1939-45 Covers and cards with airletters, F.P.Os, P.O.W mail, Free French Forces, 1942 Canadian Forces cover with "Special Detachment, 1. Cdn. Corps Signals" cachet, 1945 G.B cover franked 2½d with "Invasion Fronts Appeal 1944, Y.M.C.A 3d donation" label, etc., also a few WWI and earlier covers
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British Forces. 1939-46 Covers, cards and ephemera, the collection well written up on pages illustrating mobilisation of the B.E.F in France (with two June 1940 cards posted at London or Okehampton with Paid datestamps), 1941 cover to H.M.S "Nile" franked 1/3 Health & Pensions Insurance stamp, stati
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Norway, etc. 1940-45 Covers from Sgt. Bob Strauss to his wife in Sussex, sent from Norway in Apr./May 1940 (5), North Africa in 1942-44 (22, with four airgraphs and a duty free parcel label, one cover with Honour Envelope adhesive label) or Italy in 1945 (6), also two covers to Mrs Strauss from her
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1942-43 Airletters franked 3d, both from General Sir George Erskine, D.S.O, G.O.C 7th Armoured Division, with excellent content on the war in north Africa, the 1942 (Nov 12) letter from H.Q 13 Corps (F.P.O 292 c.d.s) to Sir Evelyn De La Rue, talks of the great victory, only heavy rains preventing th
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Royal Navy. 1939-45 Covers with various naval postmarks and censor cachets, including stampless covers handstamped red "AIRMAIL" or boxed "10D PAID", also large labels "Britain Delivers the Goods Thanks to the British Navy" (4) and a prewar cover with "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER". (90).
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Royal Navy - Ships Sunk. 1941 O.H.M.S Covers from London, a cover of April 24th to the C.O of H.M.S "Fiji" handstamped "BY BRITISH PACKET" and "SHIP LOST", and a cover with red Official Paid machine (Nov. 15) to the C.O of H.M.S "Barham" with violet boxed "RECEIVED AFTER / LOSS OF SHIP / RETURN TO S
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R.A.F. 1939-45 Covers and cards, most written up on pages showing the various censor types (using the book by Colley and Garrard, which accompanies the lot), also two covers to the R.A.F at Stornoway addressed to Box 204 Glasgow. (77).
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R.A.F. Atlantic Ferry. 1939-45 Transatlantic covers and cards including covers hand carried on the Atlantic Ferry service (8, one cover from G.B posted in Canada, another with G.B stamps cancelled "M.A.P / BY BAG"), also mail from R.A.F personnel in Canada, two other hand carried covers from Lisbon
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Burma/China. 1938-43 Covers from or to Major J.G.W Evans who served with the Burma Frontier Service in Burma and China, and was killed near Mongpawk in April 1943, posted from Burma (13), Singapore (3) or China (3, one registered from Fohai, two posted from Chinese F.P.O 242); covers (2) and a front
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Undelivered/Returned. 1939-45 Covers including mail to troops but undelivered and returned with various cachets (13), mail from forces in the Middle East including 1940 Egypt cover with boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) No. 1222" (Colley A101) crossed out and replaced by boxed "PASSED / BY / UNIT /
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Undelivered/Returned/Redirected. 1940-45 Covers and cards to British forces, most undelivered and returned with various cachets including "Addressee Reported Missing", "Addressee Reported Prisoner of War", "Evacuated to UK", "Believed Returned to United Kingdom", etc., also redirected mail, "Detaine
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G.B - Home Front. 1938-46 Covers and cards, ephemera, photos and picture postcards, the well written up collection, various topics including air raids, the Home Guard, rationing, paper shortages, war economies, Ministry of Food, National Savings, evacuation, Victory celebrations, a few patriotic lab
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1940 (Sep 23) Cover sent within London with Edward VIII 1d meter, returned to sender with scarce "UNDELIVERABLE / OWING TO ENEMY / ACTION" cachet on reverse, charged 1d; and registered cover from Bournemouth to London with similar boxed cachet (possibly a forgery). Also 1941 (Aug 6) registered cover
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1940-41 Delayed covers comprising 1941 (Mar 14) cover from Keighley to Skipton with boxed "DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY ACTION"; 1940 cover from Portugal to England with boxed "DETAINED IN FRANCE / DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION" and 1945 (Apr 16) arrival c.d.s; and 1941 cover from Germany to New York intercep
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1941 (Mar 14) Badly burnt part cover franked 2½d, from Keighley to Bingley, forwarded within a G.P.O ambulance envelope with Leeds machine (Mar 15) and enclosed explanatory slip "It is regretted that the enclosed letter has been damaged by enemy action". Several items to or from Skipton posted
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1941 (Mar 14) Fire damaged cover from Skipton to London franked 2½d, with Officially Sealed tape on two sides, handstamped boxed "DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY ACTION", very scarce. Also a 1941 cover with a forgery of a similar cachet, an accompanying article showing the difference between the genuin
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1941 (Mar 14) Cover franked 1d from Skipton to Gisburn, a little fire and water damaged, Officially Sealed tape at left, twice handstamped boxed "DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY ACTION" in red and black. The only cover we have seen with two examples of this scarce cachet, strangely applied in different colo
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1942 (Jan 24) Cover from Orpington to Tunbridge Wells handstamped with the rare "DELAYED BY / ENEMY ACTION" "Bomb" cachet. Also a 1941 cover with a forgery of the cachet, an accompanying article showing the difference between the genuine and forged cachets. (2). Photo on Page 110.
