Worldwide Stamps & Postal History - Dec 2021 WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
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Lot No: 196
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1st AFGHAN WAR - EARLY NEWS FROM INDIA OF RANJIT SINGH & THE FALL OF CANDAHAR; 28 May 1839 EL (slight wear to one corner does not detract) from "Nagpore Residency" to Scotland charged "2/6"(?) with v. fine red boxed "NAGPORE/Paid" d.s. on the flap, plus faint red oval Bombay "INDIA" with fine green Falmouth "½" (Scots Mail Tax) both on the front. The long interesting contents give the latest news about the start of the Afghan Campaign and comments on Burma; "Runjeet [Singh - the Sikh ruler; 1780 - 27th June 1839] though a tough old soldier had undermined his constitution by hard drinking... by our last accounts received yesterday (the 23rd) they [the British forces] were within 6 marches of Candahar which they expected to reach in a few days without opposition. There is also a report current that Price Kumuran was moving from Merut to join us... The Burmese are quiet but not asleep - a strong force, that of Aieng is closely watched... Baggage Boats are to be built under the convenience name of Salt Boats... from Australians and Ceylon troops it is said are making for Madrass; all this looks warlike...". An important letter worthy of full transcription. Cross Reference: MILITARY, SCOTLAND, CORNWALL, AFGHANISTAN (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 197
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CRIMEAN WAR - RARE "ITALIAN LEGION" COVER - INGOING FROM G.B. TO MALTA; 7 Apr. 1856 env. (slight staining does not detract) from “ASHBOURNE” (Derbyshire; blue cds on reverse) to “Capt. J.K. Fitzherbert, 3rd Regt. British Italian Legion, Malta [en route to the Crimea]”; the 1d Red (tied by a light “28” Numeral) was insufficient (no 1d Concession rate to those with the rank of Captain), so this letter was treated as entirely unpaid and charged the full "1/-" rate. In 1855 Great Britain raised a British Italian Legion of five regiments of infantry, a British German Legion of eight regiments of light dragoons/infantry, and a British Swiss Legion of three regiments of light infantry; covers connected to any of these forces are rare. [At the end of the war, these soldiers were entitled to return to their country of origin at public expense, although some, fearing a hostile reception at home, settled in the Cape of Good Hope.] Cross Reference: MALTA, DERBYSHIRE, MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, ITALY (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 198
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WWI - EGYPT/MEDITERRANEAN EXP. FORCE - ALLIED UNITS' MAIL - N.Z., INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ETC.; 1915-23 covers/cards from the Allied Forces; Australian Imperial Force (1915 OAS to GB with Cairo "Army Base Details PO" cds), French forces (1916 Corps Ambulance cachet - ex France), NZ (1914/6 PCs pair ex Cairo to NZ with purple boxed Exp. Force d.s. or FPO cds), and Indian Forces (4 1915/8 OAS items + 1920 FPO/16 & 1945 OAS APO/440 machine). Plus British 1916/8 FPOs inc. registered, skeletons, and 1919 "PALESTINE/CENSORSHIP" study (inc. varied EEF stamped covers with regd. label with 2-ring "O.E.T.A. E.E.F./JERUSALEM" cds on R label, etc.). and some related ephemera and booklet "Il Distaccamento Italiano di Palestina" (1976) (with relevant article illustrating many of these items). [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (25 items) Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, PALESTINE, INDIA (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 199
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WWI + WWII - M.E.F. INDIAN F.P.O.s INC. BOXED "CANNOT IDENTIFY AS DESCRIBED", ETC.; 1917-42 covers/cards inc. 1917/8 Basra FPO/82 pair (inc. local PPC with FPO/372 cds), spectacular 1918 OAS env. ex FPO/363 with numerous cds (FPOs 25, 27, 55, etc.) and boxed "CANNOT IDENTIFY....", 1918 OAS env. to GB ex FPO/58, battered 1918 env. ex Palestine (1pi with APO skeleton; unusual square Censor label on reverse), 1919 pair of envs. ex GB to MEF Hospital but returned, one WWII cover to GB (RAF censor & long letter), and some related ephemera (with relevant article illustrating several of these items). [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (14 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, IRAQ (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 200
