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Postal History - World War I POW Camps - NSW - Liv continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description Estimate in AU$'s
4835 cPSE imageINDIA: 1915-16 three different printed POW Postal Cards all of the multiple-advice type, two to "Julius Blau & Sons/...Sydney", the others to "Ernst Blohfels/Prisoner of War/Concentrations [sic] Camp/Liverpool NSW", the earliest lacking a POW heading from the tiny internment camp at "Kalapahar/near Darjeeling" with KGV ½a x2 tied by 'JALAPAHAR/7APR15' cds, the others with 'AHMEDNAGAR/20ON15' (month slug inverted) & 'Frohliche Weimachten/Prosit Neujahr' (= Merry Christmas, Happy New Year) cachet in violet, or 'AHMEDNAGAR CAMP PO/29SE16' cds, minor imperfections. A scarce trio to Australia. See EFR page 26. (3) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4836 c imageJAPAN: 1917 PPC ('The Pier of Yokohama') with POW heading, from an uninterned German "per Tang Maru" to "F Lacks/38.12/Liverpool" with 'YOKOHAMA/12.6.17/JAPAN' distorted cds in violet & censor cachet in purple, huge 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' cachet in violet, minor blemishes. Ex Julius Blau Hoard: sold at our auction of 21.11.1995 for $319. The message states "...sending you again 2 Books..." See EFR at page 52. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4837 PSE imageJAPAN: 1917 printed POW Envelope with double-boxed '.../NINOSHIMA' at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "Linus Golz Ober... Artillerist", to "Kurt Baedelt/in Sidney [sic]/Gefangenenlager" (= POW Camp) with Japanese language cds of '6.9.17' on the reverse, censor cachet in rosine & very fine 'han' in scarlet, black/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label but no Australian markings. On Ninoshima Island near Hiroshima, opened in 1917, housing about 550 German soldiers captured at Kiautschou China. See EFR at page 55. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4838 c imageJAPAN: 1918 Japanese PPC of Attendees at the Exhibition with woodcut 'DEUTSCHE AUSSTELLUNG BANDO/[German flag]/1918/...' (= Bando Exhibition, the Chinese characters below = Exhibition of Captives' Art), to "K Bottger/36.5/GCC/Liverpool" with Japanese-language cds of 7.3.27 & huge bilingual censor cachet in rosine, boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in violet. The camp was established in -.4.1917, near Naruto on the island of Shikoku, housing about 1000 German Forces captured after the Siege of Tsingtau China. See EFR at page 77. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4839 c imageJAPAN: 1918 Japanese PPC with POW heading, from an uninterned German to "F Lacks/Mess 38.12/ Concentration Camp/Liverpool" with message headed "Sagiyama 31.1.18" & boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/YOKOHAMA POST OFFICE' cachet in violet, boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in violet. See EFR at page 61. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4840 c imageNETHERLANDS: 1915 (Nov 17) cover with 5c x2 tied by 'UTRECHT' cds to "Priv AAC Commelin/17th Batj 6th Reinf/Liverpool NSW" with 'LIVERPOOL MILITARY CAMP/4JA16/=NSW=' cds on the face, huge 'UNCLAIMED' cachet in blue & boxed 'REBUT/Non reclamé' cachet in violet, apparently forwarded under cover to England where black/white censor label applied, 'LIVERPOOL/24SE/16/RLO' & 'RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/24FE/16/ LIVERPOOL' cds also on the face, minor bends. Something of an enigma. During WWI, the Dutch were neutral. However, some were mistakenly interned for having "German-sounding" names. The only such item we have recorded. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4841 c imageNEW GUINEA: 1917 (Nov 17) plain envelope endorsed on the flap "K Hurking, Rabaul/co New Guinee [sic] Co" with KGV NWPI 1d red (largely removed by the censor) tied by one of two strikes of the 'RABAUL/-.-' cds, to "Hermann Becker/German Concentration Camp/Liverpool", violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label of Sydney, unusually with no camp marking but endorsed "22/4" (= compound & mess), light overall soiling/toning. Ex Julius Blau Hoard: sold at our auction of 21.11.1995 for $522. Karl Hurking was a plantation manager. He had been interned but was paroled & returned to New Guinea to assist with plantation management. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4842 c imageNEW ZEALAND: 1916 (Nov 2) OHMS cover with 'INTERNMENT CAMP/COMES ISLAND NZ' imprint at lower-left and typed "From Prisoner of War/Free" at upper-left, to "Heinrich Renners/Late III Officer SS Stolzenfels/German Concentration Camp/Liverpool..." with 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' cachet at upper-right, 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet at lower-right and endorsed "HR 13-XI-16" (date of receipt), the flap damaged & small fault at upper-left. Full of character. Ex Julius Blau Hoard: sold at our auction of 21.11.1995 for $770. See EFR at page 46. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4843 PSE imageNEW ZEALAND: 1917 printed 'PRISONERS OF WAR CORRESPONDENCE' Postal Card with boxed 'POST FREE' at upper-right, multi-advice form on the reverse with imprint showing 2000 were printed in -.7.1917, endorsed "Somes Island/10 Dezember 1917/H Pernien", to "Ludwig Pernien/Germ Conc Camp NSW/Liverpol [sic]", 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' cachet in violet but no Australian markings ("13/6" is probably his compound & mess), faint blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4844 PSE imageNORWAY: 1919 (Feb 5) 10o Postal Card from 'VARDO' to a woman at "St Andrews Hotel/Nuwara Eliya (Blackpool)/Ceylon" with very worn 'PASSED/COLOMBO/CENSOR' cachet in violet, 'NUWARA ELIYA/18MR19' cds & redirected to "Camp of Detention/Negombo" then to "German Concentration Camp/Liverpool" but with no evidence of arrival in NSW. The message is a request from the Postassistant at Vardo, Norway's most north-easterly town (further east than Istanbul!), to exchange stamps and postcards. See EFR at page 67. