Royal Navy. 1922-93 Covers and cards with various "Received From H.M Ship", "H.M Ships" or "Maritime Mail" cancels, including machines; double ring c.d.s of Plymouth (2 types), Edinburgh, Southampton or London F.S; boxed handstamps; straight line violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIPS"; WW2 registration envelope with provisional H.M Ships registration label; stampless WW2 covers with circular "POST OFFICE - MARITIME MAIL / BY AIR" of Gibraltar or...
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Lot #625 - world war two - 1939-45
Royal Navy. 1939-48 Cover and cards including unusual censor cachets with oval, boxed and triangular types, "PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.S HOOD", "PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.S "NORTHERN SUN"", "PASSED BY CENSOR / "LONDONDERRY"", "CENSORED J14", etc., bag labels with cachets of H.M.S "Suffolk" or "King George V", boxed "FLEET MAIL OFFICE / 11 MAY 1946 / HONG KONG" and datestamps of BFM 31 (2) or 40 (2, one from H.M.S "St Kitts"), cover bearing EAF...
Lot #626 - world war two - 1939-45
Tokyo Bay. 1945 Covers including stampless cover with blue "VJ / TOKYO / ON ACTIVE SERVICE / HMNZS GAMBIA"; stampless Air Mail lettercard with Maritime Mail machine and red circular "TOKYO BAY / HMS / RULER"; cover to Sydney with Australia 3d tied circular "TOKYO BAY / 2ND SEPT / 1945 / JAPAN" with violet "H.M.A.S "SHROPSHIRE" / Official Signing of / Japanese Surrender"; and various Tokyo Bay cancels from U.S ships (10, all different), also...
Lot #627 - world war two - 1939-45
B.E.F France. 1939-40 Covers and cards, various F.P.O datestamps, includes card with "No. 1 Ambulance Train / Maintenance Section, R.E. / M.B.S.A. BEF" cachet, cover endorsed "Business letter, By Kings Messenger", covers flown to England with R.A.F censors and London meter marks (2), etc. (84).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #628 - world war two - 1939-45
B.E.F - Dunkirk Evacuees. 1940 (May/June) Covers and cards posted in England by troops evacuated from Dunkirk, most with Paid datestamps, comprising items from British soldiers posted at Launceston, Salisbury, Warwick, Ramsgate, Leeds, Wolsingham, Prestatyn and Okehampton, or from French soldiers posted at Tonbridge, Totton, Margate or Basingstoke. (12).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #629 - world war two - 1939-45
Iceland/Faroes. 1941-43 Covers from Iceland with datestamps of F.P.O 2, 304, 306 (6), 307 (faults) or R.A.F Post Office 001; cover and a front from Faroe Islands with violet F.P.O 219 or F.P.O 611 (front). (12).
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #630 - world war two - 1939-45
Norway. 1940 (May 27) Stampless O.A.S cover with F.P.O 127, a few minor opening faults at upper edge, otherwise fine and very scarce. Also 1945 forces covers and cards (8), datestamps comprise F.P.O 150 (Bergen) or 786 (5, Oslo). (9). Photo on Page 96.
Suggested price: £ 140-180
Lot #631 - world war two - 1939-45
Crete. 1941 (Jan 22) Cover with enclosed letter franked at the 10d airmail rate by G.B 6d and 2d pair, each cancelled by F.P.O 192 c.d.s, with boxed Unit Censor 146 cachet. A very scarce F.P.O used at Suda Bay.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #632 - world war two - 1939-45
Malta. 1940-44 Covers and air mail lettercards including G.B covers to troops in Malta bearing Green Cross labels (2), 1944 lettercard from F.P.O 188 with R.A.F censors No.48 (type 15) and No.353 (type 28), covers with triangular Malta censors and London machine flown to England by the R.A.F (3), etc. (16).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #633 - world war two - 1939-45
Aden. 1940-45 Covers and cards including unusual "Message Record" envelope originally used to send a recorded message, air mail letter card with G.B 3d tied "ADEN" single ring c.d.s, "No 11 R.A.F / POSTAL HQ" c.d.s (2), 1940 telegram, etc., most with R.A.F censors. (10).
