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1941-42 German forms from Guernsey, ten 1941 forms with boxed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / Eing.: / Ausg.:" (six undated, one dated "24 JUIL 1941 / 25 JUIL 1941", three dated "21 AOUT 1941 / 21 AOUT 1941"), and 1942 (Nov 17) form with rare undated "Eingang am: / ab:", possibly the only known example of this cachet. (11). £150-180
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1941 British forms to Jersey all with boxed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / Eing.: / Ausg.:" dated "21 AOUT 1941 / 21 AOUT 1941" (16) or "22 AOUT 1941 / 22 AOUT 1941", other cachets include "COUPON - REPONSE" and large circular British Red Cross cachet. (17). £150-180
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1943 (Jan 8) German form from Guernsey with return message received in September, handstamped unframed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / 14 SEP 1943". A rare cachet, only recorded on this one date. £100-150
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1941-43 British forms to Guernsey all with circular "WAFFEN-SS / Derwaltung / SS - flak - Ert. - Abt." cachet applied to the reverse, one cachet incomplete, otherwise fine. A rare cachet, previously unrecorded. (3). £180-220
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1942-44 German forms from Guernsey or Jersey, reverse with replies sent in 1945 (Feb 26/Mar1), and a 1945 (Feb 24) form to Guernsey all handstamped with unframed "Recu au Comite International / Croix-Rouge Geneve, le" with separately applied "10. DEC. 1945". A rare Swiss Red Cross cachet, previously unrecorded, apparently only used on this one date on forms delivered several month after the end of the war. (3). £200-240
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1942-44 Forms to or from Guernsey all with part of the message deleted or excised, all with attached P.C. 11 British Postal Censorship slips "The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter", one slip printed on blue paper, six others typewritten on white paper all with differing formats, three with "letter" altered to "message". A rare and unusual group. (7). £250-300
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1942-44 Forms to or from Guernsey all with part of the message deleted or excised, seven with attached P.C.11 British Postal Censorship slips "The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter", four differing slip formats, six with "letter" altered to "message". A rare and unusual group. (17). £250-300
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1942-43 British forms to Jersey with replies on reverse, all with part of the message excised, four with attached P.C.11 British Postal Censorship slips "The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter", one form with two slips on both white and blue paper, two formats of the white slip, four slips with "letter" altered to "message". A rare and unusual group. (5). £150-180
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1942-43 British forms to Guernsey (5) or Jersey with replies on reverse, all with attached P.C.149 British Postal Censorship slips "You are reminded that although it is not an offence to receive messages or letters from enemy or enemy-occupied territory, it is contrary to the Defence Regulations to attempt to communicate with such territory by any other means than through an authorised intermediary ...... The only available way of communication with ..... the Channel Islands is by personal messages of not more than 25 words between relatives, written on a prescribed reply form, and sent through the British Red Cross Society ....". Four versions of this slip, headed "P.C.149 revised" (2), "P.C. 149 (3rd revision)" (3, two versions) or "P.C. 149 (4th revision)", one also with a P.C.11 slip "The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter" (altered to "message"). Offending reply messages include requests to send photos or acknowledgement of receipt of a photo. A very scarce and unusual group. (6). £250-300
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1944 German forms from Jersey (2) with British Red Cross slip FR/CL/95, "We have received the enclosed message through the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva. As any reply sent via Geneva would take at least three months to reach the islands, we suggest you should delay sending an answer to the message pending further developments in the war situation", one slip attached to the form, another enclosed with the form in a delivery envelope to Mrs W. Tunbridge in Leigh-on-Sea. Also six other forms and five British delivery envelopes to Mrs Tunbridge, the forms all sent to her sister in Jersey and returned with replies. (8+). £120-150
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1941-42 German forms from Jersey (5) or Guernsey (2) all to members of the British forces, with violet circular "RE RECORD OFFICE / BRIGHTON" datestamps (5) or boxed "R.A.S.C RECORDS / 15 MAY 1942 / ORE PLACE / HASTINGS", another form with an attached slip from the War Office to A.T.S Records in Winchester requesting the message be redirected to the addressee. Very unusual. (7). £150-180
