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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
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| Germany. 1920-21 Covers from the Army Courier Office in Berlin, with stampless 1920 postcards with the rare locally made large "ARMY COURIER OFFICE / 21.4.20 / S.5" rubber datestamp or "ARMY COURIER OFFICE" c.d.s without number, and cover franked 2d or registered cover franked 1d (4) both tied "ARMY COURIER OFFICE / S.5" c.d.s. (4). Photo on Page 42. £180-240 |
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| 202 | |||
| Danzig Plebiscite. 1920 (Feb 6) Stampless picture postcard of Berlin with "FIELD POST OFFICE / H.2" c.d.s, message reads "writing this before starting for Danzig in a sleeper. Shall be there all very well at 8.30 tomorrow". Also 1920 (July 1) postcard with G.B 1d tied by "BRITISH A.P.O / CONSTANTINOPLE" c.d.s addressed to "A.P.O H2, British Forces in E. Prussia". (2). £180-220 |
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| 203 | |||
| Danzig Plebiscite / Marienwerder. 1920 (Aug 5) Cover to France with red cachet ".... COMMISSION / MARIENWERDER EAST PRUSSIA", G.B 1/2d and 2d stamps applied over the cachet and cancelled "FIELD POST OFFICE / H.2" c.d.s of Danzig, very unusual. Photo on Page 42. £150-200 |
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| 204 | |||
| Danzig Plebiscite. 1920 (Nov 10) Cover with superb violet cachet "ALLIED BOUNDARY COMMISSION / BRITISH / SECTION / DANZIG", franked G.B 2d tied "FIELD POST OFFICE / H.2" c.d.s. Photo on Page 42. £250-300 |
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| 205 | |||
| Upper Silesia Plebiscite - Tarnowitz. 1921 (Oct 19) Picture postcard to Essex with violet boxed cachet "62ND. BTY. R.F.A / OFFICE" franked G.B 1/2d (torn) and 1d each tied "ARMY POST OFFICE / S64" c.d.s., used at Tarnowitz. Fine and scarce. Also a 1920 card showing the A.P.O S.64 c.d.s used in Germany. (2). Photo on Page 42. £160-200 |
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| 206 | |||
| Upper Silesia Plebiscite - Tarnowitz. 1922 (Mar 21) Cover to England with G.B 2d tied by "ARMY POST OFFICE / S64" c.d.s. used at Tarnowitz, a few small stain spots. Also two cards written from Lublinitz by a soldier with the plebiscite force, one giving his address as F.P.O 64, Tarnowitz, both sent under cover. (3). £100-120 |
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| 207 | |||
| Upper Silesia Plebiscite - Oppeln. 1921 (June 14) Picture postcard to Cologne with G.B 1d tied superb "ARMY POST OFFICE / S.120" c.d.s of Oppeln, scarce. Also 1919 postcard showing the A.P.O S.120 c.d.s used in Germany. (2). Photo on Page 42. £200-250 |
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| 208 | |||
| Upper Silesia Plebiscite - Oppeln. 1921 (Dec 17) Cover to Scotland with G.B 2d tied "ARMY POST OFFICE / S.120" c.d.s of Oppeln, scarce. £150-180 |
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| 209 | |||
| Upper Silesia Plebiscite - Oppeln. 1922 (Apr 30) Cover to Scotland with G.B 2d tied "ARMY POST OFFICE / S.120" c.d.s of Oppeln, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 42. £180-220 |
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| 210 | |||
| Saar Plebiscite. 1934-35 Covers with G.B 1/2d (3) or 2d cancelled "FIELD POST OFFICE / 10" c.d.s, both apparently commercial uses. (2). £50-70 |
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| 211 | |||
Hungary - Budapest. 1919 (Mar 22) Stampless picture postcard of Budapest, clearly written from the city, with fine "ARMY POST OFFICE / L.14", only recorded by Proud and Kennedy & Crabb used from July 1919 at Fiume but apparently used prior to this at Budapest. Also 1920 (May 16) stampless O.A.S picture postcard with violet cachet "INTERALLIED COMMISSION / BRITISH / REPRESENTATIVE / BUDAPEST", a London S.W.1 c.d.s and red "LONDON S.W / POSTAGE / PAID / 21 MY 20" datestamp. (2). £120-150Gallipoli and Turkey |
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| 212 | |||
