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1941-44 Covers to India with forces mail bearing stamps of Aden (2), New Zealand, Ceylon, Iraq, KUT, Egypt or Australia (2, also a stampless cover from an Australian A.P.O in Libya), and covers from the U.S Virgin Islands, Mozambique or Venezuela to British forces. (12). £140-160
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1941-45 Covers (11, one Honour Envelope) and air letters (3), addressed to Aden (unusual F.P.O 90 locally made c.d.s used at Asmara, Aden censor seal and cachet), Palestine or Egypt (6), East Africa (3) or Southern Rhodesia (5), including items posted from Iraq, Egypt, Persia, one air letter with 4a cancelled by E.A A.P.O 67 c.d.s in Kenya, 13 stamped, unusual destinations. (15). £100-120
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1941-45 Covers with India stamps in combination with stamps of other countries, with G.B 3d forces registration envelope from Base A.P.O 7 at Baghdad franked 2r13a; and covers from South African forces with combinations of India / G.B / N.Z / S. Africa / Canada stamps, unusual. (8). £120-150
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1942 Envelope with printed bilingual “NOT TO BE STAMPED” and an Air Mail vignette for use to Indian Air Force personnel, handstamped “FULL POSTAGE REALISED / AIR POST DEPOT KAR”, a very scarce envelope. Also stampless forces covers handstamped “TREAT AS PREPAID / AND DELIVER FREE / CALCUTTA G.P.O” (Asansol Due 2a handstamp), “ON ACTIVE SERVICE / NOT TO BE TAXED” (2), or marked “Air Mail” with boxed “POSTAGE REALISED”. (5). £100-120
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1942-43 Air Mail covers to China, one franked 1/10/6 tied by “275” datestamps with “From H.M.I Ship” tombstone type censor; the other from F.P.O 14 in Iraq with G.B 3d and four Indian stamps (1r1a, another stamp missing), arrival backstamps, a scarce destination. (2). £100-120
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1942-44 Covers sent by air mail to Argentina (4), Brazil or Uruguay, various rates up to 4r6p, scarce destinations, a few faults. (6). £200-250
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1942-45 Registration envelopes (2), air letters (2), covers (9) and a front addressed to South Africa (9), Gold Coast (4) or Liberia, 14 stamped for air mail, one registered cover from F.P.O 173 in Persia franked 5r7a, the air letter front handstamped “AIR MAIL LETTER CARD SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE FORWARDED / BY SURFACE ROUTE”, unusual destinations. (14). £220-260
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1942-45 Air letters (4), covers (9) and an Honour Envelope to Canada, covers all franked 8a (one also with a Bombay Province revenue stamp), air letters franked 4a (3, one with red bars through the Air Mail vignette) or 12a, three from R.C.A.F personnel, one with boxed “R.A.F / CENSOR / 84”, also an Armed Forces Air Letter from Canada to an R.C.A.F Sergeant in India franked 10c. (15). £180-220
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1942-46 Registration envelope, Honour Envelopes (4), air letters (2), covers (6) and a postcard all to the U.S.A, nine stamped for air mail, the registration envelope with an additional 4r in stamps, two covers franked 1r6a, another 2r2a with a “T” handstamp. (14). £160-200
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1942-46 Registration envelope, covers (7), air letters (2) and a postcard, various unusual destinations comprising Malta, Gibraltar (2), France (2), Australia (3) and New Zealand (3), eight stamped for air mail, three registered. (11). £160-200
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1942-46 Covers (3) and a card with Indian stamps cancelled at British F.P.Os, unusual frankings or cancels comprising 1942 9p postcard franked 3p + 3a cancelled by single ring “FIELD POST OFFICE / 6” c.d.s, this type of c.d.s used at F.P.O 8 in the 1920s but not recorded from any office at this late date; registered cover from F.P.O 261 with all India KGVI stamps to the 2r (14 values); cover from F.P.O 199 with 28 Indian stamps totalling 3r10a; and 1946 registered cover from F.P.O 697 with six ½a stamps. (4). £100-120
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1942-47 4½a Registration envelopes to England, air mail postage paid by stamps with rates up to 3/6/6, from Iraq, Persia or India. (11). £120-150
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1943 Air Mail covers to Guatemala franked 2r12a, tied by “22” datestamps, arrival backstamps, a scarce destination. (2). £120-150
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1943-44 Registered air mail covers to England, high rates including 3r11a (2) and 8r1a (with 1a, 1r, 2r, 5r), from Persia or India. (5). £100-120
