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c.1917 Printed "On Prisoners of War Service" envelope for use to Indian P.O.Ws in Turkey, addressed to "Dr Mohamad Talile, 7th (D.C.O) Rajput" but returned with bilingual Turkish label "DECEDE / RETOUR"; and a 1918 cover from India to "Capt. C.T Warner, 22nd Punjabis, P.O.W at Chungri, c/o Red Cross, Geneva" redirected to Dera Ismail Khan, handstamped "REPATRIATED", received back in India in 1920. (2). Photo on Page 94. £180-220
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1915-18 Covers (6) and a card from Lt. R.A Rawstone to the Rev. Bell at Lambeth Palace, the first two covers of July 1915 from B.A.P.O Z (Alexandria, with unusual "CENSORED / HGAM") or F.P.O T.10 (Mudros), the remaining five items sent whilst a P.O.W at Angora or Afion-Kara-Hissar (4), also other unrelated forces covers to the Rev. Bell. Rawstone was captured at Gallipoli whilst serving with the 6th Yorks Regt. (27). £250-300
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1916 Ottoman Red Crescent postcards from Sergt. A. Allen to Miss Coxon in Norfolk, sent from Hadjikire or Bilemedik-Pozanti, the second card (with central fold) with cachet indicating transmission via the Red Cross in Geneva. Allen believed to have been captured at Gallipoli whilst serving with the Norfolk Regt. (2). £120-150
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1916-18 Ottoman Red Crescent postcards from Ada Bazar, Boyuk Schikmid and Tasch Durmas, stampless covers from Angora and Konia, a similar cover (flap missing) with a Constantinople machine cancel, and a postal stationery postcard from Yozgad. (7). £300-350
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Afion-Kara-Hissar. 1916-17 Covers (2) with enclosed letters and an Ottoman Red Crescent postcard, sent by Lt. J.L Stone, 4th Worcesters (2), or Bugler D. Swann (believed to have served with the Norfolk Regt., captured at Gallipoli), all fine. (3). £140-160
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Angora - Australian Submarine A.E.2. 1917 Stampless cover to England endorsed "8284 P. Fawns E.R.A, late Submarine A.E.2, British Prisoner of War, Angora, Turkey" with a boxed censor cachet and London F.S Paid machine. The submarine A.E.2 was sent to Gallipoli where it sank a Turkish gunboat and penetrated into the Sea of Marmora; five days later it was forced to surface by mechanical failure and was scuttled after being attacked by a Turkish torpedo boat, the 34 crew all surviving. A scarce cover from an Australian submariner P.O.W in Turkey, just 210 Australians being captured by the Turks. Photo on Page 94. £300-350
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Bilmedik-Pozanti - French Submarine "Mariotte". 1916 Ottoman Red Crescent postcard to France, from a Sailor G. Goulin, captured on the French submarine "Mariotte" which was forced to surface and scuttle after getting trapped in the Turkish anti-submarine net whilst trying to enter the Sea of Marmora. A scarce card from a French submariner, with boxed censor cachet, Turkish and French backstamps. Photo on Page 96. £180-220
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Bilmedik-Pozanti. 1917 Postcard and an Ottoman Red Crescent card from A. Webber, 5th Norfolks, or Pte. A.E Brown, both to Miss Coxon in Norfolk, with boxed censor cachets, one also with boxed "CROISSANT-ROUGE OTTOMAN / COMMISSION des PRISONNIERS de GUERRE". Both senders believed to have been captured at Gallipoli whilst serving with the Norfolk Regt. (2). £120-150
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Bora. 1917-18 Ottoman Red Crescent card from a Naval P.O.W, W. Norman E.R.A, and a cover from Pte G.L Loakes, 1/4 Northants Regt, with boxed censor cachets, the card with violet negative seal and datestamps. (2). £120-150
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Broussa. 1917-18 Ottoman Red Crescent cards from "Pte J. Adams, c/o Major General W.S Delamain" (2, also see lot 549), and a cover from J.D Cree, all with boxed censor cachets, one card with c.d.s and negative seal type cancel. (3). £160-200
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Kedos. 1918 Cover from Lt A.R Voodell, 66th Punjabis, and a picture postcard of Constantinople sent by Major Neumann to India (reporting the destruction of most of the town and camp in a fire); also a stampless card from Denmark to "Lieut F.N Punchard, 104th Wellesley Rifles, Kedos" with Boxed "T" mark, all with boxed censor cachets. (3). £140-160
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Kostamuni. 1916-17 Ottoman Red Crescent card and a picture postcard from Lt. A. Lang, S & T Corps or W.A Macfadyan, both with boxed censor cachets. (2). £120-150
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Nissibin. 1917 Ottoman Red Crescent postcards from Pte A. Mayer both with boxed censor cachets, one also with red negative seal cancel. (2). £120-150
