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Civil Censorship. 1939-45 Covers and cards with censor seals or cachets, most sent from or censored in British Empire countries, including items from Aden, British Somaliland, Hong Kong, Malaya, Malta, Sarawak, Gambia, Gold Coast, Gibraltar, Sierra Leone, Papua, New Guinea, North Borneo, Seychelles, Mauritius, etc. A good lot. (112). £400-600
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Civil Censorship - Egypt. 1940-44 Covers and cards sent from or via Egypt, all censored in Egypt, many differing origins and destinations (73). Also 1948-53 covers and cards (18) with Egyptian censors. (91). £100-150
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Civil Censorship. 1941 Covers from Italy to USA or the USA to Germany or Denmark, all censored by the British and detained until after the war handstamped "RELEASED" (2) or "Released by / Prize Court", one with a German label explaining its delay, tied by a 1948 c.d.s. Also an Argentine cover with boxed "DETAINED IN FRANCE / DURING GERMAN / OCCUPATION". (4). £100-120
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Service Suspended. 1939-42 Covers and cards from G.B (13), USA (2), India or Switzerland, to various destinations including Malaya, all returned with "Service Suspended" cachets. Also 1942 covers from G.B to Sydney returned marked "Trans Pacific Service Suspended" (2), other service suspended items sent to China in 1937 (2, faults) or Cambodia in 1978, and 1940-45 covers returned by the British censors (6, five with explanatory notes enclosed). (36). £200-250
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Portsdown Wreck. 1941 (Sep 19) Cover from Hounslow to Sandown, Isle of Wight, handstamped "DAMAGED AS A RES(ULT) / OF ENEMY ACTION", recovered from the steamer "Portsdown" which hit a mine sailing from Portsmouth to Ryde. £100-120
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Blitz Mail. 1941 Cover from Devon to London E.C with violet cachet "Moorgate Post Office / has Re-opened at / 33, Eldon St., E.C.2.", used after the Post Office was destroyed in the Blitz. Also a 1940 O.H.M.S card concerning war damage to a property in London, and an advert for anti-mist glass to be used in gas masks. (3). £100-120
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Channel Is/Red Cross Forms. 1940-45 Covers (16) including 1945 "Reoccupation" official card correctly used from Jersey, "News From England" leaflet No. 2 dropped over the islands by the R.A.F, Red Cross message forms (22) and printed instructions for replying. Also various other Red Cross message forms (10) sent to or from Europe, one from Denmark (with envelope), and a Radio Vatican form. (52). £100-120
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Undercover Addresses. 1941-44 Covers and cards including Netherlands cover to Tanganyika forwarded via the Red Cross in Lisbon with two cachets; P.O. Box 1142, Alexandria, Va (the U.S equivalent of M19); a lettersheet from a Norwegian sailor to P.O Box 901, Los Cruces, New Mexico; Box 111, Bletchley; and various mainly Polish P.O Box addresses in Lisbon. (26). £120-150
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Undercover Addresses - Thomas Cook. 1940-42 Covers from Belgium, France, Monaco (one stamp torn out) or Hungary to P.O Box 506, Lisbon; from Italy to P.O Box 520, Lisbon (forwarding address for Australia); or from Germany to P.O. Box 252, New York (forwarding address for Canada), the last two scarce. (6). Photo on Page 96. £250-300
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Undercover Addresses - P.O Box 506. 1941-42 Covers from Eugene Lukacs in St. Jean Cap Ferrat, France, to Ernse Lukacs in England, four addressed to "Thomas Cook Travelling Office, Post Office Box 506, Lisbon", the other nine addressed directly to Sussex, also a cover sent in the opposite direction from G.B to E. Lukacs in France. An unusual correspondence. (14). £200-250
