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Great Britain and British Commonwealth BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4351
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1920 (1 Feb) free-frank cover to India, with bold F.P.O. No.330 pmk, fine and rare (because of the Arab uprising against the Turks in Hejaz, Yemen was not considered to be important enough to warrant attention of the Allies during the war. However, in 1919-20, a small contingent of Indian troops was there pending the selection of the new ruler) (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:12:06 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4352
Symbol: e
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)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 450.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:12:28 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4353
Symbol: e
1920 (15 Oct) large envelope endorsed "OFS" (On Field Service), addressed to London, with "FPO 324" dated pmk and violet "Orderly Room Yemen Infantry" hs alongside, filing folds and toning, otherwise fine. This is probably the only recorded military mail from the 1st Yemen Infantry (likely in Sanaa, which did not have its own field post office), sent through FPO 324, located at Sheikh Othman in the Aden Protectorate (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:12:41 EST
Sold For 450
Far Eastern Republic
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4526
Symbol: e
Cat No: N3
1920 (2 June) Japanese picture postcard sent to Harbin, franked with 5r on 5k claret, tied by Chita railway cancel, with arrival (11.6.20) alongside, overall toning, extremely rare usage (Cat No. N3) (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 11:30:09 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4527
Symbol: e
Cat No: N3,4
1920 (14 July) cover headed "Swedish Red Cross" in Chita, addressed locally to the representative of the German Red Cross, franked with surcharged Ataman Semenov 3x5r on 5k claret and single 10r on 70k brown & orange, tied by Chita departure pmks, minor cover flaws, rare usage, signed Mikulski (Cat No. N3,4) (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 11:31:18 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4528
Symbol: e
1921 (30 Jan) cover from Vladivostok to Constantinople, addressed to the agent of the Russian Volunteer Fleet in Galata, franked on reverse with 10k on 3.50r DVR overprint, tied by departure pmk, with transit markings of Shanghai (9 Feb), Port Taufiq (13.III), Alexandria (14.III) and arrival pmks, unusual destination (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 525.00
Sold...US$ 525.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 11:31:55 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4529
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1921-23 collection on exhibit pages, 14 covers or cards, showing registered mail from Vladivostok, provisional government stationery card to Austria, Anniversary overprints on registered covers to Latvia, another used locally, Chita issue on postcard from Pervaya Rechka to Hamburg, also a registered cover from Petrovski Zavod to Moscow, Diederichs issue, one to Shanghai, etc. (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 2,500.00
Sold...US$ 2,500.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 11:32:52 EST
Sold For 2500
GREAT BRITAIN Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4334
Symbol: e
1919 single frame (16 pages) exhibit entitled "The British Main Line Military Railway Post Office in Europe in 1919", showing 25 covers or cards (plus two photographs), all examples of mail from the British APOs transported by the BEF trains from soldiers in the Rhineland area of Germany, arriving in Boulogne, making stops at Duren, Namur, Charleroi, Valenciennes, Lille and Calais. There were Postal Markings involved, but many indicated "UP" or "DOWN" depending if the train was travelling East or West. A fine insight into this little known aspect of WWI British military Postal History (Image)
Est.US$750
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:04:58 EST
Sold For 1000
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Romania
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4349
Symbol: e
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)
Est.US$150
Opening US$ 140.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:11:04 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4350
Symbol: e
1919 cover and card, the latter inbound from Greece to a Lieutenant in the British Military Mission in Bucharest, with special negative seal, the former is a cover with the official cachet of the mission, bold "British Military Mission in Roumania" cachet, War Office and censor cachet, fine-v.f. (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 575.00
Sold...US$ 575.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:11:30 EST
Sold For 575
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4340
Symbol: e
1919 five covers, cards, parcel cards with E.E.F. franking, used from Adana, Mersine and Tarsus, used locally or to 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)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 450.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:07:12 EST
Sold For 0
Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4341
Symbol: e
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)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 450.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:07:27 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4342
Symbol: e
1919 four covers or cards, showing Field Post Office markings, including FPO C13, FPO 310, FPO 7 and FPO 97, used to England or Egypt, one with British and I.E.F. franking, the latter registered and censored, fine (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:08:22 EST
Sold For 900
