Sweden / Denmark. 1939-46 Covers and cards comprising 1939 postcard from Sweden to G.B providing an undercover address in Stockholm to which the addressee could write in order to have a message forwarded to her brother in Germany; cards to or from refugees in Sweden; 1945 card posted in Sweden by a Dutch survivor of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp en route back to Holland; and 1946 cover from Ry Refugee Camp in Denmark. (5). £80-100
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USA. 1939-46 Covers and cards, from Germany or Austria to the "Hebrew Sheltering and Aid Society" in Washington D.C (2), Turkey to the "Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs" in New York, covers to refugees in USA (7, one 1941 cover from Germany detained until 1945 with "THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD / BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP"), from refugees in the USA (3, two to soldiers in the British army c/o Chief Postal Censor, London), etc. (16). £140-160
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World War Two Patriotic labels from G.B, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Canada or USA, also labels on covers from Germany, Denmark or the Netherlands Indies. (71 + 3 covers). £100-120
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G.B. 1940-45 Covers all bearing patriotic or fund raising labels including "Britain Delivers the Goods", "Buy British", "Great Britain The Shield - Help her Cause, Buy her Goods", Skipton Warship Week", "Save fuel for the Factories", 4d Red Cross label "Pays one days comforts for one casualty", also labels for Czech and Dutch forces, etc. (31). £200-240
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Australia / New Zealand. 1940-45 Covers bearing patriotic or fund raising labels from Australia (10) or New Zealand (5), including 1d Mackay Patriotic Fund "Help to Lick Hitler", "Join the A.I.F Now", Australian Comforts Fund, War Loans, etc. (15). £200-240
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Canada. 1940-43 Covers bearing patriotic or fund raising labels including "There'll Always Be An England", Victory Bonds, War Savings, "Norwegian Relief Fund", etc. (21). £160-200
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India / Burma / Ceylon. 1940-45 Covers bearing patriotic or fund raising labels from India (20), Burma or Ceylon (6), including Bombay, Madras, Sind and Tonk War Funds, "India Salutes China, March 7 1942", "High Range Seal of Victory for War Charities;" "For Indias Defence Services", Burma War Comforts Fund, Ceylon 5c and 10c War Purposes Contribution with or without "V" overprint, etc. A good lot with some very scarce fund raising labels. (27). £300-400
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Malaya. 1940 Covers and a card bearing Malaya Patriotic Fund labels, comprising small size 2c and 5c labels, large size 1c labels (4) or similar undenominated label, and four unused labels comprising small size 2c and 5c, medium size 1c and large size 1c. Also a 1941 cover from Penang with label "Arrived Safely Thanks to the British Navy and Air Force". (4 + 8 covers). Photo on Page 108. £220-260
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South Africa. 1940-45 Covers bearing patriotic or fund raising labels including "Buy British Goods", "Britain's Bombed Cities Relief Fund", "Pull Your Weight", Red Cross "4d Pays one days comforts for one casualty", 3d S.A Red Cross, "1d Medical Aid to Russia" (2 types), "1d Friendship with the Soviet Union" (2 types), etc. (29). £280-350
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British Empire. 1940-44 Covers bearing patriotic or fund raising labels including "The Safe Arrival of this Letter is due to the British Navy" labels from Fiji, Egypt (2), Rhodesia (3) and Malta, also ½d Malta Relief Fund, Hong Kong British War Organisation Fund (3), National War Fund of S. Rhodesia, Egypt British Community War Fund, Jamaica War Fund (2), Jamaica Fellowship of the Bellows (2), etc. (21). £300-350
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USA. 1941-45 Covers and cards bearing patriotic or fund raising labels including Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, British Americans Ambulance Corps Aid to Britain, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, Council Against Intolerance in America, Norwegian Relief, Poland First to Fight, British Red Cross Society, etc. (38). £200-250
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South & Central America. 1941-44 Patriotic labels on covers from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico (5), Peru, Surinam (3) or Uruguay including America Unida, Austria Libre, Britannia Entrega Las Mercancias, etc. (14). £100-120
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Patriotic Envelopes. 1939-45 Printed patriotic envelopes, mainly USA but including a few from Canada, India, Australia and New Zealand, also covers with patriotic cachets, slogans, economy labels, meter marks, postcards and parcel acknowledgement cards. (79). £200-240
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