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1901 Picture postcard to London, the address panel headed "Hospital Ship Orcana 3-6-01" by the writer, posted from Las Palmas (June 11) franked Spain 10c, scarce. £80-100
| H.S "Princess of Wales"
The steam yacht "Midnight Sun" was purchased by Princess Alexandra and fitted out as a hospital ship at a personal cost of £10,000. Renamed "Princess of Wales" it served from December 1899 until December 1900 making two trips between Britain and South Africa, and various trips around the Cape and Natal coast. | |
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1899 (Nov 17) Cover addressed to Sir Donald Currie G.C.M.G, Gaith, Aberfeldy, Perthshire N.B" with 1d lilac cancelled at Kings Lynn, the reverse with Sandringham and Aberfeldy datestamps and "Sandringham, Norfolk" printed on the flap; the enclosed letter on Sandringham notepaper written and signed by Charlotte Knollys thanks Sir Donald for his donation and for all he has done for her hospital ship, and says the Princess is going to write to him herself. Sir Donald was Chairman of the Currie Shipping Line. A unique letter. £180-220
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1900 (Feb) Cover with "Hospital Ship / "Princess of Wales"" printed in the upper left corner below an embossed Red Cross, posted from Funchal to Scotland franked 65r, on the first return voyage of the ship from South Africa to England. The enclosed three page letter, on notepaper also headed with the embossed Red Cross and ship name, written by Private A. Machie, 2 Bn. The Black Watch, who was wounded at Magersfontein on 11th December 1899. He writes "My leg is getting on a treat, the swelling is beginning to go down now ..... the patients are very well looked after on board this ship .... we land at Southampton. I expect to land about the 28th and entrain for Netley .... We had a concert on board two nights ago. It was got up amongst ourselves and when the officers heard of it they joined in with us, making it a great success". The envelope a little soiled with two opening tears at upper edge, the letter fine. Very scarce, the cover illustrated on page 67 of Peter Prime's book on Boer War medical services. Photo on Page 24 in printed catalogue. £300-400
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1900 (Mar 23) Cover with "Hospital Ship / "Princess of Wales"" printed in the upper left corner below an embossed Red Cross, sent from Oxford St. B.O Southampton franked 1d, written by Senior Sister Chadwick to her mother in London, very fine and scarce. Photo on Page 24 in printed catalogue. £220-260
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1900 (Dec 19) Cover with a Red Cross printed on the flap, a 1d lilac cancelled "SOUTHAMPTON / SHIP LETTER" c.d.s with violet "PAQUEBOT" alongside. £80-100
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1900 (May 4) Cape 1d lettercard from Cape Town to "Captain W. Venour 1st Dub. Fusiliers, S.S "Simla", Table Bay" endorsed "not Simla, Gone to Duty" and redirected to Durban, datestamps include Alfred Docks, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and F.P.O 1. Reverse with lower left corner torn away, the front fine and unusual. £100-120
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1900 (Feb 10) Stampless "In Dienst" cover from a British P.O.W in Waterval Camp with red oval "WATERVAL KRYGSGEVANGENIS / 10 FEB. 1900 / COMMANDANT VAN DE WACHT", red circular "22 FEB 1900 / COMMANDANT GENERAAL" with the Transvaal arms and a Pretoria c.d.s (Feb 22), addressed to "Private George Moore, 2nd Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Field Force, Ladysmith" (then still besieged by the Boers). Redirected to "Hospital Ship, Durban" but endorsed "What ship" and "not Simla", again redirected to "Netley Hospital, England" and then to "Naas, Ireland", backstamps include Lourenco Marques, Durban, Point, F.P.O 4 and Naas. A few edge faults and tears but a remarkable P.O.W cover, ex Griffith Collection. Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £300-350
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1900 (May 20) Natal 1d postcard posted from Cape Town to India, the stamp with "O" written below and alongside to show it was invalid and the Cape Town c.d.s applied away from the stamp, marked "T10" with datestamps of Durban and India and boxed "FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE / TWO ANNAS". The message is headed "Hosp. S. Simla, Cape Town" and includes "I had a rough journey to Durban which has rather knocked me up .... the ship seems v. comfortable, am in a nice airy ward". Also a fine real photo of "troops by the Simla". The card a little creased, otherwise fine and unusual. (2). Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £150-180
