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G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction 52) Day 1 of 2
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
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Date: 20th April 2023 Time: 10:30AM
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  "Berlin". 1940-44 Stampless Feldpost covers (7, three with letters) with scarce "Kriegsmarine / Marinepost / Gr. Lazarettschiff Berlin" or "Dienststelle Feldpostnummer M.07520" cachets (6, three types), one 1940 cover containing a printed Christmas card. Also 13 photographs of the ship. (20). £300-350
252
  "Gluckauf". 1940-43 Stampless Feldpost covers, one 1940 cover addressed to the ship, turned and reused with violet "Frei durch Ablosung / Reich / Lazarettschiff-F-Gluckauf / Briefstempel", three others with "Dienststelle Feldpostnummer M.09001" cachets, all with Feldpost datestamps, one 1943 cover with a Norwegian Christmas card enclosed. Also a small photo of the ship at Larvik in 1940. (5). £150-180
253
  "Huxter". 1942 Stampless Feldpost covers with circular "Dienststelle / Feldpostnummer 07995" and Feldpost d or e (2) c.d.s, the latter probably from St. Malo, two with enclosed letters from a paramedic. The "Huxter", one of the smallest German hospital ships, operated from St. Malo, making regular trips to the Channel Islands. (3). £100-120
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Click to view full image... "Karadjordeje" / "Schonbrunn". 1942 Stampless Feldpost cover and lettersheet from paddle steamers on the River Danube requisitioned as hospital ships during the war, the cover with violet circular "LAZARETTSCHIFF / Briefstempel / KARADJORDJE" and a mute machine of Vienna, the lettercard with violet two line and circular "Lazarettschiff Schonbrunn" cachets and a Feldpost g c.d.s. Two very scarce named cachets from small River Danube hospital ships. (2). Photo on Page 40. £160-200
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  "Meteor" / "Viking" - Norway. c.1941 Stampless official cover with circular violet "Kriegsmarine / Kdo Lazarettschiff Meteor" and "Dienststelle / Feldpostnummer M.21399" posted registered at Feldpost 955/1 located at Tromso, and 1942 Feldpost cover with circular "Dienststelle Feldpost Nr. M.21399" cachet and Feldpost b c.d.s; four photos taken on the ship, a photo and a prewar card of the ship. Also four real photo postcards of the Norwegian Red Cross ship "Viking", wards or nurses on the ship, and a postwar card of the ship. The Norwegian steam yachts "Meteor" and "Viking" were both requisitioned by Germany in 1940 for use as hospital ships mainly in Norwegian waters. (13). £180-220
256
  "Robert Ley". 1939-42 Stampless cover and postcards depicting prewar views taken on the ship, all posted on board with violet "Kommando / Lazarettschiff "Robert Ley""; "Festungskommandantur Gotenhafen" and "Lazarettschiff "Robert Ley"" or circular Briefstempel cachets (2), datestamps of Hamburg Gotenhafen or Pillau (2), the last two cards sent when the ship was being used as accommodation for submarine crews from the 1st U-Boat training division at Pillau. Also two photos of the ship. (6). £150-180
257
  "Stadt Passau". 1942 Stampless cover with circular "Lazarett Schiff / Stadt Passau" and Feldpost g c.d.s; cover to Vienna with violet "Laz-Schiff "Stadt Passau" / Verwaltung", hand delivered; and a stampless card from Vienna to the ship at Feldpost 29672. The small D.D.S.G paddle steamer was requisitioned as a hospital ship operating on the River Danube. (3). £120-150
258
  "Stubbenhuk". 1941-42 Stampless covers (2, one with letter) and postcard with dumb cancels, circular "Dienststelle Feldpost. Nr. M.28595 / Briefstempel" in violet or green with matching "Feldpost". This ship had accommodation for just 63 patients; it operated between Gdansk, Libau and Riga. (3). £100-120
259
