POSTAL HISTORY: 1947 (Jan 20) Salvation Army/ACF/YMCA red/buff envelope registered airmail to Sydney with "Capt TJ Collins, 8AWGU" [Australian War Graves Unit] return address and 'BMA' Overprints 15c Dyak x2 & 20c River x2 tied by Australian-pattern 'JESSELTON/NORTH-BORNEO' cds and large 'R/JESSELTON' black/cream label on the face, 'SINGAPORE/28 JA/1947' transit and Sydney '-3FE47' arrival backstamps, a few blemishes & small corner fault at lower left. [Over 2000 Australians died on Borneo during WWII, most of them while being held as captives of the Japanese at the notorious Sandakan POW Camp] (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL HISTORY: 1947 (Dec 3) registered airmail to Palestine with combination franking of 'BMA' Overprints 20c River in with Sarawak 'BMA' Overprints 50c tied by Australian-pattern 'JESSELTON/ NORTH-BORNEO' cds, very fine 'R/JESSELTON' cachet at lower-left, "AV2" manuscript in red crayon added at Singapore indicating 'all-the-way' airmail transmission, 'REGISTERED/13 DE 47/LYDDA AIRPORT' transit & '.../15 DE 47/HAIFA' arrival backstamps, a few tiny blemishes. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200