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1900 (June 27) G.B 1/2d Postcard from London to Up Park Camp, Jamaica, handstamped "T" with a 1d charge and Up Park Camp squared circle. The reverse with printed heading "Royal South Hants Infirmary, Southampton", crossed out and altered to "S.S Simla", the message reading "Its a beautiful ship, a good P&O, usually goes to India. Officers, Gentlemen, we have no troops - only 27 nurses & 2 doctors - as shes a hospital ship going back empty ..... the empty sick wards are beautiful". A little light staining, scarce and unusual to Jamaica. £150-180
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1900 (Apr 23) Cover from Bothaville bearing three O.F.S 1d stamps, addressed to a P.O.W on the "City of Cambridge" at Simons Town and redirected to S.S "Spartan", censored with both Boer and British censor seals and circular "CENSOR / PRISONERS OF WAR". A scarce cover to a Boer P.O.W on this hospital ship, illustrated on page 63 of Peter Prime's book on Boer War medical services. Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £150-180
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1900 (Apr 13/14) Covers from London or Aldershot both franked 1d lilac, addressed to "Major J.C Yale, 2nd West Yorkshire Regt, Field Force, South Africa" and redirected to "Hospital Ship Trojan, Durban" backstamped at Pietermaritzburg, Durban and Point, the Aldershot cover also backstamped at F.P.O 1, both fine, one illustrated on page 64 of Peter Prime's book on Boer War medical services (2). £200-240
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1900 (Apr 26) Cover from Bradford franked G.B 1/2d + 2d, to "Major J. Corbett Yale, 2nd West Yorkshire P.W.O Regiment, South African Field Force" and redirected to "Hospital Ship Trojan, Durban" backstamped at F.P.O 1 and Durban, closed opening tear at upper edge (with 2d stamp torn through), otherwise fine and unusually franked 2 1/2d. £100-120
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1900 (Apr 27) Ladysmith Siege postcard with Natal 1/2d tied by superb "ARMY POST OFFICE / 3MB / SOUTH AFRICA" rubber c.d.s in violet, addressed to "Major Birdwood, 12th Bengal Lancers, Brigade Major, 3rd Mtd Bd, H.M Hospital Ship Trojan, Durban", transit and arrival datestamps of Pietermaritzburg, Durban and Point. The writer tells Birdwood he has a Transvaal stamp with Dundee postmark for him. A fine and attractive use of this Ladysmith card. Photo on Back Cover in printed catalogue. £250-300
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1900 (Oct 10) Cover from London franked 1d to "A.H Pooley R.A.M Corps, H.S Trojan, Durban, Natal", redirected to Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria, endorsed "Not Dunera" (Hospital Ship), the reverse then inscribed "c/o S.M.O Durban", with datestamps of Point, Pretoria and Durban, unusual. Also a 1900 picture postcard of nurses on the "Trojan", posted in France. The card creased, the cover fine. (2). £100-120
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H.S "Carthage". 1900 (Sep 21) Japan 4s postcard to England, written from "H.S Carthage, Nagasaki, Japan". The "Carthage" was probably at Nagasaki to offload patients from the fighting in and around Peking. Also a fine c.1895 photo of the Carthage by a Gravesend photographer. A scarce card. (2). £120-150
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S.S "Medic". 1913 (Mar 5) Picture postcard to London with two British Levant 1/2d stamps cancelled at the British Post Office Constantinople, the message headed "British Red Cross Society, Constantinople" and including "The ship is late in arriving here so have another night to sleep in hospital instead of going aboard tonight. The ship is the S.S "Medic", a new ship". Also a peacetime card of the ship. Small edge tear at right, otherwise fine and a scarce card from a British Red Cross volunteer during the Balkan Wars. £80-100
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"Notre-Dame de Salut". 1901 (July 27) Picture postcard depicting the French Red Cross Hospital Ship "Notre-Dame de Salut", posted on board with France 5c pair cancelled by "YOKOHAMA A MARSEILLE / L.N. No 3" datestamp and red circular cachet "SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE SECOURS / CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE / DE CHINE / AUX BLESSES MILITAIRES", addressed to Paris. Also an unused example of the same card. The card with minor staining and a little trimmed at left (one stamp with 2mm sliced off), but a fine example of the scarce French Red Cross Society cachet. (2). Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £100-150
