Mar 05, 2011 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 · 2011-01-24 · Mar 05, 2011 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 ... CPS Stampless covers (9) & GB 1d Envelopes

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1Mar 05, 2011Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Boer War

Ex Lot 1

C Very scrappy lot from Australian soldiers in South Africa to NSW x6 (two with OFS or Transvaal stamps are almost fine); Queensland with octagonal Natal Field Force d/s; South Australia x3 (one from an officer with a chatty letter that should have been heavily censored); Tasmania; or Victoria x6 - one with letter - including 1902 'Peace Commemoration Post Card' with photo of General de Wet; also NSW Postal Card with message headed "15.3.1901/Paddington Camp", & stampless OHMS cover with oval 'STAFF OFFICER/23MAY1901/RETURNED TROOPS' d/s, condition very mixed. (19)

1

600

Ex Lot 2

CPS Another somwhat superior group from soldiers in South Africa but without the appropriate endorsements or with Imperial endorsements, to NSW x15 (including with 'Church of England/Soldiers Institute/JOHANNESBURG' b/s, cover with GB/CofGH combination franking & a wrapper with GB 1d x4), Queensland x3, Soutb Australia x5 (including 'IN DIENST' envelope with three superb tax h/s), & Victoria x3 (one registered with GB 1d & 6d), condition very mixed. (26)

2

600

Ex Lot 3

CPS Stampless covers (9) & GB 1d Envelopes (5) from Trooper A Salis NSW Mounted Rifles (11), Pte AL Cameron NSW Infantry (2) & one other from "Frank", all to Miss Louisa ("Louie") Wallace of Lewisham, ten with chatty letters one headed "Basuto Land/Observation Post", condition rather grim but generally presentable. Research opportunity: Boer War correspondences are rarely available. (14 + 10 letters)

3 C/D

500

Lot 4

C 1900 illustrated Canadian YMCA cover endorsed "From Queensland Mounted Infantry/at Restfontein", to Queensland with light British FPO cds, superb 'T' & '1D' h/s, Brisbane transit & 'CHARTERS TOWERS' arrival b/s, flap fault, overall soiling. Boer War OAS covers to Queensland are scarce. This is a most unusual and attractive item.

4 C

500

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Lot 5

C 1900 cover endorsed "From LJ Gillies/A Sqn 1st Regt AB" (= Australian Bushmen) & countersigned "Certfd/J Mac Thomas Capn/Command A Sqn 1st/Regt AB" at lower-left, to Sydney with 'ZEERUST' cds, 'T' & '1D' h/s and NSW Postage Due 1d tied by ovals cancel.

5 B

250

Lot 6

C 1900 cover endorsed "From Corpl Price E Smith/E Squadn of 6th Regt Imp Bush of/NSW Rhodesia SAfrica" & countersigned "WFRobinson Lieut/OC Det 6th Reg IB" at lower-left, to "The Parsonage Canberra" with Rhodesia 1d tied by 'MARANDELLAS/JY20/00/RHODESIA' cds, 'SALISBURY/RHODESIA' transit & 'CANBERRA/NSW' arrival b/s.

6 B

500

Lot 7

PS 1900 usage of British 1d Postal Card to South Australia endorsed "From/Corpl Cox/SA Regiment", the message headed "Woolverhoor Railway Siding/13 Aug" but carried to Johannesburg where superb 'FIELD-POST-OFFICE/ 17 /AU17/00/BRITISH-ARMY-S-AFRICA' cds applied, even soiling. Unusual & rare usage. In our experience forces mail to South Australia is very scarce, only mail to Western Australia being more elusive. [The message states "Just arrived from Vredeport 5 days march across Vaal...making towards Oliphant's Nek, big force us about 25000 forced column going ahead Lord Kitchener in charge...Our company getting less every day..."]

7 C

500

Lot 8

C 1900 cover endorsed "From Corp RG Smith BR attached to/New Zealand RR" (= Rough Riders?), to Sydney with poor 'ARMY PO 55/SAFRICA' cds. [While many Australians served with other - mostly British - units, this is the first instance we have encountered of attachment to a New Zealand unit]

8 B

400

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Lot 9

C 1901 double-weight cover endorsed "Tpr WK McIntyre Comp Regt 2nd BR" to Tasmania with CofGH 1d pair tied by 'MAFEKING/JA23/1/CGH' squared-circle, Hobart transit & 'BELLERIVE' arrival b/s. Forces mail to Tasmania is scarce.

9 B

400

Lot 10

C 1901 OAS cover to NSW endorsed "Fr JHG Auld [?}/Chaplain/1st Aust Bushmen" at lower-left, with CofGH 1d tied by Cape Town cds.

10 B200

Lot 11

C 1901 stampless cover endorsed "Pvt C Cawthorn/Cap Brown's Scouts" to Tasmania, Adelaide & Launceston transit b/s & 'CAMPBELL TOWN' arrival cds, flap fault.

11 B400


Boxer Rebellion

Lot 12

PS 1901 usage of Indian ½a Envelope overprinted 'C.E.F.' endorsed "H Degan Peking/China NSW/Naval Brigade", to Sydney uprated with CEF on India QV ½a tied by very fine 'FPO No 7/2MA01' cds used at Peking, 'BASE OFFICE/ B /3MR/01' (Peking), 'HONG-KONG/MR14/01' & Sydney transit cds and poor Leichhardt arrival backstamp, flap fault and small repair at the top. [Able Seaman H Degan was a member of "D" Company: see photo at page 140 of "Bluejackets & Boxers" by Nicholls (1986). This is only the second Australian Boxer Rebellion cover we have handled in 30 years. The other - overpaid & without an appropriate endorsement - sold for $1568 at our auction of 14/8/2004]

12 (B)

2,000

World War I - Occupation of New Guinea

Lot 13

C 1914 (late) stampless cover front endorsed "Garrison Duty/Namatanai" at upper-left & "JB/806" at lower-left, to NSW with very fine straight-line 'Rabaul' h/s. Rare. [The Garrison at Namatanai, a small settlement on New Ireland, was tiny]

13 B

1,000

World War I - Troopships

Ex Lot 14

C FIRST CONVOY: Group from identified ships comprising PPC of "Orvieto" A3 from Aden; cover from "Clan MacQuorquodale" posted at Albany with 1d Postage Due; PPC endorsed "Transport A6" with message headed "HMA Troopship Argyllshire" A8 sent from Aden with large-part oval '...FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE/... EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' h/s; cover with letter headed "SS Katuna" A13 (ex Hobart, with mostly horses); PPC of "Hororata" A20 from Albany; and Brisbane YMCA illustrated postcard with printed 'Troopship 'RANGATIRA' A22 from Perth. (6)

14 A/B

600

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Lot 15

C FIRST CONVOY: Ceylon PPC with message headed "HMAT A8/nearing Aden/23.11.14" from "Argyllshire", to NSW with 1d Roo tied by superb '2nd BATTY 1st FA BDE AIF' h/s, corner fault at lower-right.

15 B

250

Ex Lot 16

C FIRST CONVOY: mail identifiable as from the First Convoy comprising two different illustrated 'The First Australian Expeditionary Force 1914-15' postcards cancelled at Melbourne (no message) or Sydney; Postal Cards Fullface 1d cancelled at Melbourne & Kangaroo 1d (stated to be from "Geelong" A32) with Hobart cds & superb seriffed 'PASSED.' h/s in black; plain postcard stated to be from "Hororata" A20; cover front stated to be from "Orvieto" A3 with '1ST AUST INF BDE FIELD PO/24NO14' cds; and PPC from Egypt with message headed "Suez Canal/2nd Decr 1914" to Albany with boxed 'CMF/RELEASED/BY CENSOR' h/s in blue. (7)

16 A/B

500

Ex Lot 17

C LATER CONVOYS: Group of stampless covers (including YMCA types x4 and illustrated CofE Chaplains' Department type), postcards (including YMCA types x3) & a Gratuitous Distribution Letter Card with poem on reverse, with ship-board censor h/s comprising seriffed 'A.I.F./Passed by Censor No...' types x10 (including 'A.I,F,' & 'A.I:F,' variants) & sans serif 'A.I.F.' types x10 (including 'A.I,F.' & 'A.I,F,' variants), (20)

17 A-/B

600

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Ex Lot 18

C SUBSEQUENT CONVOYS: another group of covers (8, two YMCA types), PPCs (18, including 7 of ships) & YMCA postcards (3) with 'PASSED CENSOR' , 'PASSED BY CENSOR' x6, 'PASSED BY CENSOR/NO.20' x2, 'AIF PASSED CENSOR', 'A.I.F,/PASSED CENSOR 15', 'A.I.F. PASSED CENSOR 16' similar '55' & smaller '32', 'AIFPASSEDBYCENSOR ("51")' x2 (no spaces), 'A.I.F./Passed by Censor', & 'A.I.F/Passed by Censor' (italics) h/s, another with 'Passed Censor...M' label, etc. (28)

18 A-/B

500

Ex Lot 19

C SUBSEQUENT CONVOYS: two different YMCA postcards with double-framed 'MILITARY EMBARKATION/OFFICE/NOV--1917/LANE COVE WHARF/CIRCULAR QUAY' d/s in green or of 'NOV--1918' in blue, both with the day omitted, both messages headed "At Sea". (2)

19 A-

250

World War I - Forces in Egypt

Ex Lot 20

C Covers postcards & two pieces with a variety of datestamps used by Australian units, Base POs etc, includes many GB-pattern cds & a few scarcer types, mixed condition.. (41)

20350

Ex Lot 21

C Wide-ranging group in very mixed condition but with a few better items including two covers to Victoria posted soon after arrival in Egypt, address advice card with printed 'AIF POST CARD - FREE', beautiful illustrated ANZEF postcard (but the stamp doesn't belong), a few with scarce cachets, etc. Inspection recommended. (35)

21

400

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Lot 22

PS c.1916 six-panel 'OHMS/FIELD SERVICE LETTER CARD for Australian Imperial Force ONLY' with printed Cairo address, the outer half being an enquiry form re a particular soldier, the response section with an advice card, cablegram form & address advice, unused. Very unusual form.

22 A-

200

Lot 23

C 1915 (Jan 30) usage to Hobart of illustrated 'AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND/EXPEDITIONARY FORCES/CAIRO 1914-15' postcard, Egyptian 5m tied by Cairo cds. A beautiful item: an example features on John Firebrace's dustjacket.

23 A-

500

Ex Lot 24

CPS 1915-16 registered covers (5, one with Australian KGV ½d block of 4 excised & replaced) & GB 2d Registration Envelopes (3, two from 2nd Light Horse in Sinai) with registration labels comprising GB-type x3, or 'Australian Imperial Force' types on pink (2), rose or magenta (2) with some variety in the fonts, two covers with oval 'AUS GENERAL HOSPITAL/PO/No 14' d/s & one with 'CHRISTMAS/IN EGYPT' label. Good lot. (8)

24 A-/B

600

Lot 25

C 1916 (June 27) cover from a New Zealand soldier in England to an Australian light horseman at "Teb-el-Kebir/ Egypt" but with Sudanese 'SHELLAL-HALFA/TPO/No1', 'HALFA' & TPO (again) b/s plus superb 'MISSENT' h/s (of Halfa?, not listed by Proud) & triangular 'PASSED CENSOR/53/SUDAN' h/s, 'TALL-EL-KIBIR/18.VII.16' b/s then a 2-months delay, British 'ARMY POST OFFICE/10SP/16/SZ3' cds used at the Australian Advanced Base PO, minor toning.