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in China Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4338
Symbol: e
1927-39 nine covers with British or Chinese franking, showing usage from Field Post Office 1, YMCA Shanghai Defense Force corner card cachet, Registered "Field P.O." label, with "1" inserted by hand, "A.P.O.1" and "Army P.O.1" Registry labels on covers used in 1928 and 1939 from China to Scotland, cover from "Accounting Officer Yangtse Flotilla" at the Royal Navy Office in Hankow, 1938 "Royal Naval Mail Office Shanghai" covers, etc., fine (Image)
Est.US$750
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:06:04 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4339
Symbol: e
1928 Shanghai Defense Force, two postcards sent by members traveling on board "H.M.T. City of Marseilles" to China, one from Lata, the other from Suez, each with British franking canceled "Field Post Office 5" (Ted Proud listed as "not seen"), fine examples of "En Route Mail" (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:06:46 EST
Sold For 1000
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Greece
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4343
Symbol: e
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)
Est.US$150
Opening US$ 140.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:08:46 EST
Sold For 0
Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4344
Symbol: e
1917 (23 Sep) cover from Imbros in the Aegean, sent through the British censor office on Lemnos to the addressee in Zaqaziq, Egypt, with 1d British stamp canceled by "Base APO Z" at Alexandria and turned over to the civilian post office there on the following day, with arrival pmk, minor cover flaws on back, very unusual usage (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:09:04 EST
Sold For 425
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Italy
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4345
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
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)
Est.US$750
Opening US$ 700.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:09:23 EST
Sold For 0
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4346
Symbol: e
1919 registered cover to Cairo, franked with the complete set of 11 EEF stamps, tied by Beyrouth departure cds, "R" and "Recommande" handstamps, British and French Censor markings, Cairo arrival pmk on back, attractive cover (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 240.00
Sold...US$ 240.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:09:50 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4347
Symbol: e
1919 two covers with EEF franking, one from Tripoli to USA, the other from Beyrouth, registered to Switzerland, each with French censor markings, some wrinkles, otherwise fine (Image)
Est.US$250
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:10:17 EST
Sold For 250
Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4348
Symbol: e
1918-19 five covers or cards from British forces operating in Lebanon, markings include "Field Post Office H21", "Army Post Office SZ8" (Beirut) and "Army Post Office SZ9" (Tripoli), including registered letter to Cairo, censor markings, all written-up on exhibit pages, fine and scarce group of British Military mail from Lebanon (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:10:44 EST
Sold For 475
GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in the Turkish Empire
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4336
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1919-20 selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various Field Post Office markings, including FPO 83, 84, 85, Army Post Office Y, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Field Post Office H.12, D.28, used from Bostanji, Galata, various censor markings, different destinations, fine and interesting group (Image)
Est.US$1,000
Opening US$ 2,700.00
Sold...US$ 2,700.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:05:36 EST
Sold For 2700
Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4337
Symbol: e
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)
Est.US$150
Opening US$ 140.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:05:50 EST
Sold For 0
GREAT BRITAIN Channel Islands - Guernsey
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4335
Symbol: e
1918 (2 Feb) picture postcard (Jersey Court House) to France, datelined "Guernsey Service Aerienne", with "Escadrille D'Aviation Maritime de Guernsey" cachet, v.f. (primarily for the purpose of anti-submarine warfare, the British authorities allowed the French to establish a Seaplane base on Guernsey. It was short lived and modest operation) (Image)
Est.US$500
Opening US$ 525.00
Sold...US$ 525.00
Closed..Sep-11-2024, 10:05:20 EST
Sold For 525
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN Military Mail
Sale No: 0924
Lot No: 4615
Symbol: e
1900-19 balance of an exhibit on pages, showing 27 covers and cards used from British Intervention Forces in China during Boxer Rebellion, British Navy in the Baltics in 1919, including "OAS" card from Estonia, Naval Mail from Latvia, APO Y1 from Turkey, Italy, FPO No.11 from Sinho, China (faulty cover with Hong Kong and C.E.F. franking to India), FPO 9 (Yangtsun), FPO 5 (Shanghai), FPO 6 (Shanhaikuan), FPO1 (Peking), British Navy in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, including a postcard addressed to an "Observing Officer" of the non-intervention-board in Palermo, British Forces in Ethiopia, including mail from the Abyssinia Contingent, British Ambulance Service, British Forces Sudan, Albania, Dardanelles, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Austria, also a cover used 1901 from Pretoria to Port Elizabeth, all with detailed descriptions, mostly fine or better. An unusual opportunity to obtain a solid jumpstart for expansion, each item here is normally offered individually (Image)