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SMS "Gera". 1900 (Sep 28) Stampless Chinese postcard written from Hong Kong to Germany, the address panel giving the senders address on the Lazaretschiff "Gera" and endorsed "Feldpostkarte", with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / No. 6" c.d.s. A fine card from the hospital ship whilst at Hong Kong. £150-180
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"Savoia". 1900-01 Japanese 4s postcards both written from the hospital ship "Savoia" whilst in Yokohama harbour, both to Germany, one with the address panel headed with the senders details "an bord Lazaret Schiff Savoia". The "Savoia" was a HAPAG liner chartered by the German Navy from August 1900 to March 1901 to transport sick and wounded between Taku and Yokohama; unlike the two regular hospital ships "Gera" and "Wittekind" then supporting the forces in China it had no postal facilities on board. (2). £180-220
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SMS "Wittekind". 1901 (May 26) Stampless Ceylon picture postcard written from Colombo to Germany, endorsed "Feld Post" with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / No. 28" c.d.s. A fine card from the hospital ship whilst at Colombo. £120-150
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SMS "Palatia". 1904 (June 25) Stampless picture postcard to Germany endorsed "Feldpost" with "KAIS-DEUTSCHE / MARINE SCHIFFSPOST / No. 13" c.d.s and red circular cachet "HAMBURGER COLONNE / DES ROTHEN KREUZ" with a central Red Cross, a little very light staining, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £150-180
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Confederate Ship "Matilda". 1864 (Oct 1) Legal certified copy of a letter headed "Hospital Transport Matilda" from P. Milford, Surgeon in Charge of the Steamer, stating that an explosion of the boiler on the ship caused Sergt. Cyrus Bidwell, E. Co 7th N.C Volunteers, to lose a knapsack, haversack, canteen and shelter tent. The "Matilda" operated on the James River in Virginia evacuating sick and wounded from the battlefields to general hospitals. Very few items recorded from Confederate hospital transports. £80-100
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H.S "S.R Spaulding". 1862 (Aug 5) Cover bearing a 3c stamp (faults) with central boxed "PAID" cancel and a Boston c.d.s, addressed to "Dr A.L Norris on board steamship Hospital S.R Spaulding in care of Sanitary Com 49 Broadway N. York City", the enclosed letter to "Brother Norris" with news of various quaker friends. The "S.R Spaulding" was employed as a hospital transport on the James River between Fortress Monroe and New York or Philadelphia, supporting the Army of the Potomac. Dr Norris, a quaker, was listed as a nurse on the steamship. Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £180-220
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H.S "Elm City". 1862 (Sep 21) Small cover with a 3c stamp cancelled by a central cork obliterator and a Providence R.I c.d.s alongside, addressed to "John P. Burt, Steamer Elm City, New Haven, Conn.". The steamer "Elm City" was transferred to the U.S Sanitary Commission in May 1862 and fitted out as a hospital transport with 400 beds. She operated on the Pamunkey River transporting wounded and sick from the Peninsular campaign to hospitals in Washington, New York and Philadelphia. An attractive cover. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £150-180
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USS "Euterpe" / H.S "Thomas Powell". 1865 Jan 5) Letter from Lt S.R Goddard 30th NSC, 1st Brigade 3rd Div 25th AC, Army of the James, headed "On Board the Euterpe, James River". He includes "We landed from our Wilmington expedition on new years day and went into camp. I immediately made application for a leave of absence but before it could get through the proper channels we were ordered to reembark for a second expedition. It is supposed our destination is Wilmington again and I hope this time with better success than before .... We are nearing Fortress Monroe and I must close my letter for the mail is going ashore there"; 1866 (May 26) partly printed receipt for the Steamer "Thomas Powell" bearing a 2c revenue stamp; and a reproduction photo of Union troops on the deck of a hospital ship. The "Thomas Powell" operated as a hospital transport during the civil war, on the James River from Point of Rocks to New York. The "Euterpe" was initially a stationary hospital ship on the Pamunkey River in Virginia, and later operated on the James River. This letter was written shortly after the first expedition against Fort Fisher (located at the mouth of Cape Fear River, guarding the approaches to the Port of Wilmington) and prior to the second expedition which captured Fort Fisher on January 15th. (3). £100-120