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1943 Fire damaged cover (letter enclosed) from Cape Town (Apr. 11) to Berkshire handstamped violet "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION"; 1943 stampless O.A.S cover to Cornwall with Army censor 3019, a little water damaged, backstamped violet "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION" with arrival c.d.s of Bugle (
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Women at War. The very well written up collection on 103 double pages, entitled "They Also Served, The Role of Women in Britain during WW2", divided into five sections - "A Womens Place", "Maintaining the Home Front", "Promoting the War Effort", "Supporting Military Operations" and "Going Home". Man
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Channel Islands. WW2 Red Cross message forms (9), occupation issue covers (43), ephemera, stamps, a few earlier and later covers, etc.
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Red Cross. Covers and cards, stamps, postcards and ephemera, mainly World War Two but some earlier, including Message Service forms and covers from various countries, P.O.W and internee mail with WWI card from a British civilian internee in Turkey, fund raising labels, etc. (100s).
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Propaganda Forgeries. German forgeries of G.B KGVI definitives (7), British or American forgeries of Germany Hitler head issues (2, one Hitler skull type) or French stamps (5), also six propaganda leaflets. (20).
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Undercover Addresses. 1941-43 Covers (2) from Italy to P.O Box 506, Lisbon (Thomas Cook address for mail to England), one with yellow G.B address label tied by oval "THOS. COOK & SON LTD / 19 APR. 1943 / BERKELEY ST. W.1" cachet and posted in London franked 2½d (T.C./S perfin). Also two Belgian
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Thomas Cook Undercover Mail - Australia. 1943 Covers from Croatia (registered), France (2), Italy (3) and Hungary (3) all to P.O Box 520, Lisbon, the Thomas Cook undercover address for mail from occupied Europe to Australia, one of the French covers with a handwritten address to Sydney. A rare group
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Christmas. 1942-44 Christmas airletters (13, ten post free), mainly pictorial types, one from Egypt with "FREE XMAS LETTER" cachet. Also forces Christmas cards (32), and three German P.O.W Christmas postcards from Oflag IXA/Z, VIIC/H or VIB. (48).
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Censorship. 1939-45 Covers and cards from, to or within G.B, including returned items with enclosed censorship slips (11, containing photos, Christmas cards or stamps, mention of air raids or reused envelopes), 1943 cover from Ireland held until 1945 with censorship slip "cover was empty but being o
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Censorship. 1941-45 Covers (6) and censorship slips (7) including G.B covers returned by the censor (3), two with enclosed slips ("memorial cards" enclosed contrary to regulations, or an attempt to communicate with enemy territory in a letter to neutral Sweden); cover from Argentina with attached la
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1942 Cover from Cheadle to Argentina franked 3/6, handstamped "POSTAGE REFUNDED" and bearing a green "Returned To Sender By The Censor" label, an unnumbered form from the Military Censor Section enclosed, "This letter, apparently written by a soldier, was posted in the Civil Post contrary to Army Re
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P.O.W/Internee Mail. 1939-46 Covers and cards, most from or to British P.O.Ws in Germany or Italy including returned or recovered mail with various explanatory cachets (5), other covers returned because the address had died in captivity or been repatriated, 2½d lettersheets used (12), covers to
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P.O.W Mail. 1943-45 Covers and cards from G.B to P.O.Ws or Internees in Germany (2), Italy (2), France or Japan all returned in undelivered mails with differing cachets, including 3d P.O.W postcard to Fukuoka with boxed "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS / FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED / BY JAPANESE
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P.O.W Mail - Thailand. 1943-44 P.O.W Postcards (4) from Gunner T.J Beavis in No. 1 P.O.W Camp to his wife in London, two undated type 2 cards (known to have been sent in 1943, one the large dots variety with extended address line) and two type 3 cards dated 12 January and 12 May 1944, the first with
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P.O.W Mail - Far East. 1942-45 Covers, cards and ephemera including stampless covers from G.B to Thailand or Singapore, 1945 1½d P.O.W cards to Taiwan or Fukuoka with different Return cachets, 1945 covers to (2) or from (2) former P.O.Ws, etc. (17)
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1942-45 Letters from G.B to Lt. C.G Sturt in Cairo all returned with "Addressee Reported Prisoner of War" cachets (10) and covers or cards from Sturt held P.O.W in Italy or Germany (4), one to South Africa franked 25pf, the final two recovered by the advancing allies with cachets. Also covers and ca
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1941-45 Covers and cards from Gunner K. Boniface to his fiancee Jo Pilcher in London, two 1941 covers posted from Egypt, later items sent as a P.O.W in Italy (22) or Germany (20), many redirected after Miss Pilcher joined the Wrens in 1942. Also 1941-45 covers, letter and photos to Miss D.M Snow in
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1939-44 Covers, cards and ephemera from Pte Albert Harris, 5th Battn The Buffs, including conscription papers, 1940 cover and letter from France, notifications that he was missing and later held P.O.W, covers and cards from various German P.O.W Camps (66), letters to Germany (2, one returned due to
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