PALESTINE, LEBANON, SYRIA, SAUDI, AFGHANISTAN, ETC.: 1937-53 group with a large selection of censors, FPOs, OAS, etc. inc. 14 May 1945 env. from Benghazi by air to Tel Aviv franked 9d Green + 6d Pink issues optd "M.E.F." with rare & superb boxed "PAR AVION/jusqu'a...[ms] Cairo" hs and blue "P.C. 90/OPENED BY EXAMINER/KK/22439" censor label; 5 Apr. 1941 PC from Plymouth by air to "D. Hickey[...]C/O G.P.O./London." on H.M.S. Caledon (in the Mediterranean area) with the new 3d rate (starting 2 Apr.) & the contents "Dear Demo(?), It looks as if I have the honour of inaugurating the new P.C. airmail.". (52 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, EGYPT - BRITISH FORCES, SYRIA, PALESTINE (Image)

TO NORTH AFRICA - EGYPT, MOROCCO, ETC.: 1937-55 group of censors, airmails, M.E.L.F. related, etc. inc. 28 Nov. 1945 BOAC "TEST LETTER NO. 2" env. + contents from London by air to Cairo franked 1/- Brown + 3d Violet with fine blue oval "BRITISH AIRWAYS/RECEIVED POST SECTION. CAIRO" ds; Dec. 1943 or Feb. 1944 pair of envs. to Alexandria or the Suez Canal Co. in Ismailia franked 1/3d or 9d with "PLEASE INFORM SENDER/AIR MAIL SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE." hs in black (v. fine) or red (mostly fine); 10 Dec. 1945 5½d Regd letter env. from Southend-on-Sea to Alexandria franked ½d Gree + 3d Violet + 9d Olive block of 6 on the front & large 10d Blue block of 12 on the back. (36 covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT, MOROCCO, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

TO EAST AFRICA - SUDAN, MADAGASCAR, LOURENCO MARQUES, ETC.: 1938-55 group inc. 31 Aug. 1942 env. (burned) from Nottingham to Port Sudan with signed memo slip for reason of damage & "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/4" cds; 6 Feb. 1938 env. from Harrow to Lourenco Marques excessively franked by 32 x ½d Greens in blocks, strips & singles, with 3 airmail labels & 5 green wax seals; 1 Sep. 1945 air letter from Seaford to Barakat, Sudan franked 2d Orange strip of 3 with fine Barakat cds on reverse; etc. (29 covers) Cross Reference: SUDAN, MADAGASCAR, PORTUGUESE COLONIES (Image)

TO K.U.T. INC. SOME LARGE KGVI BLOCKS, ETC.: 1939-54 (mostly WWII period) group inc. 20 Apr. 1943 env. from Bagshot to "Draft No. R.F.W.02" in Nairobi & forwarded from Zanzibar with Zanzibar cds on front & "E.A/A.P.O. 37" cds on the back; 21 Sep. 1948 env. from Bratton by air to Uganda franked 11d Plum + 1d Red; 10 May 1937 env. from Buckhurst Hill to Toro, Uganda with 3 x ½d Green + 2 x 1d Red + 2½d Ultramarine (all first day of issue) with "FORT PORTAL/UGANDA" & "KAMPALA/UGANDA" cds's on reverse; etc. (36 covers) Cross Reference: KENYA, KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, UGANDA, MILITARY - WWII (Image)

TO WEST AFRICA - BRITISH, FRENCH & BELGIAN COLONIES: 1937-51 (mostly WWII) Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Togo, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, etc. Inc. 13 June 1949 ½d Forces Letter from Bletchley by air to Accra, Gold Coast uprated 2½d Ultramarine + 2d Orange; 30 Jan. 1939 env. from Sutton Coldfield by air to Lagos, Nigeria franked 6d Pink (first day); 1 Aug. 1943 Air Letter from Cheltenham forwarded to Gold Coast & to Postal Unit Postal Depot in India & to FPO 690 in the UK then returned to sender & re-posted Sep. 1944 with two fine "FURTHER ADDRESS/NOT KNOWN", purple boxed "NO TRACE./2nd ECHELON G.H.Q. INDIA/ 15/4/44." & purple boxed "NOT AT ADDRESS STATED./ PRESENT ADDRESS NOT KNOWN/[...]" hs's under "PTO"; etc. (49 covers) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, BELGIAN COLONIES, GOLD COAST/GHANA, MILITARY - WWII (Image)

TO SOUTHERN AFRICA - RHODESIA, NYASALAND, BASUTO, BECHUANALAND, SWAZILAND, ETC.: 1939-53 (mainly post-war) group inc. 10 Dec. 1951 2½d regd letter env. from London by air to Bloemfontein overpaid by 2½d with 23 x 2d Brown blocks, pairs or singles; 28 Apr. 1946 env. from FPO 80 (Syria) by air to Serowe, Bechuanaland & uniquely has superb purple "WRITTEN IN SECHUANA" s/l & "[crown]/PASSED BY CENSOR/NO./6535" circle hs's; 29 May 1944 env. from FPO 126 (Cagliari, Sardinia) to Hlatikulu, Swaziland franked 3d Violet block of 4 with mostly fine purple boxed "R.A.F./CENSOR/127" hs noted as "Type R11 unrecorded for Italy"; etc. Good lot. (37 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, BECHUANALAND/BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)