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U.S.S "Missouri". 1899 (Nov 12) Cover with "U.S.A HOSPITAL SHIP / MISSOURI" printed in the upper left corner, bearing Ceylon 15c tied by a Colombo duplex, sent to an army officer at the West Point military academy in New York with arrival backstamps. The British registered (but American owned) freighter "Missouri" was loaned by her owner to the U.S Army for use as a hospital ship during the 1898 Spanish-American war, the British officers all applying for American citizenship; after the war the U.S government bought the ship and used her as a hospital ship in the Pacific and Indian Oceans before she later became an army transport. A scarce and unusual cover. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £120-150
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U.S.S "Relief". 1900 (Jan 19) Cover to an army officer in Phoenix, Arizona, bearing three Philippines overprint 2c stamps (one damaged) tied by "MIL. STA. No 1 MANILA / PHIL. ISLDS / 1" duplexs, the enclosed letter written from "USA Hospital Ship Relief, Manila". The writer comments that "the whole thing could be closed in two weeks if the Generals in Command only wanted it finished". The "Relief" was purchased as a hospital ship in 1898 for service during the Spanish-American War but continued to serve until the Philippines insurrection was finally defeated at the end of 1902. A scarce hospital ship cover from the Philippines. Photo on Page 28 in printed catalogue. £150-180
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U.S.S "Solace". 1910 (May 7) Registered cover with enclosed letter from Bahia bearing Brazil 100r + 200r pair, addressed to "Dr Richmond Holcomb, Surgeon U.S Navy, U.S Hospital Ship Solace, care Postmaster New York City", redirected to Charleston and then to "U.S.S Delaware, Portsmouth, Va", strangely endorsed "via Southampton". Backstamps include violet "U.S.S SOLACE / REGISTERED" c.d.s (2 strikes), "Portsmouth (Navy Yard Sta.) Va / REGISTERED" c.d.s and datestamps of New York, Charleston and Portsmouth. An interesting cover to a hospital ship serving with the U.S Atlantic Fleet, the U.S.S Solace Registered datestamps scarce. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £120-150
| WORLD WAR ONE
A Collection of Unusual Censored and Forces Mail
The following 52 lots have all been collected for their unusual origins, destinations or routes, rare types of censor cachet or seal, postmark or franking. The first part of this collection of unusual items, all of them carefully selected over many years, was sold in our September 2016 auction; this second portion again includes many rare and unique items. Also see lots 214, 944-955, 1014, 1031. | |
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British P.O Abroad. 1916 Cover bearing Morocco Agencies 25c from Tangier to an army Captain at the Sultan Hussein Club in Alexandria, redirected to "British Red Cross Hospital No. 7, Montaza", with triangular army censor No. 3147 and violet star handstamp; and 1919 registered cover with G.B 2d + 2 1/2d tied British A.P.O Constantinople c.d.s. addressed to South Africa, censor seal and Port Said transit backstamp. (2). £140-160
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Aden. 1917 Cover franked India 1a from Aden to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, with circular violet "PASSED CENSOR / No AB-105 / ADEN" and "PASSOU PELA / BEIRA / CENSURA"; and 1918 picture postcard from USA to Asmara, Eritrea franked 5c, handstamped circular violet "PASSED CENSOR / No. A 156 / ADEN" and two line "(COLONIA) ERITREA / CENSURA No. 1". Two very unusual destinations and routings, the cover with Salisbury machine on the reverse. (2). £250-300
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Antigua. 1914 Picture postcard of English Harbour addressed to South Australia bearing Antigua 1/2d tied by an unusual dumb cancel with violet "CENSORED" (Gould 4A203) applied on H.M.A.S "Melbourne", reverse with St. Peters arrival c.d.s. A scarce item of Australian naval mail. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £250-300
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Ascension. 1915 (Mar.) Long cover to the Superintendent of the Western Telegraph Co. at Buenos Ayres with G.B 1d tied "ASCENSION" c.d.s and violet "CENSORED" (Martin type 1), front with Buenos Ayres arrival machine (Apr 22). A rare destination and believed to be the earliest recorded example of this censored cachet. £400-450
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Bahamas. 1919 (Jan 29) Cover from Nassau to Havana franked 1/2d + War Tax 1d pair with scarce "BY AIR SERVICE / NASSAU TO MIAMI" cachet on the front, the reverse with Miami machine and violet "PASSED BY CENSOR", only recorded on a few covers of late 1918 or early 1919 from Bahamas and clearly applied at Nassau, this example probably unique on a cover carried on this first experimental flight from Nassau to Miami. £250-300