25 B

250


Lot 26

C 1916 (Oct 12) Savoy Pharmacy (Cairo) illustrated advertising envelope to "Interpreter/Tewfik Domain/2nd LHR" but endorsed "Not 2nd LHReg" & with British 'ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ3' cds used at the Australian Advanced Base PO. A most attractive inwards item. [Plus the enclosed matching letterhead with letter in Arabic]

26 A

250

Lot 27

C 1919 (April 12) stampless cover with 'THE WAR CHEST FUND/SYDNEY NSW' imprint on the flap & '3RD LIGHT HORSE/AIF/FIELD POST OFFICE' cds. [Australian forces awaiting repatriation participated in suppressing the Egyptian Uprising of March-April 1919 that lead to Britain granting Egypt independence in 1922]

27 A-

300

Ex Lot 28

C CACHETS: Base Post Office group with boxed 'AUST ARMY BASE PO' in black on parcel tag, light strike of an enormous 'BASE DETAILS PO/...' h/s, superb oval 'B DETAILS/on Active Service/ZEITOUN', triple-circle 'AUST IMP FORCE/FREE/INTER BASE' etc, also ovoid 'MILITARY RECREATION/FREE' x2. (7)

28 A/B

300

Ex Lot 29

C CACHETS: Training Battallions group for 5th Battallion x2 (on Occupation of New Guinea PPCs), 7th Battallion, & 8th Battallion two different both in purple, also circular & oval types with no number, and oval 'SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION/ZEITOUN'. (8)

29 A/B

400


Ex Lot 30

C CACHETS: Officers' group including 'CAPT/OC C Company/17th Inf Batt/AIF', 'OC A Coy 22nd Batt AIF' in blue (2), '...CAPT & ADJT/2ND AUSTRALIAN DIV TRAIN', oval 'FRANKED/BY["initials"]/FOR CO 21ST BN/AIF', circular 'FRANKED BY/ON ACTIVE/SERVICE/["initials"]/for OC/9TH REIN 1ST BATT' (cover front only), oval 'AIF/ON ACTIVE SERVICE FREE/["signature"] CAPT/8TH LH REGT' in blue, 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/["signature"]/OC D Company' in blue, 'Lieut Oldfield/8th REINFORCEMENTS/6th BATTN', etc. A very good lot. (13)

30 A/B

600

Ex Lot 31

C CACHETS: Regimental group including circular '4TH LH REGT/ON ACTIVE/SERVICE/POST FREE/POST OFFICE', '1ST ALH/FRANKED/REGT' & 'FRANKED/22ND...AIF', straight-line '["6"]th Reinf 11th Battln' x2 (one in red), '10th Regt 3rd Light Horse Brigade' (on cover front only) & '22nd Infantry AIF' etc. (9)

31 A-/C

300

Ex Lot 32

C CACHETS: Hospitals group including ovoid 'FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL' x2 (one on cover front only) & 'SECOND...' x2, circular 'FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL/FRANKED', huge '...LUNA/PARK/ AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' in purple & '3RD AUXILIARY HOSPITAL/HELIOPOLIS/AIF' in red, oval 'AUS GENERAL HOSPITAL/PO/16FEB1917/No 14' tying 'CHRISTMAS/IN EGYPT' label, st-line '3rd Aus General Hospital AIF', oval 'Australian Convalescent Depot/HELIOPOLIS' & 'CONVALESCENT___/No.../Date.../ RAS-EL-TIN' (on cover front only) etc. (12)

32 B/C

500


Ex Lot 33

C CACHETS: Censorship group including superb '[crown]/PASSED BY/LIEUT-COLONEL/CHIEF CENSOR/THE CENSOR', 'PASSED BY/BASE CENSOR/EEF', small 'Passed by/Censor' (with superb 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/VIC' b/s), 'A,I,F,/Passed by Censor' (with 3 Commas, x2), triple-circle 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in rosine x2, Indian Expeditionary Force numbered types x7 different (one on a Gratuitous Distribution Letter Card with poem on reverse), boxed 'AIF/PASSED BY CENSOR ["50"]' etc. (20)

33 A/C

600

Ex Lot 34

C YMCA: Illustrated postcards for the Melbourne (2, different) & Perth branches, illustrated envelopes for the Brisbane & Adelaide branches, and seven envelopes - one a front only - with various imprints. (12)

34 A-/C500

World War I - The Gallipoli Fiasco

Ex Lot 35

CPS Mini-exhibit on a dozen pages with PPC of HMT "Galeka" en route to Lemnos, six PPCs & a cover from Lemnos, a couple of early Gallipoli usages, three June usages of makeshift postcards, later Gallipoli usages of a cover, PPCs x2, Field Service post cards x5 & "green" honour envelopes x2. (25)

35 A-/B

750

Ex Lot 36

CPS Bundle of covers x6, PPCs x14 including messages headed "Gallipoli", "Dardenelles", "Anzac Cove" or "Gaba Tepe", Field Service Post Cards x5 (three different printers) & "green" honour envelopes x4 (three types), all stated to be Gallipoli usages, condition variable. Research opportunity. (29)

36

600

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Lot 37

C Illustrated 'Dardenelles combined Letterette and Reply Sheet', the address panel based on the Red Ensign, unused & unfolded.

37 A200

Ex Lot 38

C 1915 Lemnos usages in March x2 & April all with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s (one in red), plus Nov (2) & Dec usages from the same soldier who has returned from convalescence in Malta, in one he states "[Lemnos] is the coldest bleakest place in the world..." (6)

38 A/B

200

Lot 39

C 1915 (June 18) makeshift postcard fashioned from a piece of yellow card, '1ST AUST DIV FIELD PO' cds in use at Gallipoli, British censor No 2223 h/s in rosine.

39 A-250

Lot 40

PS 1915 usage of Australian Fullface 1d Postal Card PC3 with '3RD AUST INF BDE FIELD PO' cds in use at Gallipoli, British censor No 2212 h/s in rosine. Excellent if irregular Postal Stationery usage. [Message states "I am at the Front...Martin in the No 2 GH played me Falsely and I can't mention it here...Excuse writing as we have to write this on our knees..." Conspiracy theorists wanted!]

40 B

300

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Ex Lot 41

C 1915 Cairo PPC with message headed "Hospital Ship Gascon/28.8.15" & "I got shot through three fingers left hand so am going to have a little holiday..." & undated cover with largely superb strike of the triple-oval 'No 1 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP/KAROOLA' cachet. (2)

41 B

300

Ex Lot 42

C MALTA: 1915 (Sep-Oct) four PPCs & a Field Service Post Card all with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/MEDTN' h/s in blue, cover & PPC with similar cachet with "cross" in the centre, the last with photo of Hospital Ship "Dongola" & 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/VIC' cds applied at Melbourne (message states "I am in hospital to undergo an operation to have a piece of Turkish bullet removed from my left eye..."), generally fine; also two defective PPCs with other Malta postmarks. (9)

42

350

Lot 43

C SICILY: Undated stampless cover endorsed "RE Smith Capt" with superb triangular 'PASSED - BY CENSOR/ 3 / [crown]' h/s (the '3' reversed) in bright blue, endorsed by the addressee "Rec/4.4.16". [After hospitals in Egypt Malta & England were filled to capacity, arrangements were made to evacuate patients to Sicily. This cover was sent from the convalescent hospital at Palermo's Excelsior Palace Hotel]

43 (B)

250


World War I - Forces in Sinai, Palestine & Mesopotamia

Ex Lot 44

CPS Mini-exhibit on 14 pages with covers (10), Field Service Post Cards (3) & "green" honour envelopes (3) with various cds including Light Horse & British-pattern types, also British ½d Wrappers (4) & 2d Registration Envelope with AIF black/pink registration label, several items from the Gaza area & a couple from Transjordan. (21)

44

750

Ex Lot 45

CPS Useful group of covers (4, one with the letter headed "Somewhere in Palestine"), Field Service Post Cards (2) & "green" honour envelopes (4) with various cds including Light Horse & British "skeleton" types, also British ½d Wrappers (2), cover from Egypt to "3d Aust Light Horse Field Ambulance" & internal cover to "Headquarter/Anzac Mounted/Division" with Palestine 5m pair & Zionist label plus 'Opened/by/Censor' label, condition variable. (14)

45

400

Ex Lot 46

CPS 1916 (May-Dec) covers (3), postcard & two different Active Service "honour" envelopes on exhibit pages from Light Horse units in the Sinai at Suez Canal, Romani, Bir el Abd (2), Bir el Mazar & El Arish. (6)

46 A-/B

300

Lot 47

C MESOPOTAMIA: 1917 cover to Sydney with Indian 'FPO/NO 55/4AP17' b/s in use at Baghdad & 'PASSED/ D / CENSOR' h/s red, apparently bagged to Melbourne where 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s added. Rare. [The Australian & New Zealand Wireless Signal Squadron operated in Mespotamia (Iraq) from mid-1916]

47 A-

500


World War I - Forces in Europe & England

Ex Lot 48

CPS Bundle of covers & Field Service Post Cards etc with a few Western Front covers & 'Australian Imperial Force/PARCEL POST' label on piece, also a much-travelled cover from France to Egypt with 'NOT AT BASE CAIRO' h/s; three covers to a member of the Australian Flying Corps in GB, range of 'AIF CAMP' cds including three League of Soldiers Friends PPCs, two parcel address labels with different Coats of Arms, undated cover with '+' cancel & 'PASSED/SHIPS CENSOR' h/s used on HMAS "Australia" & a real photo PPC of the ship, cachets including oval 'AIF ORDNANCE DEPOT/TIDWORTH' d/s & oval 'CAVALRY BARRACKS SECTION/...' d/s (British?) etc, condition very mixed. (37)

48

400

World War I - Miscellaneous Subjects

Ex Lot 49

CPS Remainders including KGV 1d 'MILITARY ENVELOPES' unused (5) & used, 1915 cover with 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' cds; 1915 POW cover with Major Sands censor h/s in green; three different parcel labels with Kangaroo frankings 6d + 9d pair, 1/- & 1/- strip of 3, all with British-type 'ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ3' arrival cds; & a few others, condition variable. (17 items)

49

600

Ex Lot 50

C 1914 (July) cover from Germany to Brisbane with a pair of 'FOUND OPEN/OFFICIALLY SEALED' labels tied by superb 'OPENED BY CENSORS' (plural!) h/s; 1914 (Sep) cover to Germany returned from London with superb boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/APR 22 1915/II MD' d/s in blue. (2)

50 B

300

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Lot 51

PS 1914 usage of Kangaroo 1d Letter Card ("ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS/PERTH WA") endorsed "Censored/ES Moyle Lieut/17-11-14" at lower-left & with 'THURSDAY ISLAND/22NOV14/QUEENSLAND'' cds, small stain at upper-right. Rare mail from a member of the small Thursday Island Garrison.

51 B

300

Lot 52

C 1915 illustrated photo wallet with printed 'Australia's Sons/Respond to the/Empires Call/Souvenir of/Liverpool Encampment' with KGV 1d red tied by 'LIVERPOOL/NSW' cds, with 8 camp photos including "Post and Telegraph Office", some soiling/tonespots but most appealing.