| Gallipoli. 1915-16 Covers and cards with various F.P.O datestamps (30, virtually all different) including a lettercard with a long interesting message headed from "my dug out", also Certificate of Posting of a registered letter with rare "ARMY POST OFFICE / 8 OC 15 / PO RD / SZ 4" skeleton, a postcard from G.B to a soldier with the 29th Division, British Med. Force with superb "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / 25 AU 15 / RLO" skeleton (unrecorded by Kennedy & Crabb and Proud in this format, without letters below the date), and an ingoing front from G.B handstamped "NOT MUDROS W.". A scarce group. (33). £500-600 |
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| 213 | |||
| 1919-20 Stampless postcards (15), stamped covers (6, four registered) and a front with various F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps including skeletons, also a 5/- stamp (faults) with British P.O Constantinople parcel cancel. A good lot, including scarce skeleton A.P.O "SY5" and "Y5" on a registration envelope both used in Anatolia. (23). £250-300 |
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| 214 | |||
| 1919 Greek 5L (2) or 10L (3) postal stationery postcards cancelled F.P.O 83 (2), 85, H.12 or A.P.O S.X.8 datestamps, all fine. (5). £120-150 |
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| 215 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os. 1920-22 Covers with 1922 registered cover bearing India 1a (4) tied F.P.O 33 c.d.s handstamped violet boxed "R / F.P.O 33 / No.", endorsed from Bostandjik; covers with I.E.F stamps tied F.P.O 400 (2) or 415 (stained); a stampless cover with F.P.O 33 c.d.s; and covers bearing I.E.F or G.B stamps tied "F.P.O / 400" skeleton datestamp. (7). £150-180 |
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| 216 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os. 1920 Stampless covers or cards with F.P.O 33, 407 or 409 datestamps; 1921 card franked I.E.F 1a and a cover with G.B 2 1/2d cancelled F.P.O 400 c.d.s; 1920-21 postcards with G.B 1/2d pair or I.E.F 1a cancelled large "FPO / 400" skeleton c.d.s; and 1921 postcard with G.B 1d tied small "F.P.O 400" skeleton c.d.s. Also an Army of the Black Sea 1919 Christmas card. (9). £180-220 |
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| 217 | |||
1922-23 Covers and cards (11), a front and pieces (4) with single ring F.P.O datestamps numbered 11-15 or double ring F.P.O datestamps numbered "1" (2) or "2" (cover + piece). Includes registered cover with G.B 1/2d (3), 1 1/2d pair and registration label all with F.P.O 11 c.d.s; registered front with G.B 1 1/2d strip of three and registration label with F.P.O 15 c.d.s; stampless official covers from F.P.O 14 and 15; picture postcard with G.B 1d tied F.P.O 14 c.d.s unusually handstamped "T" and charged 1 1/2d; the other covers and cards all franked G.B 1d or 1 1/2d. A good lot. (16). £240-280Salonica, Serbia, Roumania & Bulgaria |
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| 218 | |||
| Salonica & Greece. 1915-18 Covers and cards with various F.P.O and A.P.O datestamps in an S.G. album, including registered mail, datestamps used on the Struma, Krusha and Doiran fronts, many skeletons, "SX 14" skeleton and F.P.O "W2" both used at Corfu, etc., virtually all the cancels different, a good lot. (76). £500-600 |
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| 219 | |||
| Salonica. 1915-18 Covers and cards with various F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps, virtually all different, some scarce. (46). £300-350 |
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| 220 | |||
| Salonica. 1919 Greek 5L (2) or 10L (8) postal stationery postcards with double ring cancels of F.P.O 66, 67, D.22, S.X.2, S.X.4, T.22, or skeleton datestamps of A.P.O SX 20, SX 24 or Base X (2), all fine. (10). £200-240 |
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| 221 | |||
| Salonica. 1917 Army Post Office ambulance envelope to Salonica with "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" cachet, backstamped at A.P.O S.X.8 (Nov 5), stained and a few edge tears but unusual. Also 1917 covers each with "BAPO X" skeleton transit backstamps applied upon two successive days, and a much redirected cover from G.B with various datestamps including "BAPO X / RLO" skeleton and unusual "3RD / ECHELON" c.d.s, some faults. (4). £80-100 |
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| 222 | |||
