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Postal History, Canada continued...

Canadian Military Postal History continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
721 CVR   image1917 (April 4) Internment Camp Kingston (Fort Henry), 2c Admiral postal stationery card to Philadelphia, postmarked with Kingston "Help Win the War" flag cancel, stuck at lower left with clear "Passed by Internment Censor / Kingston, Ont" circular handstamp, with censor's initials at centre, charming ink sketch of a woman on reverse, light edge toning in places, else fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
722 CVR   image1918 (June 16), Kapuskasing Internment Camp, censored cover & letter, to Mount Airey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, both cover and contents struck with choice strike of circular rose "Passed by Internment Censor / Kapuskasing, Ont", with censor's initials at centre, superior condition to what is often seen, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
723 CVR   image1940 (October 30), Sherbrooke Internment Camp, incoming redirected cover, posted from Essen, Germany, with machine despatch cancel at top, addressed to an internee at Mooragh Camp, Isle of Man, crossed-out and forwarded to Canada, handstamped with small rose "INTERNMENT CAMP N" straight-line with "JAN 27 REC'D" below, addressee's last name partially erased, else a fine example and unusual handstamp; Camp 22 at Mimico used a single-line datestamp in black on outgoing mail from 1941-2. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
724 CVR   image1941 (March 14), Sherbrooke Prisoner of War Camp, incoming cover from the International Bureau of Education, in Geneva, Switzerland, endorsed "Post for Prisoners of War" and addressed to "German Internment Camp N" via Army Base Post Office, the Bureau's printed cover affixed with their vignette depicting Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and tied by their handstamp, reverse with Base APO transit (5 Jun) and Bureau International d'Education / Geneve sender's backstamp, minor corner creasing, else a fine and uncommon usage of this vignette, and desirable incoming cover to the Sherbrooke Camp. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
725 CVR   image1941 (April 29), Ile Aux Noix Internment Camp, Prisoner of War Mail postal card, postmarked with BASE APO machine cancel, to Greenport, New York, reverse with neatly-struck US NAVY datestamp (May), return address of "Hans Mosberg, No 201, Internment Camp I", superior quality for such mail, very fine. Ile Aux Noix Camp opened in July, 1940, when the first inmates arrived from England via the ship "Sobieski"; in July, 1941, they were reclassified as refugees and thus lost the right to free postage provided to prisoners of war. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 80

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
726 CVR   image1941 (September 21), Red Rock & Monteith Camp, forwarded prisoner of war cover, postmarked Hamburg, struck with boxed violet "Taxe Percue" handstamp, required by German postal regulations on mail from Germany to German POWs held in Allied or neutral countries, endorsed "Interniertsendung", manuscript notations indicating the recipient had moved between Red Rock and Monteith camps, with "Q" (Monteith) in blue crossed-out and endorsed "Not at Q" alongside, reverse with BASE APO machine cancel (25 Oct), German and Canadian censor seals on two sides, surprisingly fresh for POW mail, with many ideal strikes, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
727 CVR   image1941 (October 28), Camp "F", Fort Henry, Kingston, rejected incoming mail to Narvik Destroyer officer, postmarked with Detroit slogan despatch, to Captain Gunter Kray, Camp F, censor seal at left, struck with rose REJECTED handstamp on front (Miller 984), stamp removed, else a fine example from this survivor of the Battle of Narvik. Gunter Kray was an officer on the Destroyer Z12 - Erich Geise, sunk in an exchange with the HMS Punjabi and HMS Bedouin; Kray was one of the few men rescued by the HMS Foxhound.

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
728 CVR   image1942 (May 14), C-Force, Winnipeg Grenadiers, Hong Kong Prisoner of War cover, franked with 6c blue Air Post, tied by partially-legible RPO, to "Lieut. A.S. Black, Winnipeg Grenadines, Taken Prisoner of War at Hong Kong c/o Force C, Ottawa, Ontario Canada", "EXAMINED BY DB/C. 203" censor seal at right, struck with four-line violet "POSTAGE FREE PRISONER OF WAR MAIL / c/o Japanese Red Cross / TOKYO" handstamped cachet, boxed Japanese handstamp and red oval censor mark, return address of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, a fine and scarce cover to a Canadian POW. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
729 CVR   image1942 (August 17), Bowmanville Camp, Prisoner of War transferred from Egypt, struck with mute datestamp to a German Prisoner of War at Camp 307 (Fanara, Bitter Lakes, Egypt), typed endorsement in German indicating the addressee may have been transferred to Canada, forwarded and struck with rose Internment Operations "19" censor handstamp, "30" in blue crayon indicating Bowmanville Camp, some typical light creasing and vertical filing fold, else fine and most unusual.