52 B

250

Lot 53

C 1916 'OHMS/DECEASED OTHER RANKS KITS' parcel tag with rare franking of Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey & Second Wmk 1/- emerald BW #31A tied by 'REGISTERED/ 1 /29JE16/MELBOURNE' cds, Sydney address & red/white registration label on the reverse. [NB: the Third Wmk 1/- was issued in June 1916 but this stamp is definitely Second Wmk, unpriced on cover in the ACSC]

53 A-

500

Lot 54

C 1916 'Military Camp/Bathurst' envelope with KGV 1d red & two strikes of the scarce 'BATHURST MILTY CAMP/ 6JY16/=NSW=' cds. PO 1/5/1916; closed 2/12/1916.

54 A-200


Lot 55

C 1916 a very similar cover with 'BATHURST MILTY CAMP/7AU16/=NSW=' cds. 55 A- 200

Ex Lot 56

PS POSTAL STATIONERY - Envelopes: 1916 'MILITARY ENVELOPE' group comprising 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' ASC #DF3 on surfaced & unsurfaced stocks, 'AIF, ABROAD' DF5 on surfaced white & unsurfaced buff (2) stocks, unused. (5)

56 A/B

400

Lot 57

PS POSTAL STATIONERY 1916 'MILITARY ENVELOPE/AIF, ABROAD' DF5 on surfaced white stock with "AIF" crossed-through & endorsed "Australian Imperial Force", a very late usage with 'GYMPIE/16JE19/QUEENSLAND' cds and boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/ABPO/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s.

57 A-

250

Lot 58

PS POSTAL STATIONERY ditto, irregular local civilian usage to Nyora with 'AIF, ABROAD' obliterated, KGV ½d added for the war tax & tied by superb 'LOCH/26JE19/VIC' cds.

58 A-250


Lot 59

PS POSTAL STATIONERY Letter Cards: 1916 'MILITARY LETTER CARD/AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' ASC #DF1, unused. [NB: no used example of a Military Letter Card has been recorded]

59 A300

Ex Lot 60

PS POSTAL STATIONERY 1917 usage of stampless Gratuitous Distribution Letter Card with poem on the reverse ASC #DF9, message headed "16th May 1917/At Sea" & heavily censored; also KGV Sideface 1d Military Views x7 different & all but one used. (8)

60 A/B

350

Ex Lot 61

C RETURNED MAIL: 1915 cover to Egypt "Per RMS Morea" four times endorsed "Killed"; 1916 YMCA cover from GB with 'RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA' & 'RETURN TO SENDER' h/s; 1917 cover endorsed "Deceased" & "Died of wounds" and with unfortunate Sydney Dead Letter Office label on the back; & 1918 "wooden" cover & matching Christmas card with 'RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA' & crude 'RETURN/TO/SENDER' h/s, the last with faults. (4)

61 A-/C

300

Ex Lot 62

C YMCA & COMFORTS FUNDS: 1917 YMCA postcards on white (taxed) or buff stock; 'ADELAIDE/YMCA/TENTS' illustrated lettersheet, unused; illustrated Soldiers' Club Goulburn and Presbyterian Field Service Department envelopes; and an Australian Comforts Fund gift wallet (non-postal). (6)

62 B

400


World War II - Home Forces: PMG's Department Post Offices at Military Camps etc

Ex Lot 63

CPS NEW SOUTH WALES: Bundle of commercial & philatelic covers with registered covers from Mil POs at Dubbo, Glen Innes, Holdsworthy with 'Holdsworth' error on registration label, Hume (2, one oversize OHMS with 'DG/NSW' "relief" cds), Ingleburn, Kenmore with 'CK/NSW' "relief" cds & Showgrounds x2 (one with provisional label) etc, RAAF POs at Deniliquin, Evans Head & Parkes, also rubber 'MIL PO GLEN INNES/NSW' on registration receipt & superb double-circle 'MIL POST OFFICE/SINGLETON NSW', condition variable with some toning. (24)

63

500

Ex Lot 64

PS NEW SOUTH WALES: KGVI 1d brown Envelopes with 'AUSTRALIAN/DEFENCE/CANTEENS' imprint used from Mil POs at Dubbo (registered), Hay (registered), Holdsworthy & Hume (with 'DG/NSW' "relief" cds). Scarce quartet. (4)

64 A/B

300

Lot 65

C NEW SOUTH WALES: 'DG/15SE42/NSW' "relief" cds & 'MILITARY POST OFFICE/HUME' h/s in red on provisional registration label, on Porter cover. PO 2/9/1942; closed 28/8/1945.

65 A-150

Ex Lot 66

C NORTHERN TERRITORY: Group with registered covers from Mil POs Darwin No 1 (2, one badly toned but with 'MIL PO/LARRAKEYAH' h/s on label), Darwin No 2 with 'RELIEF/ 9 /SOUTH-AUST' cds & 'MIL PO DARWIN/No 2' h/s on label & Darwin No 5 with double-circle 'MIL PO/DARWIN No 5' cds (stained), & Parap with double-oval 'MILPO PARAP/21MAY1946/NORTHERN TERRITORY', also double-oval 'MILITARY PO/DARWIN No 4' on registration receipt, two OHMS covers with Relief 14 cds used at Darwin No 3, etc, condition variable. (10)

66

500

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Lot 67

C NORTHERN TERRITORY: Rubber double-circle 'MIL PO/16JAN1942/ADELAIDE RIVER NT' cds x2 strikes and straight-line 'MIL PO ADELAIDE RIVER NT' h/s on 'ADELAIDE RIVER/NT' registration label, on YMCA air cover to Cowra Camp. PO 8/9/1941; closed 3/3/1942.

67 A-

400

Lot 68

CL NORTHERN TERRITORY: Rubber double-circle 'MIL PO DARWIN/7NOV1941/ 1 ' & 'Military PO No 1/DARWIN NT' registration label, on OHMS air cover to Cowra Camp, endorsed "Quartermaster/Parap Camp" (which was Darwin Mil PO No 2), central fold. PO 23/4/1941; closed 21/2/1942.

68 B

250

Lot 69

C NORTHERN TERRITORY: 'RELIEF/ 14 /16JY41/SOUTH-AUST' cds & 'MIL PO DARWIN NO 3' h/s on registration label, on Collas cover. PO 31/3/1941; closed 21/2/1942.

69 A250

Lot 70

C NORTHERN TERRITORY: Rubber double-oval 'MILITARY PO/7NOV1941/DARWIN No 4' & 'MIL PO DARWIN No 4' h/s on registration label, superb strikes on air cover to Cowra Camp. PO 7/7/1941; closed 21/2/1942.

70 A-

400


Lot 71

C NORTHERN TERRITORY: Rubber double-circle 'MIL PO/8NOV1941/DARWIN No 5' & 'MIL PO DARWIN No 5' h/s on registration label, on commercial air cover to Sydney. PO 18/9/1941; closed 21/2/1942. [A similar philatelic cover sold for $575 at our auction of 9/2/2008]

71 B

500

Ex Lot 72

C QUEENSLAND: Registered covers from Mil POs at Enoggera (2, one with provisional label), Lytton (2, different cds, one with blank label) & Redbank with 'PMG'S DEPT/QUEENSLAND' "relief" cds, also two commercial covers from RAAF 6304 at Maryborough (one with Postage Due 1d x3). (7)

72 A-/B

300

Ex Lot 73

C/CL SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Registered covers from Mil POs at Exhibition & Hampstead both with toning on provisional labels, and RAAF POs at Mallala with 'RELIEF/ 7 ' cds & 'RAAF PO MALLALA' h/s on label (addressee's name excised) & Mount Gambier with 'RAAF 7401' cds & h/s on label (2 vertical folds). (4)

73 B

200

Ex Lot 74

C TASMANIA: Registered covers from Mona Vale Mil PO (2) with 'RELIEF STAMP 1/20SE40/TAS' cds or 'MIL PO MONA VALE/4OC40/TAS-AUST' cds, both with 'ROSS/TASMANIA' registration label endorsed "Sub", on Collas covers. PO 16/9/1940; closed 30/10/1942. The normal cds rated RRRR by Avery & Hardinge. (2)

74 A-

300


Ex Lot 75

C/CL VICTORIA: Bundle of commercial or OHMS Mil PO covers including from Dhurringile, Mangalore, Ocean Grove, Showgrounds (2, different rubber d/s, both fronts only), plus registered covers from Darby, Darley, Foster No 1, Mornington (with 'RELIEF/29MR39/No 8' "relief" cds; closing day) & Torquay (front only). (15)

75 A-/B

500

Ex Lot 76

C VICTORIA: Bundle of registered Mil PO covers including from Darby No 1, Dhurringile, Foster No 1, Geelong No 1 (2, different cds), Gherang, Ivanhoe, Mangalore, Rowville, six different Seymours, Torquay & Wangaratta etc, plus a few unregistered including from Lysterfield Hills & Mornington (PPC with 'REIEF/No 8' cds), some mostly minor toning. A very difficult group to assemble. (27)

76 A/B

800

Lot 77

D VICTORIA: Rubber double-oval 'MIL PO/26FEB1942/LYSTERFIELD HILLS VIC' d/s on piece of letter from the postmaster. PO 11/2/1942; closed 11/6/1942. The first example to be recorded.

77 A-200

Ex Lot 78

C/CL WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Covers from Mil POs at Karrakatta (OHMS registered, vertical folds), Showgrounds (two registered, one commercial) & Fort Swanbourne (2, one registered), also 'RAAF PO GERALOTON' (error, registered), 'PAID AT RAAF GERALTON' (error, OHMS) & 'RAAF PO PEARCE' (registered, toning). (7)

78 A-/B

400


World War II - Home Forces: Military Post Offices etc

Ex Lot 79

CPS Bundle of mostly air covers with various steel FPO APO & similar cds including many scarce to rare allocations, noted 'AFPO/No 74' of Townsville on Aerogramme with printed 'POSTAGE/1d/PAID' in red (rare usage in Queensland), RAAF PO types from the Northern Territory, 'POSTAL F DEPARTMENT/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' stated to be used at Greenmount etc, many are registered including with 'RAAF/BASE PO No 2/SYDNEY/AUST' & 'RAAF/BASE PO/BRISBANE/AUST' and a couple of Registration Envelopes, condition variable. (38)

79

600

Ex Lot 80

CPS Covers & fronts with a wide array of rubber FPO & UPS datestamps including many scarce to rare types, 23 are registered including two with straight-line 'HMAS MELVILLE' cancels at Darwin, also five with h/s from small Garrisons, includes a variety of YMCA, Comfort Funds & OHMS covers, condition variable. A desirable lot. (60+)

80

750

Lot 81

PS 1942 usage of KGVI 1d brown Envelope with 'AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE CANTEENS' imprint in one line, 'FIELD POST OFFICE/11AU42/055' cds used at Northam (WA), opened three sides & soiled. An exciting new discovery. [The 1d green envelope is well-known with the one-line imprint but this is the first example we have recorded on the 1d brown Envelope]

81 C

500

Lot 82

CL 1945 long OHMS airmail cover to London (arrival machine in red on the face) with the previously unrecorded 'ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE/10JA45' cds, central fold. We have never seen or heard of a datestamp such as this. The fact it's a steel type - and not a rubber type that one might expect not to find on mail - makes its former anonymity all the more remarkable.

