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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in the Turkish Empire continued...

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6181

Military Mail. 1919-23 collection of eight covers or cards, neatly written-up on exhibit pages, showing military and civilian mail sent through the British APOs in Constantinople to England, USA, also 1922-23 Military Post Offices No.11, 12, 14 and 15 (these were established during the war between Greece and Turkey), also cover from Russia (RSFSR) addressed to a British Captain at GHQ of the Allied Occupation Forces in Constantinople (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images)

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6182

Military Mail. 1920 (7 July) Army Post Office TPO1, "On Service Abroad" cover to England, roughly opened at top, fine. (To carry mail for British Occupation troops after the end of WWI, a traveling post office was placed in operation between Haidar-Pasha and Konia, later extended to Eskishehr and Afion Kirahissar, intended to serve scattered detachments and small parties of officers stationed in the hinterland of Western Anatolia) (Image)

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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in China

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6183

1901 (18 Jan) 1/2a C.E.F. stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with 1a and 3pi C.E.F. overprinted adhesives, tied by F.P.O. No.1 single ring pmks, sent from Peking (Legation Gate) addressed to Mecklenburg, fine (Image)

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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia

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6184

1919 five covers, cards, parcel cards with E.E.F. franking, used from Adana, Mersine and Tarsus, used locally or to Italy and USA, one with "Controle Postal Militaire Mersina/Cilicie" censor hs, mixed condition, scarce group of mail from Cilicia franked with E.E.F. stamps (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images)

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6185

Military Mail. 1919 (21 Feb) registered cover franked with seven different EEF stamps, tied by Army Post Office SZ50 cds, addressed to a Major Beaumont in Cairo, additional departure pmk on back, along with Field Post Office and Army Post Office SZ10 arrival markings, cover severed between stamps, restored, fine appearance. Examples from British Army Post Office SZ50 are very elusive, having been replaced by Indian FPOs early in 1919 (Image)

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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Greece

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6186

1923 (16 Aug) cover to England, with "Ministry of Marine British Naval Mission Athens" corner cachet, four Greek adhesives tied by Athens departure pmks, violet Marine Ministry cachet at bottom, rare usage from a member of a British Naval Mission sent to aid the Greeks in their conflict with the Turks in Asia Minor (Image)

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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Italy

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6187

1918-20 collection of 13 covers and cards neatly described on exhibit pages, variety of Army Post Office markings, including APO L.1,L.2, L.3 (servicing Arquata, Tortona and Genova), Naval Balloon Station (Brindisi), Naval Transport Office/Spezia, Genoa, Trieste, Venezia, Civitavecchia, also Field Post Office F.D.1, variety of censor cachets, British Red Cross Order of St. John, On Active Service, Naval Transport Office and other markings, splendid representation (at the time of the Armistice, the British Army had three divisions on the Italian Front. Most of those troops were demobilized, but some remained in Italy to complete various military activities) (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images)

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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Romania

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6188

1919 (26 Sep) picture postcard (of the port), mailed from Galatz, endorsed "On Active Service" to London, sent by a seaman off "H.M.S. Senator", via Naval pouch to London, "Received from HM Ship No Charge to be Raised" handstamp (Image)

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GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Serbia

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6189

1915-19 selection of 30 covers or cards, few on exhibit pages, Military Post Br.68 and Army Post Office markings, also British Detachment Corfu, British Salonica Force, Serbian Relief Fund, Registered mail, covers addressed to London, one to Khyber Rifles via Peshawar, India, British Red Cross Society, censor markings, mixed condition (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN

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6190

Military Mail. 1920 (20 Oct) picture postcard from Hodeida to Scotland, short message "Don't know how long we will be here, will write soon", censored by officer at bottom, bold F.P.O. No.330 pmk, fine and very rare, only a few pieces of mail from this Field Post Office have been recorded, this one being the latest recorded date (Image)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA

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6191

1918-19 Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia, scrap book with 130+ contemporary, mostly Canadian, unused photo picture postcards, showing arrival and departure of troops, native scenes, interior shots of Russian churches, Japanese ships and troops, Czechoslovak soldiers, landscapes, etc., mixed condition, some tape-damage, mostly fine, very scarce (Image)

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6192

1918-19 Canadian Expeditionary Force in North Russia, exhibit page with two covers to Nova Scotia and Ontario, first one (heavily restored), with "Army Post Office P.B.1" (Murmansk), "X3" censor mark (one of only 3 (!) recorded), the second showing Army Post Office P.B.2 (Archangel) departure pmk, censored "PC8 Hospital Ship" ("HMS Kalyan"), each with "On Active Service" or "OAS" endorsement, extensive cover wear, rare (Image)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Canadian Expeditionary Force

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6193

1919 (8 May) large piece of parcel addressed to Toronto, boxed "Passed by Censor" and faint Registry box markings, also "Field Post Office Canadian Siberian Exp. Force.", used by a member of the Canadian Gun Company in Vladivostok, one of only 3-4 examples known (Image)

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6194

1919 (25 Feb) picture postcard to England, with a good strike of "Field Post Office Canadian Siberian Exp.Force", used by a British soldier, fine (Image) (Image 2) (All Images)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ - Baghdad under British

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6195

1917 (4 Nov) cover from Basra to New York, franked with unoverprinted India George V 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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6196

1918 (19 May) cover to London, franked with unoverprinted India George V 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)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN

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6197

1921 (June) registered cover to Switzerland, franked with four overprinted EEF stamps, tied by negative Amman pmks, with the very elusive Registry label below, Jerusalem transit and Bern arrival pmks on back (Image)

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6198

Military Mail. 1919 (14 Feb) "OS" cover to England, with bold "Field Post Office C.12" pmk, sent by a member of the 12th Cavalry Brigade, which operated in Daraa, located in the Jordan valley, about 30 miles east of the Sea of Galilee. This cover represents the only recorded example of the use of this marking (as the Allied troops moved to occupy former Ottoman territories in the Palestine area, a small detachment was ordered to advance into what became designated as Transjordan) (Image)

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LONG ISLAND

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6199

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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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAFIA ISLAND

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6200

SG M33-42

1916 Indian Expeditionary Forces set of ten to 1r, overprinted "G R Post Mafia" in greenish black, the entire set canceled on unaddressed cover by "Mafia 19 Nov 16" cds, fine-v.f., scarce (catalogued as used off cover) cat. £2750 (Cat No. SG M33-42) (Image)

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