  "Stuttgart". 1939-43 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards from the ship, with circular "Kriegsmarine / Mar. - Laz. - Schiff "Stuttgart"" (2) or "Dienststelle Feldpostnummer M.17041 / Briefstempel" (3), one cover with message on an enclosed postcard of Oslo, another with a letter from Oslo. Three covers posted in Oslo with Feldpost b c.d.s, one posted at Stuttgart, another with dumb c.d.s probably applied in Gdansk. Also 1940 stampless cover to the ship at Feldpost 17041, 1939 press photo of a ward on the ship, postcard of the ship written on board in 1943, and two photos of the ship. (10). £240-280
260
Click to view full image... "Wilhelm Gustloff". 1939-40 Covers and cards from the ship (6), one 1939 express cover franked Danzig 12pf + 40pf; two stampless covers with "FELDPOST / IV" or "FELDPOST / IV dzg" c.d.s of Danzig, one with violet "Kommando / Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff"", three other stampless covers or cards from Norway (2, one with Feldpost b c.d.s) or Danzig all with circular violet "Kriegsmarine / Feldpost / Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff"". Also a 1944 Feldpost card from the ship when in use as a training school for submariners, and two stamped covers supposedly from Polish P.O.Ws but with forged ship cachets. The "Wilhelm Gustloff" was sunk in January 1945 with the loss of over 7,000 people. (9). Photo on Page 40. £320-380
261
  1940-45 Covers and cards (9), picture postcards, photos and ephemera, including stampless Feldpost covers and cards with numbered Dienststelle cachets from the hospital ships "Birka", Christian", "Fasan" (enclosed letter from Drontheim, Norway), "Marburg", "Pitea" and "Rugen" (2), 1944 cover from the "Monte Rosa" bearing Luftfeldpost stamp pair tied by Feldpost d c.d.s, 1945 certificate for goods lost in the "Freiburg" after it was bombed and sunk with a card of the ship, etc. A good lot, the "Birka" and "Fasan" covers posted in Norway with Feldpost b c.d.s. (20). £300-350

Japan

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  1940-44 Covers and cards, comprising stampless military lettersheet from "Asahi Maru" and naval postcard from "Muro Maru", 2sn postcards from the "Hikawa Maru" or "Muro Maru", all with "Military Mail" and censor cachets. Also a cover with enclosed letter from a Doctor at the 8th Naval Hospital at Rabaul to Japan, hand carried, probably by another medical officer on the "Hikawa Maru"; 1942 menu printed in English on the "Kamakura Maru" during an exchange mission; propaganda postcard depicting the sinking of the "Buenos Aires Maru"; and two 1942 newspapers with reports of the "Hikawa Maru" or the allied attack on the "Asahi Maru". (9). £240-280@Side Head underline 14pt with space:<\i>Postwar Period
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  G.B. 1947-53 Covers comprising 1947 cover from the "Oxfordshire" at Singapore franked B.M.A Malaya 6c; 1949-50 covers with Colombo Paquebot or Post Office Maritime Mail cancels both with boxed "ORDERLY ROOM / HOSPITAL SHIP / "EL NIL"" cachets; covers with Post Office Maritime Mail machine cancels from the "Cheshire", "Empire Trooper" or "Maine" (3), also a hand delivered cover from the "Maine" to H.M.S "Opossum", two covers with arrival cachets of H.M.S "Opossum". The "Maine" was employed off Korea during the war in 1950-53. (9). £130-150
264
  G.B - Falklands & Gulf Wars. 1982 Covers from H.M.S "Hecla" (2), H.M.S "Herald" (4), H.M.S "Hydra" (2) or S.S "Uganda" (7) sent during the Falklands War, virtually all with cachets, most philatelic, one unusual air letter written on S.S "Uganda" on April 10th on its final prewar cruise with added note "ship taken on by govt as Hospital Ship for Falklands operation, now sailing back to Naples, 12 Apr. 82" bearing 10 Apr. and 12 Apr. ship's cachets, flown to Gatwick and cancelled at Redhill (Apr 14). Also letters from R.F.A "Argus" posted during the first Gulf War in 1990 (6) or in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and various notes, postcards, etc. (22+). £100-120
265
