FORCES AIRMAIL BY CIVIL AIRLINES, PALESTINE, SUDAN, ETC.: 1940-44 with Aug. 1940 env. airmail by westbound route, Palestine to Royston, franked with 10 x KGVI 1½d brown all tied by FPO 121 cds with red on yellow label EXAMINED BY BASE CENSOR label; Aug. 1940 env. (roughly opened) airmail by eastbound route Palestine to Nottingham franked (front & back) with 24 x KGVI 1½d brown tied FPO 121 cds with TO BE FORWARDED BY AIR FROM SINGAPORE hs and Singapore censor triangle, etc.; Mar. 1941 env. Registered air mail from FPO 174 (Khartoum) to Plymouth with pair GB KGVI 1/- + 1d, Passed by Censor No. 1001 hs etc; 1942 Honour env. air mail VIA PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER SERVICE from Cairo to Sunderland franked tied pair KGVI 1/- + 10d; 1942 AMLC from "P.A.I. Force" to Canada endorsed VIA PAN-AMERICAN paid with 5 x GB KGVI 5d with RAF Censor 96 hs; 1943 air mail env. FPO 96 (Tunisia) to New York endorsed "Pan-American" paid with GB KGVI 2 x10d + 3d, etc. Good variety. (15 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, SUDAN, PALESTINE, IRAQ (Image)

MAILS OF ALLIED FORCES IN GREAT BRITAIN: 1940-47 with 1943 env. Dovercourt, Harwich to Surbiton with 2½d tied by v.fine Czechoslovak Field Post cds; 1940 env. airmail London to Netherlands with censor label; 1944 env. airmail Sherborne to Berne with pair 2½d, Examiner label; 1944 Armed Forces Air Letter RAAF Base PO, Kingsway, London to Northbridge NSW franked 2 x 2½d 2 x ½d; 1942 env. "Via North Atlantic Air Mail" from a Canadian at FPO S.C.12 (Hampshire) to Montreal franked & tied 1/- + 3d; 1943 env. endorsed "OVERSEAS ON ACTIVE SERVICE" to Hamilton, New Zealand cancelled with NEW ZEALAND ARMY BASE PO-UK cds; 1943 env. from FPO 416 Marlborough, Wilts to Norwegian Forces with fine NORWEGIAN ARMY / FIELD POST OFFICE receiving cds on reverse; Aug. 1945 env. registered Dunfermline to Polish Lt. at Koblenz with yellow Polish Censor tape, redirected to Polish Forces Edinburgh, etc. Fine selection. (46 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND (Image)

MAILS FROM U.S. FORCES IN GREAT BRITAIN: 1942-45 with 1943 OHMS env. registered from APO 887 (Bushey Park) to Manchester with US FORCES 4 registration label etc; 1944 air mail env. from US APO 641 (St Mawgan, Cornwall) to New York; 1943 US Army Blue env. franked US 6c Air Mail from US APO 887 (Bushey Park/Hendon) to St Louis, Ill.; Nov. 1943 env. + Xmas card APO 510 to Stockholm with purple NO SERVICE / EXCEPT BY AIR and returned to sender after searches at APO 857 & 887; 1944 env. from APO 5 (Newcastle upon Tyne) to Crawley with US Censor hs; 1944 env. endorsed "Free" from APO 172 (St Germains) to New Jersey; 1944 illus env. Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to US APO 637 (Watford) etc. Good variety. (53 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITALY, FRANCE, CANADA (Image)

WWII MAILS TO & FROM OUTER G.B. ISLANDS: 1939-42 with Nov. 1939 env. Kirkwall, Orkneys to Glasgow with PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.S. "NORTHERN SUN" hs; c.1940 Bristol Aeroplane Co env. from RNAS Hatston, Orkney to Bristol with HM Ships tombstone hs and on reverse HMS and red SPARROWHAWK hs; Mar. 1940 Royal Navy Honour env. to St Martins, Guernsey with RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS and Edinburgh cds; 1941 env. + content (4 page personal letter on crested notepaper) Stromness to Shepton Mallet with triangular censor hs; Dec. 1941 env. from HMS Valkyrie Douglas IOM to c/o Royal Naval Base, Stornoway; Oct. 1942 light blue RAF Privilege env. + 5 page letter, from FPO 676 (RAF Sumburgh, Shetlands) to Liverpool with RAF Censor 121 hs, etc. (11 items) Cross Reference: ORKNEY ISLANDS, SHETLAND ISLES & FAIR ISLE, CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

BALANCE OF THE WWII MAILS: 1939-46 selection of mails inc. registered, overseas, etc. with Nov. 1939 env. air mail, Newbury to Las Palmas franked 4d with boxed purple INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL and CENSURE MILITAR / LAS PALMAS hs alongside; 1940 env. Sidcup to "Miss Margaret Napier, ACL 282, Secteur Postal 390 France" an undercover address; May 1944 Registered P.Stat. env. London to "Mrs SB Cheer, Sanchez 2370, Republic Argentina" another undercover address; 1945 OHMS env. with economy label registered Co Down to Ashford Kent with BALLYKINLER / CAMP registration label; c.1944 env. air mail London to Niort, France with fine large red COMMANDEMENT DES FORCES AERIENNES FRANCAISES EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE hs; 1944 env. BAPO 6 (Italy) to Chelmsford, Censor hs, etc.; Aug. 1945 very large env. Egypt to London registered and paid 11/- with 12 x 10d + 2 x 6d GB KGVI; Mar. 1945 OHMS pair envs with "inner" env. marked SECRET and "outer" env. registered from HMS Abatos (Supermarine Factory Woolston) to Basingstoke, etc. Good variety. (95 items) Cross Reference: ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, PALESTINE (Image)