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Propaganda Labels. 1940-42 Covers with various labels including scarce "Gambia Spitfire Fund / we realise in the / GAMBIA / what we owe to / BRITISH AIRCRAFT", "British Navy" type labels for East London, Egypt (2) and Rhodesia, Shanghai War Effort stamp, etc., (11), also covers with patriotic messages, address labels or cachets. (15). £150-200
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Airmails. 1940-43 Air mail covers, various routes, includes G.B to Australia franked 27/6; Australia clipper cover franked 3/11; India to Canada with "A.V.2" cachet; covers from India (3), USA or Bahrain all censored in Hong Kong; New Zealand 5/9 rate covers (3); USA to Turkey with a Singapore censor and "TO BE FORWARDED BY / AIR FROM SINGAPORE", etc. (32). £200-250
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1938-45 Mainly European covers and cards including 1938 Austria Anschluss covers (6), 1938 Czech forces mail (7), Romanian forces cards (2), also Japanese forces cards (3), Aerial Propaganda leaflets (5), etc. (50+). £80-100
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Explanatory Cachets. 1940-47 Covers to British soldiers or sailors all returned with explanatory cachets or labels including "NOT R.A.F TAKORADI", "ADDRESSEE RETURNED TO CANADA", Unit disbanded, addressee reported deceased, missing, prisoner of war, missing presumed killed, etc., also covers with "SALVED FROM THE SEA" or "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", one cover to the Queens cousin J.P Bowes Lyon. (41). £300-350
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Ship Lost. 1940-41 Admiralty O.H.M.S covers to the Commanding Officers of H.M.S "Barham" (torpedoed off Egypt, 25 Nov. 1941), H.M.S "Grenade" (sunk at Dunkirk, 29 May 1940) or H.M.S "Gloucester" (sunk off Crete during the evacuation, 22 May 1941), all returned handstamped blue boxed "RECEIVED AFTER / LOSS OF SHIP / RETURN TO SENDER" (2) or violet "Ship lost". (3). Photo on Page 96. £200-250
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Forces Air Mails. 1940-43 Covers, mostly from Egypt, with stampless 1940 covers endorsed "Xmas Air Mail" (2), covers to USA franked 12/8, 1/11 or 100mills, to Canada franked 310m or 42m (charged 5c postage due) or to Gambia franked 52m, also Gibraltar to Kenya franked 2/-. (9). £100-120
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Air letters/Airgraphs. Forces Air letters (16), mainly pictorial types including special Christmas Greetings (9, various types, five sent free of postage), one registered, others franked Bahrain or Somaliland 3a, and Southern Rhodesia 3d postal stationery type. Also Airgraphs (92, of which 37 are pictorial types), some airgraph envelopes, and original forms (4, two pictorial). (112+). £200-250
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1940-47 Covers, cards, ephemera, etc., including 1941 cover from General Spears Mission to Brazzaville, 1944 card from British Mission to Bulgaria, 1939 "Censor T.J.F.F. Signals" and "Censor T.J.F.F. H.Q.& D." cachets of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, F.P.O 450 without date used on H.M.T "Strathaden", Malaya forces mail, mail censored internally within G.B mostly prior to the 1942 Dieppe Raid or D-Day in 1944 (10), Army Signals datestamps, Nepalese Contingent mail, KUT covers with "Custodian of Enemy Property Frank" cachets (3, one charged 4d postage due in G.B), diplomatic bag mail to Moscow, etc. (78+). £200-250
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R.A.F. 1939-45 Covers and cards, various cancels (including RAFPOST India types) and censors, origins include G.B, Canada, USA, Azores, Ceylon, Middle East, North Africa, Rhodesia, Gibraltar, etc. (180). £200-250
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R.A.F. 1940-64 Covers and cards with various R.A.F datestamps including "R.A.F P.O / 004" of Azores, "No. 11 RAF / POSTAL H.Q" of Aden (2) and similar No. 6 c.d.s of Cairo, or censors including unusual "Censored by / RAF" on a South Africa air letter, mainly 1940-46 period, mostly fine. (57). £170-220