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1943-44 Air letters from A/C F.R Giles R.A.F to a relative in Chile, one marked via “U.S.A” franked 8a, the other franked 2r10a with red cachet “AIR MAIL LETTER CARD SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE FORWARDED / BY SURFACE ROUTE”, a scarce cachet and destination. (2). Photo on Page 170. £120-150
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1945 Covers (3) and an air letter to Scandinavia, the air mail covers franked 10a3p to Sweden, 1r to Iceland or 2r to Denmark, the stampless air letter to Denmark, unusual destinations. (4). £130-160
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Censorship. 1939-45 Covers and cards in two albums showing civil censor cachets and labels from various censorship stations including September 1939 censorship, internal mail, cachets requesting senders name and address to be written on the envelope, also forces mail with scarce triangular “PASSED / CENSOR / 13 INDIAN” used in Cyprus, etc. (57). £180-220
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Honour Envelopes. 1942-45 Honour Envelopes, various types, some headed “Green Envelope”, five printed in Indian script (two unused), includes RAFPOST cancels, uses from Cyprus (F.P.O 89, franked 9a), Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Libya, etc., 25 bearing stamps to pay for air mail, one franked 1r12a to G.B. (32). £200-250
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Forces Postal Stationery. 1942-47 8a Envelopes, for use to H.M Forces on buff paper unused (2); or for use from H.M Forces on pink paper (6), four used from Iraq to Syria, Egypt to India (2) or Persia to G.B, two others exceptionally registered franked 3a, from Persia to India (handmade F.P.O 109 registration label) or Iraq to Syria. Also scarce 1½a forces letter sheet used in 1947 to Malaya franked 4½a. (9). £220-260
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Forces Air Letters. 1943-46 Air letters, many different types, some with blue solid or hollow triangle or lower corner, various RAFPOST, Indian or British F.P.Os, bearing Indian stamps or stampless, including covers from Iraq, Persia, Italy, Burma, etc., four unused. (40). £200-250
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Air Letters. 1945-46 Air letters, a 6a postal stationery air letter with printed Christmas Greeting inside, and 1946 air letter with “Victory Greetings, Foreign Postage Free” printed on the address panel and pictorial Victory Greetings inside, posted from F.P.O 152 to G.B, this air letter very scarce. (2). £100-120
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Christmas Air letters. 1942-45 Air letters with pictorial Christmas Greetings inside and/or a Christmas picture on the address panel, two unused, ten used with stamps (one with G.B 3d, one with India + Burma stamps, others with India stamps), seven posted without stamps (two of these endorsed “Free Xmas Lettercard” or “Free Xmas Mail”), ten different internal pictures, a fine and scarce group. (19). £700-800
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Christmas Air Letters. 1943-45 Pictorial Christmas Greetings air letters all with “Postage Free” printed on the address panel or reverse, printed Christmas Greetings inside, some also with pictorial greetings on the front, seven R.A.F types, two unused, seven others posted free of charge (one to Canada), one scarce used air letter with “RAF POST / INDIA / POSTAGE / FREE / XMAS 1934” printed on the front with the year error then overprinted “1943” in red (also a front), a scarce group. (10). £500-600
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Naval Mail. 1940-44 Covers (15) and air letters (5) to G.B (19) or India, naval censors include scarce circular “PASSED / NAVAL CENSOR” with central cabled anchor, various boxed types, tombstone types for H.M.I or H.M Ship, cancels include “B-1” of Bombay (5), covers franked 7a, 8a, 14a or 1r12a, air letters franked 4a or 3d, also a 6d air letter from London to H.M.S “Braganza” at Bombay with naval censor. (21). £200-240
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Naval Mail. 1944-45 Covers (5) and air letters (2) all to the U.S.A, the covers franked 12a (3), 5r8a or 1/- in G.B stamps all cancelled “B-1”, air letters franked 4a, all with naval censors. (7). £100-120
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Official Mail. 1942-48 Covers bearing Service stamps including cover from British F.P.O 145 to Nigeria franked 14a, registered cover from F.P.O 147 to London franked 9r14a, 1948 cover from F.P.O 651 in Japan franked 12a to G.B, etc. (7). £120-150
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Safe Hand Mail. c.1940-45 Covers to London (6), Glasgow or New York all carried by R.A.F pilot, India stamps cancelled by a handstruck cross (4), manuscript cross or c.d.s (3), handstamped “SAFE HAND” (2 types) or “BY SAFE HAND”, the others with similar printed, typed or manuscript inscription, rates from 3½a to 2/11/6. Also stampless cover from the War Office in London to Southern Army India inscribed “All Air” with Army Signals HQSA arrival c.d.s. (9). £300-350