82 B

300


World War II - Middle East: Egypt & North Africa

Ex Lot 83

C Convoy covers with First Convoy US1 air cover with rare 'HM TRANSPORT/No 1' cancel, and stampless covers with large straight-line 'HM TRANSPORT No 2', '...No 4' or '...No 5' h/s; Second Convoy US2 Jan 1940 air cover stated to be from the "Orcades" at Fremantle, and Feb 1940 two covers with large woodcut 'CENSORED' h/s stated to be applied on arrival at Kantara; Third Convoy US3 cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s & letter dated 2/6/1940; Ninth Convoy US9 five covers from India one with 'FORWARDED/by Australian Military/Liaison Officer India' h/s and a cover posted on arrival with Egyptian 1m & 5m pair and 'POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT FOR AIR MAIL' h/s; later covers with 'HM TRANSPORT' steel cds x4 (one with no dateline) or the rare 'HM TRANSPORT/No 9' cds in blue (2, fronts only), 1941 with British FPO 450 (dateslugs removed) used on the "Strath Eden", & with rare boxed 'HM TRANSPORT/28JAN1943/NO...' d/s in black; a few are on YMCA stationery. (24)

83 A-/B

800

Ex Lot 84

C Bundle of loose covers identified as being from Egypt & Libya including a number of Tobruk items, a good range of cds & censor markings, condition very mixed. (19)

84Offer

Ex Lot 85

C EGYPT: Annotated group mostly with Egyptian stamps but a couple with 9d Platypus, a good range of unit postmarks - a couple in blue - from various locations including en route to Libya & soon before departure for Greece, one with scarce solo franking of Army Post 3m green (Cat £8 x100) with airmail "label" crossed-out & endorsed "Card Only", four items unusually with undated 'ARMY/POST OFFICE' parcel cancels, condition variable. Interesting lot. (25)

85

500

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Lot 86

C EGYPT: 1940 cover with scarce solo franking of Army Post 3m green SG A14 (Cat £8 x100) tied by 'DIV HQ PO/ 26OC40/DM1' cds in use at Amirya, unsealed flap as required for sending a Christmas card, double-boxed censor 217 h/s. Remarkably fine. [The DM1 cds was lost in Greece]

86 A

250

Lot 87

C EGYPT: 1940 "green" honour envelope with extraordinary franking of Army Post 3m green SG A14 three pairs & a block of 10 (Cat £128 x100!!) tied by 'DIV HQ PO/26OC40/DM1' cds in use at Amirya, double-boxed censor 237 h/s. [This may be the record franking of this stamp]

87 A-

500

Ex Lot 88

C ERITREA: Two covers (one truncated at the base) & a "green" honour envelope (with 3d x3) with 'ARMY PO/AP1' cds of 21OC41 7NO41 or 3DE41 used at Gura near Asmara. Rare & previously unrecognised usage in Eritrea. Proud states this cds was used only in Jerusalem. Collas, however, noted it was used at "Gura 12 Sept-Dec 1941" but did not mention that town's location. [Harry Porter noted usage at the 2/5th Australian General Hospital at "Gura, near Asmara in Eritrea". It is noteworthy that the earliest item is an Italian 'PER VIA AEREA' envelope] (3)

88 A-/B

1,000

Ex Lot 89

C LIBYA: Annotated collection of covers with Australian Egyptian or British stamps & a few with combination frankings including captured Italian stamps, array of datestamps including British "skeletons" & censor markings, many airmail usages & some registered items, many from units at Tobruk & two noted as El Alamein usages. An important study. (59)

89

1,250


World War II - Middle East: Palestine

Ex Lot 90

C Sizeable bundle of covers used throughout Palestine Lebanon & Syria with an array of datestamps & censor cachets, many are airmail covers with Australian or Palestinian frankings, a few hand-illustrated items & several registered including three large parcel pieces, condition variable. Study opportunity. (58)

90

750

Ex Lot 91

C Extensive annotated collection of covers used throughout Palestine Lebanon & Syria with an array of datestamps & censor cachets, many are airmail covers with Palestinian, British or Australian frankings (including values rarely seen from the Middle East), many registered including three large parcel pieces from Travelling Post Offices, some Air Mail Letter Cards, cover with scarce boxed 'PALESTINE/OPENED AND/PASSED BY/CENSOR/No...' h/s, rare overseas usage of KGVI 1d green Envelope, condition variable. The most extensive such lot we have seen. (140)

91

2,000

Ex Lot 92

PS Annotated study of Air Mail Letter Cards (formular aerogrammes) with or without 'AUSTRALIA' at lower-right & on various stocks, seven are the illustrated types including a rare unused example, a few are incomplete. Interesting lot that adds to the currently published information. (19)

92 A/B

400

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Lot 93

PS 1941 (Oct 8) Air Mail Letter Card with lengthy letter that includes "There is an offr from Sydney who has been recommended for the VC...He amused himself at Merdiayoun by crawling around in a cemetery...shooting his guns at the enemy who were only a few hundred yards away...[Later] he was hit in the leg...when he arrived at hospital it was necessary to amputate his leg below the knee...". [The Victoria Cross winner was Lieut (later Sir) Roden Cutler who had a distinguished public career including as Governor of New South Wales]

93 B

150

World War II - Mediterranean

Ex Lot 94

C GREECE: 1941 (Mar-Apr) air covers mostly to NSW & one to Darwin with various GB stamps making up the 10d air rate tied by British 'FIELD POST OFFICE/175' (2), '190' (2) or '193' (4) cds used at 6th Australian General Hospital at various locations, various censor h/s including the triple-circle type 4 (2) 6 7 & 23 (2, one in red) used only by the AIF in Greece & Crete. Rare group. [The Greek Campaign was a military "snafu" (see Wikipedia). AIF members landed in Greece 22/3 & reached the Servia Pass in the north of the country by 27/3/1941. However, Rommel's attack on Libya caused the bulk of the force to not be sent to Greece. The Germans invaded Greece in early April, causing the under-resourced Australians to fall back. On 23rd April they were ordered to evacuate Greece] (10)

94 A/B

1,000

Ex Lot 95

C GREECE: Two covers & "green" honour envelope each with Egyptian Army Post 10m x4 tied by two strikes of the '1ST BGE HQ PO/M1' cds of 2AP41 or 5AP41 or 'DIV SUPPLY HQ PO/8AP41/SW1' both in use in Greece, the last with triple-circle 'PASSED BY UNIT/ 18 /CENSOR' h/s used only by the AIF in Greece & Crete, small faults. [Collas at page 36 states "Both Egyptian & Australian stamps were taken to Greece"] (3)

95 B

750

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Ex Lot 96

C GREECE: Cover (from Servia) & Active Service "honour" envelope (endorsed on the reverse "Kazani/N Greece) with '1ST BGE HQ PO/M1' cds of 28MR41 or 2AP41, cover with 'DIV HQ PO/13AP41/DM1' cds at Elasson, 'DIV SUPPLY HQ PO/11AP41/SWL' cds at Gerania, & Active Service "honour" envelope with 'RAILHEAD PO/5AP41/RM1' at Gerania, all with 9d Platypus, minor faults/repairs, censor h/s double-boxed 224 225 or 228, British 1916 or triple-circle 'PASSED BY UNIT/ 18 /CENSOR' h/s of the type used only by the AIF in Greece & Crete. A very desirable group. [NB: Most postal devices used in Greece were lost in the course of the evacuation] (5)

96 A-/B

1,000

Ex Lot 97

C/L GREECE: mid-1941 advice card with printed "I am a prisoner of war and in good health...", German censor h/s, Greek & Swiss Red Cross cachets in rosine & Geneva slogan cancel, minor damp-spotting; also a Red Cross cover (poor) apparently bagged to Sydney, with the enclosed letter stating that he was wounded & hospitalised waiting "...in hopes of evacuation. Such hopes were vain however and now I am a prisoner of war...We are still in an Australian hospital near Athens...I can only write one letter at present and that is limited to one page..." [Sgt Joseph F O'Brien was moved to a POW Camp in Germany, where he remained for the duration of the war: see also Lot 153] (3 items)

97 B/D

500

Lot 98

C CRETE: Airmail cover with 9d Platypus tied by '3RD BGE HQ PO/6MY41/M1' cds in use in Crete, square 'PASSED - BY - UNIT/276/CENSOR' h/s, endorsed on the reverse "From N Hill" (location?). [After leaving Greece, the Australian forces regrouped near Retima on Crete. However, on 21/5/1941, the Germans launched a decisive airborne attack. All datestamps used in Greece & Crete were lost]

98 A

500

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Lot 99

C CYPRUS: Airmail YMCA cover with 9d Platypus & GB 3d - for the registration fee - tied by British 'FIELD POST OFFICE/10JY/("41")/122' cds in use at Nicosia, another strike on the pre-cancelled registration label, 'AUST BASE PO/24JY41/No 1' transit cds in use at Cairo. Rare: the first Australian Forces WWII cover from Cyprus we have offered. [The 7th Australian Divisional Cavalry Regiment garrisoned Cyprus from 5/5/1941 until 29/8/1941: see Collas at page 37]

99 B

750

World War II - Malaya

Ex Lot 100

C 1941 AIF Transport group ex "Queen Mary" comprising three airmail items offloaded at Fremantle (one with odd '3d Air Fee Paid' h/s); small packet-wrapper by surface mail with 3d paying registration fee & provisional label endorsed "HM Transport/JJ"; and stampless air cover with 'POSTAGE PAID/24FE/41/---' cds (with 'SEREMBAN' obliterated) in red; plus four later items including air cover with 9d tied by 'HM TRANSPORT' cds with scrambled dateline & air cover with 3d tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/16AU/1941/SP 501' cds used at Singapore. Very scarce group. (9)

100 A/B

500

Ex Lot 101

C JOHORE: 1941-42 mostly airmail covers with 'AIF FIELD PO/No 18' cds in use at Mersing (6, with all-different make-up of the 25c rate), 'AUST BASE PO/26' in use at Johore Bahru (2, both stampless) or 'AUST BASE PO/28' in use at Johore Bahru (2, one a very late usage 1JA42); generally fine. (10)

101 A-/B

500

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Ex Lot 102

C/CX JOHORE: 1941 envelope fashioned into a makeshift wrapper with Johore 6c, airmail indicium crossed-out; and linen packet with combination Johore/Straits franking and 'POSTS AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT MALAYA/PARCEL POST/CUSTOMS DECLARATION' on the back stating contents "Bridge Coat/Evening Cape"; both with 'AIF FIELD PO/No 18' in use at Mersing. Two most unusual items. (2)

102 C/B

350

Ex Lot 103

PS JOHORE: 1941 envelopes - three are YMCA types, one with Defective Red Triangle - all with printed 'POSTAGE PAID/25 CENTS/JOHORE' in red, 'AIF FIELD PO/NO 18' or '.../No 19' and 'AUST BASE PO/26' or '.../28' cds, and a cutout tied to another cover by '.../No 18' cds. (5)

103 B

400

Lot 104

P JOHORE: Air Mail Letter Cards 1941 (Nov) finished proof of the Australian-printed form with 'Affix/12 Cents/Malayan/ Stamp/here' at upper-right & 'AUSTRALIA' at lower-right, small filing spike-hole above the stamp box & endorsed in pencil "Malayan/Card Sample".

