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"Wittekind" / "Hansa". 1900-01 Japanese 4s postal stationery postcard with a view of the Pagoda at Nikko, posted on S.S "Wittekind" at Nagasaki, with "KAIS DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / No. 12" datestamps, and a fine coloured postcard depicting the departure of the "Wittekind" for China. Also a 1910 card of the ship "Hansa" with red overprint commemorating exercises with the Volunteer Nurses Association of Hamburg, signed by 13 nurses, posted from Hamburg. (3). £120-150
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"Dairen Maru". 1904-05 Stampless picture postcards (3) and a field service postcard, three from medical staff on the hospital ship (one from Dairen with F.P.O 1, 3rd Army c.d.s), the other card from a soldier in Manchuria to a Doctor on the hospital ship with F.P.O 6, 4th Army c.d.s from Sujiatung, the letter describing the Battle of Mukden. (4). £200-240
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"Doyo Maru". 1904-05 Stampless forces lettersheets written by a nurse on the hospital ship at Dairen or Yongampo (Korea), both with F.P.O 5, Liaotung Logistics c.d.s, and a picture postcard franked 1½sn from the ship at Moji to a soldier in the 3rd Army, one lettersheet reporting news of the sinking of the Russian fleet (Battle of Tushima), also bearing a red cachet of the hospital ship. The other lettersheet stained, otherwise fine. (3). £140-160
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"Karafutu Maru". 1906 Stampless picture postcard depicting the hospital ship, forces card franked 1½sn and a 1½sn postal stationery card, posted from the ship at Senkinsai, Ujina or Inchon harbour in Korea, the first with scarce Senkinsai c.d.s. (3). £160-200
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"Kichisho Maru". 1905 Stampless cover and forces lettersheet from the ship at Ujina, the cover to an Officer at GHQ of the Manchurian Army with datestamps of F.P.O 1, Liatung Logistics and F.P.O 3, 4th Army located at Yong-An-Po, Korea. Also a picture postcard of the ship with commemorative handstamps for 1906 Naval Commemoration Day and 1907 royal visit to San-in region. (3). £120-150
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"Kobe Maru". 1904-06 Stampless picture postcards (3, one a military issue card depicting pioneers building a bridge, another depicting the hospital ship), a cover, and a forces postcard with a watercolour picture on the reverse painted by the sender, all from the hospital ship, datestamps include Naval Postal Agency No. 1 or No. 4 and Warship P.O No. 14 applied on S.S "Seoul Maru". Also a 1½sn postcard to Kure Naval Hospital with five tissue paper forwarding slips attached, one to the "Kobe Maru". (6). Photo on Page 12. £300-350
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"Koun Maru". 1905 Stampless picture postcards (7) and a cover franked 3sn, two cards from soldiers in Manchuria to a Doctor on the hospital ship at Dairen or Ujina, the other six items all sent from the hospital ship, datestamps include F.P.O 12, Liaotung Logistics (4, located at Dandong, Korea, or Antunghsien in Manchuria). Also three original photos of the ship taken at Dairen. (11). £400-500
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"Saikyo Maru". 1905 Stampless cover and forces lettersheet containing a picture of a Japanese lady, both from the hospital ship, one with Naval Postal Agency No. 9 c.d.s applied on the "Yeiko Maru" at Sasebo. (2). £130-160
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1904-05 1½sn Postal stationery postcards (2), picture postcards franked 1½sn (4) and a scarce official military postcard issued by the Post & Telegram Ministry, the last from an army nurse at 1st Field Hospital, 3rd Division, to a nurse on the "Awa Maru" with F.P.O No. 9, 2nd Army c.d.s (Gaomingtao, Manchuria), one card from a wounded officer in Hiroshima Reserve Hospital reporting his arrival on the "Rosetta Maru", and two cards from Japan to the "Rohilla Maru" or "Toei-Maru", three other cards written from the "Hakuai Maru" at Ujina, or the "Ohmi Maru" at Aomori or Ujina, an interesting group. (7). £300-350
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1905-06 Picture postcards, the majority issued by the Japanese Red Cross, all depicting hospital ships including "Hakuai Maru" and "Kosai Maru", also Japanese and Russian wounded on "Korohira Maru", crew of "Hokoku Maru", examination room and first rate room for patients on "Kobe Maru". An attractive group, eight with commemorative handstamps. (13). £200-250
