MILITARY WWII COVERS & CARDS
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
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| 1222 |
 |
 1943 NEWFOUNDLAND AVALON-FMO AIRMAIL to CANADA, Canadian sailors letter
posted at the Fleet Mail Office (FMO) with a POSTAGE-PAID-G.P.O. red triangle h/s (50 mm base) indicating 7¢ was paid in cash for airmail service to SARNIA-ONT, note Canadian navy ship censor From H.M.C.SHIP red boxed h/s dated
SEP25'1942, the rubber triangle h/s was previously listed as a St-John's cancel as it originally had "ST-JOHN'S-NEWF'D" on the base, this is now confirmed as an AVALON-FMO cancel since the ink used is identical to that of the FMO registration h/s on
lots 1224-1225, VF est (Image) |
$50+ US
SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1223 |
|
 c-1943 NEWFOUNDLAND AVALON-FMO AIRMAIL to CANADA, Canadian sailors letter
posted at the Fleet Mail Office (FMO) with a POSTAGE-PAID-G.P.O. blue triangle h/s (62 mm base) indicating 7¢ was paid in cash for airmail service to ESSEX-ONT, note Avalon navy censor DB/N.88 h/s, VF est (Image) |
$50+ US
SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1224 |
|
 1942 NEWFOUNDLAND AVALON-FMO REGISTERED AIRMAIL to CANADA, Canadian sailors
letter posted at the Fleet Mail Office (FMO) with a POSTAGE-PAID-G.P.O. black triangle h/s (54 mm base) indicating 16¢ was paid in cash for registered airmail service to HAMILTON-ONT with receiver b/s APR2'1942, note a rare non-blackout
AVALON FMO registration box and British navy ship censor FROM H.M.SHIP red tombstone h/s dated MAR24'1942, rough opening at top and part of backflap removed, rare markings and F+ est
(Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1225 |
|
 1943 NEWFOUNDLAND AVALON-FMO REGISTERED AIRMAIL to CANADA, Canadian sailors
letter posted at the Fleet Mail Office (FMO) on MAY1'1943 with a POSTAGE-PAID-G.P.O. violet triangle h/s (50 mm base) indicating 17¢ was paid in cash for registered airmail service to MONTREAL with receiver b/s MAY3'1943, note a rare
non-blackout AVALON FMO registration box and HMCS-AVALON navy censor DB/N.506 blue h/s, also a MONTREAL-CUSTOMS-DUTY-FREE-No.1 h/s dated MAY3'1943, F-VF est (Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $160.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1226 |
|
 1943 SYDNEY-NS MPO-619 REGISTERED AIRMAIL to MONTREAL, dated NOV15'1943 with
MONTREAL receiver b/s NOV16'1943, note a scarce non blackout registration box and Canada censor DB/143 sealing tape, VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1227 |
|
 1943 VANCOUVER HMCS-BURRARD NPO-1117 REGISTERED, posted on the first day of
operations on DEC8'1943 to a local addressee, note a scarce non-blackout registration box with routing via the Vancouver post office with 2 different blackout receiver b/s, a rare first day cover and VF est
(Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $110.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1228 |
|
 1944 WINDSOR-NS MPO-620 REGISTERED to VANCOUVER, dated MAY2'1944 on piece of
large envelope with partial economy label showing a VANCOUVER addressee, note 3 different RPO transit h/s, VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $45.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1229 |
|
 1945 DEEBERT-NS MPO-604 REGISTERED SPECIAL-DELIVERY AIRMAIL, dated JAN5'1945
with 8 transit b/s and VANCOUVER arrival on JAN8'1945, a scarce registration box and good rate, F-VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $40.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1230 |
|
 1943 CANADIAN PILOT AIRMAIL LETTER from EGYPT to CANADA, posted at the New
Zealand CAIRO-BASE-APO-4 on MAR22'1943 and addressed to VANCOUVER-BC, routing via air to LISBON + Pan-Am Clipper to NEW-YORK + air to VANCOUVER, good 25d New-Zealand franking pays the airmail fee, RAF censor No.220 boxed h/s and
DEPUTY-CHIEF-FIELD-CENSOR crown h/s, some rough opening at top, scarce rate and route, F-VF est (Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $100.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1231 |
|
 1944 DELAYED HALIFAX CONVOY MAIL, FREE franked Canadian soldiers letter
posted at HALIFAX on OCT11'1944 and addressed to MONTREAL, mailed just before a convoy sailing and held for security purposes until the convoy arrived in England, scarce TRANSMISSION DELAYED h/s applied, F-VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1232 |
|
 1945 DELAYED HALIFAX CONVOY MAIL, postcard mailed at HALIFAX on JAN12'1945
and addressed to NIAGARA-FALLS, mailed just before a convoy sailing and held for security purposes until the convoy arrived in England, scarce TRANSMISSION DELAYED h/s applied, lot includes a second undated delayed transmission cover with a
different security h/s, F-VF est (Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $55.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1233 |
|
 c-1944 DELAYED ST-JOHN'S-NEWF'D CONVOY MAIL, undated postcard mailed just
before a convoy sailing, held until the convoy reached England then reposted in an OHMS military FREE franked envelope with a DELAYED FOR SECURITY navy censor slip enclosed, also an Avalon navy censor DB/N.505 b/s on the envelope, rare and
F-VF est (Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1234 |
|
 1945 MAIL DAMAGED BY FIRE & WATER, cover posted at WINNIPEG on MAR27'1944
and addressed to a German occupied country via the GENEVA-SWITZERLAND Red Cross, salvaged from a ship fire and forwarded to GENEVA with the enclosed letter and required Reply Coupon intact, VF est
(Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $55.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1235 |
|
 1940 DUNDURN-MILITARY-CAMP-SASK, scarce cds dated DEC17'1940 on soldiers
cover addressed to YOUNG-SASK, F-VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1236 |
|
 1940 DUNDURN-MILITARY-CAMP-SASK, 2 strikes of the scarce cds dated
MAY27'1940, on postcard from Private T. Forman of the New-Westminster Regiment that just arrived at the camp, card has large closed tear LHS, F-VF cancel est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $85.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1237 |
|
 1936 ALDERSHOT-MILITARY-CAMP-NS, superb cds dated JUL1'1936 on unsealed
printed matter cover addressed to PHILADELPHIA, VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1238 |
|
 1941 POW at PETAWAWA-CAMP-ONT, FREE franked POW letter sheet dated
MAR30'1941 and addressed to USA, red internment censor No.5 h/s then posted at the PETAWAWA civilian post office on APR1'1941, interesting letter enclosure and VF est (Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $55.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1239 |
|
 1943 BRITISH POW at GERMAN STALAG-22A, FREE franked POW postcard datelined
SEP12'1943 and addressed to BIRMINGHAM, camp censor No.32 + British POW censor No.1724, VF est (Image) |
$75+ US
SOLD for $90.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
| 1240 |
|
 1944 CANADIAN POW at GERMAN STALAG-AIR-3, on airmail POW postcard dated
MAY3'1944 and addressed to SHERBROOKE-QUE, German camp censor No.62 + Canadian censor DB/456 h/s, airmail postage paid in cash, VF est (Image) |
$100+ US
SOLD for $110.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM |
