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July-Sept 1914, including Service Suspended mail. The interesting selection of covers and cards including July 30 cover from Russia to Scotland with Russian censor cachet and seals made from small pieces of paper; July 31-3 Aug registered cover and cards (2) from G.B to Germany delivered with German censor cachets (one 'address unknown' returned to G.B in December); July 29 card from Austria to London returned handstamped "ZURUCK"; August 1st cover from London to Turkey with German provisional censor seal, delivered in October; 6 August card from Hungary to G.B delivered with "RET. LT. SECTION / LONDON POSTL SER." arrival c.d.s (Sep 25); July 28 card from Turkey to G.B with "ZURUCK! / Keine Beforderungsgelegenheit" cachet but delivered on Sep. 4th; July 31-Aug 21 covers and cards from G.B to Germany with boxed or unboxed "UNDELIVERABLE / L.P.S" (4, one with R.L.O envelope); similar 1915 cover with "UNDELIVERABLE / (ENEMY COUNTRY) / RETURN TO SENDER"; and Sep 1914 card from Bourdeaux to Ardennes with Tours "Lieu de Destination Envai" machine. (15). £200-250
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Undercover Addresses. 1917 Cover to Cambridge with a return address in Berlin, bearing Dutch 12½c 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). £100-120
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Submarine "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. £70-100
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Civil 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). £150-200
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Civil Censorship. 1915-19 Asia covers, all censored, various cachets and seals, eight with Straits Settlements censor seals, 1915 cover from Indo-China to Singapore with "Passed by Censor" cachet, etc. Also an uncensored 1915 cover with 'Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang' datestamps. Condition a little mixed with some staining, several very fine. (19). £240-260
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Victoria Cross. c.1918 Photographic postcard of John Alexander Christie signed below in ink "yours faithfully J.A. Christie V.C". Christie won the Victoria Cross at Fejja, Palestine, on 21/22 December 1917 for single handedly repelling an enemy counter-attack on a recently captured position. £70-100
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Belgian 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). £100-120
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General 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. £80-100
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French 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). £100-120
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Saudi Arabia - French Military Mission. 1917 Cover to France bearing Saudi Arabia 1917 rouletted 1pa, ¼pi, ½pi pair and 1pi tied by bilingual "YAMBO" datestamps with the signed cachet "MISSION B. - DETACHMENT DE YAMBO / Le Chef / de / Detachment", fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 78. £300-350
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Austrian Forces. 1914-18 Covers and cards including "Desinficiert" cachet on card from the Epidemic Hospital No. 1, cachets of other hospitals, trains, air forces, P.O.W work companies, the Navy with named cachets from submarine 31F and S.M.S Erzh. Karl, Franz Josef 1, Gaa, Alpha, etc. (53). £100-120
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German & Austrian Forces. 1914-18 Covers and cards written up in an album, various F.P.O datestamps and cachets, censors, occupation of Belgium stamps and stationery, also a few picture postcards and stamps. (167 covers). £150-200
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German 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). £100-120
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German 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. £160-200
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German Forces in Egypt. 1916 (Aug 14) Stampless Feldpost card to Berlin from Field Hospital 213 at Bir El Mazar in Egypt with superb bilingual "FELDPOST / MIL. MISS. / 1 EXPEDITIONSKORPS" c.d.s (Aug. 27). Fine and very scarce from Egypt, the 1st Corps F.P.O apparently unrecorded. Bir El Mazar was captured by the Australians on September 19th. Photo on Page 78. £150-180
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German Forces in Ottoman Empire. 1917-18 Stampless covers and cards, one from Cilicia with scarce bilingual "FELDPOST / MIL. MISS. / BOSANTI" c.d.s, others with similar type Konstantinopel datestamp (6) or with a 'Deutsche Feldpost' c.d.s with three stars (4, written from Damascus (2), Stamboul or Aleppo), all fine. (11). £140-160