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"Aberdonian". 1915-19 Cover and picture postcards of the hospital ship (11), the stampless cover endorsed from "Lt. G.F Gill, RAMC On Active Service, H.M.S H.S Aberdonian" to his wife in Jamaica with A.P.O SZ4 c.d.s (Suvla Bay, Dardanelles) and violet oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / Date (8.12.15) / ABERDONIAN" on reverse. Six postcards posted by wounded soldiers, four posted in England, two stampless cards with "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED". A good group, the cachet very scarce. (12). £180-220
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"Agadir". 1915-17 Covers (2) and a postcard, front and a piece from a parcel (boxed Fleet Post Office A parcel cancel) all with censor cachets, four types including circular "PASSED CENSOR / H.M.S AGADIR" with large crown, small crown or without a crown in the centre. Also a postcard of the ship. (6). £100-120
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"Anglia". 1915 (Nov 17) Cover franked 1d from Holyhead to the Hospital Ship "Anglia" at Dover, endorsed "Ship Sunk in Channel" with a Dover c.d.s applied a week later on Nov. 24th. The "Anglia" was sailing from Calais to Dover when she struck a mine and sank about noon on November 17th (almost the very time this cover was posted); 139 patients and 10 medical staff were lost. Two punch holes, otherwise fine, a unique and remarkable cover. Photo on Page 12. £150-200
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"Aquitania". 1916-17 Picture postcards (8) and a photo of the hospital ship, two written on the ship at Ryde or Cowes, the last posted at Southampton with violet oval "OFFICER COMMANDING TROOPS / H.M.S AQUITANIA", and a stampless postcard of Naples with London Received From H.M Ship machine and red "Hospital Ship "Aquitania" / Passed by Censor". A good lot, both cachets very scarce. (10). £200-240
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"Asturias". 1914-18 Picture postcards of the ship (21), a cover and letter, comprising 1917 stampless cover to No. 20 Ambulance Train, B.E.F with red boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP "ASTURIAS" / PASSED BY CENSOR", 1915 card cancelled in London with violet "ASTURIAS" and oval "POSTED ON THE / HIGH SEAS", seven other cards written by wounded soldiers, three of these stampless cards posted at Southampton with red "ARMY / LETTER / FREE" or ½d charge marks (2, one with a ½d due stamp), two stampless cards with red triangular "WOUNDED / SOLDIER / IN HOSPITAL" applied in Salisbury or violet circular "2nd WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL / MANCHESTER / POSTED / BY A / WOUNDED / SOLDIER". Also three postcards showing the ship beached off the South Devon coast after being torpedoed on 21st March 1917, and a letter of 25th March written by a crew member describing the torpedoing. An interesting lot. (23). £300-400
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"Braemar Castle". 1916 Picture postcards of the hospital ship (5), and a cover bearing KEVII 6d postal stationery cut out tete-beche pair cancelled at Southampton with violet triangular "CENSORED / H.M.H.S 602 / MASTER". Two postcards posted from Alexandria, one to Canada with a 2c stamp applied at Hamilton. (6). £120-150
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"Brighton". 1915-17 Covers and ephemera comprising stampless covers with oval "HOSPITAL CARRIER / "BRIGHTON"" and violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" or oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "BRIGHTON"" and circular eight bar naval dumb cancel. Also two tie-on patients tags both with boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "BRIGHTON"" on reverse, a fine postcard and real photo of the ship. The "Brighton" operated the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry service until requisitioned as a hospital ship in 1915. A fine and rare group. (6). Photo on Page 12. £250-300
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"Cambria". c.1916 Stampless picture postcard of Boulogne with red army censor and cover with violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED", both with boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "CAMBRIA", also two postcards of the ship. (4). £120-140
