INLAND PRINTED MATTER MAIL MIX: A box file containing 1937-55 (mainly early 1940s) display collection of inland mail mainly with single frankings of ½d, 1d or 3d inc. many advertising or printed envs. such as illustrated covers for "Carefree Cigarettes", Mars Confections Ltd.", "Save Gas at Every Turn", "Blakey Boot Protector", etc.; 1½d newspaper wrappers cancelled with "STAMFORD MERCURY/742/STAMFORD" hs's (2); 1949 env. registered to London "Posted on board H.M.S. VENGEANCE during cold weather trials in the arctic" franked 1½d + 3d tied by fine double circle "POST OFFICE/1/MARITIME MAIL" dateless hs's; plus many forms, QSL cards, etc. A very varied and extremely interesting lot. (60 covers) (Image)

INLAND MAIL MIX: A box file containing 1940-49 display collection of inland mail inc. 1943 pair envs. ex Scilly Isles to Redruth or Sutton Coldfield stamps tied by Penzance machine cancels & boxed "Letter by G.W. & S./AIR LINES./Paid [ms] 4d" cachets; 1945 2½d p.stat. env. sent registered express mail uprated 9d tied by Llanrwst cds's with "R/LLANRWST" & red "EXPRESS" labels adjacent; and others sent by Railway Air Services, registered, censored, inc. a few with instructional marks or p.dues, etc. A fine and varied lot. (36 covers/postcards) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, EXPRESS MAIL (Image)

PRE-WWII MIX - TO FOREIGN DESTINATIONS: A box file containing 1937-53 display collection inc. 1939 env. franked ½d tied by v. scarce "LITTLE ASTON/12 JU 39/BIRMINGHAM" skeleton cds posted from Daily Mail Penfold Golf Championship; 1938/9 Avis de Reception cards to Mexico or Romania (v. scarce survivors!); 1939 env. (faults) ex China to UK franked 1½d tied by FPO 1 cds (British battalion in Tientsin) endorsed "VIA Siberia"; 1939 env. (faults) to Hong Kong franked 1½d redirected to Malta via Alexandria with various cds's & censor hs's; 1947 stampless env. endorsed "O.A.S." ms with partial "ARMY POS[T OFFICE]/432" machine cancel ex War Crimes Court, Hamburg with fascinating contents regarding the end of the trial of the Ravensbruck war criminals and an ex prisoner's account of life in a concentration camp; plus others to/from Canary Islands, Aden (FDC of 7d + 8d franking), Spain, Egypt, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, China, USA, Switzerland, Hungary, Lithuania, etc. Mainly in excellent condition. (45 items) Cross Reference: SPORT, MEXICO, ROMANIA, CHINA (Image)

POST-WWII MILITARY MIX INC. MOBILE P.O.s, AIRMAIL PC RATES, ANTARCTIC, ETC.: A box file containing 1945-56 display collection many to foreign destinations inc. 1946 PPC sent air mail to China franked 9d; 1948 2d p.stat. PC uprated 6d + ½d tied by faint Kings Cross cds's sent express air mail to Hungary; 1950 PPC to Libya endorsed "Forces Airmail." ms franked 2½d tied by Brentwood machine cancel & blue "INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID FOR TRANS-/MISSION BY AIR" hs; 1951 PC to Belgium franked pair 1d tied by machine cancel with hexagonal "T" & boxed "SURCHARGED OWING TO/INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE/PLEASE ADVISE SENDER" hs's adjacent; 1954 env. to UK franked 6d tied by barred circular "1" hs with large "MAWSON/A.N.A.R.E./15FE54/AUST-ANTARCTIC TERR" cds adjacent; and others ex Pole Station Antarctica, Malta, Egypt, Germany, or to Switzerland, Ireland, Burma, USA, Germany, New Zealand, India, Spain, Algeria, etc. inc. registered or express mail. Also, 1945 "PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE C-IN-C" signed by "B. L. Montgomery/Field Marshal." in red ms; ½d to 3d set of definitive stamps on "THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE" letter headed paper all tied by v. fine "GOVERNING BODY/I.L.O./27 OC/38/LONDON W.I." cds's; and a set of twelve 1939-51 items posted at Mobile Post Offices with fine cds's inc. "BRITISH ASSOCIATION DUNDEE" & "CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW". An interesting & varied lot. (97 items) Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)