first world war - 1914-19 - Stamp Auctions
Lot 407 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryBelgian Forces. 1915-26 Covers and cards (68) and fronts (2) from or to Belgian forces including stampless covers with datestamps of the Refugee village of Elizabethville, Co. Durham (2), mail from Ste Addresse (5) or Le Havre (special), hospital cachets, post-war mail from Germany (5), etc. (70). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 402 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryUndercover Addresses. 1917 Cover to Cambridge with a return address in Berlin, bearing Dutch 121⁄2c cancelled in The Hague; 1915 cover from German occupied Brussels to England endorsed via the Red Cross in Geneva; and 1917 front from the "Deutscher Hulfsverein" in Stockholm to New Moschi in Tanganyika addressed care of the Chief Civil Secretary at Windhuk, with an E.A Censor cachet applied upon arrival. (3). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 418 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryGerman Navy. 1914-18 Postcards with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST" datestamps (26) including items from the U-Boat Flotilla, or cachets, also picture postcards (13) including real Photo cards of naval aviators, and a photo. (42). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 413 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryGerman Forces. 1914-18 Covers and cards (55) including mail from Turkey (4), Russia, hospital cachets, "Feldflieger-Abteilung Nr. 40", etc., also picture postcards and photos (13) including pictures taken at the front, and an Ausweis. (69). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 408 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryGeneral Nivelle. 1916 (July 9) Stampless F.M cover from Paris with "2 ARMEE / LE GENERAL COMMANDANT" cachet, signed "Gnl. Nivelle", to his wife in Besancon. Nivelle commanded the French 2nd Army at the Battle of Verdun, was promoted to C. in C. of the French armies on the Western Front in December 1916 but was replaced in May 1917 following major mutinies in the French army. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 403 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySubmarine "Deutschland" Mail. 1917 Cover franked 20pf from Giessen to Chile marked "Tauchbootbrief", with special "Bremen T.B" c.d.s, a three line "Zuruck" cachet applied when the voyage of the submarine "Deutschland" was abandoned. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 419 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRussia/Georgia. 1916-21 Covers comprising 1916 cover to London with "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED / BY GERMANS AND DELAYED" cachet; 1917 registered cover from Baku; and 1920-21 registered covers (5) from Tiflis or Tibilisi to the British Trade Corporation in Constantinople bearing various 1919-20 issue Georgia stamps (one cover with one stamp removed); another 1920 cover with "BRITISH CONSULATE / BATOUM" cachet and A.P.O Y1 skeleton c.d.s with Georgia 1919 40k uncancelled block of eight (a further two stamps torn away) on the reverse; also a single Georgia 1920 5r with part A.P.O Y1 skeleton datestamps. A few faults but a scarce group of covers from Georgia. (10). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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 Lot 414 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryGerman Forces in East Africa. 1915 (Mar 22) Stampless Feldpost cover to Morogoro with fine "TAVETA / DEUTSCHE / FELDPOST" c.d.s, arrival backstamp of Morogoro (Apr. 5), very scarce. Photo on Page 78. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 409 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryFrench Forces. 1914-29 Covers and cards including air force cachets (3), Naval mail (3, two from Egypt), 1917 French Military Mission in Rome, forces in Tunisia (10, one with cachet "Aviation-Militaire / Service Postal / SUD TUNISIEN"), Algeria (2), Corfu, Turkey (2), Alexandria, Beyrout, Germany (16, one to a soldier with 20pf postage due interpanneau strip of three tied by "Tresor et Postes" datestamps), also ephemera (2) and four unused forces cards. (73). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
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Lot 404 - forces mail first world war - 1914-19 - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryCivil Censorship. 1914-19 Covers and cards with various censor cachets or seals including triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / 6" of Rangoon on a telegram from Aden; triangular Sudan numbered censors of 1919 (2); circular "BRITISH / CENSORSHIP" numbered cachets on 1919 German postcards (2); 1915-16 boxed "RELEASED BY THE / BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES" (2); 1916 G.B cover to USA with blue label "Returned to Sender by the Censor"; 1916 G.B postcard to USA with boxed "Picture Postcards addressed to / Neutral Countries are returned / by the Censor"; 1918 boxed "PASSED / AEGEAN / POSTAL / CENSOR / SYRA", etc. (40). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyforces mail first world war - 1914-19 |