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"China". 1915-18 Covers and cards comprising covers with enclosed letters from Surgeon Ldr Keir with a violet "CENSORED / Fleet Surgeon & S.M.O" (3); cover with "CENSORED" and rare "Chaplain R.N / AND CENSOR"; other covers and cards with straight line "CENSORED" (3, two types) or "PASSED BY CENSOR" (3, one a 3d registration envelope); and other picture postcards of the ship (7, two written from the ship). A fine lot, some covers franked 1d, others unfranked, the three Keir letters describing the increase in number and severity of influenza cases being treated. A fine and scarce group. (17). Photo on Page 12. £300-400
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"Copenhagen". 1916 (Jan 4/7) Covers with enclosed letters both sent in the first week of service as a hospital ship, a stampless cover from Army P.O 2 at Rouen with violet boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "Copenhagen"" on reverse, and a cover posted at Southampton franked 1d with red boxed "R.A.M.C / HOSPITAL SHIP" on the front. Also a postcard of the ship, and a card of H.M.H.S "St Denys" written from the "Copenhagen" at Southampton. Two very scarce cachets. (4). Photo on Page 24. £160-180
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"Devanha". 1915-17 Stampless cover and postcards (5) all from the ship, including cover to Canada with Base Office B c.d.s of Dar-es-Salaam, and a postcard with Bombay c.d.s and boxed "PAQUEBOT", both with violet boxed "CENSORED / H.M.H.S / "DEVANHA""; a postcard of the ship with message of thanks for a "treasure bag" sent for a wounded man from the Dardanelles, with violet "H.M Hospital Ship "DEVANHA" and "CAPT. R.A.M.C / O.C. Troops H.M.H.S "DEVANHA"" and A.P.O SZ2 c.d.s of Lemnos; and other cards from the ship with Bombay c.d.s and boxed "PAQUEBOT, "C.S OFFICE / I.E.F" c.d.s of Port Tewfik, or British eight bar naval dumb cancel. (6). £200-240
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"Dongola". 1915-18 Covers (6) with enclosed letters from Commander Ernest Spicer, all to his wife in England, written from Malta (also a second cover from Malta without letter), Limassol, Straits of Gibraltar, Zanzibar (cover with two letters) or Mombasa, one cover franked Malta 1d, the others stampless, cachets comprise violet "R.H Jackson" (2, posted at Malta), "H.M.H.S "DONGOLA"", violet "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / H.M.H.S "DONGOLA"" and "Captain & ADJUTANT, R.A.M.C" (2, Mombasa or Zanzibar datestamps, one also with "VIA SOUDAN"). Also three postcards of the ship. (9). £300-350
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"Drina". 1914-15 Covers (2) and picture postcards (5) from the ship, a 3d registration envelope franked ½d pair tied by naval dumb cancels bearing registration label with manuscript "H.M Ships" and two stampless postcards (one showing the ship) all with violet "CENSORED/ J.D.McC.", a stampless cover with violet "CENSORED / E.S.", three other cards franked ½d cancelled by London or naval security machines, one card with red London Paid machine. Also a postcard addressed to the ship, two cards of the ship, and two cards depicting sick berth attendant George Rallings (the writer of three of these cards) or his family. (12). £200-240
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"Dunluce Castle". 1915-19 Cover, card picture postcards (5) comprising stampless cover with violet "Passed by CENSOR / "B.E.F.M APO B-MR/15" and postcards from Salonica, Alexandria or Marseille all with circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 29 / R.A.M.C", the Egypt card also with two "RECOVERED FROM THE SEA" cachets. Also two postcards of the ship posted from Cape Town, one franked 1d. (6). Photo on Page 24. £180-220
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Hospital Ship E0126. 1918 Stampless O.A.S cover with London Received From H.M Ship machine, printed P.&O. crest on the flap with violet "PASSED BY CENSOR / HOSPITAL SHIP E0126" signed "R.G McLaren, Chief Engineer". Very scarce, possibly just one other example recorded, the ship not yet identified. Photo on Page 24. £100-120
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"Egypt". 1916 Stampless O.H.M.S cover with Bombay backstamp, violet boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" and oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "EGYPT"", fine and scarce. Also five picture postcards depicting the ship (4) or the ships chapel. (6). £100-120