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Safe Hand Mail. 1943-45 Covers to London (4) or Glasgow franked 14a, 1r12a (3) or 4r6a cancelled in India, one handstamped “SAFE HAND OF PILOT”, the others with similar manuscript or typed inscription, all carried by R.A.F pilot, Ministry of War Transport cachets applied in London where they were posted as registered Official mail with red Official Paid London W.1 datestamps, very unusual. (5). £200-250
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Safe Hand Mail. 1944 Covers to London carried by R.A.F pilot, one handstamped “SAFE HAND OF PILOT”, the others with similar typed or manuscript inscription, franked 14a (3) or 1r15a all cancelled by handstruck “cross”, cachets of the Ministry of War Transport applied in London where they were posted as registered Official mail with red Official Paid London W.1 datestamps, very unusual. (4). £200-250
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Official/Safe Hand Mail. 1948 (Feb 24) Parcel address label, reverse with Official stamps totalling an astonishing 127r8a (8a + 2r + 5r + two 10r blocks of six) all cancelled by New Delhi G.H.Q datestamps, O.H.M.S address label to the Indian Ambassador in Cairo inscribed “In the personal charge of the pilot, By Air Mail. No.5-Cairo (Air) dated the 24th February 1948. By Safe Hand”. Photo on Page 170. £200-250
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 1942 (Jan 27/Feb 1) Air Mail covers from Capt. H.J de W. Waller, Royal Artillery, franked 4a to India, cancelled by “EXPERIMENTAL P.O / C-507” c.d.s in violet with matching triangular censor M1. Very scarce, this c.d.s only used for about one month. (2). Photo on Page 170. £250-300
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 1947 Cover to India endorsed “Forces Mail” and “From J. Richardson, Car Meobar, Andaman & Nicobar”, franked 14a in Indian stamps, a BMA Malaya 3r pair applied over these, all stamps cancelled in Singapore, unusual. £80-100
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Burma/Thailand. 1945 (Nov 17) Registered cover from F.P.O 138 in Rangoon, to another soldier in Siam, franked Burma 10r and India 3a, handdrawn registration etiquette, very unusual. £100-120
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Sudan. 1940-45 Covers with 1941 Italian military postcard (“the D.A. D.P.S got a few of these when he was touring in occupied enemy territory in Eritrea”) posted from Base Office 2 at Khartoum franked 4½a; 1940-41 cover and Honour Envelopes (4) with air mail postage paid by Sudan stamps posted at F.P.O 17, 23 (3) or 25 (one stamp missing); and 1945 registered air mail cover franked 1rla from F.P.O 593 to Atbara with British F.P.O 718 and Atbara backstamps. (7). £150-180
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U.S Forces. 1942-45 Covers from U.S Forces in India or Burma, to the U.S.A, most franked at the 6c air mail rate, a few stampless, with U.S A.P.O cancels, all differing A.P.O numbers. (38). £380-500
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U.S Forces. 1942-45 Official mail with various War Ballot envelopes (9) and postcards (8), other stampless covers (13) and covers franked 20c for registration (7), from India or Burma with U.S A.P.O datestamps, various numbers, some censored including “PASSED FOR PUBLICATION / U.S ARMY PRESS CENSOR / CHINA-BURMA-INDIA” named to Charles H. Holt (3), Noel J. Cipriano or James R. McIver, also “CENSORED / US / ARMY / AIR / CORPS”, etc., mainly long legal size covers. (37). £380-450
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U.S Forces. 1942-46 Covers from U.S forces in India all unusually franked by India stamps, one sent by U.S diplomatic bag franked 1r6p cancelled in Washington D.C, cover with boxed “CENSORED / U.S.M.N.A.M” and 2a pair tied by unusual barred cancel, U.S 6c envelopes (3) and plain covers (2) bearing India stamps with U.S A.P.O cancels, covers with U.S army censors and India stamps tied by civil P.O datestamps (2), cover from U.S A.P.O 465 with U.S 6c tied by Indian F.P.O 605, and 6c envelope to India with U.S 6c (3) tied by U.S Navy cancel and India 1½a pair cancelled upon arrival. A very unusual group. (11). £350-400
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U.S Forces. 1944-45 Printed patriotic envelopes from U.S forces in India or Burma, to the U.S.A, some franked 3c or 6c, others free, U.S A.P.O datestamps with various numbers. (40). £450-600