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Barbados. 1918 (Nov 1) Cover to San Jose, Costa Rica, with return address of Fort de France, Martinique, but posted at Barbados franked 1916-19 1/2d, 1d and 2 1/2d, reverse with very scarce "Opened / by / Censor" seal of Barbados tied by violet Costa Rica arrival c.d.s (Dec 6). An attractive three colour franking paying the correct 2oz rate of 4d and the latest recorded use of the censor seal. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £300-350
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Barbados. 1915-18 Cover and card from Barbados comprising 1915 2d G size registration envelope uprated 2 1/2d to Italy "per S.S Siena" with Bologna censor cachets and seal; 1916 cover franked 2 1/2d to Petrograd "via France per S.S Savau" with Russia censor cachet and seal; and 1918 picture postcard franked 1d to Asuncion, Paraguay, with U.S censor cachet and arrival datestamp. Three unusual destinations. (3). £150-180
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Belgian Congo. 1916 (Aug 30) Belgian Congo 5c postcard with a picture of Mount Ruwenzori, headed "From Signalman A. Hedger RNVR, Brit. Expdy Force, L. Tanganyika" and marked "S.M" (Service Militaire); written from Kindu to South Australia, posted at Kongolo. Hedger writes "another week at least to Tanganyika. How nice is travelling, especially when you have a black boy who understands all your wants & often anticipates them". The British sent a small naval force overland to Lake Tanganyika in 1915 with parts for two motor boats which were assembled on the lake; these fought and destroyed the two German boats on the lake and most of the British naval forces were then withdrawn, though a small naval force remained until the end of the war to crew the two British vessels. Very little mail is recorded from the British naval force on Lake Tanganyika, and this is the only item from this force to Australia that we have seen. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £280-350
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Bermuda. 1914 (Dec 23) Picture postcard from H.M.A.S "Melbourne" to Victoria with Bermuda 1d tied dumb cancel of bars, violet triangular "PASSED / POSTAL / CENSOR, BERMUDA" (type CM13). A scarce item of Australian naval mail, the only recorded item to have local civil censorship rather than a naval censor applied on the ship. £300-350
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Burma. 1915 Cover and picture postcard both with straight line "PASSED BY CENSOR, RANGOON" in violet or blue, the cover from Rangoon to USA and the card unusually from Kalawa to Roumania with Rangoon R.M.S Set 1 transit c.d.s. The cover a little torn at right but the earliest recorded use of this censor, the postcard fine, a scarce censor cachet. (2). Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £180-220
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Cameroons. 1915 Stampless cover to Sierra Leone headed "On active service, no stamps available" and signed "F.L Whitehead, Buea, Sept. 18th / 15", countersigned by the Senior Officer, S.L.M.S, with a Duala c.d.s (Sep 22) and Freetown arrival backstamp (Oct 5). A scarce O.A.S cover from Sierra Leone forces. Photo on Page 31 in printed catalogue. £350-400
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Ceylon. 1914-18 Covers and cards including 1915 cover to Egypt censored upon arrival, the others all censored in Ceylon comprising items from Ceylon to Spain, Brazil, Chile, Sumatra, Siam, Holland (2, one registered) or Sweden, or to Ceylon from Italy, Hungary or Japan. Cachets include circular "PASSED / COLOMBO / CENSOR" (3), rectangular boxed "CENSOR / 10 OCT 1919", similar boxed type with "COLOMBO" reading downwards at left (3), or square boxed dated "CENSOR / COLOMBO" (4), four with stamp edging used as a censor seal and handstamped "OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW" (3) or "OPENED BY THE CENSOR". An unusual group. (12). £300-350
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Cyprus/Egypt - Wreck Mail. 1918 Cover from Cyprus with 2pi on the reverse tied by Limassol c.d.s (Mar 6), and the reverse side of a postcard from Egypt (Mar 11) franked 5m both to Japan, both items damaged by water, the card with wavy bars censor cachet, the cover with Egypt censor seal and cachets and red "ARRIVED IN THIS CONDITION". Both items recovered from the S.S "Andre Lebon" which ran aground on the Sultan Shoal near Singapore on April 7th, the damaged vessel finally being brought into Singapore on April 19th. Very scarce with fewer than ten items recorded by Gwynn and Hoggarth from the wreck; the Cyprus cover probably unique (ex Cruttwell Collection). (2). Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £500-600
