Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry to J. H. Bartlett in Ottawa (AUG.16 receiver), with a Norvals Point JUL.19.1900 despatch and a very fine strike of the oval "Canadian Contingent / South Africa" datestamp on same day. Small opening faults at top, else fine and written-up on album page. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 150 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction
340	CVR		Two 1900 Boer War Covers, first is a stampless cover mailed by a member of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles "Field Post Office / British Army S. Africa" on JUL.24.1900 to Captain Peebles in Cheltenham England (AUG.19 receiver) via London (red AUG.11 transit). Second is an O.H.M.S. cover mailed from London on DEC.6.1900 to Mr. Brown / O.C. 15th Reg't Active Militia of Canada in Belleville Ontario (via Kingston DEC.24.1900 transit), with an oval crowned "War Department / Woolwich" handstamp. Overall fine. (Scan 1)	Estimate $ 100 Currently...C$10.00 Will close during Public Auction

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