naval mail - Stamp Auctions
Lot 508 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1916-18 Stampless postcards (5, three with London Received From H.M Ship machines) with violet oval "H.M.H.S / No. / Date / WARILDA" on a Cairo card; two strikes of violet "TRANSPORT / CENSOR / COLOMBO" on a Ceylon postcard; "CEN - 6 - SOR" used at the R.N.A.S Kite Balloon Base at Bizerta; other "CEN - SOR" Dover Patrol type censors for "1W" or "BV13"; and a card franked 1⁄2d tied by two small crosses with violet "CENSORED / W.K.C. Grace" (unrecorded by Gould). (6). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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Lot 503 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1914-18 Covers and cards, most with various Naval cancels, all with Naval censor cachets identified by "Gould" type and the ship of use, a fine lot. (79). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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 Lot 345 - forces mail naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryBattle of Algiers. 1816 (Aug 29) Entire letter from Robert Gordon written on the "Queen Charlotte" off Algiers, to his father in London with light red "BRIXHAM / SHIP LETTER" (Rob. S4, first recorded year of use), charged 3/2. The letter comprises an exceptional and detailed description of the battle, including "they opened their fire which was immediately returned by the whole fleet in such a manner as astonished them & so heavy and well directed was our fire that we soon drove them out of their works on that part of the Mole exposed to our fire. We then hauled round for our broadside to bear on the town & continued a most furious cannonade till near 12 o’clock when one of seven frigates which we had set fire to, very nearly drifted on board us, which had she done we must inevitably have been burnt, but miraculously at that moment a breeze sprang up which enabled us to get out of her way & drift her in again. We then, having silenced the batteries & destroyed part of the town, warped out again. We then found our rigging much cut up & 8 men only killed and 126 wounded .... The Consul whom they detained has just been on board, he describes the slaughter in town as dreadful, that at least 1500 have been killed & many thousands wounded .... The Impregnable, not having been able to take her station close enough, has suffered severely, about 50 killed & 200 wounded ...". Also a superb handpainted map of the Battle, painted by Gordon and sent to his mother in Ledbury, hand carried to England and posted as a Free letter in London, franked by Sir B. Martin. The British freed 3,000 captured Europeans and forced the Dey of Algiers to abolish Christian slavery and promise to end piracy. A remarkable pair. (2). Photo on Page 67. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail naval mail |
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Lot 509 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySubmarines. 1918-19 Cards from the submarines K9 or UN37 (the captured German minelaying Sub UC37, which surrendered to the British at Sevastopol - with related MOD letter), a cover to the K9 and a postcard of the UC5. Also a 1916 cover from Venice with cachet of the Italian submarine "Argo". (5). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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Lot 504 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1915-18 Covers and cards (22) and a front with censor cachets naming the ship including the Kent (2, one sent 11 days after the sinking of the "Dresden"), Powerful (2), Milne, Maid of Honour (front, with boxed "SHIP LETTER" cancel), Centurian (2), Foxhound (2), Jupiter, Topaze, Sapphire, Sabrina, Calista, Acacia, Hardinge, T308, Colossus, Benbow, etc., also an unnamed censor cachet from the "Kent" and manuscript "Passed by Censor" alongside the cachet "H.M.X.V. No 1" of the Liverpool pilot boat S.S "Alfred H. Read", various cancels. A good lot. (25). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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 Lot 346 - forces mail naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryMalta. 1831 Entire letter from Malta to England headed "From Thomas Carttin Seaman H.M Ship Melville" and countersigned with "H.M.S Melville Malta, July 7th 1831" above the Officers signature, prepaid at the 1d rate, a 1d coin having been sown to the letter, the circle of holes clearly visible at the left. The 1d coin presumably removed and kept by the Falmouth Post Office, who marked the letter "P1" and applied their backstamp. H.M.S Melville was sent to guard Graham Island, formed by an underground volcano off Sicily in 1831, as part of Britain’s sovereignty claims; however the island disappeared under the sea by the end of 1831. A scarce concession rate letter showing payment by coin sown to the letter. Photo on Page 68. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail naval mail |
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 Lot 510 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRoyal Naval Air Service. 1915-19 Covers and cards including 1915 card from APO S10 with scarce boxed "CENSORED BY / ARMOURED CARS / R.N.A.S", 1915 card with Belgian F.P.O sent by P.O Bryant whilst serving with the R.N.A.S Armoured Car Squadron, censor cachets of the airship or seaplane bases at Howden, Isle of Grain and Westgate on Sea, "CEN / SOR" Dover Command type cachets for 4W, 5W, RNAS and COM, cards to RNAS addresses with circular dated "NAVAL AIR SERVICE MAIL OFFICE / LONDON" (2), cards from US air forces (2), etc. (26). Photo on Page 85. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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Lot 505 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1914-20 Covers and cards with various Naval cancels including machines with the date portion replaced by crosses or three horizontal bars, dumb cancels, Received From H.M Ship handstamps, also mail from troops at sea including Canadian Continent and transport ships, Naval censors, and some post-war Naval mail including 1922 stampless cover with "Posted on Board Ship Abroad / I.S" charged the single 11⁄2d rate, 1919 card to H.M.S "Thesus" and redirected to Dover with scarce boxed "POSTED ON H.M.S / ABROAD / I.S" handstamp, etc. (95). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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 Lot 347 - forces mail naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryCrimean War - Baltic Fleet. 1855 Cover to England inscribed "Baltic Fleet, via Dantzic" bearing 1d red single and vertical pair cancelled upon arrival in London, a "DANZIG" c.d.s on the front, charged a further 3d. Seal stain, otherwise mainly fine and scarce. Photo on Page 68. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail naval mail |
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Lot 506 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1915-18 Covers and cards with various censor cachets including "CEN / SOR" Dover Command type cachets for ATT (Attentive), 36, 54, 66, T (with cachet of the Naval Transport Office Dunkerque) or R.M.A (2, Royal Marines Artillery), boxed R.M.A censors (2), boxed "CENSORED / S.N.O" (Senior Naval Officer, Lerwick), "Censored / COMMG NORTHERN TRAWLERS", circular R.M.G.C censor (Royal Marine Garrison Cromarty), cachets of the Naval Transport Office at Grimsby and Dunkirk (with boxed censor), circular "A.C.C / CENSORED" (4, Aircraft Construction Co.), oval "PASSED BY SHIPS CENSOR / SURGEON" (3), stampless cover with 1d charge mark, etc. (34). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