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
730 CVR   image1943 (June 24) Seebe (Kananaskis) Internment Camp, incoming cover from South Africa, with Cape Town despatch c.d.s. tying 1sh block of four, addressed to Mr. K. Stein, Prisoner of War, Internment Camp 130, with censor tape at left partially overtop rose Internment Operations censor 18 circular handstamp, no backstamps, typical edge creasing for such mail, else fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
731 CVR   image1944 (January 14), Red Cross Express Message card, Netherlands to Lethbridge Camp, from a volunteer at the Air Force Hospital, Amsterdam, to NCO Hans Brunsbach, a survivor of the sinking of U331, struck with circular rose Internment Operations censor at lower right, a few small repairs at foot to this very delicate paper, else quite fresh and fine, an uncommon usage of this messenger service, established to facilitate the exchange of news between Prisoners of War and their next of kin if they had been without news for more than three months. The recipient of this card served on U331, one of the first U-Boats to enter the Mediterranean. She landed commandos between Tobruk and El Alamein in November, 1941, but was sunk the following year by an FAA Albacore; the Commander and 17 crew survived. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
732 CVR   image1945 (January 15), Medicine Hat Prisoner of War Camp, incoming cover from Germany, folded lettersheet, franked with 30pf Hitler definitive, tied by Berlin c.d.s., to Internment Camp 132 (Medicine Hat), BASE APO machine transit on front (7 Apr), Canadian censor seal affixed overtop of German, an early usage of a German adhesive and airmail label used on mail from Germany to German POWs in Allied countries, only permitted by a revised German postal regulation of November 1944, provided that the stamp was affixed by a postal official. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

Postal History, Foreign

Australia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
733 CVR   image1935, Rocket Mail, two flight covers, each cancelled Pialba, Queensland and addressed to Brisbane, with WRECK ROCKET MAIL cachet, carried from the S.S. Maheno, wrecked en route to Fraser Island on August 11, 1935, scarce and fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Austria
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
734 CVR   imageAustrian Offices in the Levant, 1874 (September 9), Salonica to Gera, Germany, folded cover, without contents, franked with 15sld brown Franz Josef, tied by straight-line SALONICH / 10 SEPTEMBRE two-line datestamp, endorsed “via Brindisi”, black Trieste transit (16 Sep) and Gera (20 Sep) backstamps, horizontal crease, else fresh and fine. (Sc. 5) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
735 CVR   imageAustrian Offices in the Levant, 1890 (August 4), Trebisonda to Constantinople, franked with 10pa overprinted 3kr Coat of Arms issue of Austria, horizontal pair and two singles, displaying two distinct shades, tied by Trebisonda c.d.s (now Trabzon), with Constantinople c.d.s. arrival backstamp (9 Aug), small tape stain on reverse and reduced at bottom, else an unusual franking showing two shade varieties, fine. (Scott 15) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
736 CVR   imageAustrian Offices in the Levant, 1911 (November 10), Salonica to London, registered cover, franked on back with horizontal pair and single 1pi blue on blue Franz Josef, tied by Salonica c.d.s. of the Austrian Post Office, red hooded London transit c.d.s. alongside (14 Nov), front with further free strike of “Salonich” c.d.s., blue Recommande handstamp, small piece of back cover removed at upper left, else a fine example of an unusual rate. (Sc. 49) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Bolivia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
737 CVR   image1930 (May 14), Graf Zeppelin Pan-America Round Trip Flight, franked with six Zeppelin surcharges and set of three "Z 1930" overprints, tied by La Paz c.d.s. (14 May), to Hamburg, violet flight confirmation cachet, boxed "Primer Correo Aereo" and manuscript "1er Serv. G.Z. 14-5-30" endorsement, Friedrichshafen arrival backstamp (6.6.30), small stain to front, not detracting from this scarce franking. (Sieger 60D €1,800) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
Cayman Islands
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
738 CVR   image1933 (January 16), Georgetown to Cayman Islands, shortpaid postage due cover, franked with ¼d brown Centenary, tied by Georgetown c.d.s., shortpaid and struck with black “T” in circle, manuscript “2½d”, affixed with 1d gray blue and 2d yellow postage dues of St. Lucia, cancelled Castries (9 Feb), with further strike on reverse alongside partial “Nueva Cerd” c.d.s. (20 Feb), a philatelic usage, yet attractive and seldom seen. (Sc.69, J1, J2) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
China
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
739 CVR   image1892 (August 20), Shanghai local post unpaid postage due cover, small local cover with red plum blossom branch design, franked with 2c brown overprinted POSTAGE DUE, blue boxed TO PAY struck on front and SHANGHAI LOCAL POST circular datestamp on reverse, some toning to back, else a fine and attractive cover. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
740 CVR   image1908, Foreign Offices in China multi-redirected postcard from Peking, a striking and multi-franked card, originating from Peking, and transiting through various foreign post offices in China, with Japanese Offices in China grey ½ sen (Sc. 2), China Imperial Post ½c brown (Sc. 110), French Offices in China 2c on 5c green (Sc. 57), German Offices in China 2c green (Sc.48), Russian Offices in China 1k blue overprinted (Sc. 1), and Austrian Offices 3h magenta (Sc. 112), each cancelled with appropriate c.d.s. of the office, further struck with rare double-circle Marine Detachment Peking handstamp, an exceptionally well-traveled card, with postmarks dated throughout July and August, 1908, visually striking and scarce. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction

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