  Denmark - "Jutlandia" / Korean War. 1951-53 Covers and cards from the "Jutlandia" during her three voyages to Korea during the war (13), comprising stampless "Jutlandia" printed cover with U.S A.P.O machine, covers with U.S stamps tied by U.S Navy cancel (3, one a printed "Jutlandia cover), and covers with Danish stamps cancelled in Copenhagen (9, six on printed "Jutlandia" envelopes), nine covers with red circular dated "The Hospital Ship "Jutlandia" / Danish Red Cross" cachets, two handstamped "Marinepost"; and a cover from Denmark to the ship; currency vouchers issued on the ship for 1kr, 5kr (2 types) or 25kr (2); a photo and postcards of the ship (3, one signed by nine crew or patients, one an F.D.C of the Danish "Jutlandia" stamp); 1991 commemorative sheets or covers (3); 1951 F.D.C and a letter on ship's notepaper. Also three picture postcards of Swedish hospital ships. An interesting and scarce group. (31). £400-500
266
  France - Indo China & Gulf Wars, etc. 1947-95 Covers with 1947-55 stampless covers sent during the French Indo-China War, from the "Chantilly" (6) all with circular "SERVICE A LA MER / N.H CHANTILLY" (one also with boxed "NAVIRE HOPITAL / CHANTILLY"), two posted at Djibouti, one with Colombo Paquebot c.d.s; "Oregon" (2) both with circular "SERVICE A LA MER / N.H OREGON"; or a postcard of the "Ile de France" sent from Colombo with Poste aux Armees c.d.s, and six photos or postcards of the "Chantilly" or "La Marsellaise". Also philatelic covers sent from B.S.S "Rance" during the 1989 Lebanese War (2), 1990-91 Gulf War (4) or 1991-95 Yugoslavia operations (6) or from T.C.D "Foudre" during the Gulf War (4); covers from the Polish ship "Wodnik" during the Gulf War (2), and later covers from the "Wodnik" or Russian ship "Petr Pervyy", all with cachets. A useful lot, the nine 1947-55 covers all fine and commercial. (36). £180-220
267
  Germany - "Helgoland" / Vietnam War. 1967-71 Covers from the ship (13), nine bearing Vietnam stamps cancelled at Saigon or Da Nang, three with U.S stamps tied by U.S Army or Navy datestamps, three on printed ship's envelopes, one on printed envelope of the Chief Surgeon, four with differing ship cachets. Also commemorative covers with Deutsche Seepost cancels (5) and two photos of the ship. (20). £280-320
268
  Netherlands - "Breewijd" / Nigerian-Biafran War. 1970 Covers from the "Breewijd" chartered by the Dutch Red Cross to carry medical supplies to Nigeria shortly after Biafra had surrendered, all with red "M.V BREEWIJD / sailing in charter of the / NETHERLANDS RED CROSS / to assist the relief-action of the / NIGERIAN RED CROSS". Two covers posted on the first day of the mission with Lagos meter marks and datestamps of Apapa (May 16), one cover posted on the return journey at Le Havre with a French meter mark, and an unaddressed souvenir cover cancelled at Rotterdam on the final day of the mission. Very unusual. (4). £100-120
269
  USA. 1946-2010 Covers (67) from various ships, including 1946 covers from "Operation Crossroads" (Atomic Bomb tests in the Pacific) with cancels of the "Benevolence" (2), "Bountiful" or "Haven" (3); Korean War covers from the "Consolation" (8), "Haven" (3) or "Repose" (4); Vietnam War covers from the "Repose" (2) or "Sanctuary"; Gulf War covers from the "Mercy" (2) or "Comfort" (6); Operation Iraqi Freedom covers from the "Comfort" (4), etc., also some photos and postcards. (c.84). £200-250

HOSPITAL TRAINS

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Click to view full image... Austria. 1914-17 Stampless postcards (6) and a cover franked 15h, all with cachets of hospital trains operated by the Sovereign Grand Order of the Knights of Malta, the Maltese Cross of the Order in the centre of the cachets, a boxed cachet from Spitalzug A and circular cachets from Spitalzug A, B, D, F (2) or G, all very fine and unusual. (7). Photo on Page 40. £350-400
271
  Austria. 1915-18 Stampless postcards (19) and covers (2) with cachets comprising Spitalzug 7, 27 (2), 28; Infectionskrankenzug 204; Desinfect. Zug 4; Schlafwagen-Sanitatszug 8, 11, 14; Permanenter Sanitatszug 9, 16, 17, 24, 30 (3), 62, 70; Sanitatszug W.L.XI; Staatsbahn-Krankenzug 53; and Krankenpendelzug 19/11. Also four cards without cachets endorsed from hospital trains, and two postcards depicting trains. (27). £650-750
272
