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GREAT BRITAIN British Offices Abroad - Salonica continued...

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Lot Description

3581

Military Mail. 1918 cover and card to England, with Army Post Office S.X.1 (6 Dec) and Field Post Office G.X. (11 Dec), each with censor handstamp, fine usages from British Forces in Salonika (Image)

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN

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3582

Occupation Issues. 1915 (Turkey maintained garrison troops in Yemen and on 2 July 1915, crossed the Aden border and advanced on Lahej, whose Sultan was loyal to the British. A military column was sent to his assistance. After a disastrous march, they reached Lahej but were unable to contest the Turkish advance and withdrew, leaving the unfortunate sultan behind to die in the ruins of his palace). In the absence of standard postal supplies, a negative seal was improvised as a franking postmark at Lahej during the occupation period. Cover (slightly defective and repaired) with triangular handstamp in violet struck on both sides, illustrated in the Coles & Walker and Passer's handbooks (Image) (image 3582a)

SOLD for $475.00
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ - Turkish Administration

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3583

1900-17 collection on 10 exhibit pages, showing various post offices throughout the Ottoman Mesopotamia, with 15 covers or cards, used from Bagdad, Afchar, Divanie, Hille, Hanekin, Herye Bachi, Kerbela, Kiazime, Kouffa (Nedjef), Sehriban (Chehriban), Mosul, Basra, Amara, plus many other stamps on pieces, showing rare postmarks (Bakouba, Filodja, Hadice, Hit, Kut-al-Amara, Mendeli, Nedjef, Remadie, Samira, Erbil, Tschemdjemal, Touz Hourmato, Zakho and others). Also included are examples of Military Field Post showing markings of Iraq Headquarters No.1, etc. An extraordinary collection of rare markings, Registry and Censored mail, many listed in Coles & Walker as "very rare" or unlisted at all (the only recorded example of the "Sehriban" pmk) (Image) (image 3583a) (image 3583b) (image 3583c) (image 3583d) (image 3583e) (image 3583f) (image 3583g) (image 3583h) (image 3583i)

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SOLD for $7,500.00
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3584

1916 cover franked on reverse with 1pi ultramarine, canceled by negative "NEDJEF" all-Arabic cancel, showing transit markings of Kirmanshah (17.I.15), Teheran (12.III.16), Meched (25.III.16), and others, fine cover with the very elusive all-Arabic pmk, signed Nakri (Image) (image 3584a)

SOLD for $1,100.00
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3585

Military Mail. 1918 fieldpost cover and card, the former free-frank, sent to Samsoun from a member of Mosul Gendarme Regiment on 23 Sep 1918, with circular marking and Star & Crescent, arrival pmk on back; the card is franked with 25pi carmine, tied by cds, sent (9 July) to a member of the 6th Army via the fieldpost office in Mosul, fine (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
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3586

Military Mail. 1918 20pa stationery card sent by an officer with the First Expeditionary Force Headquarters in RAYAT to Istanbul, clear bilingual "Rayat" departure pmk, circular HQ unit mark and arrival pmks alongside, signed Nakri (rated as "very rare" by Coles & Walker) (Image)

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ - Mesopotamia

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Lot Description

3587

1915-21 collection of 19 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, starting with covers with Indian franking used from Busrah to Bombay and to Switzerland, 1917 cover addressed to Lt. Pearson, Indian Army, Burma Infantry, with "Reported Missing, Return to Sender" handstamp, 1918 registered cover from the French Consulate in Basra to Egypt, with Consular Diplomatic cachets, 1919 registered cover from Marshalls Bridge to USA, registered cover to Canada, with handstamp of "Director Postal Services, Iraq & Persia Line of Communications", military Fieldpost from Mosul and Kirkuk, with "OAS" markings and "M" censor marks, etc., mixed condition (Image) (image 3587a) (image 3587b) (image 3587c) (image 3587d) (image 3587e) (image 3587f) (image 3587g) (image 3587h) (image 3587i) (image 3587j)

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SOLD for $3,750.00
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3588

1916 (24 Nov) registered One Anna "Soldiers' and Seamen's Envelope" canceled "Base Office D/I.E.F.", with additional franking 4a I.E.F. block of 4x4a (lower right stamp variety "I.B.F." for "I.E.F."), sent from Basra to Bombay, red "Passed by Censor D" and Bombay arrival pmk (Image)

SOLD for $1,800.00
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3589

1916-17 selection of five covers or cards, four with I.E.F. overprinted adhesives, Base Office "D" censor markings, addressed to England or India, plus registered cover with unoverprinted India George V adhesives, sent from "The Eastern Bank" in Basrah to Paris, some faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. (Image) (image 3589a)

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SOLD for $1,300.00
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3590

1918 (19 May) cover to London, franked with unoverprinted India 1/2a pair, tied by "Advanced Base M.E.F." pmk, with censor handstamp below, cover roughly opened at top, upper left corner missing, otherwise fine ("Baghdad" overprints were quickly sold out, forcing the postal authorities to revert to the use of Indian stamps, which remained in use until September 1, 1918) (Image)

