Postal History - World War I POW Camps - NSW - Liv continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4795 |
PSE |
 1915 (June 7) usage of Kangaroo 1d Postal Card with superb boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' cachet in violet (recorded by Gary Diffen
-.4.1915 to 24.7.1915; rated R) but with the stamp uncancelled & no camp censor marking, to Germany with message headed "German Concentration Camp/Liverpool 7.6.15" & signed "E Esche", GB POW censor cachet cancels the stamp indicium, crease at
lower-right. The message states "...Did you know that W was reported dead in Singapore...? I am glad he is alive & well...Kruger got the Iron Cross..." It's very surprising that the last comment wasn't obliterated by the censor. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4796 |
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 1915 (July) plain envelope with boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' cachet, 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' & 'PASSED BY
CENSOR/13JL15/=C.S=' cds of Sydney all in reddish purple ink, endorsed on the reverse "H Ermekeil German Concentraion Camp/Liverpool...", very minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4797 |
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 1915 (mid ?) plain envelope with 'Service des prisonniers de guerre' & 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets both in dark
green (both rare thus), from Oscar Blau to his wife with largely superb strike of the small 'CENSORED/RSSands MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' (signature incorporated in the cachet; recorded by Gary Diffen 30.6.1915 to 2.12.1915) and the huge
'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' (unusually on the face) cachets both in violet, ironed-out vertical fold. NB: the Major Sands signature is very different from that on the larger cachets: see Lot 1802. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4798 |
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 1915 (Sep 17) plain envelope with typed "OHMS" heading to Mrs Oscar Blau in Sydney with very fine double-oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION
CAMPS/LIVERPOOL/No...../N.S.WALES' cachet in blue-black ink (recorded by Gary Diffen 17.9.1915 - this item - to 11.10.1916; rated RRR), KGV 1d red punctured 'OS' tied by 'LIVERPOOL/17SE15/NSW' cds, minor bends & light central vertical fold. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4799 |
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 1915 (Dec 18) plain envelope with 'Service...', 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' and large seriffed 'CENSORED/RSSands
MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' (signature incorporated in the cachet; recorded by Gary Diffen 17.8.1915 to 23.8.1916) all in violet, to a company in Sydney with 'LIVERPOOL/=NSW=' cds & straight-line 'LIVERPOOL' ccahet in lieu of a registration label,
creased and damaged flap. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4800 |
PSE |
 1916 (early ?) unusual usage of a British-pattern 'Prisoners of War' Envelope with boxed 'No/Stamp/Required' at upper-right, with
deformed 'SERVICE...', 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' and large 'RSSands MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' (signature incorporated in the cachet; recorded by Gary Diffen 18.12.1915 to -.10.1916) all in violet, endorsed on the flap "Franz Picker GCC
Liverpool/40.10", to Germany with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' of Sydney in rosine. Very unusual. NB: the Major Sands signature is very different from that on the smaller cachets: see Lot 1796. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4801 |
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 1916 (Jan 16) envelope with typed "OHMS" heading and very fine strike of the 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ LIVERPOOL/No
......../N.S.WALES' handstamp in violet at lower-left, to the Swiss Red Cross with Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey punctured 'OS' (Cat $300 on cover) and KGV 1d red punctured 'OS' - ½d convenience overpayment - tied by 'LIVERPOOL/NSW' cds, Sydney 'OPENED
BY CENSOR' violet/cream resealing label at left, minor blemishes. The sending presumably contained advice as to the whereabouts of named POWs, not internees; see also Lot 4809. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4802 |
PSE |
 1916 (May 9) usage of Registration Envelope KGV 4d orange with Orange Ornament on the Flap to "Harringtons Ltd" (Sydney
photographic supplies) with superb double-oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL/N.S.WALES' cachet with 'MAY 9 1916' dater added across the flap, KGV 1d red tied by 'LIVERPOOL/=NSW=' cds and red & black/white R label, poor 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW'
arrival backstamp, minor opening defects. See EFR at page 39. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4803 |
PSE |
 1916 (mid ?) printed Envelope with 'SERVICE...' & 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "H
Ottiger 12 Komp 10 Messe/Liverpool", to Germany with large sans-serif 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in rosine, a bit soiled. The sender had been a member of the crew of the SS
'Emden', destroyed by HMAS 'Sydney' off the Cocos Islands. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4804 |
PSE |
 1916 (mid ?) printed Envelope with 'SERVICE...' & 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "W
Wittrook/40 Comp VI Mess/GCC/Liverpool" with large sans-serif 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney both in violet, to "Lihue/via Honolulu/Hawaii/USA", minor soiling/toning. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4805 |
PSE |
 1916 (late) ? usage of printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "Lorenz
Winkler.../Liverpool I Komp IV Messe" to a German bank in "Calcutta/Indien" with light but largely clear strike of the oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL/C.../N.S.WALES' cachet (rated RR) & partial 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney both