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WWII - PALESTINE - RED CROSS MESSAGE SCHEME FORMS & COVERS INC. ROSH PINNA CDS, ETC.; Remarkable 1940-45 study of this little-known part of the Message Scheme with unused (2) and used (5; 1940-44) "P.O.B. 1085, David Building, Jerusalem" (6) or "FOREIGN RELATIONS DEPT. PALESTINE" (1) imprints and varied censor marks; plus related internal Red Cross stampless envs. (4; with Jerusalem "POSTAGE PAID" or plain cds) inc. 1941 boxed purple Red Cross/Jerusalem cachet - one with fine rare July 1942 "ROSH PINNA/+" 2-ring cds - and 5 Palestine Red Cross franked envs. (1939/42 to Geneva/internal or 1943 to USA - latter with scarce Palestine Red Cross funds label. Plus 1941/4 trio of similar British/Belgian items. Plus Sept. 2019 London Philatelist article illustrating many of these items. [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (20 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, RED CROSS, PALESTINE (Image)
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Lot No: 201
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WWII - PALESTINE INTERNMENT CAMPS MAIL INC. POLICE & OTHER CENSOR MARKS; 1940-44 covers/cards inc. mail ex these little-known Civilian Internment Camps; 1940 PC to Hungary with oval "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT/Palestine Police" cachet (ex "PDC Sarafand" - Police Detention Camp?), 1943 usage of P. Stat. PC with "DETENTION CAMP/LATRUN" cachet (m/s address of "Camp 2"), same cachet on 1943 env. ex Latrun Camp 1, 1944 ingoing env. (stamp removed - by censor?) to "Camp No.1" ex Beirut, 1940 ingoing env. to "Perimeter Settlement, Waldheim" (with Police HQ censor mark on reverse) and a good range of related military covers/cards and some Camp correspondence (with relevant article illustrating several of these items, and A3 c50-page photocopied report on the Camps ex National Archives). [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (14 items) Cross Reference: PALESTINE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 202
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Cat No: Collection
WWII CENSORED MAIL, DETAINED MAIL, INTERNMENT MAIL, ETC: Selection of censored mail including Jun. 1941 env. (some damage) from Amsterdam to US, detained NY until 1945, Nov. 1944 Parcel acknowledgement card from Theresienstadt to Vienna, Sep. 1941 env. from Berlin to NY (sender Israel Bry), 28 May 1942 card from Jamaica Internment Camp to Buffalo, NY (German sailor), 17 Dec. 1941 card from Canadian Civilian Internee (Ilag VIII) to GB, 3 Mar. 1941 env. GB to Greece with British & Egyptian censor tapes and "RETURN TO SENDER" cachet, etc. Various other censored covers from a variety of origins. (20 cards/covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 203
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Cat No: Collection
WWII CENSOR MAIL, SERVICE SUSPENDED, UNDERCOVER MAIL, ETC: Group which includes 12 Dec. 1941 env from France to PO Box 506, Lisbon (undercover address) with British censor tape, also marked "BR" in blue crayon, 6 Feb. 1941 env. from London to Belgrade with "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" cachet, 7 Nov. 1941 env. from Fiji to California with both Fiji? & US censor marks/tape, 1941 env. from Br. Honduras to NY with Br. Honduras censor tape, etc. plus a variety of other censored covers originating in Holland, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Palestine, South Africa, Bermuda, Aden, Jamaica, etc. (20 covers)Cross Reference: UNDERCOVER MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 204
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Cat No: Collection
WWII UNDERCOVER MAIL, CENSOR MAIL, FAROES, ETC: Group of 20 WWII period covers including 27 Nov. 1940 'undercover' env. from Belgium to PO Box 506, Lisbon having both German & British censor marks/tape, 1940s (date unclear) cover ex GB to Faroes with GB 2d & ½d stamps cancelled by "Paquebot" mark (scarce thus), with sender's Leith address embossed on reverse and a further 'interbank' 26 Jan 1944 env. London to Thorshavn. Many other interesting covers incl. West Africa to GB, South Africa to Belgian Congo, Denmark to Norway, etc. (20 covers) Cross Reference: UNDERCOVER MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FAROE ISLANDS (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 205
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Cat No: Collection
WWII CENSOR MAIL, SERVICE SUSPENDED, "O.A.T.", FAROES, ETC: Group of covers including 12 Apr. 1941 Regd. Air Mail from Huntly, NZ to Zagreb, but handstamped "NOT TRANSMISSIBLE" in violet and sealed with Egyptian censor tape, also having NZ & Egyptian censor marks, 31 Dec. 1941 commercial env. from London to Java with violet "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" cachet, 22 Apr. 1944 censored env. from London to Thorshavn, Aug 1945 censored env. from Belgium to San Francisco with "O.A.T." in oval mark, 14 Nov. 1944 env. Switzerland to NY with German, GB and US censor tapes, etc. plus other interesting covers. (10) Cross Reference: FAROE ISLANDS, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 206