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P.O.W Mail. 1942-46 P.O.W postcards (4) and lettersheets (20) from Italian P.O.Ws to Italy, 22 sent by air, the postcards franked 4a in stamps, lettersheets with 8a in stamps (16) or an 8a meter mark (2); also covers, cards and lettersheets from Italy to P.O.Ws in India (10, four with stamps removed by the censor), two with boxed air mail cachets “via Sofia-Istanbul” or “via Chiasso-Sofia-Bagdad”. Nine lettersheets or cards with stamps cancelled by the censor cachet, two of these unusual circular or oval intaglio type cachets, a good lot with items from camps 10, 13, 14, 22-28. (34). £450-550
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P.O.W/Internee Mail. 1939-44 Covers comprising 1939 (Nov 4) cover to Denmark franked 1r10a from an internee at Ahmednagar with violet oval “PASSED CENSOR / CENTRAL / CAMP / AHMEDNAGAR”; cover franked 1/5/6 to a British internee at an escapees camp in Switzerland; cover franked 8a to a P.O.W in Italy; 1943 cover franked 8a from an internee at Dehra Dun to Teheran, “T” handstamps applied in India and Iran, returned to India with boxed “PARTI”; 1945 cover from P.O.W Censor Station Bombay to Sicily franked 14a in Service stamps with violet “SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR”; 1944 lettersheet from an Indian P.O.W in Stalag IVD to India paid 25rpf air postage in cash. (6). Photo on Page 178. £200-240
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Internee Mail. 1942-43 Postcard and covers (12) from German internees at Dehra Dun (11), Satara or Deoli, twelve sent by air mail franked 4a (postcard) or 8a, seven with the stamps cancelled by intaglio oval “INDIA CENSORSHIP” handstamps with arms. Also air mail covers from Germany to internees at Dehra Dun franked 25rpf or 50rpf. (15). £300-400
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1854-1944 Covers (10), pieces and stamps (c.50) including covers from Abadan, Bandar-Abbas (4), Mohammerah (2) and Guadur, 1925 cover with India and Afghanistan stamps, 1897 cover to Nepal with arrival backstamp, etc. (c.60). £150-200
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Afghanistan. 1879 (Nov 17) Cover to London, sent during the second Afghan War, with ½a pair + 4a each cancelled by a diamond of bars, “CANDHAR” backstamp, flap missing and opening tears at upper left corner. £100-120
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French/Danish India. 1863-1931 Covers and cards comprising 1863 entire letter from G.B to Pondicherry, covers from Pondicherry franked QV ½a (2, faults) and 1931 registered air mail cover to Paris; 1889 official postcard and c.1890-1901 registered address labels franked 3a or 6a (book post rate) from Tranquebar (both with boxed registration handstamps), 1895 postcard from Tanjore to Tranquebar. (8). £100-150
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French India. 1934 Air Mail cover from Pondicherry to Paris with “BUY POST OFFICE / CASH CERTIFICATES” slogan on the front, reverse franked by KGV ½a + Air Mail 3a (3) all cancelled by Pondicherry datestamps, one Air Mail 3a with variety reversed serif on second I of INDIA (S.G. 221b, £325), an uncommon variety on cover, very unusual from Pondicherry. £150-180
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Bushire/Dubai. 1861-1921 Covers comprising 1861 entire from London to Bushire paid 1/- in cash and bearing a 1d red (late fee?), c.1875 stampless covers to Bombay with “BASHIR” c.d.s and boxed “POSTAGE DUE” (2, 2a or 4a charge), and later stamped covers (7); also a 1918 cover with two KGV stamps completely or largely covered by an Opened by Censor label, a KGV ½a with “Dubai Persian Gulf” c.d.s partly visible, the front with violet circular “PASSED CENSOR / BUSHIRE” (corner faults). (11). £200-250
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Kuwait/Tibet. 1922 Piece bearing KGV 1r + 2r cancelled by “KUWAIT / M.I.D” telegraph datestamp; also 1942 cover to Kalimpong with KGVI 1½a cancelled by “YATUNG TIBET / VIA - SILIGURI” c.d.s. (2). £100-120
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Nepal. 1896 (March 9) Nepal postcard unusually posted into the Indian Post Office and accepted as valid, cancelled by “NEPAL” c.d.s. £100-120
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1855-1935 Covers and entires including 1855 cover to England with very scarce “RANGOON / POST OFFICE” c.d.s (Proud D1) but with the stamp unfortunately removed; 1859-60 entires franked 1a from Calcutta or Moulmein (octagonal “B/127” cancel) to Rangoon both with boxed “RANGOON / SHIP LETTER / PAID” backstamps; 1880 registered cover from Moulmein franked 1a + 4a with boxed “No / REGISTERED / MOULMEIN / Date” (Proud R3); c.1890 ½a envelope with “RANGOON STEAMER / SERVICE / A. OUT” c.d.s (D1); 1901 registered cover from Rangoon to G.B with violet circular “A.R”, etc, some faults. (18). £200-240
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1862 (July 17) Cover to Calcutta franked 1a, tied by octagonal “B/5” obliterator, red “AKYAB / P.O” backstamp. £80-100
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