in violet, on arrival redirected to "co Controller Hostelefarm [?]/WB" (= West Bengal), pinholes in the flap. Germans detained in Calcutta were sent to an internment camp at Darjeeling. Gary Diffen notes that all recorded examples of the oval cachet
are on undated mail. It helps that these Envelopes were introduced from -.5.1916. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4806 |
PSE |
 1916 (late) ? usage of printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "Herm Offigar GCC
Liverpool 10 Komp 10 Messe" to Germany with superb strike of the oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL/C.../N.S.WALES' cachet (rated RR) & partial 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney both in violet, light soiling/toning at the base. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4807 |
PSE |
 1916 (late) usage of printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "P Greb Liverpool
NSW/.../10 Komp 5 Messe" to a bank in "Bandjermasin/Borneo/via Java" with superb 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney both in violet, 'BATAVIA/6.1.17/+++' transit backstamp, central vertical
fold. Only 9 Germans from Borneo (Kalimantan) were interned, only six of them at Liverpool. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4808 |
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 1918 (Feb) printed Envelope with 'SERVICE...' with Exaggerated 'S's & 27mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE/ - ' (raised 'FREE') at
upper-right, endorsed on the flap "[name] Civilian Internee/German Concentration Camp/Liverpool.../13/1" with large sans-serif 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet unusually in bluish green & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in
violet, unsealed flap to ".../Ybytimi/Republica del Paraguay/South America", the reverse with fair Montevideo cds & 'BUENOS AIRES/27/MZO/1918' machine transits and 'CLASIFICATION/31MAR18/ASUNCION' machine arrival, light overall discolouration. A
remarkable destination. Ybitimi is a town about 250km SE of Asuncion. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4809 |
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 1918 (Nov 18) OHMS envelope with largely very fine strike of the 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ LIVERPOOL/No ......../N.S.WALES'
handstamp in violet at lower-right, to the Swiss Red Cross with Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die I punctured 'OS' (Cat $400 on cover) and KGV ½d green punctured 'OS' tied by 'LIVERPOOL/NSW' cds cancel, 'Civils/["M.B, 4901"]' partially-rouletted
black/blue label with manuscript in red ink affixed at lower-left probably in Switzerland, minor blemishes. The sending would have contained an advice as to the whereabouts of an internee, not a POW, as confirmed by the 'Civils' label. The rate was
apparently a special 3d tariff for such sendings, plus ½d War Tax (introduced 28.10.1918); compare Lot 4801 above. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4810 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES: Envelope and two Postal Cards with largely plain back (one with large break at lower-left of inner
circle of 'FREE' indicium) all with 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' at upper-right, minor faults and/or discolouration. Very scarce unused: probably retained by a POW after the camp was closed in 1920. (3) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4811 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES: 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right First Variant with sans-serif 'SENDER'S NAME
AND ADDRESS' on the flap, endorsed "G Boyser PoW Liverpool GC Camp/36d Comp 12th Mess", to London in mid-1916 with large 'RS Sands LIEUT/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in dull violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney unusually in black, unusually
fine. The two variants, without or with 'AND MESS' on the flap, are both recorded from -.3.1916. This First Variant is recorded 3.3.1916 to 19.5.1916 only. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4812 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES: 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right First Variant with sans-serif 'SENDER'S NAME
AND ADDRESS' on the flap, endorsed "W Steinbach Pris of War/GCC 20 Komp 5 Messe/Liverpool", used -.03.1916 to "Esperanto Weltbund (= Esperanto World Association) in Switzerland & on the face "Letter for enemy country enclosed" (most unusual on a POW
item), with large 'RS Sands LIEUT/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in dull blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in rosine, Geneva arrival backstamp of 14.IV/1916, light overall discolouration & minor bends. The two variants, without or with 'AND
MESS' on the flap, are both recorded from -.3.1916. This First Variant is recorded 3.3.1916 to 19.5.1916 only. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4813 |
PSE/D |
 POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES: 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right First Variant with sans-serif 'SENDER'S NAME
AND ADDRESS' on the flap, endorsed "Ad Frede PoW GCC Liverpool/21 Komp 8 Messe", to Germany with large sans-serif 'RS Sands LIEUT/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in rosine, Geneva arrival backstamp of
14.IV/1916, faint overall discolouration & minor bends. With the enclosed letter of 19.3.1916 to his sister on plain notepaper.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4814 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPES: 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right Second Variant with seriffed 'SENDER'S NAME,
COMPANY AND MESS' on the flap, endorsed on the flap "O Blau, officers quarters GCC Liverpool", to his wife in Sydney but endorsed by the censor "Over 150 words" and rejected, a couple of very minor blemishes. The two variants without/with 'AND MESS'
on the flap are both recorded from -.3.1916. The Second Variant is recorded to 27.4.1916 only, and is probably the scarcer type. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