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1941-42 German forms from Guernsey (3) or Jersey (18) all to members of the British forces, one with Swiss Red Cross delivery envelope (faults) to W.W Guenier on H.M.S "Danae" but unknown and presumably returned, cachets including "UNCLAIMED / IN R.N BARRACKS / PORTSMOUTH", "NON RECLAME" and "RETOUR". (21). £120-150
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1942-44 German forms from Guernsey all to members of the British forces, the reverse of the forms handstamped "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY / POST OFFICE WILL SUPPLY / ADDRESS OF NEAREST RED / CROSS MESSAGE BUREAU WHICH / WILL DESPATCH A NEW MESS- / AGE FOR YOU" (7) or "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY / Post Office will supply address / of Citizens' Advice Bureau where / Message Forms are obtainable" (8), three others with "Not to be used for reply" typed on the reverse. (18). £200-250
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1942-44 German forms from Jersey all to members of the British forces, the reverse of the forms handstamped "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY / POST OFFICE WILL SUPPLY / ADDRESS OF NEAREST RED / CROSS MESSAGE BUREAU WHICH / WILL DESPATCH A NEW MESS- / AGE FOR YOU" (7, one with faults) or "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY / Post Office will supply address / of Citizens' Advice Bureau where / Message Forms are obtainable" (2), unusual. (9). £120-140
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1941-45 Forms from Guernsey to "T.D Luscombe AB, H.M.T Wellard, c/o G.P.O London" (21), four of these with the reverse handstamped "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY" cachets in six lines or four lines (3), and four forms sent by Luscombe from Red Cross Bureau 201, Clarence House, St. James's, London, to Guernsey. (25). £160-180
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1942-43 German forms from Guernsey to C.G Buttery in Brighton or at R.C.M.B 201, Clarence House, St. James's, London (6), and British forms sent by Buttery from R.C.M.B 201 to Guernsey (9, all with large circular British Red Cross cachet), one form to Buttery with attached forwarding slip from 352 General Transport Co. R.A.S.C, also six letters from the British Red Cross in Algiers sent with Red Cross message forms delivered to Buttery. An unusual and scarce correspondence, the letters showing forms apparently sent to and from London were delivered in or came from Algeria. (15 + 6 letters). £250-300
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1941-44 Forms to or from Jersey (2) or Guernsey (5) with differing German censor cachets, comprising red boxed "Gepruft / Dienststelle / Feldpost Nr. 35372 / IC" applied in Jersey, red 28mm Wehrmacht censor code "6" applied in Berlin (2, one with sideways 5 at right), red 33mm Wehrmacht censor with "gepruft" at top (very rare, apparently unrecorded on Channel Island Red Cross forms), black 34mm Wehrmacht censor with "gepruft" at base and code "h" applied in Berlin (2, one also with boxed "833"), black 34mm "Zensurhelle / gepruft" applied in Berlin by the Gestapo, all fine, the final form from Guernsey dated 29 July 1944. (7). £150-180
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1941 British forms to Jersey with replies on reverse, all backstamped with red boxed "Gepruft / Dienststelle / Feldpost Nr. 35372 / IC", one with boxed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / Eing.: 22 AOUT 1941 / Ausg.: 22 AOUT 1941". An uncommon censor cachet, applied in Jersey. (15). £250-300
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1941-42 Forms to or from Guernsey all with red 28mm Wehrmacht censor applied in Berlin, five with large circular British Red Cross cachet. (45). £250-300
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1941-42 Forms to or from Jersey all with red 28mm Wehrmacht censor applied in Berlin, six with large circular British Red Cross cachet. (22). £140-160
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1944 Forms to or from Jersey all with black 34mm Wehrmacht censor applied in Berlin, the final form from the island dated 17 June 1944. (17). £200-250
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1944 Forms to or from Guernsey all with black 34mm Wehrmacht censor applied in Berlin, four forms sent from the island between 29th June and 1st July with additional boxed "833" censor. (26). £300-350
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1944 Forms to or from Guernsey all with 34mm Gestapo censor in black applied in Berlin, one form with part message deleted, the final six forms from the island dated 7th/8th July. (26). £300-350
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1943-44 Forms to or from Guernsey (9) or Jersey (3) all with 34mm Gestapo censor in black applied in Berlin. (12). £150-180
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1944 Red Cross Message Bureau forms each with a typed "Summary of Civilian Message in suspense at Lisbon, Portugal. Destined for the Channel Islands", all sent to Guernsey with a typed address on reverse, the original forms dated 1st-29th March. Carried to Guernsey on the Red Cross Ship S.S "Vega" (after normal communications were severed after the capture of St. Malo in August). (8). £250-300