  France & Italy. 1914-16 Stampless postcards (13) and covers (4) with French hospital train cachets including unusual "TRAIN SANITAIRE DE L'AMBULANCE AMERICAINE"; "TRAIN hopital SANITAIRE DU FRONT EST" on a partly printed card with details of the senders health and treatment; Train Sanitaire 1, 2, 5; Train Sanitaire Semi-Permanent 1 (2), 2, 9, 10, 18, 21, 42 or without number; Train Sanitaire Improvise C2 or without number; and an Italian card from Genoa with red "R. POSTE / CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA / VII TRENO OSPEDALE". Also five WW1 postcards of hospital trains, and a large 1939 press photo of the interior of a train. (24). £550-650
273
  Germany, 1915-18 Stampless postcards with cachets of Lazarett Schiffszug Berlin 5, or Lazaretzug 5, G3, M1, T3 (on a card of the train), also three other postcards depicting hospital trains, one written from Lazaretzug 5. (8). £180-200
274
  Russia / Russo - Japanese War. 1904-05 Stampless postcards with cachets of military hospital train No. 4 or 60 (4), one with Postal Wagon 266 c.d.s, two with oval station datestamps. Also a Red Cross postcard depicting the Empress Maria Feodorovna hospital train, posted from St. Petersburg in 1905. (6). £220-260
275
  Russia. 1914-16 Stampless postcards with cachets of hospital trains 1, 8, 9, 31, 33, 113, 141, 2204 or 2226, or cachets of Red Cross ambulance trains (3), four of these trains named after members of the royal family, also cards sent under cover with cachets of hospital trains 1, 3 or 65, five with oval station datestamps. (15). £450-550
276
  USA. 1918 Censored covers from France with U.S A.P.O 755 datestamps, written from "303 Sanitary Train A.E.F, A.P.O 755" (2), and a stampless postcard from Toulon to USA written on a sanitary train. Also a 16 page booklet "Illustrated Souvenir of American Ambulance Train No. 62" constructed by the L&S.W.R at Eastleigh in 1918, published by the L&S.W.R Publicity Department at Waterloo Station, an interesting and scarce booklet. (4). £100-120

Great Britain

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  1914-18 Picture postcards of British ambulance trains operating in G.B or France including real photo cards of the "Princess Christian" ambulance train and Royal Navy ambulance trains (3), also a 1939 photo of the interior of a Southern Railway ambulance train. (37). £120-150
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Click to view full image... 1914 Stampless cover with red Southampton Paid c.d.s and blue oval "NO. 8 AMBULANCE TRAIN / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE / SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS" dated 7/12/14; and 1917 stampless postcard of the Hospital Ship "St. David" with oval "No. 7 AMBULANCE TRAIN / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" (the lower part of the cachet cut away), West Kensington c.d.s and a ½d charge mark, both fine and scarce. Also a fine real photo postcard of a L.S.W.R hospital train at Netley Hospital. Photo on Page 40. (3). £200-240
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Click to view full image... 1914 (Dec 27) Stampless cover with a red Southampton Paid c.d.s and blue oval "No. 8 AMBULANCE TRAIN / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE / SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS", minor staining at base; and 1917 stampless postcard of the Hospital Ship "St. David" with violet oval "No. 7 AMBULANCE TRAIN/ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" (the lower part cut away) and separately applied "DOVER", West Kensington machine and a ½d charge mark. Also two postcards of hospital trains. Two fine cachets, very scarce. (4). Photo on Page 52. £180-220
280
  1914-18 Stampless postcards with ambulance train cachets, comprising violet boxed "MAJOR. / O.C. No. 4 AMBULANCE TRAIN" on reverse of plain card posted at Southampton, ½d charge mark and postage due stamp; 1918 card with violet boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / Posted from Ambulance Train at / Liverpool Street G.E.R" (cachet a little doubled); and 1918 card with violet oval "No. 7 AMBULANCE TRAIN / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" (the lower part of the cachet cut away). (3). £180-220
281