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German Navy. 1900-18 Covers and cards with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE- / SCHIFFSPOST" c.d.s. with various numbers from differing ships, two stamped, otherwise all stampless. Three 1900 items sent from China during the Boxer Rebellion, the others all World War One period, many on picture postcards. Also 1915 card with "Marine - Feldpost / S.M.S "Pillau"" cachet. (92). £600-700
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German 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). £150-180
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Russia/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). £180-240
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Great Britain. 1915-19 Covers and cards including stampless items from wounded soldiers with cachets of the 2nd Southern General Hospital Bristol, Beaufort War Hospital Bristol, Stoke-Upon-Trent War Hospital, Greylingwell War Hospital Chichester (2, one charged 1d, the other with due marks but the postage due stamp removed) or boxed "POSTED BY / WOUNDED / BELGIAN / SOLDIER" from Folkestone, etc. (9). £150-180
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Serbia/Bulgaria. 1912 Bulgaria postal stationery card to London sent during the Balkan Wars "From Major Carrie Hudson, Comdg No. 2 Unit, British Red Cross Society, c/o British Minister, Sofia, Bulgaria"; 1916 Greek P.O form from Salonica to "Mrs Campbell, Scottish Women's Hospital, Serbian Transport; and 1915 covers and cards from British Nurses in Serbia (4) including stampless items with the cachets "SCOTTISH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL FOR FOREIGN SERVICE" or oval bilingual "2nd British Farmers Hospital / Rosharevats / S.R.F", and a stamped card endorsed from the First British Field Hospital at Belgrade. Also a card from the Scottish Women's Hospital in Corsica. (7). Photo on Page 78. £200-250
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Serbia. 1915 (Sep 14) Stampless cover to London with circular violet "SERBIAN RELIEF FUND / LADY / PAGET'S / HOSPITAL / UNIT", Serbian and French censors and datestamps of Skopje, Niche, Salonica and Harrow, fine. £120-140
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France/Egypt. 1915-19 Covers and cards all with French hospital cachets, several sent by British soldiers, two from Alexandria, the others all from the Western front with various cachets including "AMBULANCE SUD-AFRICAINE" at Cannes, "HOPITAL MILITAIRE JOHNSTONE-RECKITT" (2), etc. (32). £100-120
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G.B Ambulance Trains. 1915-18 Stampless postcards from Gosport with oval "R.N AMBULANCE TRAIN / CHATHAM DEPOT" charged 1d, from Deptford with part oval "No. 1 AMBULANCE TRAIN / CENTRAL FORCE", or with a Naval dumb cancel and oval "No. 4 AMBULANCE TRAIN / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE / ADMIRALTY PIER DOVER" (a further boxed cachet on reverse). Also four postcards showing the interior of a G.W.R ambulance train. (7). Photo on Page 78. £150-180
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Ambulance Trains. 1915-19 Cards and a cover with 1919 cards sent by a soldier from the 52nd Ambulance Train in Italy (8, also five earlier cards from the same soldier in Salonica); cover with "43RD / AMBULANCE TRAIN" cachet; cards sent to or from British Ambulance Trains; and cachets of French (4), German or Austrian Ambulance Trains. (22). £100-120
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1916-18 Picture postcards comprising 1916 card with boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / N.Z. Hospital Ship / "MARAMA"" and B.A.P.O 2 c.d.s of Alexandria; 1918 card with violet "H.M.H.S "FORMOSA"" and London 'Received From H.M Ship' machine; 1915 card written from the Hospital Ship "China" with violet "PASSED BY CENSOR" and KGV ½d tied by a Naval dumb cancel; picture postcards of the "St. David" or "St. George" both used with "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" handstamps, or of the "Asturius" posted unstamped at Christchurch and charged 1d. (6). £200-240
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1914-16 Covers and cards including 1914 stampless card from Cherbourg with superb "NEWHAVEN" and "MARINE NATIONALE / SERVICE A LA MER" cachets; stampless cover with light H.M.H.S "Salta" cachet; 1916 cover with G.B 1d cancelled at Dover and fine boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "CAMBRIA""; 1915 postcard with A.P.O S6 c.d.s written on "1 Ambulance Flotilla"; picture postcard of H.M.H.S "Plassy" written on the ship with Naval censor cachet and cancel; picture postcard of H.M.H.S "Dunluce Castle" with a ½d charge mark; cover from A.P.O S15 to a nurse on H.M.H.S "Panama", and three unused cards of ships. (10). £180-220
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1915-16 Stampless cover with London Received From H.M. Ship machine and violet "SIGNED BY ..... / H.M.H.S GOORKHA" and picture postcard of Boulogne with Army P.O 3 machine and violet oval "No. 1 AMBULANCE SHIP / ST. DAVID", both fine. (2). £200-250