104 A-

300

Ex Lot 105

PS JOHORE: 1942 Australian-printed form with 'POSTAGE PAID/12 CENTS/JOHORE' h/s in red at upper-right with 'AIF FIELD PO/21DE41/No 17', '.../20DE41/No 18' or '.../16DE41/No 19' cds. A rare trio. [Issued 13/12/1941. A single example sold for $728 at our auction of 24/1/2004] (3)

105 A/B

1,500


Lot 106

PS JOHORE: a similar form but with 'INDIA' printed at lower-right & blocked-out, with 'POSTAGE PAID/12 CENTS/JOHORE' h/s in red at upper-right & very late usage of 'AIF FIELD PO/1JA42/No 18' cds in use at Mersing, a bit soiled. [We have recorded only one other example]

106 C

500

Ex Lot 107

C KELANTAN: 1941 (Mar-Nov) airmail covers from three different members of RAAF No 8 Squadron with various "Chef's Hat" frankings for the 25c rate & a stampless cover-front, all with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/SP 504' cds in use at Kota Bahru, 'RAF/CENSOR/77' (2) or '.../82' (4) h/s in various colours. Sure to be a popular lot. (6)

107 A/B

1,000

Ex Lot 108

C MALACCA: 1941 (Sep) air & (Nov) stampless covers from 10th Australian General Hospital with 'AIF FIELD PO/No 20' in use at Malacca, the first with Straits/Selangor combination franking; also air cover with Straits/Johore combination franking & '.../5DE41/No 20' cds in use at Tanjong Bruas. (3)

108 A/B

300

Ex Lot 109

C NEGRI SEMBILAN: 1941 mostly air covers with various 25c frankings (two with Selangor stamps) from 'AIF FIELD PO/No 17' used at Port Dickson (one week only, stampless) or Seremban (4, one with Malaya Patriotic Fund 1c label) & and a fabric parcel piece with Selangor stamps but unclear date; or '.../No 18' used at Port Dickson (2); also three air covers with Selangor stamps tied by Indian 'FPO/No 29' cds used at Kuala Lumpur. (11)

109 A/B

400


Lot 110

C PERAK: 1941 air cover with Perak 25c tied by 'AUST BASE PO/24NO41/26' cds, sender's endorsement "2/3 Res MT Coy" (= 2/3 Motor Transport Company) on the flap, with the enclosed letter. [Collas & Proud both state the cds was used only at Singapore. However, Harry Porter stated the unit was at Ipoh]

110 A-

200

Ex Lot 111

C SINGAPORE: Group of mostly air covers with Straits stamps, various Singapore or British Indian & Australian military cds, mostly with various types of RAF censor h/s, several naval items, condition variable. (25)

111

350

Ex Lot 112

C SINGAPORE: 1941 airmail covers with 25c 'U19' or 'U52' meters with 'AIF FIELD PO/No 19' or .../No 17' cds; plus 25c 'JOHORE' meter cutout (stated to be a unique usage) tied by 'AUST BASE PO/26' cds. (3)

112 B/C

200

Ex Lot 113

PS SINGAPORE: 1941 envelopes with printed 'POSTAGE PAID/25 CENTS/MALAYA' in red & Air Mail "label" in blue (2) or red (2, YMCA fronts) with 'AIF FIELD PO/No 18' '.../No 19' & '.../No 20' or 'FIELD POST OFFICE/SP 501' cds, the last a naval usage. (4)

113 B

300


Ex Lot 114

C SINGAPORE: 1941 (Nov) air cover with Straits 5c x5 tied by Indian 'FPO/No 50/8NOV41' cds, endorsed "HMAS Vampire/co GPO" on the reverse; & Dec 1941 cover (no endorsement but stated to be ex "Vampire") with large 'HM AUSTRALIAN/SHIPS' h/s & naval "tombstone" censor. [Originally a British ship, "Vampire" was transferred to the RAN in 1933. She was sunk by the Japanese off Ceylon on 9/4/1942] (2)

114 B

200

Ex Lot 115

C SINGAPORE: 1942 (Jan) airmail covers from Australia to soldiers in Malaya 1) with 'UNABLE TO LOCATE/...' & 'DLO/NOT WITH UNIT/ RETURN TO SENDER' in rosine; & 2) with 'ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/DELIVERY IMPRACTICABLE/ ...' h/s both with Sydney DLO h/s in rosine. (2)

115 B/C

300

Lot 116

C SINGAPORE: ditto, from Victoria with stamp lost & two strikes of 'DAMAGED BY/ENEMY ACTION' h/s plus 'ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/DELIVERY IMPRACTICABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s, Melbourne DLO b/s in red.

116 (B)

1,000

Lot 117

C SINGAPORE: 1942 YMCA air cover with 9d tied by 'AUST BASE PO/7FE42/26' cds. [Carried on the last airmail from Singapore, on 8/2/1942]

117 B150


Lot 118

PS SINGAPORE: 1942 usage of airmail cover with printed 'POSTAGE PAID/25 CENTS/JOHORE' in red & 'AUST BASE PO/ 7FE42/26' cds in use from January at Singapore. A rare usage of this envelope at Singapore. [Carried on the last airmail from Singapore]

118 A-

300

Ex Lot 119

PS SINGAPORE: Air Mail Letter Cards 1942 Australian-printed form with 'AUSTRALIA' printed at lower-right, Straits 12c affixed over 'Affix/12 Cents/Malayan/Stamp/here', 'FIELD POST OFFICE/17JA/1942/SP 501', the stamp excised and replaced; also locally printed provisional form also with 'AUSTRALIA' printed & 12c tied by 'AUST BASE PO/ 3FE42/26' cds (transferred from Johore in January). Very scarce pair. [Latter message states "...it rained for a week before we went into action & then only rained ten minutes in the five days we were fighting..."] (2)

119 C/B

300

Lot 120

PS SINGAPORE: 1942 (Feb 12) usage of locally printed Air Mail Letter Card with printed 'AUSTRALIA' & Straits 12c tied by 'AUST BASE PO/12FE42/26' cds, examined in Sydney resealed with plain brown tape & red/white censor tape tied by diamond '2/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1431' h/s, toning. [Carried in the last mail from Singapore, on 13/2/1942. Message states "The situation is bad here but we are still confident...I suppose the mail service will be cut out now that things arent the brightest...I'm even a bit doubtful if you will get this..."]

The postal unit under Colonel Broadbent escaped with the last mail on 13/2/1942. They travelled by steamer to Tembilahan, then made their way across Sumatra to Padang, took a ship to Chilachap in southern Java, and another to Fremantle, the journey taking 3 weeks. Singapore surrendered at 8.30pm 15/2/1942.

120 C

250


World War II - Ceylon

Lot 121

C 1940 (May 15) stampless cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s in black & AIF Censor No 35 h/s & signed at lower-left "JGHallam" who was the writer of the enclosed letter that states "I am aware we will be refuelling at Trincomalee..." [Carried on the Third Convoy US3]

121 B

150

Lot 122

C 1941 stampless YMCA cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' cds (dateline removed) & AIF Censor No 547 h/s, unusually addressed to Ceylon so on arrival 6c affixed & tied by Colombo cds of 28JL/41.

122 A-250

Lot 123

C 1942 stampless YMCA cover with an unusually fine strike of the characteristically worn 'AIF FIELD PO/21AP42/No 22' cds.

The Fall of Singapore caused the British to fear that Ceylon would be the next target. Churchill demanded that Australian troops be rushed to Ceylon. Australian Prime Minister John Curtin initially refused but, under great pressure, relented. On their return home from the Middle East, troops from the Australian 6th Division were diverted to Ceylon where they encamped for 16 weeks, from 21/3/1942 until 13/7/1942. FPO 21 to 24 cds were used in Ceylon: all are scarce & Proud gives no relevant dates of use for No 22.

123 B

300

Lot 124

C 1942 stampless YMCA cover with very fine strike of 'AIF FIELD PO/20MY42/No 23' cds. [Proud records usage 16/5/1942 to 30/6/1942 only]

124 B300

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Lot 125

C 1942 cover with KGVI 3d blue pair - paying double-rate airmail within Australia - tied by 'AIF FIELD PO/30MY42/No 23' cds. readdressed on arrival. [At this time, there was no airmail service to Australia. The famous super-secret Perth-Lake Kogalle (near Galle) "Double Sunrise" service did not commence until 30/3/1943]

125 A

300

Lot 126

C 1942 stampless YMCA cover with very fine 'AIF FIELD PO/1JE42/No 24' cds (LRD). [Proud records usage 9/5/1942 to 31/5/1942 only]

126 A300

World War II - New Guinea & Papua

Ex Lot 127

C Bundle of mostly air covers with Unit datestamps from thorughout Papua (mostly) & New Guinea including an aerogramme with printed 'POSTAGE/1d/PAID' in red from Port Moresby, rubber 'RAAF/POSTAL UNIT/No 6' at Port Moresby (2, one damaged, other with red typing on face), two captured Japanese Postal Cards, 22 are registered including a bank passbook envelope, also a few philatelic items, condition variable. (52)

127

750

Ex Lot 128

C Group of airmail covers illustrated by various servicemen, mostly from NG & Papua but one from Morotai & four from Australia, condition variable. Attractive & appealing lot. (19)

128400

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Ex Lot 129

C 1942 Stampless covers with steel 'RAAF/PO UNIT No6/7OC42' cds or the very scarce rubber 'RAAF/POSTAL UNIT/APL 1 1942/No 6' cds both used at Port Moresby. (2)

129 B150

Lot 130

CL 1944 (April 7) stampless US War Department cover to the "Washington Star" newspaper with US APS 500 cancel used at Port Moresby, boxed 'AUSTRALIAN PUBLICITY CENSORSHIP/[arms]/PASSED/ ...' handstamp & boxed 'PASPRESS' h/s also in violet on the reverse. The only such item we have seen from Papua.

130 A

200

Ex Lot 131

CL 1944 Two overfranked souvenir fronts both endorsed "New Guinea Tour of/Australian XI 1944/Sid Barnes", one with 'AFPO/No 72' cds used at Cairns, the other with 'CAIRNS' cds. Unusual cricket memorabilia. (2)

131 B

Offer

World War II - Netherlands Indies

Ex Lot 132

C Five airmail covers - including two registered & an uprated "green" honour envelope - with various cds & cachets used at Morotai; air cover from APO 197 at Hollandia; philatelic souvenir with Japanese & NIndies stamps tied by 'TARAKAN/+++' cds or boxed 'NETHERLANDSCH INDIE/PTT/TARAKAN' d/s both of Christmas Day 1945; and air cover with 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/416' cds used at Koepang (Timor); condition variable. (8)

132

300

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Lot 133

C AMBON: OHMS inter-unit cover with 'AUST ARMY PO/29NO45/207' cds & 'F SECTION 2/2 AUST DENTAL UNIT' h/s at lower-left. [Proud allocated this cds to "Timor - Ambon". Ambon is in the Moluccas, far removed from Timor]

133 A-

200

Lot 134

C BALIKPAPAN: YMCA air cover with 1d strip of 3 tied by 2 strikes of the previously unrecorded 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/26AU45/392.' cds. Stated to be used at 2/12 Australian General Hospital at Balikpapan. [Both Proud & Collas noted the existence of this cds but gave no details. Collas at page 173 states "As far as can be seen it was never in service"]

134 A-

500

Lot 135

PS HOLLANDIA: US 6c Airmail Envelope uprated with 6c pair & KGVI 3d tied by 'AIR FORCE PO/13AP45/80' cds in use at Hollandia, very fine strike of the previously unrecorded boxed 'M.O. OFFICE/BENALLA. VIC.' arrival b/s in violet.

135 B

200

Lot 136

C MERAUKE: YMCA air cover with 3d tied by an unusually fine strike of the impressive double-boxed 'UNIT - POSTAL - STATION/[swan]/1JUN1943/[boomerang]/A.P.1' used at Merauke.