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WWII CENSOR MAIL, SERVICE SUSPENDED, "O.A.T.", 'LATI', ETC: Group of covers incl. 15 Jun. 1940 cover from Swansea to France with violet "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" cachet, 10 Dec. 1943 Air Mail cover from Ecuador to London having US & British censor tape, 20 May 1941 Air Mail from Chile to Berlin via Italian 'Lati' service with Munich "A/d"in circle mark, 25 Sep. 1943 Air Mail from Brazil to Bournemouth with Brazilian, GB & US censor tapes, etc. Various other censored covers originating in Canada (to Switzerland with O.A.T. mark), Gibraltar, NZ, Ireland & South Africa. (10 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 207
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Cat No: Collection
WWII CENSORED MAIL GROUP: Includes 1940 env. from Australia to Switzerland doubly censored (scarce thus), Feb. 1942 Thos. Cook inter-office cover Portugal to Sweden with German censor marks/tape applied in transit, 3 Dec. 1942 env. from London to Dublin with 2 different Irish censor tapes (one an orange press censor), Dec. 1943 Regd. Air Mail GB to USA endorsed "NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTE" franked 1/6d, 19 Apr. 1941 env. Finland to Germany with censor marks of both countries, etc. Various other interesting censor covers, ex Algeria, Switzerland India (Italian P.O.W.), etc. (10 covers) (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 208
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Cat No: Collection
WWII CENSORED MAIL, DELAYED MAIL, ETC: Group including May 1941 commercial cover (Michelin) from France to US but detained by Bermuda censor and released Jan. 1946, Aug. 1944 cover from Azores to Aveiro, Portugal with military censor mark and cachet, 29 Oct. 1940 censored env. from London to Switzerland endorsed 19 Jan. 1941 arrival (3 months), Dec. 1944 Regd. Air Mail franked 3/9d from Liverpool to Bolivia handstamped "VIA NORTH ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE", 29 Mar. 1943 censored cover from Bahamas to Cornwall, etc plus other censored covers originating in France, Egypt, Argentina, etc. (10 coves)Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 209
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Cat No: Collection
WWII INDIAN ARMY POST OFFICES IN CYPRUS: 1941/42 selection of 7 covers, all with KGVI Indian frankings from 6 different FPO's and most having additional censor hs's. FPO's are R.7, 13 (2), 23, 53, 59 & 89. Mostly fine, one cover roughly opened with damage. (7 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, INDIA, CYPRUS (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 210
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WWII - PALESTINE P.O.W. CAMPS MAIL INC. NUMBERED CAMP & OTHER CENSOR MARKS; 1940-47 covers/cards inc. mail ex P.O.W.s in Camps in Palestine inc. the only known (?) card ex Camp "No.5", some with purple boxed unnumbered "PRISONER/OF WAR CAMP" d.s., 1943 EL with double-oval "No. 322/P.O.W. CAMP" d.s., 1945 EL with purple boxed "321 PRISONER/OF WAR CAMP" d.s., 5 other PCs & 2 other ELs ex the Camps, Notification of Capture PC, 3 Casualties PCs, etc. (with relevant Apr. 2018 'London Philatelist' article illustrating several of these items, and A3 c.50-page photocopied report on the Camps ex National Archives). [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (16 items) Cross Reference: ITALY, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, PALESTINE (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 212
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POST-WAR EGYPTIAN CENSORSHIP DURING THE POST-BRITISH PALESTINE CONFLICTS, ETC.; 1948-71 covers to/from Egypt & Palestine with Egyptian censorship markings; inc. 1948/9 Egypt to Kenya/Norway, 1949 pair ex Trans Jordan (Amman) to GB/US, 1949 Trans Jordan "PALESTINE" o.p. env. ex Jerusalem to US, 1952/4/8 trio with the different Egypt overprints, 1956 trio ex Australia to Israel, and 1970/1 group (with relevant article illustrating several of these items). [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (20 items)Cross Reference: EGYPT, JORDAN, PALESTINE, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 841
Lot No: 213
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POST-WWII CONFLICTS IN PALESTINE/GAZA - CENSORS, RED CROSS MESSAGE-FORMS, ETC.; 1948-81 study of the Arab-Israeli Wars inc. 1948 newspaper ref. invasion of Hebron (laminated), 1957/66 censored Airmail pair ex Jerusalem to Australia or Saudi Arabia to Cairo, 1956-68 Red Cross Message-forms (6), and a small study of mail ex the United Nations forces in the area (1958/81 PCs to Sweden/Finland etc) with 3 relevant articles illustrating several of these items. [All proceeds to Nature in Art charity - please bid generously.] (15 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, ISRAEL, RED CROSS, SAUDI ARABIA (Image)