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"Glenart Castle". 1915-16 Stampless covers (3, one with enclosed letter on headed notepaper from the Dardanelles) all with London Received From H.M Ship machine, oval "H.M.H.S / "GLENART CASTLE"" and straight line "PASSED BY SHIPS CENSOR" (2) or oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "GLENART CASTLE" / DATE .....", a few faults, also a postcard of the ship. (4). £130-150
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"Garth Castle". 1914-18 Covers (2) and cards (17, also a photo), with stampless O.H.M.S cover handstamped violet "HOSPITAL SHIP No. 2 / M.F.A. "GARTH CASTLE"" and eight bar naval dumb cancel, cover franked 1d tied by the naval dumb cancel with larger violet "Hospital Ship No. (2) / M.F.A. "GARTH CASTLE"" and "PASSED BY CENSOR" and two cards of the crew or ship with naval security machine and "PASSED BY CENSOR". Also a postcard with printed Christmas 1914 greetings from the ship, and picture postcards and a photo depicting the ship (5), visit of King George V (2), interior views (6) or groups of crew or medical staff (3), a fine lot. (21). £320-380
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"Glengorm Castle". 1919 Stampless picture postcards, one depicting the ship, the others of Constantinople (2) or Salonica, all with circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 3 / R.A.M.C", one card written from Constantinople states "we are leaving for Batum in Russia tomorrow". (4). £130-150
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"Gloucester Castle". 1916-20 Stampless covers (2) and picture postcards (2), the 1916 covers with London Received From H.M Ship machine or F.P.O H15 c.d.s of Port Said both with scarce violet "H.M.H.S "GLOUCESTER CASTLE" / No. 2068 / CENSORED / ON ACTIVE SERVICE", 1916 card of the ship with violet "PASSED CENSOR", and 1920 card with A.P.O 4 of Calais and violet "AMBULANCE TRANSPORT / No. .... / "GLOUCESTER CASTLE"" and "ON ACTIVE SERVICE". Also a 1916 Red Cross card "I have just arrived in the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle" posted at Dublin, original photos (5) and a postcard of the partially sunken ship after being torpedoed in March 1917, and an "In Memoriam" card of the ship. The ship was salvaged and became an ambulance transport in 1919. An interesting group. (12). Photo on Page 24. £300-350
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"Goorkha". 1915-18 Stampless covers (6) and picture postcards (5, all depicting the ship), all posted on board, ten with cachets comprising "SIGNED BY / H.M.H.S "GOORKHA"" (3), "HOSPITAL SHIP "GOORKHA"" (2), "Hospital Ship "Goorkha"" (2), triangular "CENSORED / PURSER" (3) or facsimile signatures of officers in the I.S.M.D (4, two types), cancels include London, Southampton or A.P.Os at Boulogne, Alexandria or Salonica, also two cards of the ship. One cover addressed to the British Fever Hospital at Belgrade with arrival backstamps. An interesting lot, the ship serving in 1915 with the Indian army. (13). £320-360
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"Guildford Castle". 1917-19 Stampless cover from Southampton with circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C. / 22 / R.A.M.C", postcard of the ship with London c.d.s and red "CENSORED / H.M.H.S - G601", and a 1919 cover to South Africa with Walvis Bay c.d.s, endorsed "Prisoner of War Service" with return address of a German P.O.W on the Guildford Castle at Walvis Bay. Also an unused prewar postcard of the ship with violet "H.M.A.T "GUILDFORD CASTLE" / G.601". (4). £130-160
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"Karapara". 1915-17 Covers, comprising printed cover from Australia for use to A.I.F forces abroad, addressed to a soldier at Alexandria who had been wounded at Gallipoli, directed to the "Karapara" and then to Malta; cover from Alexandria to Australia with a letter from an Australian medic in B. Co. 8th Bn A.I.F serving on the hospital ship; stampless covers with naval dumb cancel and blue "HOSPITAL SHIP "KARAPARA"" or London Received From H.M Ship machine and violet "Censored / "KARAPARA"". Also two postcards of the hospital ship. (6). Photo on Page 24. £180-220
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"Kildonan Castle". 1915-16 Stampless covers (2) and a postcard of Salonica, two from Alexandria with manuscript "Censored, Purser, Kildonan Castle" or violet "Major R.A.M.C / O i/c H.M.H.S "Kildonan Castle""; the other with London Received From H.M. Ship machine, backstamped violet "KILDONAN CASTLE" and "H.M. HOSPITAL SHIP / CENSORED / PURSER". Also a postcard of the hospital ship. (4). Photo on Page 24. £180-220