136 B200

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Lot 137

C MERAUKE: Registered air cover with the stamp washed-off, superb 'AUST FPO/1SE43/167' cds b/s & equally fine boxed registration h/s in the face, very fine boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT' b/s in rosine, remarkably fine for such an item. This incident unrecorded by Nierinck. [See AAMC (Frommer) #963a: Catalina A24-52 of RAAF 11 Squadron from New Guinea [sic; probably from Port Moresby] crashed in Cleveland Bay at Townsville killing 12 officers & crew. "Some mail was salvaged", Cat $1000]

137 B

1,000

Lot 138

C TIMOR: Registered air cover with 1d x6 tied by three strikes of 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/8OC45/416' cds - superb b/s - in use at Koepang, rare external usage of Queensland provisional registration label with mss "UPS 416". Rare: Proud 1000pts. [12/40 Battallion arrived at Koepang 12/9/1945]

138 A

400

Lot 139

PS TIMOR: KGVI 5½d Registration Envelope with 3d tied by very fine 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/31JA46/416' cds in use at Koepang, Australian 'Aust APO 229' registration label with mss "UPS 416", minor stains. The first example we have seen of a Registration Envelope used in Timor.

139 B

400

Lot 140

CO TIMOR: Australian OHMS envelope reduced to 168x166mm, unusually with Netherlands Indies 5c & 10c tied by superb 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/6FE46/416' cds in use at Koepang, Australian 'Aust APO 229' registration label with mss "UPS 416".

140 A

400


World War II - British Borneo

Lot 141

C BRUNEI: Air cover with 4d Koala tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/14AU45/033' cds in use at Kuala Belait, roughly opened & repaired. Rare: Proud 1000pts. [20 Brigade landed at Brunei 10/6/1945]

141 (B)250

Lot 142

C LABUAN: Air cover with KGVI 3d tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/6OC45/037' cds. Rare: Proud 750pts: much scarcer than the RAAF cds used at Labuan.

142 A-250

Lot 143

C NORTH BORNEO: Registered air cover with KGVI 3d pair tied by 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/5SE45/447' cds - better strike on the reverse - in use at Jesselton, hand-drawn "UPS447" registration "cachet". Rare: Proud 1000pts. [This was the only allocation of this cds]

143 A

400

Lot 144

C NORTH BORNEO: Air cover with KGVI 3d tied by 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/2OC45/444' cds in use at Mempakul. Rare: Proud 1000pts. [This was the only allocation of this cds]

144 A-300

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Lot 145

C NORTH BORNEO: Air cover with KGVI 3d tied by 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/15OC45/445' cds in use at Papar (?), Australian Red Cross imprint. Rare: Proud 1500pts. [This was the only allocation of this cds]

145 B

300

Lot 146

C NORTH BORNEO: a similar plain cover with a somewhat better strike of the cds on 16SE45. [Proud records only one example, of 31AU45]

146 B350

Lot 147

C NORTH BORNEO: Air cover with KGVI 3d tied by 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/--AU45/446' cds in use at Weston, opened-out. Rare: Proud 1000pts. [This was the only allocation of this cds: used 7 weeks only]

147 A-

300

Ex Lot 148

CL SARAWAK: Registered air cover - the stamps sadly cut-out - with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/1OC45/034' cds in use at Kuching, boxed FPO No 34 registration h/s on the face. Rare: Proud 1500pts. [With the contents, "Chinese Daily News" Vol 1 No 1 of 10/10/1945, comprising 4pp of post-Japanese Occupation celebrations, Brigadier Eastick's message etc] (2 items)

148 C/B

300

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Lot 149

C SARAWAK: Air cover with KGVI 3d tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/29NO45/037' cds in use at Kuching & overstruck with the provisional 'KUCHING' cds, fortunately there is a fine strike on the reverse & the sender's Kuching address. Rare: Proud 1000pts. [Proud gave Sandakan as the tentative location]

149 A

250

Lot 150

C SARAWAK: Local philatelic cover with Australian 1d 3d 6d & 1/- - the only four values available - tied by the provisional 'KUCHING/17/NOV/1945' cds.

150 A-100

Lot 151

C SARAWAK: Air cover with KGVI 3d tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/12JY45/038' cds, oval 'RAAF CENSOR/907' h/s. Rare: Proud 1500pts. [Proud gave Lutong or Miri - both in Sarawak - as the tentative location]

151 A

400


World War II - Prisoners of War Overseas

Ex Lot 152

CPS Selection of POW postcards & lettersheets from Australian POWs in Germany (8, one a Camp Christmas card), Italy (4, one with stamps added for airmail) or Japan (poor) plus two Red Cross envelopes to a POW in Java (both with faults), very mixed condition. (15)

152

250

Ex Lot 153

CPS Bundle of postcards (18, the last with boxed 'RETURNED FROM/CONTINENT IN/UNDELIVERED MAILS' h/s) & lettersheets (16) from an Australian POW in Germany, also two Camp Christmas cards & three Red Cross advice cards & a letter, and a roneo'd advice slip - that we have not seen before - applied in Sydney, generally fine. Research opportunity. [Sgt JF O'Brien was taken prisoner in Greece: see Lot 97] (40)

153

600

Ex Lot 154

C Stampless Sep & Oct 1945 covers addressed to "Capt FF Elliott/Liberated Aust PW" or similar, the latter endorsed "Wanganella" in blue. [Captain Elliott had been captured at Kuching (Sarawak)] (2)

154 A-/B200

Ex Lot 155

C SINGAPORE: Four covers endorsed "EX POW/MAIL" each paid at 25c airmail rate with poor strikes of 'AUST FIELD PO/251' cds in violet used at Changi; and two stampless covers from Captain Izatt O-in-C of the Postal Unit both with better strikes of the cds & one - rather spotty - with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' h/s. Proud 1000pts. [2nd Australian Prisoners of War Reception Group arrived at Singapore 13/9/1945. The Postal Unit commenced operations two days later & closed 27/11/1945] (6)

155 B/C

500

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Lot 156

PS SINGAPORE: Stampless Air Mail Letter Card endorsed "EX POW/MAIL" with 'AUST FIELD PO/7OC45/251' cds in violet used at Changi, message headed "No 2 Aust POW/Reception Group/Singapore/5th Oct 45" states "...we are leaving here tomorrow...on the Highland Brigade...we will arrive on 23rd Oct, probably at Sydney...Singapore is very quiet and drab looking and so different from the gay and crowded Singapore I knew four years ago". [Driver CF (Frank) Colton had been repatriated from Thailand]

156 B

300

Lot 157

C SINGAPORE: Stampless cover from Capt Izatt with largely very fine strike of the rare 'AUST FIELD PO/26NO45/250' cds in violet used at Changi, spotty on the reverse. Proud states "Held at Singapore, not used?" However, Collas notes that #249 250 & 251 were allocated to the Postal Unit and that both 250 & 251 are recorded.

157 (B)

400

Lot 158

C SINGAPORE: Cover from Capt Izatt with 3d for the registration fee tied by the rare 'AUST FIELD PO/25SE45/250' cds (inverted day; fine b/s) in violet used at Changi, 'AUST BASE PO/MELBOURNE' registration label amended by hand to "SINGAPORE", roughly opened & repaired.

158 (B)

400

Lot 159

PS THAILAND: 1944 Japanese POW Postal Card with brief multiple-choice message, from an Australian soldier at No 1 POW Camp to Western Australia.

159 B300

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Ex Lot 160

C THAILAND: Two stampless covers endorsed "Ex POW Mail" with 'AUST FIELD PO/27SE45/251' cds in violet used at Changi, or 'No 2 AUST BASE PO/26SE45/-F-' cds used at Melbourne, the latter with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' h/s, both endosed by the recipient as having originated at Bangkok. Both Proud & Collas note that FPO 249 cds was sent to Bangkok but that no usage is recorded. Collas states that a detachment from the Changi Postal Unit took '249' with them to Bangkok but these covers suggest it may never have been used. It would appear the mail was sent in a sealed bag for processing at Singapore] (2)

160 B

200

World War II - Prisoners of War & Internees in Australia

Ex Lot 161

CPS Interesting group mostly to Australian addresses including two covers from the small camp at Orange both with the Adjutant's h/s, cover from Tatura with rare boxed 'CENSORSHIP/MELBOURNE/...' b/s Little #H3-14 (only 2 recorded), lettersheet from Liverpool from a French internee ex New Caledonia, lettersheet from Myrtleford to Melbourne, cover from Murchison to the Swiss Consulate in Melbourne enclosing "Letters 81, 82, 83", cover from Hay to the Quakers' German Emergency Committee, etc, condition variable. (13)

161

500

Ex Lot 162

CPS Another group of mostly OHMS covers from staff at the various camps, the Cowra group is the strongest with ' NG /NSW' "relief" cds on local cover & Collas registered with mss "PofW Camp/Cowra" provisional label, 'POW PO COWRA' cds on KGVI 1d brown Envelope plus on OHMS & Collas registered covers, etc, a few are fronts only. (17)

162

300

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Lot 163

C 'DUNERA BOYS": 1941 (Apr 28) plain lettersheet from a Jewish internee at Hay Camp to his parents in China with the rare boxed 'PERMISSION/GRANTED' h/s & forwarded to Sydney where struck with 'PASSED BY CENSOR/S. 104' h/s, 5d Ram pair affixed partly across the boxed h/s & tied by Sydney cds of 3/5/1941, 'SHANGHAI' arrival b/s, opened a little roughly at the back & overall aging with some tonespots mostly on the reverse.

During May and June 1940, the British rounded up 75,000 mostly Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria and interned them. Churchill suspected there were "Fifth Columnists" among them & wanted them out of Britain. Some 2500 were sent to Australia aboard the "Dunera", a ship with a maximum capacity of only 1500 including crew. Conditions were appalling & on arrival at Sydney the inspecting medical officer's report resulted in the officer in command being court martialled. The British were acutely embarassed and placed a 100 years embargo on the "Dunera" file! The Dunera Boys were released in late-1942 & hundreds were accepted into the British & Australian Armies. After the war, many stayed in Australia & achieved prominence in academia, sciences, the arts and business.The sender, Fritz Guttenburg, was a "Dunera Boy": see also Lots 134 & 196.

163 C

500

Lot 164

C 'DUNERA BOYS": 1942 (Oct 16) plain postcard to China endorsed "By airmail" with QM 1d green & 4d Koala tied by 'AIR MAIL SECTION/ 1 /MELBOURNE VIC' cds, sender's endorsement at upper-right "Fritz Guttenberg 39668/No 2 Tatura Interment camp..." at upper-left, diamond '3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/209' cachet in violet, some creases. A very scarce wartime postcard rate. [The sender was interned at Hay (NSW) then at Tatura. After his release in 1942, he joined the Australian Army. Writing to his parents in Shanghai, he wisely advises that he has shelved his idea of emigrating to China, partly because of "the situation in Shanghai" but also "I think that you would not be able to deposit the necessary landing deposit..."]