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R.A.F - Burma. 1945-47 Stampless covers with various "RAFPOST" datestamps numbered between "157" and "304", also "RAFPOST / RANGOON" c.d.s. (14). £140-160
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R.A.F - Hong Kong. 1946 (Oct 5) Stampless cover with scarce "RAFPOST / HONGKONG" c.d.s, very fine. £100-120
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R.A.F - Iceland. 1943 (July 19) Piece with G.B 6d tied "R.A.F. 0.0.3" c.d.s used at Kaldadarnes. The rarest of all the WW2 forces cancels of Iceland, just one complete cover recorded (sold in the February 2014 Argyll Etkin auction for £2,500). Photo on Page 124. £150-180
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Royal Navy. 1922-93 Covers and cards with various "Received From H.M Ship", "H.M Ships" or "Maritime Mail" cancels, including machines; double ring c.d.s of Plymouth (2 types), Edinburgh, Southampton or London F.S; boxed handstamps; straight line violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIPS"; WW2 registration envelope with provisional H.M Ships registration label; stampless WW2 covers with circular "POST OFFICE - MARITIME MAIL / BY AIR" of Gibraltar or small two line "MARITIME MAIL / POSTAGE PAID" of Trinidad; 1946 (Feb 8) registered express postal stationery envelope with "R.N.C EATON, CHESTER" datestamps and "AGENCY 506" registration label, etc. An interesting collection in an F.G album. (100). £400-500
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Royal Navy. 1939-48 Cover and cards including unusual censor cachets with oval, boxed and triangular types, "PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.S HOOD", "PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.S "NORTHERN SUN"", "PASSED BY CENSOR / "LONDONDERRY"", "CENSORED J14", etc., bag labels with cachets of H.M.S "Suffolk" or "King George V", boxed "FLEET MAIL OFFICE / 11 MAY 1946 / HONG KONG" and datestamps of BFM 31 (2) or 40 (2, one from H.M.S "St Kitts"), cover bearing EAF stamps, circular red "RECEIVED FROM / PAID / SHIPS" or "POSTAGE / PAID" (stampless registered cover paid 4½d), cachets of British Navy Office Curacao and Mail Office H.M.S "Mull of Galloway", etc. (97). £200-300
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Tokyo Bay. 1945 Covers including stampless cover with blue "VJ / TOKYO / ON ACTIVE SERVICE / HMNZS GAMBIA"; stampless Air Mail lettercard with Maritime Mail machine and red circular "TOKYO BAY / HMS / RULER"; cover to Sydney with Australia 3d tied circular "TOKYO BAY / 2ND SEPT / 1945 / JAPAN" with violet "H.M.A.S "SHROPSHIRE" / Official Signing of / Japanese Surrender"; and various Tokyo Bay cancels from U.S ships (10, all different), also a cover with interesting letter from Tokyo Bay. (14). £180-220
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B.E.F France. 1939-40 Covers and cards, various F.P.O datestamps, includes card with "No. 1 Ambulance Train / Maintenance Section, R.E. / M.B.S.A. BEF" cachet, cover endorsed "Business letter, By Kings Messenger", covers flown to England with R.A.F censors and London meter marks (2), etc. (84). £150-200
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B.E.F - Dunkirk Evacuees. 1940 (May/June) Covers and cards posted in England by troops evacuated from Dunkirk, most with Paid datestamps, comprising items from British soldiers posted at Launceston, Salisbury, Warwick, Ramsgate, Leeds, Wolsingham, Prestatyn and Okehampton, or from French soldiers posted at Tonbridge, Totton, Margate or Basingstoke. (12). £150-200
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Iceland/Faroes. 1941-43 Covers from Iceland with datestamps of F.P.O 2, 304, 306 (6), 307 (faults) or R.A.F Post Office 001; cover and a front from Faroe Islands with violet F.P.O 219 or F.P.O 611 (front). (12). £120-150