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"Lanfranc". 1916-18 Covers (4) and postcards (2) posted on the ship, comprising 2d registration envelope from Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria with violet oval "H.M. HOSPITAL SHIP / No - / Date - / LANFRANC, M.E.F"; cover (with enclosed letter written enroute from India to Egypt) and postcard both with Base A.P.O T skeleton c.d.s of Port Said, and a postcard with London Received From H.M Ship machine, all with violet triangular "CENSORED / MASTER"; stampless cover from Ras-El-Tin and a cover posted at Southampton franked 1d both with the triangular "CENSORED / MASTER" and boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE", the Egypt cover also with boxed "H.M.T 1086". Also four postcards of the hospital ship, one posted stampless at Andover endorsed "Red X Train". (10). £240-280
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"Magic". 1915-17 Picture postcards (3, one a poster type card for the Belfast Steam Ship Co. Ltd), two franked ½d with eight bar naval dumb cancels and violet "PASSED BY CENSOR / R.F. ASHLEY-SPENCER / CHAPLAIN R.N" or "CENSORED BY / CHIEF / OFF", a stampless cover from A.P.O 78 at Dunkirk with violet "Passed by Censor / Head Wardmaster", and stampless covers with London Received From H.M Ship machines and violet "PASSED BY CENSOR" (2), also a postcard of the ship. (7). £150-180
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"Mauretania". 1916 Stampless cover posted at Ryde endorsed "Hospital Ship at Sea, stamps unobtainable" charged 1d postage due, reverse with blue boxed "H.M.H.S / "MAURETANIA" / 12 FEB 1916 / No. ... / Place ..."; and picture postcards of the hospital ship (8), four written on board and posted at Southampton or Devonport, one written on board in 1918 by a U.S soldier (when the ship was being used to repatriate U.S forces) and posted in New York. A very scarce hospital ship cachet, only in use as a hospital ship for four months. (9). £180-220
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"Neuralia". 1915-17 Stampless picture postcards (3, one depicting the ship, another a fine poster card for the B.I Lines) and a cover with printed "T.S.S Neuralia" flap, all written on the ship, three with A.P.O or F.P.O datestamps of Egypt, two with oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / "NEURALIA"", the other card written at Malta and Gibraltar by a soldier wounded at Gallipoli and posted at Southampton with ½d charge mark and postage due stamp. Also three cards of the hospital ship (one posted from Port Said in 1919 with a G.B stamp) and a French permit allowing a steward from the ship to land. (8). £180-200
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"Nevasa". 1916-17 Stampless covers (3) and picture postcards (3, two depicting the ship) all posted from the ship, two with Bombay datestamps (one also with "PAQUEBOT") and one from Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria all with violet oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP "NEVASA"" (two dated, one undated, one with scalloped inner oval, two with a plain inner oval); the other three with London Received From H.M Ship machine, red "ARMY LETTER FREE" of Southampton or Totland Bay c.d.s with manuscript ½d charge. Also five other postcards of the hospital ship. (11). £250-300
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"Oxfordshire". 1914-16 Cover and postcards (11) comprising stampless cover from Malta to India with violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / H.M.H.S "OXFORDSHIRE"", 1915 plain postcard with printed hospital ship address on reverse posted from Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria with violet officer's signature cachet, 1914 Christmas greeting postcard of the ship posted by two medical staff from Southampton, and nine picture postcards of the hospital ship, one stampless card with red Southampton Paid c.d.s, four others posted by wounded soldiers from India or G.B. (12). £200-250
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"Panama". 1916-19 Covers (2) and postcards (3), with a cover and postcard of the ship both with red oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP / No ... / Date ... / "PANAMA"" and "R.A.M.C / O.C TROOPS" alongside the signature of Major Martin, 1916 F.P.O cover addressed to a nurse on the ship at Southampton, and two postcards of the ship, one posted in 1919 by an ill soldier from Southampton. (5). £160-180
