1907 usage of 'Crowded Condo Canal - Manila ...' picture postcard showing Houseboats and logs, to Malaya with McKinley 4c red tied by 'MANILA/OCT 1/P.I.' cancel, carried on the 'scenic route' by French Mail Steamer with octagonal 'LIGNE N/7/OCT/07/PAQ.FR.No4' and 'COLOMBO/OC12/07' transit and 'PENANG/OC 22/1907' arrival cds all alongside, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3799
Symbol: C
1939 (Aug 14) to Germany endorsed "via Singapore, MS Victoria" for partial airmail then surface carriage with Rizal 2c red and Eucharist Congress Map 20c brown & 50c red tied by Manila cds cancels, 'PAR AVION/(SINGAPORE)/VIA AIR MAIL' boxed cachet in violet but with 'AIRMAIL/VIA SINGAPORE/K.L.M.' boxed cachet in rosine alongside and apparently carried by air all the way to Europe, German 'Zur/Devisenüberwachung ...' currency control censor resealing labels on reverse, small repaired tear at left & minor folds clear of the stamps & markings. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3800
Symbol: C
1943 (circa) Japanese Occupation Imperial Japanese Army black & red/buff POW postal card with typed "Philippine Military Prison Camp #2" at the Davao Penal Colony (known as "Dapecol") and printed/typed largely pro forma message on reverse, pre-printed censor cachet on the face with very fine han of Sachi in red, to Oakland, California with US censor in violet, re-directed to San Francisco, small closed tear at right & minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3801
Symbol: C
1943 (circa) Japanese Occupation Imperial Japanese Army black & red/yellow POW postal card with printed 'Philippine Military Prison Camp No. __[" 1 "]' at Cabanatuan and printed/typed largely pro forma message on reverse concluding "... nothing to worry about", pre-printed censor cachet on the face with very fine han of Iwanaka and unusually with another of Ito alongside both in red, to San Rafael, California with US censor in violet, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3802
Symbol: PS
1943 (circa) Japanese Occupation Official Postal Card Rizal 2c green 'OB' overprinted with bars obliterating 'COMMONWEALTH OF THE', etc, and message in Japanese text from Basuo (Hachow), Bakli Bay, Hainan Island in the South China Sea, very fine unused. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3803
Symbol: PS
1943-44 Japanese Forces postal cards with Dove & Helmet in orange or orange-yellow (hand-drawn illustration on the reverse), Star or Four Characters (printed illustration on the reverse; very scarce used), all identified as from the Philippines to Japan.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3804
Symbol: C/D
1943-45 Japanese Occupation mail from the United States to American internees at Los Banos x2 (one by air, both redirected to "Santo Tomas") or to Santo Tomas x2 (one with the enclosed letter); also to different US officers at "Military Prison Camp No 1" or "...#3" both endorsed "Cab" (= Cabantuan Camp No 1), both with unidentified han in magenta; 1943 cover to the Philippines but endorsed "HOT" & redirected to Hoten Camp in Japan; and repatriation cover posted at sea endorsed "mailed on Eberley" & cancelled on arrival at Los Angeles
(9 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3805
Symbol: C
1945 (Sep 13) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail Australian Comforts Fund envelope endorsed "Liberated POW UK" to Surrey with partial 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE', Australian 'AUST ARMY PO/243' cds & Military censor cachet in violet. Ted Proud records the cds at Manila 1.9.1945 to 20.10.1945 only. Sender gives his temporary address as "co Base Post Office/Melbourne" and states "...The Australians & Americans are doing everything to make our life happy here...a toss up whether I shall go to America or Australia next...all those who treated us badly are going to get far worse..." (Of course, they didn't!)
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3806
Symbol: C
1945 (Sep 24) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail American Red Cross envelope endorsed "Liberated UK POW/...HQ3 Australian Reception Group" at upper-left, to Cumberland with 'AUST ARMY PO/243' cds used at Manila 1.9.1945 to 20.10.1945 only. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3807
Symbol: C
1945 (Sep 26) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail plain cover endorsed on the reverse from an Australian POW previously held in Thailand with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet in black applied at Manila, to Western Australia with very fine 'No2 AUST BASE PO/ F ' cds that neither Ted Proud nor Phil Collas record used after Japan surrendered. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3808
Symbol: C
1945 (late) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail plain cover with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet in black applied at Manila, to South Australia with superb 'REPATRIATED/PRISONER OF WAR/SERVICE' cachet in violet & unusually censored at Adelaide. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3809
Symbol: CPS/D
1945 Repatriation of British POWs with two telegrams from different soldiers with essentially identical messages and replies to both using GB 6d Aerogrammes addressed as instructed to "Australian Base PO/Melbourne" (both returned to GB, one with 'NO Record of/Repatriation/...' cachet in violet, also a telegram to another repatriated soldier, and irregular usage by an English "repatriot" [sic] of American V-Mail (airgraph) from USS 'Monitor' (with the delivery envelope processed through the US Army Postal Service. Interesting group.
(7 items) (Image1)