| Serbia. 1916-19 Stampless postcards with datestamps of Base A.P.O "W" (10 Feb 16) used at Brindisi by the British Mission to the Serbian Army, A.P.O "L.16" (10 June 19) used at Belgrade or F.P.O "W.2" (27 Feb 19) used at Uskub, also a Greek 10L postal stationery postcard with the F.P.O "W.2" c.d.s, and a 1919 postcard from F.P.O F.D.8 in Italy to a Serbian soldier at Zagreb with red A.P.O "L.15" arrival c.d.s (Apr. 5) in red (recorded by Kennedy & Crabb and Proud as used in Vienna but probably actually used at Belgrade), a few edge faults at left. A scarce group. (5). £200-250 |
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| 223 | |||
| Serbia. 1918-19 Stampless "Serbian Relief Fund" cover from Nish and a picture postcard of Belgrade written by E. Corbett, a nurse with the Scottish Women's Hospital, both with A.P.O S.X 5 c.d.s applied at Likovan; and a postcard written from "Serbia" by Harry Leeson of the British Transport Co. with fine F.P.O W.2 c.d.s of Banitsa. (3). £180-220 |
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| 224 | |||
Bulgaria & Roumania. 1918-19 Greek 5L postal stationery postcard with cancels of F.P.O "77" (Ruschuk, Bulgaria) or "78" (Dobric, Roumania), and stampless postcards from Bulgaria with F.P.O datestamps "D.26" (Varna), "T.26" (Rustchuk) or "SX 21" skeleton (Sofia). A scarce group. (5). £200-240Malta, Egypt, Palestine & Middle East |
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| 225 | |||
| Malta. 1915-18 Covers and cards comprising A.P.O H.D1 c.d.s on cards franked by G.B or Malta 1d stamps or posted unpaid (2), or A.P.O SZ 7 skeleton on cards with a Malta 1/2d stamp or posted unpaid (2), three with "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / MEDTN" cachets, also a cover with the cachet but without any Malta c.d.s. (8). £70-80 |
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| 226 | |||
| Egypt. 1915-19 Covers and cards with various A.P.O or F.P.O datestamps in an F.G album, mainly skeletons with many from the "SZ" series, also "SAM", "2DY", "MDT1", etc., registered covers, an official Base A.P.O acknowledgement card with Base A.P.O Z c.d.s and oval "ARMY POST OFFICE / B.M.E.F" cachet, 1916 (Sep 12) card with scarce double ring "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE Z / R.L.O" c.d.s., 1916 cover with scarce "3RD / ECHELON" backstamp, etc. A fine lot. (102). £600-700 |
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| 227 | |||
| Egypt. 1915-18 Covers and cards with various A.P.O or F.P.O datestamps (68), virtually all different, some scarce. Also O.A.S cards with cachets of the "Rest Camp P.O, Abbassia, Cairo", or "D.O.R.E / WEST DELTA". (70). £350-400 |
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| 228 | |||
| Egypt - Western Frontier Force. 1916 (Jan) - 1917 (Jan) Covers and cards from the Western Frontier Force with skeleton datestamps A.P.O RW (2), SAM, SZ 18, SZ 19 or F.P.O DW (2), 3DY (2), W1 (2), W2, 22Y, or double ring datestamps SZ3 or 6Y, all fine. Also a cover with circular "Force in Egypt" censor cachet No. 20. (16). £150-180 |
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| 229 | |||
| Egypt. 1920 Covers and cards (4), registered front and a piece with skeleton datestamps "APO / PORT SAID" (2 cards, one stampless, the other bearing India 1/2a), "ARMY POST OFFICE / MUSTAPHA" on a stampless card, "ARMY POST OFFICE / KANTARA" on 2d registration envelope, or "APO / CAIRO" (registered front + piece), scarce. (6). £100-120 |
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| 230 | |||
| Egypt - Indian F.P.Os. 1914-20 Covers and cards with Indian F.P.Os from "4" to "362", also a few Base Office cancels and a postcard with 1a I.E.F tied superb "C. S. OFFICE / I.E.F". Mostly stampless but six items with I.E.F stamps (one registered), three with British stamps, one with an Egypt stamp. (36). £180-220 |
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| 231 | |||
| Palestine. 1917-19 Covers and cards in an F.G album with F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps from "29" to "234" and "C11 to "22Y", many skeletons, especially in the "SZ2" to "SZ61" series, virtually all different, many scarce. Includes registered covers (12), 1918 (Apr 1) cover from F.P.O H.M with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", other 1918 cards apparently from the same wreck but without cachets (2), picture postcards (12) and a photograph. A fine collection. (110). £1,500-1,800 |
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| 232 | |||