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1914-18 Covers and cards with named cachets of the Hospital Ships "Asturias", "Cambria", "Ellora", "St. David", "St George" and "Formosa"; unnamed censor cachets used on the "Somali", "China" (2 types) and "Valdivia" (circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 31 / R.A.M.C"); a postcard of the "Warilda" posted on board and cover with enclosed letter from the "Copenhagen"; a paper bag for patients papers with cachet of the "St. David"; also unused cards of ships (5) and a few other naval covers. A scarce lot. (26). Photo on Page 78. £800-1,000
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WW1 Picture postcards of various British Hospital Ships (29) including real photo cards of the "Aquitania", "Brighton", "Delta", "Mauritania", "St. Andrew" (2), "St. Denys", and "Salta". Also a card of the Dutch H.S "Sindoro", and a scarce card of the Russian Hospital Ship "Orel" during the Russo-Japanese War. (31). £200-240
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France. Stampless postcards of Calais with boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "CAMBRIA"" and violet two line Received From H.M. Ship cachet, or of Marseille with London Received From H.M Ship machine and violet circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 31 / R.A.M.C" applied on the "Valdivia", written en route to Egypt. (2). £200-240
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Egypt. 1916 Stampless postcards (2) and a registered wrapper franked G.B 2d all with Base A.P.O 2 datestamps of Alexandria, bearing named cachets of the Hospital ships "Herefordshire", "Salta" or "Valdivia". Also a stampless 1915 postcard with Alexandria c.d.s written on the "Salta", and a postcard of the ship. (5). Photo on Page 81. £380-450
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Malta/Egypt. 1917 Cover with Malta 1d unusually cancelled A.P.O S7 c.d.s at Marseille, handstamped violet "ON ACTIVE SERVICE", the reverse with signed three line cachet of H.M Hospital Ship "Letitia"; and four 1916 postcards all with Base Army P.O Z c.d.s of Alexandria, one written on H.M.H.S "Devanha", two on cards of the "Valdivia" or "Goorkha", the other handstamped violet "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" and circular "INDIAN HOSPITAL / SHIP / GLENGORM / CASTLE". (5). £180-220
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Dardanelles. 1915 (Aug 26) Stampless O.A.S cover endorsed "Passed Lieut. R.A. Rigby, R.A.M.C" with Base A.P.O Y c.d.s of Lemnos and oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP / No. / Date / "ASSAYE"", fine. Also a postcard of the ship. (2). £140-180
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East Africa - Indian H.S "Ebani". 1917 Stampless O.A.S picture postcard of Tanga, to England with a London Received From H.M Ship machine (Feb. 18 1918) and superb violet oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP "EBANI" / 26 DEC. 1917 / M.E. FORCE". Scarce from East Africa. Photo on Page 81 . £150-180
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Australian H.S "Karoola". 1919 Stampless real photo postcard of the "Karoola" with A.P.O SZ 22 skeleton datestamp of Port Said and oval "No 1 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP / KAROOLA", fine and scarce. Photo on Page 81. £150-200
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New Zealand H.S "Marama". 1916-17 Stampless picture postcards (one showing the ship) both with boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / N.Z HOSPITAL SHIP / "MARAMA", one also with red oval Marama censor cachet and "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP" handstamp, the other with a Bristol machine. (2). £100-120
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N.Z Ships. 1916 Stampless postcard of Malta with red "PASSED BY CENSOR", boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / N.Z Hospital Ship / "MARAMA"" and N.Z Advanced Base A.P.O c.d.s of Alexandria (also a card of the ship); and 1916 stampless cover with blue "PASSED BY CENSOR", "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / N.Z HOSPITAL SHIP / "MAHENO"" and boxed "N.Z Expeditionary Forces / 28 SEP. 1916 / No. 1 HOSPITAL SHIP", black barred circle Naval dumb cancel and two line Received From H.M Ship handstamp, both fine. (3). Photo on Page 81. £240-280
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Indian H.S "Ebani". 1916 Cover from a member of the RAMC with London Received From H.M Ship machine and superb violet oval "HOSPITAL SHIP "EBANI" / 13. MAR 1916 / M.E.F.", the reverse with "PURSER" handstamp and initials. £140-160
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Indian Ships. 1915-17 Stampless covers, cards and a front with named cachets of the Indian Hospital Ships "Letitia" (2, differing cachets, also a third card of the ship with Southampton Paid c.d.s but no cachet), "Loyalty", "Takada" (also an unused card of the ship), "Varsova" (front) or "Varela", and a cover with H.S "Madras" War Fund label. A scarce group. (9). £550-650