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"Plassy". 1914-17 Postcards from the ship (4, two depicting medical staff or the ship), three with circular violet "PASSED CENSOR", one also with "HOSPITAL SHIP "PLASSY"". Also nine other fine photographic postcards depicting the ship, wards, patients, a wooden stretcher being hoisted aboard or entertainments on deck. (13) £180-220
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"Rewa". 1914-19 Covers (3) and postcards depicting the ship (4) all sent from the hospital ship, including stampless O.H.M.S cover with A.P.O S.X.3 c.d.s of Mudros and "M.F.A "REWA" / HOSPITAL SHIP NO. 5", locally addressed to the 3rd Royal Marine Btn; covers with naval dumb cancel or London machine and "PASSED BY CENSOR" in red or violet, two other cards with naval dumb cancels. Also three other cards of the ship, and a Y.M.C.A card showing sick disembarking from the "Rewa" at Dar-es-Salaam. (11). £200-240
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"St. George". 1916-18 Picture postcards including three stampless cards from Rouen with oval "HOSPITAL SHIP / No ... / DATE ... / "ST GEORGE"" or "HOSPITAL SHIP / "ST GEORGE"" (2), also five postcards of the hospital ship, two written by soldiers or crew. (8). £120-140
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"St. David". 1915-18 Stampless covers (3) and postcards (3, two depicting the ship), all sent from the ship, four with cachets comprising single oval "AMBULANCE SHIP / "ST. DAVID"", double oval "No. 1 AMBULANCE SHIP / "ST. DAVID"" (2) or "No. 1a AMBULANCE SHIP / No. ... / Date .... / "ST. DAVID"" (Dover c.d.s), two items with violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED", another card posted in London with a 1d charge mark, crossed out and replaced by a ½d charge mark but with a 1d postage due stamp still applied. Also four other cards of the hospital ship. A fine group. (10). Photo on Page 24. £260-300
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"St. Patrick". 1915-18 Stampless postcards posted from A.P.O 3 at Boulogne with violet oval "NO. 3 AMBULANCE SHIP / 3 JUL 1915 / "ST. PATRICK"", or from A.P.O L.6 at Voghera in Italy to the hospital ship at Southampton redirected with violet oval "H.M.A.T / 1 OCT. 1918 / "ST. PATRICK"". Also a card of the ship, and a tie-on patients label with violet boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP / S.S "ST PATRICK"". (4). £100-120
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"Salta". 1915-16 Stampless cover and postcards (3, two depicting the ship) with violet boxed "H.S "SALTA" / No ..." (2) or "H.M.H.S "SALTA" / LONDON / OFFICIAL No. 136744 / TON: 4239" (2 types), three with datestamps of B.A.P.O Z at Alexandria (2) or B.A.P.O Y at Lemnos. Also three cards of the ship, one an "In Memoriam" card. (7). £180-200
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"Soudan". 1916-17 Cover and cards of the ship (2) posted on the hospital ship, all with naval dumb cancels and violet "CENSOR" or "PASSED BY CENSOR / A.H.G CREED / CHAPLAIN, R.N" (2), and a stampless cover from a naval ship to Rev. Creed on the "Soudan" with F.P.Oa machine, violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR" and circular "MAIL OFFICER / 26 APR 1917 / H.M.H.S "SOUDAN"". Also four cards of the ship or medical staff. (8). £180-220
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"Stad Antwerpen". 1917 Stampless cover from A.P.O 3 at Boulogne, endorsed from a R.A.M.C Captain to his wife in Australia, with oval "HOSPITAL SHIP "STAD ANTWERPEN" / No ... / Date ...", and a 1915 registered cover with Belgian stamps cancelled at Le Havre bearing the cachet "MARINE DE L'ETAT BELGE / "STAD ANTWERPEN"" endorsed from a Belgian Officer "a bord du navire hopital Stad Antwerpen au Havre". Also patient's tie-on "Diary of Transferrance" and identity tag showing service and injury details both with oval cachet of the ship (the first also with boxed "No. 28 / AMBULANCE / TRAIN"), and two cards of the ship. The former Belgian Government mail steamer served as a Belgian hospital ship until sold to the British in October 1915. (6). £120-150
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"Valdivia". 1915-19 Stampless cover and postcards (3) posted on the ship with violet boxed "H.M.H.S "VALDIVIA" 136.743 / LONDON, T.4335N. HP.7500" (2) or circular "HOSPITAL SHIP / P.C / 31 / R.A.M.C" (2), three from Egypt, another card of the ship posted at Totland Bay with ½d charge, also two further cards of the ship. (7). £150-180
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