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4845 c imageSINGAPORE: 1915 (Apr 16) stampless Dutch PPC with POW endorsement to "Herrn S Brenneske POW/Commandant Prisoner of War/through Assistant Censor/Postoffice Singapore/..." with Amsterdam machine, forwarded under cover to NSW with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet in violet of Sydney, no camp marking but probably sent to Liverpool, small fault at upper-left. On 27.1.1915, Indian troops in Singapore mutinied against the British. Some Germans interned at Tanglin Barracks joined them. The British had to call on their Japanese & Russian allies to suppress the rebellion! 47 of the mutineers were publicly executed. The German internees were sent to Australia. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4846 c imageSINGAPORE: 1915 Thursday Island PPC with message headed "Thursday Island 9.IV.15" with Kangaroo ½d (damaged) & KGV 1d red tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 1 /19AP15/QUEENSLAND' cds, to Germany but sent first to Sydney where boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet in violet applied. The message states "...I am on the way to Australia after 5 months internment in Singapore...My address will be "A Sievers Prisoners of War from Singapore Sydney". Remarkable proof of the transfer of Germans after the Singapore Mutiny of January-February 1915. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4847 PSE imageSOUTH AFRICA - NATAL: 1917 (June 15) & 1918 (Mar 20) flimsy printed POW Envelopes with boxed 'No/Stamp/Required' and trilingual POW cachet in red or black, to different POWs at Liverpool, with different 'PIETERMARITZBURG' cds, some wrinkling & blemishes. See EFR at page 62. (2) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4848 PSE imageSPAIN - CANARY ISLANDS: 1916 (Oct 16) usage of 10c Postal Card with message in German headed "Las Palmas", to "Claus H Waller/German Concentration Camp 6 Comp 3 Messe/Liverpool near Sydney" with large-part 'PUERTO DE LA [CRUZ]' cds cancel & 'LAS PALMAS/CANARIAS' cds at lower-left, 'CENSORED/ RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet, insignificant imperfections. An extraordinary origin/destination item. See EFR at page 45. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4849 PSE imageSWITZERLAND: 1917 (Sep 18) printed POW Envelope with 'Croix Rouge Suisse/Pro captivis/...' imprint at upper-left from 'BERN/FIL KIRCHENFELD' to 'German Chief of the Prisoners of War Camp/at "Liverpool/ Camp Syd"/England' where forwarded & endorsed in red "For President/L'pool", 'CENSORED/RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet and endorsed in blue pencil "The President/Camp Committee", minor blemishes & opened a little roughly. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
Postal History - World War I POW Camps - NSW - Tri
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description Estimate in AU$'s
4850 PSE image1915 usage of Kangaroo 1d Postal Card with 'SERVICE...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, family message headed "Trial Bay Detention Barracks/...October 6th 1915" & signed on the face "Wm K Braenning", to Germany with Sydney & British POW censor cachets, trivial blemishes. Very early mail from Trial Bay, believed to be from a German originally interned in Singapore. See EFR at page 126. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4851 c image1915 PPC with 'SERVICE...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, message headed "Trial Bay Detention Barracks" & dated "21st Dec 1915", to Singapore/SS" with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' & boxed Sydney cachet in violet, Singapore arrival cds of '10FE16'. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4852 c image1916 PPC with inset photograph of the sender with 'SERVICE...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, endorsed on the face "Erwin Lehren Krauss/.../Trial Bay" & the message dated "25.2.16", to Germany with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' & boxed Sydney cachet in violet & superb 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in rosine, light toning on the face. An unusual item. See EFR at page 136. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4853 c image1916 stampless envelope endorsed on the flap "A Sandmann/Prisoner of war/Trial Bay Detention Bks" with deformed 'SERVICE...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, sent unsealed to the Philippines with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in blue & boxed Sydney cachet in rosine, American-pattern 'MANILA PI/JUN27/1915/RECD' arrival backstamp. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM
4854 c image1916 stampless envelope endorsed on the flap "Bennik Trial Bay" with deformed 'SERVICE...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, to China with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in blue & boxed Sydney cachet in rosine, British Post Offices 'CANTON/JY14/16' arrival backstamp, light central stain. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM

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