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #634 - world war two - 1939-45
Egypt. 1938-45 Covers and cards including Army Post stamps (16), "Egypt Postage Prepaid" datestamps (60), also a correspondence of air mail lettercards (24, most with ‘Egypt Postage Prepaid’ c.d.s) and airgraphs (30) from D. Graham-White, R.A.F. (132).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #635 - world war two - 1939-45
Sudan/East Africa. 1940-41 Covers from Sudan (13) including cover from Torit with boxed "CENSORED / S.D.F.", violet "SUDAN P.O No 12" c.d.s, etc., also 1941-43 air letters written from the British Military Mission to Ethiopia (2), and other covers (11) with various E.A A.P.O datestamps. (26).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #636 - world war two - 1939-45
Kenya - D.R.L.S and Express Letter Service Mail. 1940-46 Covers including 1941 cover to the War Office in London marked "Air Mail" with oval "F FORCE HEADQUARTERS / ‘A’ BRANCH E.A.F" and "EXPRESS LETTER SERVICE / SERIAL No. / PRIORITY / NAIROBI" dated cachets, other covers sent within Kenya marked by D.R.L.S or E.L.S with various cachets including circular dated "ARMY SIGNALS / E.A.F" (2) or boxed "ARMY SIGNALS / DRLS", 1943 cover to...
Lot #637 - world war two - 1939-45
1939-46 Covers and cards in a box with various F.P.O datestamps, many origins including Egypt, Italy, Germany, G.B, etc. (100s).
Suggested price: £ 150-250
Lot #638 - world war two - 1939-45
Machine Cancels. 1940-80 Covers and cards, the collection in an S.G. album with various offices, types and slogans, including 1944 Krag without office number, 1945 F.P.O 676 Universal machine with Victory Bells slogan, etc., (85). Also various 1969-86 F.P.O datestamps (19), many with handstruck slogans. (104).
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #639 - world war two - 1939-45
Correspondences. 1942-45 Covers and airgraphs including covers and letter cards from Major General Sir George Erskine of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Egypt and Western Europe (130, some good content on battles in North Africa), also items to Erskine (39, some from other senior officers including D.R.L.S cover with enclosed letter from General Sir Brian Horrocks) and a few pre-war covers; covers, air letters and airgraphs from G.B to F/O...
Lot #640 - world war two - 1939-45
Indian F.P.Os. 1941-46 Covers with Indian F.P.O datestamps including 1941 F.P.O 30A and 36 (franked $2 in Straits stamps) and 1946 F.P.O 594 and 660 from Malaya, also items from Egypt, Greece, Persia, Libya, Cyprus, Ceylon, Eritrea, Italy, Iraq, Burma, etc. (119).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #641 - world war two - 1939-45
ANZAC Forces. 1940-47 Covers from Australian or New Zealand forces, many from Egypt, also R.N.Z.A.F datestamps, 1941 "2ND BDE. H.W. P.O / P.2" used at Tobruk, 1941 N.Z.E.F F.P.O cover posted at sea with provisional "2nd N.Z Div / Petrol Coy. N.Z.A.S.C, 2nd N.Z.E.F" censor cachet, etc. (c.130).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #642 - world war two - 1939-45
ANZAC & South African Forces. 1941-54 Covers and cards with cancels of the South African A.P.O in the UK (2); N.Z F.P.Os or Army Base P.O in the UK (5, one a rubber type c.d.s); R.A.A.F Base P.O in London cachets, datestamps or machines (9); various Middle East covers with Australian F.P.Os (6) or New Zealand F.P.Os (11); and datestamps of Australian forces in Japan (12 + 2 pieces), most with G.B stamps, some registered. (47).
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Lot #643 - world war two - 1939-45
Canadian Forces. 1941-45 Covers with Canadian F.P.O datestamps (39) or A.P.O machines (11) and a bag label, either bearing G.B stamps or stampless. (51).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #644 - world war two - 1939-45
Canada/USA/SA Forces. 1940-45 Covers and cards including a correspondence from Capt M. Burton of the South African Engineer Corps (51) with postal stationery air letters, some bearing due marks; Canadian forces mail (31) including an illustrated Christmas air letter from Italy; and U.S forces mail (29) with Pepsi-Cola recorded message envelope containing the original record and a postcard with G.B 2d tied by U.S. A.P.O 229 written from 12th...
Lot #645 - world war two - 1939-45
Free French Forces. 1939-45 Covers and cards including 1940 cover with Hospital Ship "Sphinx" cachet, octagonal ship datestamps (3), 1940 covers with boxed handstruck or manuscript "CENSORED / N.E.F" and Poste Aux Armees datestamps and a cover to the "N.E.F, c/o Naval Attache, Paris", etc. (35).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #646 - world war two - 1939-45
Czech/Polish Forces. 1942-46 Covers and cards from or to Czech forces (14) or Polish forces (28) mainly in G.B or the Middle East, many commercial, also some pieces, ephemera, a cover to President Benes and 1943 Czech Stamp Exhibition in London souvenir sheet. (44+).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #647 - world war two - 1939-45
Other Allied Forces. 1939-47 Covers and cards from or to army or navy forces from Holland (9), Norway (7), Belgium, Denmark, Yugoslavia or Greece (4), also a propaganda booklet in Norwegian dropped by the R.A.F. (24).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
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