Refugee Camps. 1901 Cover to a P.O.W in Bloemfontein, redirected to "Bombay per Mohawk" with triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / SIALKOT", the enclosed letter from a female refugee in Norton Camp; 1901 cover (some staining) from a P.O.W in Ladysmith to the "Boer Women Camp, Hawick" with triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / P OF W" and oval "STAFF OFFICER PRISONERS OF WAR / 4 MAR 1901 / LADYSMITH"; and a document regarding a cheque for Dr J. Hunter with...
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Lot #378 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
P.O.W Ships. 1899-1902 Covers addressed to Boer P.O.Ws on various ships, comprising the Mongolian, Bavarian, Hawarden Castle, Roslin Castle, City of Cambridge, Catalonia, Manilla, Kildonan Castle, Armenia or Orient, or from a P.O.W on the Penelope. A scarce group, most very fine. (11).
Suggested price: £ 300-400
Lot #379 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
India - P.O.W Mail. 1901-02 Covers from Bellary to France franked 21⁄2a, or sent to P.O.Ws at Sialkot, Kaity-Nilgiris parole camp, or to a P.O.W ex "Hawarden Castle" and redirected to Ahmednagar, all with camp censor cachets, a few faults. (4).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #380 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
India - P.O.W Mail. Cyclostyled postcard No. 11 "Greetings from the Boer Prisoners of War Camp, Umballa, India" with illustrations of the tented camp, washing sheds, water tanks, and a charging Indian lancer, inscribed "Made by a Prisoner of War", unused, the reverse with oval cachet "CENSOR’S STAMP / PASSED CENSOR / BOER CAMP, DAGSHAI & SOLON" dated "1/5/02" and initialled. A little light staining, attractive and very scarce.
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Lot #381 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
India - P.O.W Mail. 1902 (Apr. 28) 1a Postal stationery cover from Dagshai to South Africa with a fine violet oval "CENSORS STAMP / PASSED CENSOR / BOER CAMP, DAGSHAI & SOLON", transit and arrival backstamps. Closed tear to upper edge through part of the cachet but still an attractive cover.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #382 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
1901 Postal Stationery postcards from Austria (2, one with a T.P.O datestamp), Belgium or Netherlands all to Wilhelm Karsten, a P.O.W in Ragama Camp with violet oval "RAGAMA CAMP / PASSED / CENSOR" (3) or "DIYATALAWA CAMP / PASSED / CENSOR", the two Austrian cards with Ragama Camp c.d.s; and a registered cover from Germany franked 5pf, 25pf, 50pf to Gustav Nolte at Ragama Camp with violet oval "DIYATALAWA CAMP / PASSED / CENSOR", pink ‘ER...
Lot #383 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
An album kept by a guard (or P.O.W?) at Diyatalawa containing incoming postcards (19), covers and fronts (91, mainly complete covers, all cards and covers stuck down with a small piece of glue at each corner, therefore reasonably easy to remove); photographs taken in the camp or elsewhere in Ceylon (84, also a few India photos); registered letter Certificates of Posting (2); unused Ceylon postal stationery postcards with comic scenes...
Lot #384 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Basutoland. 1901 Cover with Cape 1d tied by "LERIBE / C.G.H" c.d.s (a second strike below), endorsed "Censored" with P.O.W censor cachet and pink censor seal applied in Ceylon, addressed to "J.H Van Rooyen, Prisoner of War, Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon Hut 53"; and 1901 picture postcard with Ceylon 3c cancelled Diyatalawa Camp c.d.s, violet oval "DIYATALAWA CAMP / PASSED / CENSOR", addressed to "Master Gawie Steijn, Fouriesburg, c/o C.E Middleton...
Lot #385 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Bermuda/Ceylon. 1902 Bermuda 1⁄2d postal stationery postcard from a Boer P.O.W on Morgans Island to a P.O.W at Diyatalawa, cancelled at Hamilton with blue circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / PASSED / CENSOR / BERMUDA" and circular framed "T". A boxed "AMOUNT TO BE / COLLECTED RS (6cts)" applied at Colombo, with a Diyatalawa c.d.s and censor cachet. A very unusual underpaid card from Bermuda. Photo on Page 71.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #386 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Hospital Ship "Atlantian". 1900 Cover from Paarl franked Cape 1d, to a P.O.W at Diyatalawa Camp, readdressed to Mount Lavinia and again to the Hospital Ship "Atlantian" at Colombo, with Diyatalawa Camp backstamps and censor cachet and an ER censor seal. Very few covers are known to the Hospital Ship "Atlantian" at Colombo. Photo on Page 71.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #387 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Diyatalawa. 1901 (Oct 24) Registered cover to Thomas Leask at Klerksdorp bearing Ceylon 5c (3) and 2a, the four stamps tied by Diyatalawa M.O & S.BK datestamps with a fine strike of the very scarce fancy boxed "REGISTERED" in red, boxed "R", violet F.R.N.F Diyatalawa and Pretoria censor cachets. A fine cover. Photo on Page 71.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #388 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Diyatalawa. 1901 Cape 1⁄2d postcard from Orange River Burgher Camp to a Boer P.O.W, sent to Trichinopoly with violet circular "CENSOR’S OFFICE / BOER / CAMP / TRICHINOPOLY" applied, then to Diyatalawa handstamped with the very scarce oval "DIJATALAWA KAMP / Unclaimed / John, F. FAURE, P.M" in red, a superb card. Photo on Page 71.