| Palestine. 1917-19 Covers and cards with various F.P.O datestamps, all apparently different, also 1919 stampless O.A.S card with "O.E.T.A-E.E.F / HAIFA" c.d.s. (21). £240-280 |
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| 233 | |||
| Palestine - Italian Forces. 1918 (Aug 27) G.B 2d registration envelope with blank type registration label both with A.P.O SZ47 skeleton datestamp, to Egypt with an Alexandria arrival backstamp, endorsed from a Captain in the "Italian Palestine Detachment, E.E.F" with red circular unit cachet, "CENSOR No.1" and boxed "VERIFICATO / PER CENSURA". A scarce registered cover from the Italian forces in Palestine. Photo on Page 47. £180-240 |
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| 234 | |||
| Palestine - Indian F.P.Os. 1918-20 Covers and cards with Indian F.P.O datestamps, various different numbers from "5" to "383", includes a cover from G.B backstamped at Indian F.P.O 328, "OETA EEF / ACRE" skeleton and "O.E.T.A-E.E.F / HAIFA" c.d.s, cover from F.P.O 54 to Serbia with I.E.F stamps, the others all stampless. (16). £200-250 |
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| 235 | |||
| Palestine. 1935-36 Covers with G.B stamps tied by F.P.O datestamps numbered between "12" and "26", all fine. (15). £150-200 |
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| 236 | |||
| Lebanon & Syria. 1918-19 2d Registration envelopes (2), stampless covers and cards (6), with various A.P.O and F.P.O datestamps from Lebanon (4) or Syria (4), all fine. (8). £180-240 |
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| 237 | |||
Lebanon, Jordan & Syria - Indian F.P.Os. 1918-19 Stampless postcards (6) and a 2d registration envelope from F.P.O 396, various F.P.O datestamps from Syria (2), Lebanon (4) or Jordan, all fine. (7). £150-200East Africa |
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| 238 | |||
1915-18 Covers and cards in an S.G album with Indian F.P.O datestamps numbered from "21" to "350", virtually all different (35), twelve also with two line "I.E.F "B" - F.P.O NO .... / POSTAGE. FREE" handstamps (including F.P.O No 315 with error of spelling 'POSATGE'). Also four cards with Base Office datestamps. Mainly stampless mail but including a Belgian Congo postal stationery card, three items franked I.E.F (2) or KUT stamps, various censor cachets, F.P.O 52 cover with "BASE OFFICE / A" transit c.d.s of Aden, two covers to Southern Rhodesia, one cover to the P.O.W Camp at Ahmednagar, India, and a 1917 cover from London to the naval force on Lake Nyasa, much redirected with backstamps including partial Southern Rhodesia Army Post Office, Wira, Abercorn, Kigoma, F.P.O 320 and Nyasaland datestamps, unfortunately with part flap missing and heavy vertical fold (partly torn at top). An interesting lot. (39). £600-800Aden and India |
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| 239 | |||
| Aden. 1916-18 Stampless covers and cards (4) with datestamps of Indian F.P.O 324 or 392, "BASE OFFICE ADEN / I.E.F" (2) or "BASE OFFICE / A", one card sent locally to a soldier at Steamer Point, another to France, the cover with 'Malay States Guides' crest on the flap. Two items have Aden censor cachets. (5). £140-160 |
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| 240 | |||
India. 1915-23 Covers and cards with various Indian F.P.O datestamps (7) or Base Office datestamps (2), mostly 1919-23 period from the North West Frontier, including 1921 card from Peel, Isle of Man, with F.P.O 151 arrival c.d.s, four items with boxed "FIELD SERVICE / POSTAGE FREE". (9). £100-120Mesopotamia and Persia |
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| 241 | |||
| Mesopotamia. 1916-19 Cards with Indian F.P.O datestamps numbered from "9" to "404", virtually all different (85), also Base Office datestamps (9), undelivered ingoing mail with scarce "BASE R.L.O / M.E.F" c.d.s (2), O.A.S covers with datestamps of the civil offices at Naseriyah and Busra, and a postcard with I.E.F 1/2a posted at Baghdad and addressed locally to a soldier with "Baghdad Base Post Office" and F.P.O 53 transit and arrival datestamps and "BAGHDAD CIVIL POST / DUE / ONE ANNA". Mostly stampless, four items with Iraq stamps (one registered), various cachets including circular "BRITISH ADVANCED DEPOT / AMARA" (2), cover from F.P.O 316 with superb large violet "ARMY / BWSS 15.III.17 / SIGNALS" c.d.s, a most unusual home made postcard made from a piece of cardboard with "Royal West Kent Regt" cachet and F.P.O 53 c.d.s (8 June 1915), etc. A good lot. (99). £1,000-1,200 |