CLOSED
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3591

Military Air Post. 1917 two "On Active Service" covers, first with "Royal Flying Corps I.E.F./ "D" datestamp, addressed to England, "Opened Under Marshal Law" censor label on back, F.P.O. No.55 and "Passed Censor D" markings. The second cover (Royal Flying Corps Crest and "Per Ardua.Ad Astra" motto on backflap) bears "Basra Base" Registry label, "Passed Base D Censor" cachet, franked on back with I.E.F. 2a George V, tied by Base Office D/IEF pmk, with London (4 Dec 1917) arrival, minor faults (a small number of aircraft and men of the Royal Flying Corps (the predecessor of the RAF) were assigned to the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Corps (Image)

SOLD for $1,700.00
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3592

Military Air Post. 1919 (24 Feb) cover endorsed "On Field Service Per Aerial Mail Baghdad-Cairo", carried on Baghdad-Cairo survey flight of 31st Wing, R.A.F., showing "POSTAL SERVICE, M.E.F./AERIAL MAIL, BAGHDAD-CAIRO / BY 31 ST. WING. R.A.F. MESOPOTAMIA" cachet in magenta cancelled by F.P.O. (24 Feb 19), Army Post Office SZ10 (1 Mar 19) cds, finally to England, with Spetschley Mar 1919 arrival, rare (Image)

SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

3593

Military Air Post. 1919 (9 Jan) Field Service India card endorsed "By Aeroplane", carried on the military flight from Baghdad to Delhi, showing "POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F./AERIAL POST BAGHDAD-DELHI/PER/HANDLEY-PAGE AEROPLANE" cachet in red-violet, Indian "F.P.O. 55" cds alongside, another cachet "CARRIED BY AERIAL MAIL / BAGHDAD-DELHI / JANY. 1919" in violet, Delhi and Agra arrival cds, fine, (Image)

SOLD for $4,000.00
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3594

Military Air Post. 1923 postcard and cover, the latter flown 26 March 1923, with special cachet "General Head Quarters British Forces in Iraq Air Mail" (reserved for use by high ranking personnel at HQ, in this case by General Lucas, director of Stores and Transport), the former with oval "Air Mail Center Hinaidi 1 Oct 1923" datestamp and bearing endorsements "By Official Air Mail Baghdad-Shaibah", pilot signed, scarce lot (Image)

SOLD for $2,100.00
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3595

Military Mail. 1915 (31 July) unfranked cover to England, with large rectangular "Passed by Censor 31 July 1915" datestamp, additional "Passed Censor D" at top, Bombay (28 Aug) transit on back, fine and uncommon Field Post letter from I.E.F. Force D (The Indian Expeditionary Force "D" was sent to Basra to safeguard the oilfields at Abadan and Mohammerah and to prevent the Central Powers from having access to the Gulf, as not to endanger the route between the United Kingdom and India) (Image)

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

3596

Military Mail. 1915-16 incoming mail, two covers from England, one to Captain Newcomb at the 2nd General Hospital, the other to Gunner Mundell of the Howitzer Battery, forwarded to Kut-al-Amara, after its capture by the British on 28 September, 1915. The Ottomans successfully counterattacked, besieged the city for 143 days (between 3 December 1915 and 29 April 1916), resulting in the surrender of approximately 13,000 British-Indian soldiers. Both covers bear "Undelivered Through Capitulation at Kut" handstamps, the first with additional "Prisoner of War Return to Sender" marking, possibly the only surviving example with both handstamps (The capture of Kut was a great victory for the Ottomans and a humiliating defeat for the British Empire. Kut ranks, alongside Yorktown (1781) and Singapore (1942), as one of the three most significant defeats of British Arms, described by Jan Morris, as "the most abject capitulation in Britain's military history") (Image)

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

3597

Military Mail. 1916 "On Active Service" cover addressed to India, with a perfect intaglio negative seal of "L.of C. I.E.F. D" (Line of Communications Indian Expeditionary Force), "Passed Censor D" handstamp alongside, Base Office and Bombay pmks on back, some cover faults, but all markings intact, one of only two examples recorded (Image)

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

3598

Military Mail. 1917 (17 Jan) cover with letter ("Army YMCA of India Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force") endorsed "Poste Militaire" and "On Active Service", addressed to Marseille, red "Passed Censor D", sent through Indian FPO 34 at Amara, with corresponding departure and arrival pmks (Image)

SOLD for $500.00
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3599

Military Mail. 1918 (12 Apr) On Active Service cover to India, red "Passed Censor D" on front, oval "Base Supply Office Mess. Ex. Force" datestamp, sent from FPO 329 at Magi, near Basra, with "2nd Desp Base Office I.E.F." pmk and "Feroke P.O." arrival pmk (Image)

SOLD for $190.00
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Baghdad under British Occupat

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3600

1917 prepared but unissued, 1/4a on 4pa sepia, 1/4a on 5pa purple, 1/4a on 6pa deep blue, 1/2a on 10pa green, 1/2a on 10pa green with pointed star, 1a on 20pa red, 2a on 40pa blue, the complete set of eight, unused without gum, fine-v.f., with seven 1965 BPA certificates and one 1975 Friedl certificate. When discovered that only small quantities of these stamps existed, the decision was made not to issue them at all. As a result, eight copies of each value were kept intact for distribution to high officials. The rest were destroyed. A veritable treasure of British Empire and Iraqi philately, ex-Marquis de Bute collection, one of perhaps only four complete sets of the unissued Baghdad overprints in private hands (mentioned but not listed in Gibbons) (Image) (image 3600a) (image 3600b) (image 3600c)

SOLD for $52,500.00
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