Suggested price: £ 250-300
Lot #389 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Diyatalawa. 1902 India 1⁄4a postcard from Wellington addressed to "Ahmed Deen, Tailor, Camp Diyatalawa, Ceylon" with arrival c.d.s and the very scarce violet triangular "NOT FOR / P.O.W DELIVER". Light horizontal crease and minor faults, an attractive card, very few examples of this unusual cachet recorded. Photo on Page 78.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #390 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902 - ceylon p.o.w mail
Hambantota/Welikada Jail. 1902 Ceylon 2c postal stationery cover sent locally to "Lieut Muller, The Camp, Hambantota" with an ER censor seal and scarce oval "P.O.W / PASSED / CENSOR / HAMBANTOTA" in violet; and 1901 cover from the USA to F.M Hearne, an American volunteer in the Boer forces held P.O.W at Ragama, redirected to Welikada Jail with an ER censor seal tied by Ragama Camp censor cachet, the stamp removed, probably by the censor. (2...
Lot #391 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Camps. 1856-1918 Covers including 1856 cover with "THE CURRAGH CAMP" arrival backstamp, 1860 cover to France with four 1d reds cancelled at Farnborough Station and an Aldershot camp backstamp, WW1 camps (3), etc. (7).
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #392 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Camps. c.1902-18 Pre-war and WW1 picture postcards of various G.B camps including real photographic cards, Post Office Rifles, etc., 26 with camp cancellations including skeletons. (74).
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #393 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Camps. 1878-1919 Postcards (79) and covers (9) all with camp cancels including 1900 "Field Post Office Bulford Camp", skeletons, etc., also camp cancels on pieces including Official stamps. (88+).
Suggested price: £ 100-150
Lot #394 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Camps. 1910-72 Covers and cards, mainly WW1 and post-war with various camp cancels or cachets including 1919 "APO / KENSINGTON GDNS CAMP" skeleton used at the Peace celebrations, covers from U.S (4) or Canadian (2) forces, 1919 A.I.F card "Just arrived in Southampton" sent from Hurdcott Camp, 1917 Portugal cover to a Portuguese soldier at Hazeley Camp, 1916 P.O.S.B book issued at Purfleet Camp, etc. (49).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #395 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
1917 Cover and postcards (2) with differing Upavon Central Flying School datestamps, also a piece, all superb strikes.
Suggested price: £ 60-70
Lot #396 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Home Defence. 1915-18 Covers and cards with various numbered Army Post Office (HD) datestamps including the scarce ‘Base A’, also a cover with fine boxed "ARMY POSTAL SERVICE / HOME DEFENCE / UNABLE TO TRACE". (31).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #397 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Ireland. 1916 (June 26) Picture postcard written by a soldier in the 5th North Staffs Rgt., with KGV 1⁄2d tied by "ARMY POST OFFICE (H.D) / 40" c.d.s, used by the 176th Brigade in Dublin, May-August 1916, following the Easter Rising. Also a 1916 (May 4) cover with "ULSTER VOLUNTEER FORCE HOSPITAL / BELFAST" incorporating an orange hand printed in the upper left corner, used from Belfast franked 1d, a small piece torn away above the printed...
Lot #398 - forces mail camps and a.p.o cancels used in g.b
Manoeuvres. 1874-1935 Covers and cards with 1874 cover addressed to Wimbledon Camp; 1906-13 postcards with Army Post Office datestamps (10); 1912 picture postcards from Bourley or Oxney Farm Camps with Army Post Office skeleton datestamps numbered ‘1’ or ‘2’; 1934 cover to a soldier on manoeuvres with "ARMY / YA / SIGNALS" arrival datestamp; and 1935 postcard of Hollom Down Barn Camp cancelled "Field Post Office 9" c.d.s. Also 1873 ‘...
Lot #399 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19
1914-20 Covers and cards including 1916 postcard from the Commander of the Japanese Naval Ship "Hizen"; 1920 cover from Czechoslovakia to Alexandria sent "c/o Public Custodian", opened and resealed with four "PUBLIC CUSTODIAN / OF ENEMY PROPERTY / IN EGYPT / CAIRO" seals then forwarded to a P.O. Box in Cairo; 1916 picture postcard to "The Soldiers & Sailors Families Association, British Consulate, Noumea" with message "For the British...
Lot #400 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19
Ephemera/Postcards/Christmas Cards. Picture postcards (35) including real Photo cards of a tank at the front, damaged buildings at Whitby and Lynn caused by German air raids or bombardments, departure of the Guernsey war contingent, Czechs participating in the Italian war demonstration in London, 1915, etc.; Christmas cards (14); hand painted menus (3); an album kept by an R.A.S.C soldier mainly in Egypt containing various photos, cards, etc...
Lot #401 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19
July-Sept 1914, including Service Suspended mail. The interesting selection of covers and cards including July 30 cover from Russia to Scotland with Russian censor cachet and seals made from small pieces of paper; July 31-3 Aug registered cover and cards (2) from G.B to Germany delivered with German censor cachets (one ‘address unknown’ returned to G.B in December); July 29 card from Austria to London returned handstamped "ZURUCK"; August...
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