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Cyprus. 1917 Small printed matter cover from Nicosia to Rhodes franked 1/2pi, censored on arrival; cover to Colombo franked 30pa with violet circular "PASSED / COLOMBO / CENSOR"; and postcard from Wiborg, Finland franked 2k pair to Cyprus with a Russian censor cachet and Famagusta arrival c.d.s. (3). £300-350
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Cyprus. 1918-19 Registered covers from Cyprus to Ethiopia, Belgian Congo or Switzerland all sent via Egypt, one with British "Opened By Censor 1172" seal with red manuscript "ouverte pas megarde", the other two with violet boxed "E.P.C", the cover to Congo also with blue civil censor seal tied boxed "PASSED / CENSOR / 3" with similar No. 2 cachet and various transit datestamps including "Registered No. 2 Shellal-Halfa T.P.O" and Khartoum. Three scarce destinations from Cyprus. (3). Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £200-250
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Dominica. 1917-18 Picture postcards, the first franked 1d to Madeira with violet oval "CENSURA / 28 SEP 1917 / FUNCHAL-MADEIRA", a transit time of over ten weeks; the other a registered postcard franked 2 1/2d + War Tax 1/2d to a Belgian Sergeant interned in The Hague, Holland, bearing a registration label with violet octagonal "COLON A ST. NAZAIRE / L.A No.1" and hooded "REGISTERED / LONDON E.C" datestamps and oval framed "OUVERT / 26 / Par l'AUTORITE MILITAIRE", very unusual. (2). £180-220
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Egypt. 1915-19 Covers and cards all censored in Egypt with cover from USA to Denmark redirected to Port Said and then Shanghai, cover from Egypt to Mexico, covers and cards from Greece, Holland, Brazil or Roumania all to Egypt, and a cover from Saudi Arabia to Batavia, five with blue "OPENED BY CENSOR" seals, cachets include red triangular army censor No. 3147, boxed and circular civil censors. A couple of covers with one or two missing stamps, otherwise fine and an unusual group. (7). £250-300
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Falkland Islands. 1917 Cover from Port Stanley to "Captain D.R Gatt, c/o Sultan Hussein Club, Alexandria, Egypt" franked 1d, arrival backstamp (May 3) and red triangular "PASSED / BY / CENSOR / No. 3147". A rare destination and one of the very few WWI censored covers known from the Falkland Islands. Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £350-400
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Falkland Islands. 1917 (Nov 26) Canadian Y.M.C.A cover franked 3c, from Vancouver to "Mr John Ryan, North Arm, Lafonia, East Falkland Is, South America", with "EXAMINED BY / CENSOR / C.211" seal and a Port Stanley arrival backstamp (Apr 1?), flap torn and a couple of other small opening tears at upper edge, otherwise fine and a rare ingoing censored cover to the Falkland Islands. Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £320-360
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Gambia. 1916 Registered cover and 1919 picture postcard both to Switzerland, the cover franked 1d pair + 2 1/2d with censor seal tied oval "OUVERT / 421 / Par l'AUTORITE MILITAIRE", the card with violet boxed "RELEASED BY THE / BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES". Scarce, very little WW1 censored mail recorded from Gambia. (2). £400-450
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Gilbert & Ellice Is. 1918 (Dec 11) Long O.H.M.S registered cover from Ocean Island to a Belgian Sergeant interned at The Hague, Holland and redirected to Belgium, bearing a red registration label and franked 1911 Pines 1/2d, 2 1/2d + KGV 1/2d pair, War Tax 1d pair, censored with "CENSURE MILITAIRE" seal, backstamped at Sydney, sGravenhage and in Belgium. Two vertical folds clear of all stamps, otherwise fine, very few WW1 censored covers recorded from the Gilbert & Ellice Islands. £200-250
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Hong Kong. 1915-18 Covers (3, one registered) and a picture postcard comprising cover to India with violet circular "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) / MADRAS"; cover to Sweden with Russian censor cachet and seal and transit backstamp of Petrograd; registered cover to Shiraz, Persia with India censor seals and violet "PASSED CENSOR / 22 / BOMBAY", backstamped at the Indian and Persian offices at Linga and at Shiraz; and postcard to Chile with violet "PASSED BY CENSOR / 124" applied in USA, Kobe and Antofagasta transit and arrival datestamps. An interesting group with some unusual destinations and routes (4). £200-240
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