  1915-18 Cards comprising 1917 printed card "Snow Hill Station, Birmingham. I am passing through this station in an Ambulance Train on my way to Hospital at (Manchester)" posted at Birmingham franked ½d; 1918 printed card "Banbury G.W.R Rest Station. Refreshments for sick and wounded Soldiers and Sailors" written on a hospital train, posted at Banbury franked 1d; and stampless cards (4) written on ambulance trains, all posted in London, two with ½d or 1d charge marks. (6). £160-180
282
  1914-18 Stampless covers and cards from British ambulance trains operating overseas, with censored cards written from No. 1 or No. 9 trains in France; 1915 cover from Egypt with Base A.P.O Z c.d.s of Alexandria and violet "Major I.M.S / O.C No. 1 (X) Ambce Train"; and 1918 cover with enclosed letter from "40th Ambulance Train, Kantara East, Egypt". Also a 1946 cover from Croydon to "Pte Firman R.A.M.C, 28th Indian Ambulance Train, c/o D.A.D.M.S (D), Dare House, Madras", and two picture postcards. (7). £120-150

WORLD WAR ONE - AIRSHIP FORCES

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  Austria. 1916-19 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards with various balloon troop cachets. (21). £200-250
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Click to view full image... Germany. 1915-18 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards from members of Zeppelin crews, eight with "Kommando" cachets containing Zeppelin numbers, comprising ZII, ZIV, ZXII (2), LZ90, LZ98, LZ103 and L41; also covers and cards endorsed from the L9, L12 (2, cachets of the airship detachment at Norden), L13 (6) or L37. A fine group. (18). Photo on Page 52. £700-800
285
  Germany. 1914-18 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards from army airship troops with various cachets. (20). £300-400
286
  Germany. 1914-18 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards (27) from naval airship troops with various cachets, including airship bases at Leipzig, Dresden, Seddin, Jeseritz, Namur, Ahlhorn, Tondern and Duren. Also reproduction photos of various naval airships. (27+). £400-500

WORLD WAR TWO - FAR EAST P.O.W MAIL

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  Malaya - Returned Mail. 1941-42 Covers from G.B to British forces in Malaya, all returned with various cachets (9); Australia cover to Singapore with "NOT TRANSMISSIBLE / SERVICE SUSPENDED"; and a cover from G.B to India with redirection label "Prisoners of War Post" to "Major D.B.C Robinson, 2nd Ghurkha Rifles, last serving Singapore, c/o Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo - Japan" and handstamped "c/o PRISONER OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU / TOKYO" but returned to sender. Also a 1941 telegram from Singapore, and two War Office letters. (12). £120-150
288
  1941-45 Correspondences to soldiers captured at Singapore comprising 1941 cover from G.B to Sgt R.B Hannant returned "Addressee Reported Missing", first type P.O.W card from Hannant with red Malaya chop, 1945 telegrams sent by Hannant from Rangoon or Colombo on his voyage home; 1941-42 covers from G.B to Pte E. Palmer-Gowing returned with various cachets (4), and first type P.O.W card from Palmer-Gowing with violet Malaya chop; 1941 (Dec 13) Field Service postcard from P.J Hawker with F.P.O S.P.501 c.d.s, 1944 3d P.O.W postcards (2) and a stampless cover to Hawker in Malaya, the P.O.W cards from Malaya with faults. (13). £160-180
289
  1942-44 Stampless covers and cards from G.B (9, one franked 2½d), South Africa or Australia, to British (10) or Australian P.O.Ws in Malaya, the last a printed Australian Red Cross envelope to Pte Kevin Kelly A.I.F, one cover forwarded to Japan with "OVS 27-10-42", the others to Changi, seven with Japanese chops. Also an unused P.O.W Next of Kin parcel tag, 1945 letter regarding sending a telegram to a Far East P.O.W, etc. (13+). £140-160
290
  1942-44 Correspondences from G.B to P.O.Ws at Changi, sent to Capt W.F Finlayson, Army Dental Corps (4), Gnr C. Trezise R.A (4), or Lt. Col. J.T Bretherton M.C, The Malay Regt (3), four with Japanese chops. (11). £120-150
291