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French/German Ships. 1915-16 Stampless postcards with violet "HOPITAL CHIRURGICAL FLOTTANT / DU C.E.O", used on the "Charles Roux" during the Gallipoli campaign; or from Salonica with red circular "NAVIRE HOSPITAL / Duquay-Trouin" and violet Marine Francais cachet, written en route to Corfu. Also a 1915 Feldpost lettercard written on Lazarett Schiff E, "Sierra Ventura", with Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No. 188 c.d.s. (3). £200-250
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German/Austrian Ships. 1914-17 Stampless postcards from German Hospital Ships with cachets of the "Schleswig", "Cassel" or "Lazarettschiff C.", or various "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST" datestamps (3); and a Hungarian Feldpost card from the "Graf Wurmbrand" with K.U.K Feldpost 406 c.d.s and two Hospital Ship cachets. (7). £150-180
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Australian & New Zealand Forces. 1915-19 Covers and cards (26) and fronts (2) with registered covers bearing A.I.F registration labels from Palestine or France (2); N.Z troopship mail with violet boxed "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / JAN 21 1915 / REINFORCEMENTS / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" or circular No.6 N.Z Censor cachet (on Senegal postcard); cancels from G.B, Egypt, Palestine or Gallipoli; 1915 "Book Post" parcel address label to a N.Z soldier c/o H.M High Commissioner for New Zealand in London readdressed with the cachet "NEW ZEALAND DIVISION / MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE", etc., also three picture postcards. (31). £350-400
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New Zealand - Troopships. 1915-16 Stampless picture postcards with violet boxed "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / 3 JUL 1916 / TROOPSHIP No. 54" or similar blue cachet for Troopship No. 47 (10 March 1916) both with separate censor cachets, violet boxed "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / JAN 21 1915 / REINFORCEMENTS / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" or blue boxed "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / JUL 19 1915 / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE / FIFTH REINFORCEMENTS", all superb. (4). £180-220
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S.W.A/South Africa. 1915-17 Cards and covers from South West Africa (5) or South Africa (3), the S.W.A items all with F.P.O datestamps including violet boxed "2 JUL 1915 / 47", one cover (flap missing) with the scarce oval dated cachet "South African/Aviation Corps". (8). Photo on Page 81. £150-180
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August/September 1914. Covers and cards from the B.E.F in Belgium or France (28, one charged 1d, one franked G.B 1d cancelled in Southampton with censor cachet); 3 Aug. parcel tag handstamped "MOBILIZATION NOTICES"; stampless card from St. Pierre Hospital in Brussels with red boxed "Postal Censor" and a London Official Paid c.d.s; telegrams regarding Capt. Kempthorne reporting him missing (Sep 22) or wounded and a P.O.W (Oct 5) with a card from him written as a P.O.W and a card written on his behalf by a German doctor reporting his move to a P.O.W camp at Gent; also an Aug. 5 Naval Signal reporting German Naval movements near Norway, Aug 10 postcard with a Naval cancel and censor cachet, and cards from German (2) or French (2) troops, an unusual lot. (40). £250-300
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Parcel Post. 1916-19 Parcel Post labels with various F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps (13, six with apparently faked skeleton datestamps), 1917 boxed A.P.O 55 parcel cancel on piece, "Free" label with boxed "R.E.P.S / 6 FEB 18 / Home Depot / R.L.O", other WW1 and WW2 A.P.O parcel cancels (with two on "Free" labels), etc. (27). £120-150
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1914-19 Covers and cards written up on pages with a study of Forces Honour envelopes and Field Service cards, British F.P.O and A.P.O datestamps, and a few Indian F.P.Os. (110). £100-150
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1914-19 Covers and cards with F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps arranged in number order from "4" to "231" and "A" to "2Z" including horseshoe type datestamps used at Railhead offices (19) and many skeletons, also a few Base Office cancels including scarce "ARMY POST OFFICE / 2 / BEF" rubber type c.d.s (2). A good lot, nearly all different, a few registered. (885). £900-1,000
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1914-19 Covers and cards with various A.P.O or F.P.O cancels including Canadian and ANZAC divisions, registered mail, various cachets, picture postcards, etc., in a box and on pages. (700+). £400-500
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