naval mail - Stamp Auctions
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 |
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 Lot 348 - forces mail naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryCrimean War - Baltic Fleet. 1855 Stampless cover to London endorsed "From Baltic Fleet", charged 6d, with a London arrival backstamp. Photo on Page 68. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail naval mail |
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Lot 343 - forces mail naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1702 (Apr 27) Letter signed by Earl Pembroke, Lord High Admiral, sent to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell at the Nore, informing him that four Scottish ships in the River Thames had their crews impressed and so were unable to proceed on their voyage to Scotland; Shovell was ordered to have all the impressed men returned to their ships and to give orders that in future no Scottish men are to be impressed from any ship belonging to the nation of Scotland. A fascinating document. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail naval mail |
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Lot 507 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1914-21 Covers and cards (44) and a Parcel Post label all with "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" handstamps or machines. A fine study on album pages including unusual boxed handstamps (2, one with a Queenstown skeleton), various "John Bull" loose type handstamps and handstamps used to cancel stamps, late 1927 use with 1d tied by Paquebot Liverpool c.d.s, a very scarce use on a Parcel Post label, various censors including circular "PASSED / H.M.S KENT / CENSOR" and cachets including "BRITISH MISSION / BELGIAN H.Q". (45). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
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Lot 502 - naval mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryPicture Postcards of British Naval ships, transport, sailors, heroes of the Zeebrugge Raid, German submarine on the beach at Hastings, etc., including a scarce woven silk card of H.M.T "Lancashire", several cards with Naval cancels and censor cachets. (51) Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historynaval mail |