164 C

300

Lot 165

C NEW SOUTH WALES: 1941 (July 7) cover to Switzerland "By Clipper Via New Zealand" from an internee at No 2 Camp Tatura with KGVI 2d, 9d Platypus & 5/- Robes - overpaying the rate x 1d - tied by 'AIR MAIL SECTION/ 1 /MELBOURNE VIC' cds, boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/V147...' of Melbourne in violet, Lisbon machine transit backstamp with 'PHILIPS/PORTUGUESA/LUZ E RADIO' slogan. [POW & internee mail was free if sent by surface. However, if sent by air, the full civilian rate was required to be paid]

165 A

200

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Ex Lot 166

C QUEENSLAND: 1945 (Feb & June) air covers from Italy to an Italian POW, the first to Bombay & the other to Cowra, with 'PW MIDDLE/EAST 290' or '.../171' h/s, both redirected with 'POW CAMP/GAYTHORNE QLD' h/s on the face. [Although this was a substantial camp, and the only one in Queensland, Collas in "POWs" states at p53 "No relevant postal history material has been seen...there would have been little or no inward prisoners' mail"] (2)

166 A-/B

400

World War II - Miscellaneous Subjects

Ex Lot 167

CPS The balance of the collection, mostly defective but with a few better items that didn't fit anywhere else, including a couple of covers to soldiers abroad but returned, cover with 'Privilege Letter/...' printed vertically at left, unused black/white POW envelope & unused Air Mail Letter Card, air cover to Vic with GB stamps cancelled in Egypt & stated to be from Crete (?), 1942 cover with 'AIF FIELD PO/No 23' cds used in Ceylon, undated cover with inverted-trinagle 'Posted on/ACTIVE SERVICE/ABROAD/RAAF' h/s in red, two covers from 18th Bde in GB & another to them with 'SALVED FROM THE SEA' h/s etc. Inspection strongly recommended. (47)

167

400

Lot 168

C BURMA: 1942 (Jan 30) cover to "Noonamah Camp, Darwin" with 2a 4a & 8a tied by 'BASE PO/BURMA' cds, superb Unit Censor h/s & signed "FNBraund", the flap endorsed "Mission 204", minor toning on the perfs, with corresponding short typed letter. [In Feb 1942, the 2 officers & 43 men of "Tulip Force", with 6 tons of equipment, drove 2500 miles along the Burma Road into China, then trekked into the mountains. The members of Mission 204 were to train Chinese soldiers in guerilla tactics against the Japanese. However, the Chinese refused their aid & after 7 fruitless months the project was abandoned]

168 A-

250

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Lot 169

C NEW CALEDONIA: Stampless undated YMCA cover with AIF Censor No 562 h/s noted as used in New Caledonia, some toning. [Collas at page 183 states that only 300 Australians served at various locations in New Caledonia. They were withdrawn in early-1942 when the Americans assumed responsibility for the region]

169 C

150

Ex Lot 170

C NAVAL MAIL: Interesting group with a couple of Transport covers, 1944 registered with ' H /20-7-44' dumb cds, two airmail covers from Egypt one with boxed 'AIR MAIL/From/HM Ship' h/s in red, ten - mostly from HMAS "Kanimbla" - with various boxed naval 'PASSED BY CENSOR' types, 1941 aerogramme with letter headed "HMAS Hobart", May 1941 defective front ex HMAS "Perth" (noted as dated the day of an attack by German aircraft) etc, condition very mixed. (16)

170

300

Ex Lot 171

C UNDELIVERABLE MAIL: 1941-42 surface covers to Java (opened-out) & Singapore and air covers to Java (opened-out) & Singapore all from Sydney & with 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' h/s. (4)

171 A/B

250

Ex Lot 172

C UNDELIVERABLE MAIL: 1939 (Aug) & 1940 surface covers from Melbourne to Poland or Jersey with 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s in blue or 'NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s. (2)

172 A/B

250


British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan (BCOF) -

Ex Lot 173

C Useful group with two HMAS "Shropshire" covers (faults), BCOF set on unregistered cover to NZ, six commercial registered covers with BCOF values to 6d etc, also Korean War including four registered, condition variable. (21)

173

250

Lot 174

C 1945 air cover with superb woodcut 'HMAS HOBART/2 SEPT/1945/TOKYO JAPAN' cachet in magenta & 3d cancelled on arrival at Sydney.

174 B300

Lot 175

C 1945 stampless cover with superb double-circle woodcut 'HMAS HOBART/XMAS/1945/TOKYO BAY' cachet, poor British Fleet Mail cds.

175 A-400

Lot 176

PS 1945 aerogramme with 3d tied by small woodcut 'TOKYO/2nd SEPT 45/BAY' cds & 'HMA/SHIPS' h/s alongside both in bright blue, letter headed "HMAS Napier/2nd September" states "officers and men from [the Napier] assisted in the first British Landing Force to set foot in Japan. In fact, [our] Captain was Commander of that task force..."

176 B

500


NORTHERN TERRITORYJapanese attacks on Darwin and other northern ports in February 1942 caused the Northern Territory to be placed under military administration & for the Darwin censor station to be relocated to Alice Springs where civilian labels & handstamps continued in use.

Lot 205

C LABELS: plain white label with handstamped 'OPENED BY CENSOR/["......."]' #L7-1ab in rosine on 1940 airmail cover to GB, boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/D2' h/s (#H7-1a) in violet. Rare provisional label.

205 B

250T

Lot 206

CL LABELS: another example on airmail cover with Bovril Australian Estates Ltd imprint, to their office in London, 3d blue & 1/- Lyrebird tied by 'VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS/NT' cds of 21/6/1940.

206 B250T

Ex Lot 207

C LABELS: red/white ' 7 /OPENED BY CENSOR' labels 1) #L7-3 ('7' with upper serif & curved back) on 1941 airmail cover to GB; 2) #L7-4 ('7' with upper serif & straight back) on Forces airmail cover to Adelaide; & 3) #ASL7-1 (sans serif '7'; stated only 2 recorded) on stained Forces airmail cover to Victoria; labels tied by diamond '7/3' or '7/4' or crowned-circle '145' h/s. (3)

207 B/C

250T

Lot 208

C LABELS: typed 'OPENED BY CENSOR' on narrow plain label - illustrated by Little at p89 but unnumbered - tied by Military Censor 308 h/s in violet, on Forces airmail cover to Hobart, 4d tied by Unit Postal Station 350 cds used in the "Darwin area", repaired tear at the top. Stated to be the only recorded example.

208 C

200T

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Lot 209

C CACHETS - NUMBERED: diamond ' 7 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 2 ' #ASH7-1 in violet tying blue/white military type 'Opened by Censor.' label to Jul 1942 cover from Alice Springs to Brisbane, rated 5½d for internal airmail + ½d war tax, opened-out. Stated only 2 covers recorded with this cachet/label combination.

209 A-

250T

Lot 210

CL CACHETS - UNNUMBERED: diamond ' 7 /'NOT/OPENED/BY/CENSOR' #H7-5 on solicitor's double-rate airmail cover to GB with 1/- Lyrebird strip of 3. Stated only 3 examples recorded.

210 B200T

Lot 211

C CACHETS - UNNUMBERED: ' 7 /---/OPENED/BY/CENSOR/' with 'NOT' removed #H7-6 in violet on c.1942 Forces airmail cover to South Australia. Stated only three examples recorded.

211 A-250T


GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail

Ex Lot 442

C GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: Registered covers 1) undated with 'POST OFFICE/ I /MARITIME MAIL' cds in red & 'M.M.' registration label, endorsed "HMS Wells" on the flap; 2) undated with 'POST OFFICE/MARITIME MAIL' "dumb" cancel in red & 'M.M.' registration label; & 3) May 1941 with rare (unique?) usage of oval "anchor & crown" as cancel in violet, blank registration label. Rare trio. (3)

442 A/B

300T

Ex Lot 443

CPS GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: undated cover signed across the flap "Admiral JGTF Somerville" (Admiral of the Fleet 1945-49), oversize 1941 cover from a Dutch ship with 'NAVAL CENSOR/LIVERPOOL' d/s, aerogramme with 'F.M.O.'-in-bars cancel, proof strikes of "security" machine cancels & cover with the diamond-type plus 'Censored & Franked/(No stamp available)' h/s, "galleon" & "dove" aerogrammes, 1944 Naval & Marine Telegram with roneo'd label re restrictions affixed, undated cover from Canada with '2ND SEA MAIL BAG' h/s, etc, condition variable. (17)

443

450T

Ex Lot 444

CL/CO GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: dated triple-oval 'EXAMINED FOR FLAG OFFICER IN CHARGE/LIVERPOOL' on face of 1942 cover from South Africa & on reverse of 1945 cover to Mombasa with Kenya & Uganda 'N/Released/12' cachet; and similarly inscribed label on reverse of 1942 cover to Sweden. Stated to be the only recorded examples. (3)

444 B

400T

Ex Lot 445

C GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: oval 'NAVAL ATTACHE/28FEB1939/SOUTH ATLANTIC' (pre-WWII) b/s in green on stampless OHMS cover; 'NAVAL ATTACHE/[anchor]/CHILEAN EMBASSY' b/s on 1943 cover from London; & 'NAVAL ATTACHE/ANKARA' on 1944 cover to Whitehall. (3)

445 A-/B

200T

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Lot 446

C GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: 1945 (Jan) cover with Merchant Navy Comforts Service illustrated re-addressing label, the address panel being the silhouette of a ship, propaganda on section folded over at the top. John Little says this is the only such item he has seen.

446 B

100T

Lot 447

C GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: 5-line 'TO BE RETURNED TO/.../...IN VIEW/OF TIME ELAPSED SINCE/LETTER WAS WRITTEN' b/s in blue on Sep 1944 cover to HMS "Glasgow", opened-out for display. ["Glasgow" took the King & Queen to Canada in 1939, and a large shipment of gold to Fort Knox as an insurance measure]

447 B

100T

Ex Lot 448

C/CL ADMIRALTY: Official mail with various printed imprints including 1945 resealing label tied by 'ADMIRALTY' rubber cds used as a cancel; various cachets including vertical-oval 'ADMIRALTY...READING' (lots of ships in Berkshire!), 'CONSULTING SURGEON TO THE NAVY' in red, 'TRAVELLING EXPENSE BRANCH/...' in blue, 'NAVAL SECTION/CENSORSHIP/BELFAST' in blue, oval 'SUPTG ELECTRICAL ENGINEER/SINGAPORE' etc; five registered items including 1943 with 'PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD' cds, 1941 with 'WHALE ISLAND' cds & 'HMS EXCELLENT/WHALE ISLAND' cachet in green, 1940 with huge 'BY BRITISH PACKET.' h/s in blue & Admiralty registration label; etc. Several items are noted as the only recorded examples. (13)

448 A/B

800T

Lot 449

C ADMIRALTY: undated censored cover with 2½d tied by superb strike of the vertical-oval 'ADMIRALTY.../[crown & anchor]' h/s Goldup #K2 in violet (a pity the stamp is dark blue). Irregular cancel.

449 A-

100T


Lot 450

C ADMIRALTY: 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER AG2' Admiralty label on air cover to Canada, Maritime Mail cancel in red.