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1944 Red Cross Message Bureau forms each with a typed "Summary of Civilian Message in suspense at Lisbon, Portugal. Destined for the Channel Islands", all sent to Guernsey with a typed address on reverse, the original forms dated between 11th July and 11th August. Carried to Guernsey on the Red Cross Ship S.S "Vega" (after normal communications were severed after the capture of St. Malo in August). (7). £220-260
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1944 Red Cross Message Bureau forms each with a typed "Summary of Civilian Message in suspense at Lisbon, Portugal. Destined for the Channel Islands", all sent to Guernsey with a typed address on reverse, all with boxed "RED CROSS BUREAU" cachet, one form for a message originally sent on 23 March, marked as received on 18th April 1945. An uncommon cachet on these summary forms. (4). £160-180
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1944 British forms to Guernsey, sent on 1st March or 8th August, both matched to the summary forms typed out at Lisbon, the summary forms for the 8th August 1944 message marked as received on 14th March 1945. Two exceptional matched pairs, the summary forms delivered to the island by the S.S "Vega" prior to the end of the war, the original message forms delivered after the war. (4). £200-250
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1943 German forms from Guernsey, replies on the reverse sent to Guernsey on 6th or 22nd March 1944, both matched to the summary forms typed out at Lisbon, the summary forms for the 22nd March 1944 message marked as received on 14th April 1945. Two exceptional matched pairs, the summary forms delivered to the island by the S.S "Vega" prior to the end of the war, the original message forms delivered after the war. (4). £200-250
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1943 German form from Guernsey, the reverse with a reply sent back to Guernsey on 17th march 1944, matched to the summary form typed at Lisbon for this message (and two others), the summary form with scarce boxed "RED CROSS BUREAU" cachet. An exceptional matched pair, the summary form delivered to the island by the S.S "Vega" prior to the end of the war, the original message form delivered after the war. (2). £150-200
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1945 Letters from the British Red Cross, "We have received lists of short sentences from persons in the Channel Islands", with messages from Jersey (10) or Guernsey (7) sent between 23rd April and 19th May, unusual. (17). £240-280
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1944 German forms from Guernsey, all flown by German supply flights directly to Germany, forms dated and numbered: 14.10.44 number B.20473 (carried on 4th flight on 29 Oct.), 11.11.44 number B.20607 (6th flight of 25 Nov.) with reply dated 19.3.45, 24.11.44 number B.20692 (7th flight of 3 Dec.), 8.12.44 number B.20908 (11th or 12th flights), 15.12.44 number B.21400 (12th flight of 23 Dec.) with reply dated 18.4.45, 19.12.44 number B.21553 (14th flight of 7 Jan. 1945), 23.12.44 number B.22038. A scarce group, with 1998 article on these fortress period flown forms by Alan Moorcroft. (7). £400-500
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1944 German forms from Guernsey, all flown by German supply flights directly to Germany, forms dated and numbered: 14.10.44 number B.20479 (4th flight of 29 Oct.) with reply dated 19.3.44, 14.11.44 number B.20608 (6th flight of 25 Nov.) with reply dated 12.3.45, 18.11.44 number B.20725 (7th flight of 3 Dec.) with reply dated 20.3.45, 6.12.44.number B.21024 (11th or 12th flights) with reply dated 12.4.45, 15.12.44 number B.21430 (12th flight of 23 Dec.) with reply dated 9.4.45, 29.12.44 number B.22567. A scarce group, with 1998 article on these fortress period flown forms by Alan Moorcroft. (6). £360-420
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1944 German forms from Guernsey, all flown by German supply flights directly to Germany, forms dated and numbered: 14.10.44 number B.20496 (4th flight of 29 Oct.) with reply dated 9.3.45, 21.10.44 number B.20617 (6th flight of 25 Nov.) with reply dated 20.3.45, 7.12.44 number B.21102 (11th or 12th flights) with reply dated 20.4.45, 16.12.44 number B.21795 (14th flight of 7 Jan. 1945) with reply dated 18.4.45, 29.12.44 number B.22577. A scarce group, with 1998 article on these fortress period flown forms by Alan Moorcroft. (5). £300-350
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1944 German forms from Guernsey, all flown by German supply flights directly to Germany, forms dated and numbered: 18.10.44 number B.20512 (4th flight of 29 Oct.), 9.12.44 number B.21254 (11th or 12th flights), 24.2.45 number B.23912 with reply dated 2.6.45, 17.3.45 number B.24766. A scarce group, the 1945 uses very unusual, with 1998 article on these fortress period flown forms by Alan Moorcroft. (4). £240-280
