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Lot 515 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Blandford/Sandhill Park/Beachley. 1917-18 Covers and cards with P.O.W lettersheets from Beachley, Blandford (2) or Sandhill Park, a postcard to Blandford, and a German parcel card to Sandhill Park. (6).
Suggested price: £ 80-100

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Lot 531 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Pattishall/Eastcote. 1916-19 Covers and cards sent from (4) or to (2) Petty Officer Wadewitz of the U103 (which was rammed by the "Olympic" in May 1918), also cards sent to or by Wadewitz prior to his capture (4) and related cards (2); covers sent by other P.O.Ws (6); a postcard and German parcel card to the camp; and a 1916 Christmas card with photos of scenes in the camp. (21).
Suggested price: £ 250-300

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Lot 526 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Isle of Man - Knockaloe. Camp Greetings postcards comprising unused Christmas cards (2) both with printed illustrations by Pastor Hartmann; an unused card (plain back) showing prisoners queuing at a jetty to board a boat (from the Hartmann papers); and an Easter greetings postcard written and signed by Pastor Hartmann and addressed to Berlin, but endorsed "Too Late" and apparently never posted. (4).
Suggested price: £ 200-250

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Lot 521 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Handforth/West Didsbury Hospital. 1914-19 Covers and cards from (7) or to Handforth including 1916 Christmas postcard produced in the camp, "P.C / HANDFORTH" or "P.C. / W. / HANDFORTH" (2) cachets; an unused picture postcard of the camp; Dutch label "Bundel Voor Handforth" with P.O.W cachets; and covers or cards from (3) or to Mill Lane Military Hospital at West Didsbury, one with the boxed cachet "Mill Lane Military Hosp. / 27 APR 1919 / WEST DIDSBURY / MANCHESTER". (14).
Suggested price: £ 150-180

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Lot 537 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Postcards. Printed postcards produced in P.O.W camps, most for Christmas or New Year greetings, no camps named, artists include J. Andre and Bredow. All unused, some paper adhering or lost on the reverses, one duplicate design. (8).
Suggested price: £ 80-120

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Lot 516 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Catterick/Wellburn/Stanhope. 1919 P.O.W Lettersheets from Catterick (4) or the working camps at Stanhope (2) or Wellburn, including oval named camp cachets of Stanhope (2) or Catterick (2). (7).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 532 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Shrewsbury/Weobley. 1915-19 Greetings postcards for Easter or Christmas (2, 1915 and 1916) and a P.O.W envelope from the camp; and a Brazil postal stationery postcard to the camp, cachets include boxed "P.C" and "SHREWSBURY" or "P.C / SHREWSBURY", also a card to the sub-camp at Weobley. (6).
Suggested price: £ 130-160

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Lot 511 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1919 Stampless internee card from a German sailor on the S.M.S "Konig" at Scapa Flow with ships cachet; 1914 (Nov 22) Swiss Red Cross postcard reporting a German soldier being held P.O.W in England; 1914 (Sep 14) cover to The Hague with G.B 1⁄2d and 1d pair cancelled by red London Official Paid machine and violet "POST FREE / PRISONERS of WAR" cachets with boxed "P.C. / M.O.5 (H)", etc. Also picture postcards (2) and a large Photo of ships used to repatriate P.O.Ws from England to Germany after the war. (8).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 527 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lancaster/Leigh. 1914-17 Covers and cards with a 1914 O.H.M.S cover from Lancaster handstamped boxed "O.H.M.S / "PRISONERS OF WAR / POSTAGE FREE"; cards from Germany or Switzerland to H. Steur, P.O.W at Lancaster (also a third card to Steur at Knockaloe); covers and cards from (4) or to Leigh; unused bundle labels for Leigh and Lancaster camps. (11).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 522 - camps in great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Holyport. 1915-18 Covers and cards from (5) or to (2) P.O.Ws including 1915 and 1916 Christmas postcards produced in the camp, oval "OFFICERS PRISONER OF WAR / P.C. / 1. / HOLYPORT" cachet, also a bundle label. (8).
Suggested price: £ 120-140

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