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Norway. 1940 (May 27) Stampless O.A.S cover with F.P.O 127, a few minor opening faults at upper edge, otherwise fine and very scarce. Also 1945 forces covers and cards (8), datestamps comprise F.P.O 150 (Bergen) or 786 (5, Oslo). (9). Photo on Page 96. £140-180
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Crete. 1941 (Jan 22) Cover with enclosed letter franked at the 10d airmail rate by G.B 6d and 2d pair, each cancelled by F.P.O 192 c.d.s, with boxed Unit Censor 146 cachet. A very scarce F.P.O used at Suda Bay. £80-100
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Malta. 1940-44 Covers and air mail lettercards including G.B covers to troops in Malta bearing Green Cross labels (2), 1944 lettercard from F.P.O 188 with R.A.F censors No.48 (type 15) and No.353 (type 28), covers with triangular Malta censors and London machine flown to England by the R.A.F (3), etc. (16). £200-250
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Aden. 1940-45 Covers and cards including unusual "Message Record" envelope originally used to send a recorded message, air mail letter card with G.B 3d tied "ADEN" single ring c.d.s, "No 11 R.A.F / POSTAL HQ" c.d.s (2), 1940 telegram, etc., most with R.A.F censors. (10). £80-100
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Egypt. 1938-45 Covers and cards including Army Post stamps (16), "Egypt Postage Prepaid" datestamps (60), also a correspondence of air mail lettercards (24, most with 'Egypt Postage Prepaid' c.d.s) and airgraphs (30) from D. Graham-White, R.A.F. (132). £150-180
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Sudan/East Africa. 1940-41 Covers from Sudan (13) including cover from Torit with boxed "CENSORED / S.D.F.", violet "SUDAN P.O No 12" c.d.s, etc., also 1941-43 air letters written from the British Military Mission to Ethiopia (2), and other covers (11) with various E.A A.P.O datestamps. (26). £150-200
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Kenya - D.R.L.S and Express Letter Service Mail. 1940-46 Covers including 1941 cover to the War Office in London marked "Air Mail" with oval "F FORCE HEADQUARTERS / 'A' BRANCH E.A.F" and "EXPRESS LETTER SERVICE / SERIAL No. / PRIORITY / NAIROBI" dated cachets, other covers sent within Kenya marked by D.R.L.S or E.L.S with various cachets including circular dated "ARMY SIGNALS / E.A.F" (2) or boxed "ARMY SIGNALS / DRLS", 1943 cover to Government House with "ARMY / C - HQ / SIGNALS" c.d.s and violet "A.D.C to G.O.C in C. / EAST AFRICA COMMAND", etc. (7). £100-120
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1939-46 Covers and cards in a box with various F.P.O datestamps, many origins including Egypt, Italy, Germany, G.B, etc. (100s). £150-250
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Machine Cancels. 1940-80 Covers and cards, the collection in an S.G. album with various offices, types and slogans, including 1944 Krag without office number, 1945 F.P.O 676 Universal machine with Victory Bells slogan, etc., (85). Also various 1969-86 F.P.O datestamps (19), many with handstruck slogans. (104). £120-150
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Correspondences. 1942-45 Covers and airgraphs including covers and letter cards from Major General Sir George Erskine of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Egypt and Western Europe (130, some good content on battles in North Africa), also items to Erskine (39, some from other senior officers including D.R.L.S cover with enclosed letter from General Sir Brian Horrocks) and a few pre-war covers; covers, air letters and airgraphs from G.B to F/O L. Harrington in Egypt (209); covers from Driver Potter R.E in G.B, Western Europe and Germany (49); and 1942-43 air letters from Surgeon Lt. L. Taylor R.N serving on H.M.S "Aldenham" in the Mediterranean (18 + letters and photos). (445+). £250-300
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Indian F.P.Os. 1941-46 Covers with Indian F.P.O datestamps including 1941 F.P.O 30A and 36 (franked $2 in Straits stamps) and 1946 F.P.O 594 and 660 from Malaya, also items from Egypt, Greece, Persia, Libya, Cyprus, Ceylon, Eritrea, Italy, Iraq, Burma, etc. (119). £150-200