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1944 (14/15 Nov) Forms from Jersey, numbered I.2563 or I.2575, both with light boxed "Gepruft / Dienststelle / Feldpost Nr / IC", both flown to Germany on the 6th supply flight which left Guernsey on 25th November, both unusually addressed to soldiers in the British forces, c/o Army Post Office, England, the reverse of the forms handstamped "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY", or "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY / POST OFFICE WILL SUPPLY / ADDRESS OF NEAREST RED / CROSS MESSAGE BUREAU WHICH / WILL DESPATCH A NEW MESS-/ AGE FOR YOU". One form badly tape stained, nevertheless scarce from Jersey, especially to British soldiers, with 1998 article on these fortress period flown forms by Alan Moorcroft. (2). £100-120
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1940 (July 31 - Oct 30) Swiss Red Cross forms (number "61") sent without messages from G.B to Guernsey, sent requesting news of the addressees, all with messages on reverse sent in January or February 1941, one sent by Gnr L.J Falla 446 Troop 77th L.A.A, R.A, four with the message signed in manuscript by George Bradshaw, another unusually with the message unsigned contrary to regulations. A few faults, scarce early forms. (10). £200-250
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1940 (Nov 6) - 1941 (Jan 23) Swiss Red Cross forms (number "61") from G.B to Guernsey all with replies on reverse sent in February - April 1941, ten with the message signed in manuscript by George Bradshaw. (84). £300-350
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1940 (Dec 3 - 30) British Red Cross forms from Guernsey, the first probably the earliest recorded use (received at Geneva on 2 Jan 1941), another form of Dec 4 with "COUPON-REPONSE" cachet, all with replies on the reverse, six of these signed in manuscript by George Bradshaw, various British Red Cross Bureau cachets. (32). £180-220
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1941 British Red Cross forms to Guernsey, most with replies on reverse, various British R.C.M.B and Red Cross cachets. (c.675). £350-400
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1941 German Red Cross forms from Guernsey, most with replies on the reverse, the first probably the earliest recorded use (26 MRZ 1941 - 000125 applied in Paris, received at Geneva on April 9th), various Red Cross cachets. (256). £200-250
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1942 British forms to Guernsey, most with replies on reverse, various British R.C.M.B and Red Cross cachets. (c.1,100). £550-650
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1942 German forms from Guernsey, most with replies on reverse, various Red Cross cachets, some British R.C.M.B cachets. (c.685). £250-300
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1943 British forms to Guernsey, most with replies on reverse, various British R.C.M.B and Red Cross cachets. (c.1,000). £500-600
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1943 German forms from Guernsey, most with replies on reverse, various Red Cross cachets, some British R.C.M.B cachets. (373). £200-250
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1944 (Jan 1) - 1945 (Mar 28) British forms to Guernsey, 36 forms dated between 1st January and 10th February sent in the usual way via Paris with a German Red Cross cachet applied (with replies dated May-June 1944), forms dated 11th February or later without any cachet of the German Red Cross all probably delivered after the war, various German and Swiss Red Cross and British R.C.M.B cachets. 27 Forms sent between 24th April 1944 and 24th February 1945 have no Swiss Red Cross cachet and many have been sent directly to the island, also nine later forms which were never sent still with their second backing pages. (160). £250-300
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1944 (Jan 3 - June 10) German forms from Guernsey, many with replies, some of these sent as late as March 1945, various Red Cross cachets, some British R.C.M.B cachets. (175). £200-250
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1940 (Aug 15 - Dec 27) Swiss Red Cross forms sent from G.B to Jersey (10, the first three sent without any message seeking news of the addressee), all with reply messages sent between 28th December 1940 and 20th March 1941, seven only with the embossed seal of Jersey (without the usual Enquiry and News Service cachet), one with the G.B delivery envelope. Also British Red Cross forms of 2nd or 14th January 1941 to Jersey with replies sent on 28th February, and a 1941 (Feb. 22) German form, all three also only having the embossed seal of Jersey (without the usual cachet), one handstamped "COUPON-REPONSE". Scarce early forms. (13). £180-220
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1941 British forms to Jersey, most with replies on reverse, various British R.C.M.B and Red Cross cachets. (225). £200-240
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1941-42 German forms from Jersey, most with replies on reverse, 57 forms sent in 1941 (the first dated March 26th), various British R.C.M.B and Red Cross cachets, including large circular British Red Cross types, etc. (201). £200-250
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