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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Baghdad under British Occupat continued...

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3601

1917 (4 Nov) cover from Basra to New York, franked with unoverprinted India 1/2a strip of five, tied by "Busra City" pmks, with violet censor handstamp below, large "Opened by Censor" label on back, cover wrinkles, 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)

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3602

SG 1,2,19

1917 cover franked with 1/4a on 2pa claret, 1/4a on 5pa dull purple and 1/a on 10pa gray green of Turkey, overprinted in black, tied by Baghdad 5.9.17 cds, addressed to an officer with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, with Advance Base 6.9.17 arrival pmk on back, faint red mark (censor?) on front, fine cover, with 1981 BPA certificate (Cat No. SG 1,2,19) (Image)

SOLD for $3,500.00
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3603

SG 17,21

1917 cover franked with 2a on 1pi ultramarine, used with 1a on 20p rose of Turkey, overprinted in black, tied by Baghdad 7.9.17 cds, addressed to an officer (financial advisor) at GHQ, faint (arrival?) pmks at left (Cat No. SG 17,21) (Image)

SOLD for $2,700.00
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3604

Postal Stationery. 1917 two stationery entire envelopes, 2a on 1pi dull blue, slightly different shades, canceled "Baghdad" (17 Sep) and (20 Sep), addressed to Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force or to GHQ, filing folds, fine-v.f., rare, with 1980 and 1982 BPA certificates (Image)

SOLD for $5,000.00
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN

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3605

1919 (Jan) cover from Aqaba to Cairo, franked with Hejaz 1/2pi scarlet, tied by bilingual EL-AKABA datestamp in black, with "Passed by Censor No.5" and Cairo (1 Feb 19) arrival on front, plus "Suez 2.II.19" pmk on back, fine and extremely rare cover, only a few examples recorded from Akaba during the Hejazi period. (During World War I, the Ottoman forces were forced to withdraw from Aqaba in 1917 after the Battle of Aqaba, led by T. E. Lawrence and the Arab forces of Auda Abu Tayi and Sherif Nasir. The capture of Aqaba allowed the British to supply the Arab forces. In 1918, Aqaba was officially incorporated into the Kingdom of the Hejaz. In 1925, Ibn Saud the ruler of Nejd gave up Aqaba to the British protectorate of Transjordan) (Image)

SOLD for $2,200.00
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LONG ISLAND

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3606

1916 (25 Jan) "On His Majesty's Service" envelope addressed to the Government Secretary at "H.M.S. Europa", at Mudros (Lt. Commander Lucach, later Sir Harry Luke), franked with seven stamps including 1/2d, 1d, 2 1/2d (two different colors), 4 1/2d, 6d and 1sh, canceled "Afon" 25.1.1916, fine and scarce (contemplated issue for the Holy Community situated on Mount Athos. In the winter of 1915-16, the Allies considered the occupation of the Holy Mountain and in anticipation, prepared a set of six stamps intended for issue on the 25th January, for use by the governing body of the Monastic Republic. They were designed by Lt.Cmdr Luke and printed in imperf. Sheets of 12, by a photographic process (similar to that used in Mafeking during the Boer War) aboard the H.M.Aircraft Carrier "Ark Royal" The 1948 edition of the Robson Lowe Encyclopedia raises two points of interest with these stamps. They bore currencies of three different languages and alphabets (English, Cyrillic and Greek) and were produced during war on a naval vessel) (Image)

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3607

SG 12

1916 (13 May) cover franked with "One Penny" canceled by blue "N 13 May 16" crayon, addressed to Cardiff, with hand drawn Censored box, London, 26 May transit pmk alongside, v.f. cover with the rare blue "N" (for North) postmark, cat. £3300 (Cat No. SG 12) (Image)

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SOLD for $1,500.00
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3608

SG 12

1916 (19 May) cover (with letter of contents) franked with "One Penny" canceled by red "S 19 May 16" crayon, addressed to an officer with Royal Naval Division at Mudros, minor cover faults, with penciled calculations on front (sender is complaining about an unpaid canteen bill, etc.) cat. £3300 (Cat No. SG 12) (Image)

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SOLD for $1,400.00
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3609

Postal Stationery. 1916 "G.R.I. Long Island One Penny", typewritten over Egyptian 5m stationery entire envelope, canceled by red "S 12 May 16" crayon, addressed to an officer aboard "H.M.S. Edgar" at Mudros, endorsed "Fleet letter", fine and incredibly rare postal stationery entire from Long Island ("H.M.S. Edgar" was a first class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She served on the China Station, and in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign) (Image)

SOLD for $1,900.00
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NAURU

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3610

1916 British Occupation, two registered covers from Pleasant Island (Nauru) to England and Australia, franked with N.W.P.I. 6d and 2sh, each cover with a provisional Registry handstamp and "Censored" in violet, transit and arrival pmks, some toning, otherwise fine (Image)

SOLD for $525.00
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3611

1-15

1917-18 (British Occupation of German Marshall Islands), five covers with "Nauru" overprints, sent from Pleasant Island, one to USA, others to Switzerland, including registered and censored covers with 2sh6p and 5sh, another with single 10sh franking, tied by departure cds, with censor cachets and arrival markings, v.f. (Cat No. 1-15) (Image) (image 3611a) (image 3611b)

