MALTA - LAST DAY AIR MAIL TO G.B. VIA ITALY: 10 June 1940 env. to GB with "AIR MAIL" label franked Malta KGVI 1/- & 3d tied by AIR MAIL / MALTA cds. This was the day on which mail by air was suspended (at midnight) due to Italy declaring war on Britain. Also 10 June 1940 sea mail env. Valetta to Palermo with Malta KGVI 1d+1½d and red Opened by Censor label. Fine pair. [Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 700 Lot 161]. Cross Reference: MALTA, ITALY (Image)

MALTA - ISLE OF MULL WITH GREEN CROSS PRIORITY LABEL - RARE 1st-TYPE "NOT TO EXCEED ONE OUNCE"; 11 Oct. 1941 env. (minor wear) to Major French at Malta (address partly faded) with GB KGVI 3d + 1/- tied by AROS / OBAN ARGYLL cds (Isle of Mull) with Examiner label and a fine 1st-Type "Weight / not to exceed one ounce" Green Cross label at top left. Late usage for this type. [Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 700 Lot 182]. Cross Reference: MALTA, INNER HEBRIDES, ARRAN, BUTE, ETC. (Image)

MALTA - GREEN CROSS PRIORITY LABEL - SCARCE 2nd-TYPE "WEIGHT / NOT TO EXCEED HALF OUNCE": 5 Oct. 1942 env. to Pte. Darby, Army Dental Corps, Malta with "IMTARFA" added in Malta, franked by GB KGVI 1½d tied by a Norwich machine cancel with a fine "Weight/not to exceed half ounce" Green Cross priority label at the top left with on the reverse ms received 27.".42. [Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 700 Lot 185]. Cross Reference: MALTA (Image)

MALTA - PRIOR TO OPERATION PEDESTAL - SUTTON CORRESPONDENCE inc. P.O.W.: A correspondence from Lt. E. Cole Sutton Royal Navy one while on HMS Furious refitting in the USA (1941) then two July 1942 letters from HMS Manchester on convoy duty to Malta; the ship was hit in an air raid, docked in Tunisia and the crew seized by the Vichy French. Aug. 1942 from family at Exmouth, Devon to Sutton, returned with typed label "Please note the addressee is now a prisoner of war." tied by red ADMIRALTY hs plus Aug/Sep/Oct 1942 env. + letters from Sutton to his family from Camp des Internes Britanniques, Laghouat (Algeria). [Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 700 Lot 238]. (7 items) Cross Reference: MALTA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

MALTA - OPERATION PEDESTAL: NAVAL SIGNALS WITH GRAPHIC DETAILS OF BATTLE; 13-14 Aug. 1942 four complete original messages on "NAVAL MESSAGE" forms (full transcripts included) sent to/from British warships engaged in this vital and successful last attempt to relieve the embattled Malta. Report sent from the aircraft carrier, HMS Indomitable ("...Lift blown up and distorted. Mess decks below gutted...Flight deck out of action. Six Officers [+] 60 men killed...") to Vice Admiral Syfret, plus two from Syfret and one from Flag Officer of the 10th Cruiser Squadron with similar eye-witness accounts of bombardments and damage/losses. Rare lot reminding us just how desperate the battle to save Malta was at this time. Unique. (4 signals over 10 pages) Cross Reference: MALTA, NAVAL MAIL (Image)

MALTA - POST OPERATION PEDESTAL - POW MAIL LAGHOUAT, ALGERIA: Oct. 1942 env. airmail Portadown, Armagh to Royal Naval Telegraphist Rowe in the British Internee Camp Laghouat endorsed PRISONER OF WAR POST with PC 90 OPENED BY EXAMINER 7870 label and purple UNDELIVERED FOR REASONS STATED/ RETURN TO SENDER hs and UNABLE TO DELIVER hs plus Aug. 1942 PPC of Laghouat oasis from Stoker Wood to Lancashire with LAGHOUAT / ALGERS cds overstriking a red 1st Regiment de Spahis / Groupe D'Escadrons hs with purple [crown] / PASSED / P.W. 2616 hs. Fine and uncommon pair.Cross Reference: MALTA, ALGERIA, FRANCE (Image)

MALTA - AIR MAIL LETTER WITH TYPED HONOUR DECLARATION: 1944 pair different Air Mail Letter formats from FPO 188 to Kings Lynn, Norfolk with fine purple shield style PASSED BY / CENSOR / NO. 5249 hs and on the reverse a typed "The following certifi- / cate must be signed by / the writer ...etc". Unusual pair. (Ex Daynes Cavendish Sale 700 part Lot 198) Cross Reference: MALTA (Image)

MALTA - AIRGRAPHS: 1943-44 group with 1943 Airgraph completed form used and "posted" Borough, London to Sgt. Winkler, Adv 2nd Echelon, Malta with purple AIRGRAPH SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE / FORWARDED BY AIR / MAIL hs; 1943 pair Airgraphs from RAF HQ to Newport, Mons. and 1945 Airgraph + env. from Tasmania to Joseph Ebejer, The Palace, Valetta. Fine group. (4 items)Cross Reference: MALTA, TASMANIA (Image)