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ANZAC Forces. 1940-47 Covers from Australian or New Zealand forces, many from Egypt, also R.N.Z.A.F datestamps, 1941 "2ND BDE. H.W. P.O / P.2" used at Tobruk, 1941 N.Z.E.F F.P.O cover posted at sea with provisional "2nd N.Z Div / Petrol Coy. N.Z.A.S.C, 2nd N.Z.E.F" censor cachet, etc. (c.130). £150-200
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ANZAC & South African Forces. 1941-54 Covers and cards with cancels of the South African A.P.O in the UK (2); N.Z F.P.Os or Army Base P.O in the UK (5, one a rubber type c.d.s); R.A.A.F Base P.O in London cachets, datestamps or machines (9); various Middle East covers with Australian F.P.Os (6) or New Zealand F.P.Os (11); and datestamps of Australian forces in Japan (12 + 2 pieces), most with G.B stamps, some registered. (47). £200-240
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Canadian Forces. 1941-45 Covers with Canadian F.P.O datestamps (39) or A.P.O machines (11) and a bag label, either bearing G.B stamps or stampless. (51). £150-180
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Canada/USA/SA Forces. 1940-45 Covers and cards including a correspondence from Capt M. Burton of the South African Engineer Corps (51) with postal stationery air letters, some bearing due marks; Canadian forces mail (31) including an illustrated Christmas air letter from Italy; and U.S forces mail (29) with Pepsi-Cola recorded message envelope containing the original record and a postcard with G.B 2d tied by U.S. A.P.O 229 written from 12th U.S Hospital Train. (111). £120-150
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Free French Forces. 1939-45 Covers and cards including 1940 cover with Hospital Ship "Sphinx" cachet, octagonal ship datestamps (3), 1940 covers with boxed handstruck or manuscript "CENSORED / N.E.F" and Poste Aux Armees datestamps and a cover to the "N.E.F, c/o Naval Attache, Paris", etc. (35). £150-180
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Czech/Polish Forces. 1942-46 Covers and cards from or to Czech forces (14) or Polish forces (28) mainly in G.B or the Middle East, many commercial, also some pieces, ephemera, a cover to President Benes and 1943 Czech Stamp Exhibition in London souvenir sheet. (44+). £150-200
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Other Allied Forces. 1939-47 Covers and cards from or to army or navy forces from Holland (9), Norway (7), Belgium, Denmark, Yugoslavia or Greece (4), also a propaganda booklet in Norwegian dropped by the R.A.F. (24). £100-120
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German Feldposts. The very extensive collection in several boxes, many with notes identifying the units or ships (and often the locations), many sorted by categories including Wehrmacht; foreign volunteers; Kriegsmarine; Luftwaffe; Waffen SS; Luftfeldpost stamps; postcards; captured stationery; provisional Feldpost cancels; returned and undeliverable mail; explanatory cachets; pre-war manoeuvres; Austrian Anschluss, Occupation of Czechoslovakia, France, Russia, Norway, etc.; post-war Wehrmacht mail; Feldpost stamps; parcel cards; U-Boats; Stalingrad; Brandenburg; registered mail; camp cancels; Bohemia & Moravia; Inselpost stamps; Dienstpost; Censors; "Komoran" and other raider mail; correspondences, etc. A considerable lot, most acquired individually and with care at a considerable overall cost, much potential. (1,000s). Photo on Pages 105 & 107. £3,000-4,000
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Dutch Legion. 1942-43 Stampless Feldpost covers from Dutch volunteers in the SS, all sent back to Holland, two with red boxed "M" and "SS Feldpostprustelle" cachets. (3). £120-140
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Caricature Cards. 1940-42 Feldpost cards with caricatures of Churchill (4, three types) or Chamberlain (4, two types) all used with Feldpost datestamps. (8). £120-150
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