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Turkish P.O.Ws. Registered front with upper flap and censor seal (unfortunately missing the remainder of the reverse) from Constantinople to "Capitaine M. Fossa, Officier Aviateur, Prisonnier de Guerre Ottoman, Daouria, Russie" sent via the Red Cross in Geneva, with a Geneva backstamp; 1917 card from Tashkent to Austria and a P.O.W lettersheet from "Calverista Barracks" with blue oval "FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / P.C / 5 / MALTA", both with messages in Turkish script. (3). £80-120
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Greece - Turkish P.O.Ws. 1915 (Oct) Covers from Turkey franked 1pi +10pa or 1pi + 5pa pair, both to a Turkish P.O.W at Mudros on the Island of Lemnos, backstamped at Stamboul and Piraeus with Turkey censor seals and handstamps, one with red boxed "CENSORED". Very scarce, the addressees possibly captured at Gallipoli. (2). Photo on Page 96. £200-250
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1915-19 Covers and cards written up on pages including items to or from P.O.Ws in Germany (37), France (11), Holland, Switzerland, an unusual 1919 card from a British P.O.W in Sweden presumably en route from Germany to G.B, and a few picture postcards. (58). £100-120
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1915-20 Covers and cards, mostly to or from German P.O.Ws, including 1916 stampless cover to a P.O.W from the S.M.S "Cap Trafalgar" at Martin Garcia Island, Argentina; 1916 Greek 10L postcard to a German crew member of the Turkish ship "Timur Hissar" held P.O.W at Ithaca; 1917 cover from a German Naval internee at Castillo del Morro, Havana, with a Cuban censor seal and cachet; 1919 Netherlands Indies 12½c envelope from a German Naval internee at Makasser, Celebes; 1919 lettercard from a P.O.W at Bukarest; 1919-20 cards from returned P.O.Ws in Germany (4, three with Durchgangslager cachets); also items from Austria, Russia or Italy. (20). £160-200
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Austria/Bulgaria/Russia - British P.O.W. 1915-18 Covers and cards from P.O.Ws in Bulgaria (3); from (4) or to (2) civilian internees in Austria, and two intriguing 1916 postcards apparently from an Englishman, Dr H.T Price, held P.O.W at Stretensk, Siberia. (11). £130-150
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Australia/New Zealand. 1917 Australian "Prisoners of War Letter Free" printed envelope from Liverpool, unusually sent to Rabaul with oval crowned "PASSED CENSOR / 29 AUG 1917 / RABAUL", a little staining; and a 1916 USA 5c envelope to "Julius Henniger, prisoner of war, Motuihi, New Zealand". (2). £100-120
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Bulgaria/Lady Paget Hospital. 1916 Stampless cover from a member of Lady Pagets Hospital to Serbia, posted from Sophia after the hospital staff were captured by the Bulgarians, with violet circular "SERBIAN RELIEF FUND / UNIT / LADY / PAGET'S / HOSPITAL" and red boxed "PRISONNIER DE GUERRE", Sophia and London Paid machines. Very unusual. Photo on Page 96. £100-120
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Burma. 1919 (Aug 11) Stampless cover to Switzerland headed "Civil Detainees Letter, Postage Free" with manuscript "Passed Censor 11/8" and a "SHWEBO" c.d.s on the reverse, fine and scarce. £160-180
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Egypt/SWA/Malta. 1915-20 Covers and cards with 1920 cover from the Segregation Camp at Suez (with cachet and enclosed letter, trying to get his release and return to Palestine), 1919 lettersheet to Jerusalem from Palestine Internee Camp at Helouan, mail from or to (2) Ras-el-Tin Camp, 1918 Swiss card from the Bureau International de la Paix to Sidi Bishr Camp, also covers from Malta and Aus, South West Africa (3), etc. (11). £100-120
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France/P.O.W Ships. 1915-18 Covers and cards including a cover from the P.O.W ship "Phryne" at Le Havre and a registered cover to the ship, cover from a Bulgarian P.O.W at Camp de Serres, etc. (8). £80-100
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France & Italy. 1918-19 Covers and cards from (13) or to (8) German P.O.Ws held by the B.E.F in France, mostly in working companies, including three advice of capture cards. Also 1919 cover from a U.S P.O.W Camp in France, 1919 P.O.W letter sheet from Italy with A.P.O L1 c.d.s and a photo of the British P.O.W Camp at Genoa, an imitation P.O.W lettersheet dropped as propaganda over the German lines, and a card from a British soldier with No. 251 P.O.W Co cachet. (28). £100-120
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Germany. 1914-18 Covers and cards to or from P.O.Ws including New Zealand 1d envelope to an engineer from the S.S "Otaki" held P.O.W at Brandenburg, covers from G.B returned with the cachet "PLACE OF DETENTION / NOT TRACED" (3, two with German explanatory labels), card with boxed "Picture Postcards / are returned / by the Censor", Hamburg-America Line Marine Lazarett Hamburg cachet, stationery cards from German occupied Belgium, card from a Portuguese P.O.W at Munster, etc., also a P.O.W banknote from Rastatt. (103). £150-180