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SOLD for $1,200.00
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3612

1922 (7 Dec) cover franked with single 2p orange, tied by "P.O.Nauru Pleasant Island" departure cds, sent from the British Phosphate Commission on the island (backflap imprint) to its office in Sydney ("The British Phosphate Commission" backflap imprint), fine and scarce commercial usage from Nauru (The British Phosphate Commission was a joint Australian, British and New Zealand company who managed extraction of phosphate from Christmas Island, Nauru, and Ocean Island from 1920-1981) (Cat No. 4) (Image)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE

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3613

1918 cover from Jaffa to Egypt, franked with 1pi dark blue, sheet margin single, tied by APO SZ45 (5 Mar 1918), triangular censor cachet at left, Cairo transit and Hilwan (8.III.18) arrival backstamps, backflap missing, cover creases away from the stamp, (Cat No. 1) (Image)

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SOLD for $1,100.00
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3614

1919 Telegram, written in Arabic on a form specially printed for the OETA (Occupied Enemy Territory Administration Palestine - Telegraphs), "Jaffa O.E.T.P.A. 8 Nov.19" cancel, fine and rare (Image)

SOLD for $525.00
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3615

Military Mail. 1917 (22 Dec) cover with APO SZ 44, sent from Jerusalem to Breda, Netherlands, violet triangular censor cachet and large "S" in circle, backflap missing, fine and early example of civilian mail sent free via the Army Post Office to Europe (Since Palestine was a battleground for nearly a year, there was virtually no civilian mail. Once the front moved north however, a postal service was established and for a three-month period starting in December 1917, both military and civilian mail was handled free of charge at the APOs) (Image)

SOLD for $1,100.00
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3616

Military Mail. 1917-18 collection of 13 covers or cards written-up on exhibit pages, showing early markings, such as Field Post Office M.D.1 (19 Apr 1917) sent by a member of ANZAC Mounted Division from Deir-el-Balah in the Gaza strip, others used later from Army Post Office SZ14 and FPO 181 to England, Field Post Office 30 (Tel Asur), Field Post Office D.M.2 (Australian Mounted Division of the Desert Mounted Corps north of the Dead Sea advancing toward Es Salt), 1st Aust, L.H.Bde Field P.O. (Austrian Light Horse Brigade at Jericho), Army Post Office SZ44 (Jerusalem), SZ45 (Jaffa), SZ32 (Bir Salem), various destinations, different types of Censor markings, frankings, etc., fine and valuable collection (Image) (image 3616a) (image 3616b) (image 3616c) (image 3616d) (image 3616e) (image 3616f) (image 3616g)

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SOLD for $4,250.00
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3617

Military Mail. 1918 (21 Sep) "O.A.S." cover to Mandalay, Burma, with "F.P.O. No.31" Registry label, franked on back with I.E.F. 2a magenta, sent through Indian FPO 31 at Kantara in the Egyptian Sinai, manuscript endorsement "From Palestine written 10-9-18 on which day Allenby broke thro' the Turkish line". Presumably sent by a solder without FPO and forwarded to Kantara for processing, Postage was free, but 2 annas stamp required to pay for registry fee, with Mandalay (26 Oct) arrival, boxed censor handstamp on front, some toning, signed Nakri. A fine cover, with elusive FPO registry label (Image)

SOLD for $2,100.00
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3618

Military Mail. 1918-20 three registered letters from Army Post Office SZ17, SZ27 and FPO No.20, showing different kinds of postage that was used in Palestine at the time, including mixed Egyptian and British franking, E.E.F. Mandate on British and Indian stationery entire envelopes, addressed to England or Egypt, different censor and Registration markings, scarce (Image)

SOLD for $1,100.00
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Transvaal

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3619

1901 British Forces in Transvaal, selection of 13 covers and cards, showing Army Post Office Standerton, Heidelburg, Rustenburg (with cover franked with "V.R." handstamped 1/2p and 1p (2) sent to England), registered stationery entire envelope with V.R.I. franking, sent from Johannesburg to London, Imperial Military Railways cover to New Zealand, various Army Post Office markings from Klerksdorp, Pretoria, Springfontein, E.R.I. overprints, censored mail, fine (Image) (image 3619a) (image 3619b) (image 3619c) (image 3619d)

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SOLD for $2,200.00
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ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland

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3620

1898 The Kaiser visits the Holy Land, one-frame (16 pages) exhibit commemorating Kaiser Wilhelm's trip, with 30 covers, cards and picture postcards, including "Gruss aus Venedig" depicting the "Hohenzollern" at San Marco Harbor, cards at sea along with two cruisers, stops at Constantinople, arrival in Jaffa, cards used from both German and Austrian Post Offices, Haifa, special "Souvenir of Haifa" cards, "Grus Aus Jerusalem" cards, one with "Camp Imperial Jerusalem" trilingual postmark, others showing various Churches, visit to Cairo, Beirut, markings during the voyage back, etc. (Image) (image 3620a) (image 3620b) (image 3620c) (image 3620d) (image 3620e) (image 3620f) (image 3620g) (image 3620h) (image 3620i) (image 3620j) (image 3620k) (image 3620l) (image 3620m) (image 3620n) (image 3620o)

SOLD for $1,200.00
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