AEROGRAMMES: 1944 blue/white Indian-pattern Forces 'AIR MAIL/LETTER CARD' with handwritten honour clause on the reverse and letter headed "No 44 Staging Post/RAF PAIFORCE/20th October 1944", to Middlesex GB with boxed 'RAF/CENSOR/484' and GB 3d tied as usual by 'EGYPT/28OC44/POSTAGE/PREPAID' machine. Persia & Iraq Force (PAIFORCE) was operational in Iraq from 1942. Staging Post 44 was at Sharjah. See also Bahrain for Staging Post 43. (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: 3895
Symbol: PS
AEROGRAMMES: 1944 blue/white Indian-pattern Forces 'AIR MAIL/LETTER CARD' with handwritten honour clause on the reverse and letter headed "No 44 Staging Post/RAF PAIFORCE/November 28th 1944", to Middlesex GB with diamond 'RAF/CENSOR/368' and GB 3d tied unusually by British undated 'POST/OFFICE - MARITIME/MAIL' machine cancel in red, minor peripheral damage from opening. The writer states: "...We're expecting the annual rain...none of our billets is waterproof...I've got so many films from the Americans that I'm having to show two every night..." (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: 3896
Symbol: PS
AEROGRAMMES: 1963 three different British-pattern formular aerogrammes, one with ornate 'GREETINGS/ FROM ZANZIBAR' printed within, each with bi-lingual '...10.9.63/ T.S /SHARJAH & Dcies' cds & Arabic boxed Post Office (?) cachet in violet, addressed but probably not posted.
(3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3897
Symbol: PS
AEROGRAMMES: circa 1968 '40Dh' on 20np with Solid Obliterating Blocks at the Base Jones SAL10c with Watermark 'V', unused. Greatly underrated. The two variants of the overprint with three obliterating bars are common. (Image1)