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Germany - Ruhleben. 1914 (Nov 11) Picture postcard of the Ruhleben racetrack with the Ruhleben c.d.s and boxed "Russenlager" censor cachet (unrecorded by Bachenheimer but known used for the first few days after British internees were moved into the camp). Also two later cards and a used 1/3d local post card. (4). £70-100
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India. 1914-19 Covers and cards from Ahmednagar (5) including a ¼a postal stationery card with a printed Christmas greeting picture on the front, or from Yercaud. (6). £100-120
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Netherlands. 1914-18 Covers and cards from (18) or to (2) British internees, from (6) or to (2) Belgian internees, or from German internees (2, one a lettercard of the S.S "Sindero" written on the ship and posted at Rotterdam), various towns, some from P.O.Ws being repatriated from Germany. Also a Dutch card from the Internee Hoofdbureau at The Hague, a letter from the Chief Postal Censor forwarding a letter to Zeist, and an R.N.B Christmas card from Groningen. (33). £130-150
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Norway. 1916-17 Cover from Trondheim to a P.O.W in France and postcards from Loken, all from German internees from the minelayer S.M.S "Berlin", which was torpedoed off the Norwegian coast, the cover with a red "PASSERER" label on the flap, the cards with the cachets "Krigsfangepost Norge" and "Oberleutuant / U. Orltester Lageroffizier", or oval "KONTROLLERT / I2" and circular "DEUTSCHES INTERNERUNGS LAGER / LOK", both with small "geprift". Also a card from Stockholm franked 5ore to a 'Berlin' internee at Hommelvik, Trondheim, and a 1915 Feldpost cover from the ship with Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No. 88 c.d.s. A scarce group. (5). £200-240
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Norway. 1917 Stampless picture postcards both from "R.A Clarke, British Internment Camp, c/o Vaktchefen, Jorstadmoen, Faaberg, Jernbanestation" to Kent, with red London F.S Paid machines. Clarke was interned in Norway when "H.M.S India" was torpedoed off the Norwegian coast. (2). £120-140
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Portugal - Azores/Switzerland. 1917 Stampless cover from a German internee at Angra do Heroismo, Azores, various cachets; and 1916-18 covers and cards to or from British or French internees in Switzerland (8), cards concerning money received for bread parcels to prisoners (2), and a Christmas 1917 greetings postcard from the British camp at Lestimetorge. (12). £100-120
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Portuguese Colonies - Mozambique. 1916 (Oct 16) 10r Postal stationery postcard to Switzerland cancelled at Lourenco Marques, with violet oval "PROVINCIA DE MOCAMBIQUE / LOURENCO MARQUES / SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" and straight line "PASSED CENSOR", fine and scarce. Photo on Page 96. £200-240
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Portuguese Colonies - Mozambique. 1916 (July 17) Stampless cover to Switzerland endorsed from a P.O.W in Lourenco Marques, with the same oval cachet and censor cachet as used on the previous postcard, a Lourenco Marques datestamp, the reverse with a South African censor seal tied by a Basel arrival c.d.s. Fine and scarce. £200-240
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Sierra Leone. 1914 (Nov 19) Stampless postcard from Germany to a P.O.W in Sierra Leone, with red P.C censor cachet, corner creasing, otherwise fine and scarce. £100-120
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USA/Guam. 1916 Stampless picture postcards from the S.M.S "Cormoran" interned at Guam with Kais Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No. 8 c.d.s, or from the S.M.S "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" interned at Newport News (2) with similar No. 3 datestamps. (3). £100-150
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1924-38 Covers and cards from British and foreign forces including 1927 (May 2) "FIELD POST OFFICE / 5" c.d.s used on the troopship "City of Marseille" en route from G.B to Hong Kong, other China covers, "Egypt Postage Prepaid" covers with forces letter seals (7), covers to Portuguese Naval ships at Macao, etc., also some pieces and ephemera. (47). £100-120
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Ireland. 1921-22 Stampless O.H.M.S covers to No. 1 Remount Depot, Dublin, with Field Post Office datestamps D.41, W.16 (2) or 3.K (3), two with arrival backstamps of F.P.O W.16 or D.41, four with official cachets comprising "COMMAND PAY OFFICE / DUBLIN" (2), "CASHIER, IRISH COMMAND / DUBLIN" or "7 and 8 SECTIONS R.A.V.C / 7 MAR 1922 / CURRAGH CAMP". (6). £200-300
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Ireland. 1921 Covers to the Army Pay Office in Dover with G.B 2d tied by violet Field Post Office rubber datestamps, numbered '8' (June 1, used at Limerick) or '10' (Oct 28, used at Belfast), scarce. (2). £250-300
