CHRISTMAS AIRGRAPHS & FORMS INC. ROYAL NAVY, ETC.: 1941-45 selection of Airgraphs and the forms used, etc. with 1941 Airgraph + env. HMS Aphis to Wembley; 1943 illus. with pulling of cracker Airgraph Chesham to MEF; 1944 illus. map of Med. Airgraph from HMS Byrsa (shore base Italy) to Derby; 1944 used complete illus 3d stamped Airgraph Form from London to Maj Stott RAMC British Liberation Army; 1944 illus. Airgraph from "Airgraphs Foreign Section London" to Croydon; variety of blank Airgraph forms inc. 1943 unused form illustrated with Arabs on Camels in the desert scene, etc. Good variety. (29 items) (Image)

EUROPEAN THEATRE - CHRISTMAS AIRGRAPHS INC. ITALY & ROMANIA: 1943-44 selection chiefly from the Central Mediterranean Forces in Italy, all illustrated (ex one), with 1943 Airgraph to Sandy, Beds. with allegorical St George and "Have FAITH in us.. for VICTORY is in sight"; 1943 Airgraph to Totnes from 57th Army Field Reg. R.A.; 1944 Airgraph from HMS Haydon to Sandy, Beds. with map of Mediterranean; 1944 Airgraph British Mission, Bucharest to Manchester; 1944 Airgraph from Polish soldier with Polish Forces 615 to Polish Forces P70, London; 1944 Airgraph B Troop, The Highland Field Reg. to Hyde Cheshire with map of Italy, etc. (41 items) Cross Reference: ITALY, ROMANIA (Image)

NORTH AFRICA - CHRISTMAS MESSAGE BY AIRGRAPH, LETTER CARD ETC: 1941-44 selection with Dec. 1941 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) endorsed in ms FREE XMAS LETTER from GHQ MEF to Edinburgh with censor hs, etc; 1943 AMLC red banner with white GREETINGS / BY AIR MAIL, illus. inside, franked tied GB KGVI 3d FPO 518 at Benghazi to Plumstead, South Africa; Oct. 1942 AMLC with blue banner & white "Xmas Greetings TO" soldier with 151 Bde. EPP6 to Harrow with GB KGVI 3d tied Egypt cds and Censor 4509 hs; similar Dec. 1942 AMLC to Bournemouth from L/w Neuville WRNS at HMS Nile with tombstone HM SHIPS censor hs; 1943 Airgraph from Ewell, Surrey to a Private at HQ RASC MEF "... MY ENGAGEMENT TO SQD LEADER ALBRECHT ..." a "Dear John" Christmas greeting!; 1941 Airgraph Long Range Desert Group to Leeds with soldier/santa riding a camel, etc. (44 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, LIBYA, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)

WEST AFRICA - NIGERIA - AIR LETTERS INC. FREE YELLOW CHRISTMAS ISSUE: 1942-44 group inc. 14 Dec. 1944 Air Letter (one page text removed) printed on yellow paper cancelled fine FPO 46 cds, Abeokuta to Hove (Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 693 Lot 346); Feb. 1945 similar yellow paper Air Letter Kaduna to Glasgow (Ex lot 347); 3 Dec. 1944 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) writer heads it "At sea" to Doncaster with GB KGVI 3d tied by v.fine purple circled PAQUEBOT hs of Lagos; 17 Nov. 1944 Airgraph with Christmas Greetings Lagos to Leicester; 1942/3 trio of AMLC with pink lined interiors two cancelled FPO 559 and one FPO 46, etc. (8 items) Cross Reference: NIGERIA (Image)

EAST AFRICA INC. SOMALIA, MADAGASCAR, SUDAN, ETC.: 1942-44 group with 14 Nov. 1944 CHRISTMAS / AIR LETTER Sudan to Bournemouth with FPO 718 cds and RAF Censor 325 hs; 14 Dec. 1943 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) printed POSTAGE FREE from Madagascar to South Croydon with fine EA / A.P.O. 53 cds; Nov. 1943 Postage Free AMLC Diego Suarez to Sidmouth with censor hs, etc.; 1942 AMLC printed red CHRISTMAS 1942 GREETINGS from Diego Suarez to Hitchin franked tied KUT 10c + 15c; similar AMLC but with additional red POSTAGE / FREE imprint Jan. 1943 Mogadishu to Bulawayo with fine E.A. / A.P.O. 74 cds and on the reverse APO 84, APO 2 and Bulawayo cds, etc. Fine selection. (9 items) Cross Reference: MADAGASCAR, SOMALIA, SUDAN (Image)

EAST AFRICA - KENYA, TANGANYIKA & UGANDA: 1942-45 with Nov. 1942 Air Mail Letter Card overprinted red CHRISTMAS 1942 GREETINGS with KUT 30c tied EA cds, Military Censor hs; 1944 pair blue AMLC "Christmas Greetings" from APO 2 or APO 53 to Rotherham or Slough internally printed Elephant & Zebras; 20 Nov. 1944 blue & red printed Air Letter (stamp removed) EA Command to Burnley with internal "JAMBO" printing; 28 Nov. 1944 Airgraph from MTB & TL East Africa Command to Sandy, Beds, etc. (6 items) Cross Reference: KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (Image)

INDIA ILLUSTRATED AIR LETTERS, ETC.: 1943-45 selection with Nov. 1945 illus. Xmas Air Letter RAF SEAAF at Trichinopoly to Stockport, post free; similar 4 Dec. 1945 from New Delhi to London; 1945 "Christmas Greetings India 1945" Air Letter printing to St Andrews with multi colour internal art printing; 1945 Air letter with elephant illustration and internal artistic work depicting Taj Mahal, etc. from Advance BPO No. 21 to Luton; 1944 Air Mail Letter Card (AMLC) from soldier in Bengal Sappers & Miners Roorkie(?) to Cuffley franked pair 2As tied Unit Censor hs, etc. and illus. internally with Taj Mahal; 1943 AMLC RAF Post 5 Calcutta to Burnley franked 4As. with fine Unit Censor W47 India hs and internally illus. with Indian & British caricatures, etc. Colourful variety. (25 items)Cross Reference: ITALY (Image)

INDIA - AIRGRAPHS: 1942-44 with 1942 Airgraph depicting shepherds and mountains from Signals Sergeant to Boroughbridge; Nov. 1943 Greetings Airgraph from RAF Major, RAMC Meerut to London; Nov. 1943 Airgraph 44th Indian Armoured Division Bombay to Morecambe; 1944 unused Airgraph form with Taj mahal, Dover Cliffs, ship etc; 1944 Airgraph with Santa on Indian rope trick RAF India Command to Sandy, Beds.; 1944 Airgraph Punjab India Command to Edinburgh with Indian rope trick, etc; Nov. 1944 Airgraph from Upper Heyford to a Sergeant, B Company, Nigeria Regt. India Command, etc. Good variety of types. (37 items) Cross Reference: ITALY (Image)

NEW ZEALAND - AIRGRAPHS: 1943-44 with kiwi, etc. illus. 1944 Airgraphs from Newmarket New Zealand or Wellington to Edinburgh or Newport, Mon.; 21 Nov. 1944 Airgraph 2nd NZEF Italy to Lancaster; 2 Dec. 1943 Airgraph Palmerston to Wales; 1944 unused illus. Christmas Airgraph form with kiwi, etc. (11 items) Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND (Image)