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| 242 | |||
Persia. 1918 Cover endorsed from the East Persia Cordon F.F with "CAMP POST OFFICE No 37" c.d.s and boxed "FIELD FORCE / TO BE / DELIVERED / FREE", and 1917-19 covers and cards with datestamps of Indian F.P.O 76, 88, 123, 319, 385 or "BASE OFFICE / J", a scarce group. (7). £150-200Russia and Latvia |
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| 243 | |||
| Russia/Hong Kong. 1917-18 Covers (13) from Douglas, Isle of Man, to "Drummer J. Morley, C. Coy 3927, 25th Middlesex Regt G.B, Hong Kong, China, via Canada", nine handstamped "25th Btn Middlesex Regt / INCOMING / Lt. Col. JOHN WARD M.P / Officer Commanding / HONG KONG". Ten covers forwarded to Siberia with the boxed cachet "BRITISH MISSION / VLADIVOSTOCK", six also handstamped "FORWARD / DEPLOYED SIBERIA". Also two stampless covers from Morley in Siberia sent back to the Isle of Man both with "MIDDLESEX REGT" cachet and London Paid or Received From H.M Ship machine cancels. Three covers a little tatty, otherwise mainly fine, an interesting correspondence. (15). £1,100-1,300 |
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| 244 | |||
| Murmansk - Transport Ship "Braemar Castle". 1919 Picture postcard of the "Braemar Castle", with message "This is the vessel we came out on, the service etc has been top hole" written from Murmansk, with "A.P.O P.B.1" c.d.s and circular violet cachet "H.M.S "BRAEMAR CASTLE", a little faint at the top (probably reading "CENSORED"), the ship's name clear at the base. Very unusual. Photo on Page 47. £150-180 |
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| 245 | |||
| Archangel. 1918 (Nov 23) Field Service postcard with additional Christmas and New Year greetings written on the reverse, and 1919 (Feb 21) Honour Envelope both from Pte. J. Sharp to his mother in Leeds with A.P.O P.B.2 datestamps, the envelope with enclosed letter from Sharp headed from "Elope" Force, which mentions sending the Field Service postcard in November. Also 1918 (Dec. 4) stampless picture postcard with A.P.O P.B.2 c.d.s and oval green "PE / C14" censor cachet, and three picture postcards of allied forces in Vladivostock. A scarce use of a Field Service card and Honour Envelope in Russia. (6). £160-200 |
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| 246 | |||
| Soroka. 1919 (Jan 2) 2d Postal stationery registration envelope to London bearing a blank type registration label, the label and envelope both with narrow type F.P.O P.B.11 c.d.s, with oval violet "X13" censor cachet. A scarce registered cover from Russia. Photo on Page 47. £200-250 |
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| 247 | |||
| Troitsa. 1919 (Aug 15) Stampless cover to England with fine wide type F.P.O P.B.13 c.d.s, circular "P.C." and "PASSED BY CENSOR / No 22R" cachets in black, unusual with two differing censors. An uncommon F.P.O c.d.s, used by Grogans Brigade. Photo on Page 47. £120-150 |
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| 248 | |||
| Kem. 1919 (Aug 24) Stampless cover to England with wide type F.P.O P.B.15 c.d.s, with enclosed letter headed from "Lieut. C.A Posey, Headquarters, Royal Air Force, Kem, N.R.E.F", scarce from the R.A.F in Russia. £120-140 |
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| 249 | |||
| Kem. 1919 (Aug 31) Parcel Post label bearing KGV 3d and 9d pair tied by two violet barred "ARMY / POST OFFICE" parcel cancels with narrow type F.P.O P.B.15 c.d.s alongside. Fine and very scarce, the Army Post Office parcel cancel (presumably used at A.P.O P.B.1) not recorded by Proud or Kennedy & Crabb used in Russia. Photo on Page 47. £300-350 |
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| 250 | |||
| Kandalaksha. 1919 (Jan 20) Stampless cover to London with narrow type F.P.O P.B.22 c.d.s and oval "X12" censor cachet, closed tear at right well away from the fine c.d.s. Also a 1 1/2d stamp with the wide type P.B.22 c.d.s. (2). £80-100 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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