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Germany. 1920-29 Covers and cards (25, six registered), fronts and pieces (8) all cancelled at A.P.O S.40, includes a postcard and registered cover sent locally unpaid, the others all bearing British stamps. Various datestamps include double circles with codes 1-3 or A, single circles with codes 1-4 or A-E, also airmail covers, an incoming postcard charged 1d, etc. (33). £140-160
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Germany. 1919-28 Covers and cards (93) and pieces (40) with British F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps, mainly 1921-28 period from the B.A.O.R bearing stamps with various unusual cachets, Army Courier Office S5 (3), varieties of A.P.O S40 datestamps, etc. (133). £500-600
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Egypt. 1921-39 covers and cards (16) and a block of 16 10m postage due stamps, with datestamps of M.P.O Cairo, British Barracks Abbasia (8), Camp Cesare (3) or Ismailia Camp (4), five registered. (17). £140-160
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1939-40 Covers and cards, various cachets and F.P.O datestamps, including three items from Swedish volunteers with "FALTPOST / S.F.K" or "S.F.K / FINLAND" datestamps or bearing a Swedish 15ore stamp tied by "HAPARANDA / F" c.d.s, and two covers from Danish volunteers, one sent during the Continuation War in 1943 with circular "FALTPOST / F" (usually used on Swedish volunteer mail, 7 months later than recorded by Moxter). A good lot. (25). £180-220
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P.O.W Mail. 1940 Cover with enclosed letter from a Russian P.O.W P.G Martsuk in Camp 4, to his wife in the Ukraine, with the Finnish censors translation, the letter held back by the Finns and never sent. The letter tells of the writers capture on Christmas day. £80-100
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P.O.W Mail. 1942 Stampless picture postcard to London from A. Butler, a British volunteer who fought with the Finns during the Winter War, the card sent from Filipstad, Varmland, in Sweden where Butler was now interned. Sent via the British Consul in Sweden with a London S.W Paid c.d.s; the message refers to sending mail by both the British Consul and the Red Cross. Small edge tear at base, otherwise fine and scarce. Also a 1940 letter from the Finnish Aid Bureau in London sent to a British volunteer. (2). £100-120
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1936-39 Covers and cards mainly with censor cachets, some patriotic labels and stationary, forces mail, Italian forces (2), cover to London with the cachet "DIVISION LEGIONARIA FLECHAS VERDES / PAGADURIA", etc. (39). £100-120
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International Brigades. 1937 (June-Oct) Covers from a British volunteer with the International Brigade in Spain, all to Manchester, carried by courier to France and posted in Paris, three bearing French stamps, the other with a Paris meter mark, the first cover backstamped with boxed "S.C.C / 10 JUN 1939 / 111", the others with the small numbers "3", "41" or "42" on the reverse. Three covers a little roughly opened at the top edge, otherwise fine and scarce; Shelley did not record any courier service covers dated prior to August 1937. (4). £200-250
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International Brigade. 1937 (June 27) Cover bearing Aden 1937 Coronation 1a, 2½a each cancelled boxed "PAQUEBOT" with a Port Taufiq c.d.s below and red "VISADO / POR LA / CENSURA MILITAR", addressed to "Mr Harry Hakam, Lincoln Battalion, care Socorro Rojo, Room 17.1, Albacete, Spain", backstamped with boxed "S.C.C / 9 JUL 1937 / 111", a plain brown censor seal at left. A few minor opening faults at lower edge, otherwise fine, a scarce cover to an American volunteer in Spain. Photo on Page 96. £150-200
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German Condor Legion. 1938 covers with enclosed letters sent from Straubing, undercover to Berlin from where they were forwarded to Spain, the covers simply addressed "Karl Heimer / S/88" (S = Staff, 88 = Condor Legion) and handstamped with the date received in Berlin. Very scarce. (2). £200-250
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c.1943 Cable & Wireless Ltd Telegram with message written and signed by Viscount Gort (Commander of the BEF in 1939-40, Governor of Malta 1942-44), to Winston Churchill at 13 Downing St. - "Here all well discussing problem of Dunkerking, arrangements being carried according to plans. Best regards, Gort". Supposedly written and sent after the conference to plan the D-Day attack. Folded, otherwise fine and unusual. £150-200
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Civil Censorship. 1939-47 Covers and cards with various censor cachets and seals from G.B, British Colonies, Germany, Europe, South America, etc., including air mails, 1940 (April 5) stampless card from Bergen to USA apparently caught up in the German invasion of Norway which occurred on April 9th with a German censor cachet, etc. Also a few later covers censored in Poland or Iraq. (315). £300-400
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