  1942-43 Stampless covers from G.B to Major M.B Koe R.A.O.C (7) or Driver Pattinson R.A (2), all with manuscript forwarding endorsements including "workshops", "S. Area", "HQMC (K Block), "SA (S Gp)" or "IP", the two covers to Pattinson forwarded to Thailand with manuscript "OVL 26.6.42" or to Korea with manuscript "OVS 16/8/42. (9). £100-120
292
  1944-45 G.B 3d P.O.W postcards to P.O.Ws in Malaya (4, two to Pte R.D Cracknell) or to E.C Cooper, Civilian Internee, Changi, all with Japanese chops. (5). (5). £120-150
293
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1942-45 Japanese P.O.W postcards from Pte. M. Hazell R.A.O.C in Changi, to his mother in Manchester, comprising first/second type cards with large Malaya cachet in red or violet (both undated) or small violet Malaya cachet dated 25.12.43, third/fourth type card (with Malaya printed at left) dated 10/8/44, and fifth type card with "Malai Furyo Shuyo Sho. No. " printed at left and handstruck "5", dated 21/3/45, all with Japanese chops. A fine and rare correspondence, only five examples of the first type card with small Malaya handstamp recorded by Tett, the final card very scarce. (5). Photo on Page 52. £300-400
294
  1942 First/second type Japanese P.O.W cards from Changi, with large "Malaya" cachets in red or violet (5), four undated, two dated June 20th, one with 13 July 1943 arrival machine, one unusually with an 81 word message, all with Japanese chops, some faults, three fine. (6). £200-240
295
  1944-45 Third/Fourth type P.O.W postcard (Malaya printed at left) dated 12/8/44, sent by Pte. G. Binfield, received on 20 June 1945; and fifth type postcard with "Malai Furyo Shuyo Sho. No. " printed at left and handstruck "5", sent on 21.3.45 by Pte R. Winfield, Japanese chops, both fine, scarce cards. (2). £150-180
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Click to view full image... Internee Mail. 1944 (Oct 13) Fifth type Japanese Internee card from A.R. Page in Sime Road Camp to his wife in Australia, redirected to England with Canterbury, Victoria c.d.s (5 Oct. 1945), Japanese censor, minor faults at left edge, otherwise fine and very scarce, just seven of these cards recorded by Tett. Photo on Page 52. £120-150
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  Internee Mail. 1943 Stampless covers from G.B to civilian internees Frank McCaffery (4) or A. Cross at Changi, all with Japanese chops, one unusually with a Japanese censor seal. Also two record cards from the Swiss Catholic Mission at Fribourg for Wilfred Young interned at Changi. (7). £180-220
298
  Internee Mail - Australia. 1943-44 Printed P.O.W postcards (2) franked 4d from Perth to Charles Duncan in Changi, printed Australian Red Cross envelopes (2) from Melbourne to G.M Harral in Changi or Arthur Williams in Singapore, and stampless covers from G.B or Australia to Arthur Williams, one cover with circular cachet of Japanese Red Cross Tokyo, the others all with Japanese chops, one with enclosed letter bearing a Japanese censor cachet. A fine and scarce group to Australian civilian internees. (6). £200-250
299
  Java. 1942-45 Stampless covers and card (4) and a 1½d P.O.W postcard all to R.A.F P.O.Ws, four addressed to Java, another to R.A.F Station Seletar, Singapore, endorsed "Java" (crossed out) and then "Pal" (Palembang), with unframed "Transferred to Malaya" cachet. Four with Japanese chops, one with Java P.O.W 3 cachet, the 1½d card with "RETURNED FROM ABROAD / SERVICE SUSPENDED" cachet. (5). £150-180
300
  Thailand. 1942-43 Stampless covers from G.B to P.O.Ws in Malaya, all forwarded to Thailand with manuscript "OVL/T 29.10.42" (2), "OVS 4-4-42" or "OVL 12-10-42", two with small black framed censor of Adachi, two with Thai P.O.W H.Q censor handstamps of Motojima or Suzuki; and an undated second type P.O.W postcard from Pte E. McConnell in No 4 P.O.W Camp Thailand. (5). £150-180
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction 52) Day 1 of 2
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 494 288
Date: 20th April 2023 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing Details:
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