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Lot 1224 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Nairobi. 1943-47 Covers comprising covers from Polish forces in Egypt or the Middle East to the Polish Delegation at P.O. Box A22 or 47 Stanley House, Nairobi (3); 1944 printed cover of the ‘Delegation of the Polish Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare’ to a Pole at Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia; 1946 O.H.M.S cover with "CHIEF POLISH ADVISER / TO COMMISSIONER / E.A REFUGEE ADMINISTRATION" cachet and Postal Frank cachet of G.R Sandford; 1944 registered cover to the Polish Red Cross in New York, and 1947 cover to Austria from Box 176. Also the pamphlet "Workers from Abroad" and related articles. (7).
Suggested price: £ 150-200

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Lot 1240 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Masindi. 1946-48 Covers (2) and air letters (2) to Anna Stotwinski in Masindi Camp, the covers from France or registered from Sweden, the air letters from her husband Lt. Feliks Stotwinski sent from Seighford Camp near Stafford or Polish A.P.O 101 at Cairo, franked G.B 11⁄2d. All four have the "MASINDI 2 / UGANDA" skeleton c.d.s arrival backstamp. (4).
Suggested price: £ 150-200

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Lot 1235 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Masindi. 1945 (Apr 10) Registered cover from Polish Settlement Masindi to P.O Box 298, London, the undercover address of the Polish Navy, redirected to the Polish Naval Camp, Okehampton. Franked by four stamps, totalling 60c, tied by "MASIDI 2 / UGANDA" skeletons with the unusual error of spelling (the ‘N’ omitted, a further strike on reverse), the Masindi registration label handstamped violet "POLISH REFUGEE CAMP / MASINDI 2", with red circular "N / Released / 9". An unusual cover. Photo on Page 184.
Suggested price: £ 150-180

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Lot 1230 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Koja. 1944-45 Covers from Polish Settlement Koja to a soldier at "Polish Forces 606, C.M.F" franked 1s30c, cancelled by Koja Kampala datestamps, both with Polish censor cachets, backstamped at Polish F.P.O 101 or E.A A.P.O 80. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 1225 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Nairobi. 1943 (Aug 4) KGVI 10c Postcard uprated 5c, from the Polish Delegation Nairobi to the Polish Red Cross in Teheran and redirected back to P.O Box A18, Nairobi with three line cachet of the Polish Red Cross in Iran, five censor cachets including violet ‘Anglo-Soviet-Persian censorship’ types and Polish F.P.O 141 c.d.s; and 1945 registered cover franked 50c to a Polish soldier in Egypt with two cachets of the Polish Red Cross in East Africa, backstamped at Polish F.P.O 101, 102, 112, British F.P.O 233 and B.A.P.O 4. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 1236 - kut polish refugee camps -  Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1236 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Masindi. 1945 (Jan 3) Registered cover from Polish Settlement Masindi to the USA with 30c pair tied by the "MASIDI 2 / UGANDA" skeleton (error of spelling, a much clearer strike on the reverse), the blank type registration label handstamped violet "POLISH REFUGEE CAMP / MASINDI 2", unusual. Photo on Page 184.
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 1231 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Koja. 1943-48 Registered covers from Polish Settlement Koja comprising 1943 censored cover to Canada franked 60c tied by Koja Kampala datestamps, with a Kampala registration label handstamped "A"; 1945 30c registration envelope uprated 20c to Palestine with Koja Kampala datestamps and a Kampala registration label; and 1948 cover to England bearing 12 stamps totalling 1s30c tied by Mukono datestamps, with a Mukono registration label. (3).
Suggested price: £ 170-220

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Lot 1226 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Nyali/Equator. 1944 Cover franked 1s50c sent from a Pole at Equator to another Pole in Addis Ababa, and 1948 cover written from the Polish Camp at English Point, Nyali to the USA, franked 2s, the stamps cancelled at Mombassa. (2).
Suggested price: £ 80-100

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Lot 1237 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Masindi. 1947-48 Registered covers to England each with 1s30c in stamps tied by "MASINDI 2 / UGANDA" skeletons, one with a blank type registration label handstamped violet "POLISH REFUGEE CAMP / MASINDI 2", the other with a Masindi registration label handstamped "POLISH REFUGEE CAMP". An interesting pair showing the differing handstamped registration labels, one to Rednal Camp near Oswestry. (2).
Suggested price: £ 160-200

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Lot 1232 - kut polish refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Masindi. 1943 Covers from Polish Settlement Masindi, one to "Polish Forces P/13" redirected from the Middle East to England with 1s and 30c stamps tied by Nairobi c.d.s, British and Polish censor labels, E.A A.P.O backstamp and Polish F.P.O No. 1 arrival c.d.s; the other cover registered to Jerusalem with five stamps totalling 1s60c tied by "MASINDI 2 / UGANDA" double ring skeleton datestamps, the Masindi registration label with manuscript "2". (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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