450 B250T

Ex Lot 451

C NAMED SHIPS: 2-line 'PASSED CENSOR/HMS NORTHERN SUN' on Nov & Dec 1939 covers (plus cover with the ship's crest on the flap), oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/27SEP1939/HMS SUFFOLK' in blue, oval 'HMS CHALLENGER/30NOV1939/ACCOUNTAN...' in rosine, straight-line 'HMS DIANTHUS' in blue on OHMS cover, manuscript "Passed by Censor/HMS Harmattan" (?), boxed 'CHAPLAIN/SEP1939/HMS ARK ROYAL' on OHMS cover (and another with the ship's crest & simple 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s, toning; also 'MAIL OFFICE/ 4JAN1939/HMS EXETER' b/s on cover from Chile, 1944 'CHAPLAIN/HMS EXCELLENT' in black & 'MAIL OFFICE/1DEC1945/HMS MANXMAN" in blue. Desirable group. [By March 1940, all cachets that identified a ship were withdrawn or modified by removing the ship's name. This requirement was relaxed late in the war] (12)

451 A-/B

850T

Ex Lot 452

C NAMED SHIPS: OHMS covers with 1) oval 'HMS TITANIA/30SEP1939/SHIPS OFFICE' superb strike in blue; & 2) triple-oval 'COMMANDING OFFICER/6NOV1941/CARLISLE' superb arrival d/s in rosine. (2)

452 A-

300T

Lot 453

C NAMED SHIPS: triple-oval 'H.M.S./("THO/30.12.39")/BOYNE' & straight-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' superb strikes in blue, 'EDINBURGH/E - RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS' slogan. Unrecorded: stated to be the only known example. ["Boyne" was formerly a Mersey Class trawler]

453 A

250T


Lot 454

C NAMED SHIPS: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/HMS HARDY' in blue overstruck by London RFHMS slogan. ["Hardy" lead a raid by five destroyers that dramatically sank six merchantmen, a destroyer & an ammunition ship in the first Battle of Narvik (Norway). "Hunter" was sunk & "Hardy" disabled. Her commander, Capt Warburton-Lee, was killed and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross]

454 A-

250T

Ex Lot 455

C NAMED SHIPS: 2-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR/HMS HOOD' on two Oct 1939 covers (one with the ship's crest on the flap, toning) & circular type in rosine on two Nov 1939 covers (one registered to Stanley Gibbons with 'LONDON I.S./12NO/H.M. SHIPS' cds (no year slug); plus unused PPC & photo both of the ship. [Built in 1916, "Hood" was the last battlecruiser, and the only one of its class, built for the Royal Navy. It was famously sunk by the "Bismarck" in May 1940] (6 items)

455 B/C

400T

Ex Lot 456

C NAMED SHIPS: double-circle 'MAIL OFFICE/17DEC1941/HMS WARSPITE' in blue on philatelic cover; & soiled Nov 1943 cover from Durban to "HMS Warspite/British Fleet Mail" with marvellous 5-line 'RE-DIRECTED LETTER/HMS ("VIVIEN")/ ...' cachet in red. [In Sep 1943, "Warspite" was badly damaged in the Mediterranean, requiring repairs at Malta and in England. Most of the crew were transferred to other ships] (2)

456 A/B

250T


Ex Lot 457

C LABELS: 'OPENED BY CENSOR' (2, one of Sep 1939 from Sierra Leone), black/grey 'OPENED BY CENSOR/ [number]' (2, on aerogrammes), 'OPENED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' (2), 'OPENED BY/NAVAL CONTROL' (2, one without imprint: stated to be unrecorded), black/brown '[crown]/OPENED BY/EXAMINER' "continuous strip" very early usage on Jul 1941 official cover to Belfast, and 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER 1477/("NAVAL")' (Norwegian Navy cover?) (5)

457 A-/B

250T

Ex Lot 458

C 'CENSORED' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of straight-line (3, one 'CENSORED J14' used on HMS "Boston") & boxed (5) types, plus triple-circle type used on HMS "Resource", also 'Censored & Franked/(No stamp available)', two with 'KIRKWALL/ORKNEYS' or 'STROMNESS/ORKNEYS' cds, one stated to be allocated to Gibraltar. (10)

458 A-/B

500T

Ex Lot 459

C 'CENSORED' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of crude woodcut types including 'CENSOR' on Paquebot cover, two stated to be "unrecorded". Very scarce group. (7)

459 A-/B500T

Ex Lot 460

C 'PASSED BY CENSOR' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of straight-line (15), boxed (12, three incorporating 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE') & unframed 2-line (3) types, also triangular & circular (with ship's name excised) types, & a boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/PRS.' (= Press Censor) type, four more signed by the censors (one impressive type noted as being from Jamaica) and one inscribed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/(SD) HG HUNT'. An ideal single-frame subject. (38)

460 A-/B

2,000T


Ex Lot 461

C 'PASSED BY CENSOR' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of crude woodcut types, two with Postage Due ½d & 1d one of which additionally has woodcut 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' h/s. Very scarce group. (8)

461 A-/B

500T

Ex Lot 462

C 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR' HANDSTAMPS: all-different types including boxed h/s from Singapore on 1939 cover, variety of inscriptions including 'CENSORED ONBOARD HM SHIPS' in blue or rosine, 'From HM Ships/Passed by Censor', 'PASSED/SHIPS/CENSOR' & 'PASSED BY THE NAVAL CENSOR/EDO CROMARTY' etc, two on Forces Aerogrammes (one a Blue Triangle type). Attractive group. (10)

462 A/B

500T

Ex Lot 463

C 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: machine types comprising London - with a superb circular 'CENSORED' h/s used on HMS "Resource" - & Edinburgh (3) round dateheads; London square datehead (2, stated used for one week only); diamond in lieu of datehead (stated used at Malta); no datehead overstruck on 'SEAL OF HM SHIPS/[flag]' h/s in red (used at Dakar); and continuous machine 'RECEIVED/FROM/HM SHIPS' (stated one only recorded by Goldup). (9)

463 A/B

800T


Ex Lot 464

CPS 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: steel circular types 1) single-circle - stated unrecorded by Goldup - on registered cover with straight-line 'RECEIVED...' h/s & 'H.M. SHIPS' h/s on the registration label; 2) double-circle 'RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS' with & 3) without an asterix; and 4) dated double-circle 'LONDON I.S./H.M. SHIPS' (stated unrecorded by Goldup) on 5½d Registration Envelope with printed 'M.M.' registration label. (4)

464 A/B

300T

Ex Lot 465

C 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: rubber circular types 'RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS' in violet or black (on Air France airmail envelope); 'FROM HM SHIP' in red on 1944 Royal Navy honour envelope, with 'NAVAL CENSOR SECTION' h/s on plain label; unusual bisected 'RECEIVED/FROM/HM/SHIPS' type (stated unrecorded by Goldup); 'RECEIVED FROM/PAID/HM SHIPS' on air cover & similar with 'H.M.' excised in red (faults), both stated used in East Africa. (6)

465 B/C

400T

Ex Lot 466

C 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: straight-line (2, one registered & taxed with Postage Due 3d tied by tiny cds with no town name), unrecorded 2-line (2, one on OHMS cover with re-addressing label) & boxed 'Received from HM Ships' - used at Aden? - with Postage Due ½d & 1d. (5)

466 B

200T


Ex Lot 467

CPS 'FREE' MARKINGS: Forces Aerogrammes with 'FREE' (2, one with message re item being issued for Christmas mail in lieu of sending a cablegram), 'POST/FREE' (from Egypt) or 'FREE/XMAS/MAIL' in red, covers with 'PASSED FREE OF POSTAGE' in red & similar two-line type (2, one endorsed "HMS Venerable"), straight-line 'SEAMANS MAIL. POST FREE' (faint, stated to be unrecorded) & triangular '190/FS/FREE' (stated to be unrecorded), plus two with 'PAID' h/s (Goldup #G13 & #PP31). (11)

467 A-/B

500T

Ex Lot 468

C 'AIR MAIL' MARKINGS: stampless (4) or stamped covers with 'VIA/AIR MAIL' (stated to be unrecorded), fancy boxed 'AIR MAIL' (stated to be unrecorded), 'AIR MAIL/POSTAGE PAID' (Goldup Supp #C14) and woodcut 'AIR MAIL' (2 different, one endorsed "HMS Fleur de Lys" on the flap). (5)

468 A-/B

250T

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (B.C.O.F.)

Ex Lot 778

PS 1946-50 commercial usages of formular aerogrammes 1) stampless British form from NZ soldier to New Zealand with 'AUST ARMY PO/215' cds; 2) American form from SAfrican airman to South Africa with GB 3d tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/214' cds; and 3) stampless British Forces form from British soldier to Australia with 'No 8 AUST BASE PO/C' cds. Rare trio. (3)

778 A

400


HONG KONG

Ex Lot 803

C 1941 (Nov 25 to Dec 12) censored airmail covers from Prahran (Vic) to Hong Kong with 9d x3 or 1/6d frankings, 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' (2) or 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s in violet, all with 'Fickle Finger' h/s plus Sydney or Melbourne DLO cds in red on reverse, some peripheral blemishes. [The Japanese invaded Hong Kong on 8/12/1941] (4)

803 B

350

SOUTH AFRICA (Provinces)

Lot 837

C CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1902 illustrated advertising cover for jewellers/opticians used locally at Cape Town but redirected several times with various transits including superb 'KALK-BAY/CAPE-COLONY' on the face, Censor tape & two different Press Censor h/s.

837 A

100


Compulsory Training (Territorial) CampsThe Defence Act (1911) imposed compulsory military training on all medically-fit males aged 14 to 25. They were required to attend parade one night every week, and spend 7 to 14 days each year in temporary military camps where post offices were established mostly using generic (or "relief") datestamps. These cds were to be struck beside, not on, the adhesive(s) though this was often ignored. Surviving mail from most of the camps is rare. Territorial Camps continued to be conducted during the War. More research is required into the sub-types of the 'MILITARY CAMP' datestamps. Startup & Proud's illustrations are inaccurate & several examples here present as unrecorded sub-types. Rather than allocate inaccurate numbers, they are distinguished by their physical features.

Ex Lot 845

C 1913 real photo PPCs of Territorial Camps at Oringi (unused, superb!), Sutton (unused) & Waitati (used under cover); 1912 (June & Sep) parade notices; 1913 advice of posting with oval 'DEFENCE OFFICE WHANGAREI/No 3 GROUP' d/s in blue on the reverse, minor faults; & 1913 green/white advice to attend extra training at Oringi, superb; all these with KEVII ½d, that on the third item overprinted 'OFFICIAL'; also 1913 notice to attend annual training at Takapau, unused (Ex Eric Gibbs). [The lot also includes a modern facsimile of the 1911 'NOTICE AS TO MILITARY TRAINING', central fold] (8)

845 A/B

400

Lot 846

C BALCLUTHA: 1912 PPC with very fine strike 'CEMS Regimental Institute/12th Regiment/The Camp BALCLUTHA' & "cross" cachet both in blue, ½d with 'BALCLUTHA/13MY12/NZ' cds. The camp operated 10-18/5/1912. Unusually, no PO was established, mail being sent directly to the town PO. Ex Eric Gibbs.

846 A

600

Lot 847

C HAUTAPU (1): 1913 PPC to Auckland with 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/AP8/ 2 ' cds (Small '2' in lieu of year slug!) in violet & 1d tied by Cambridge squared-circle. PO 4/4/1913; closed 12/4/1913. The Camp served 2257 men of the Auckland Infantry Brigade. [NB: the Camp cds has 'N.Z.' below 'ARY']

847 A

750

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Lot 848

C HAUTAPU (2): 1913 PPC to Helensville with 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/AP26/ 2 /13' cds (Large '2' above the year slug!) in violet & ½d tied by Cambridge cds. PO 21/4/1913; closed 13/5/1913. The Camp served 808 men of the Mounted Rifles Brigade. [NB: the Camp cds has 'N.Z.' below 'ARY']

848 A

750

Lot 849

C KOWAI BUSH (2): 1914 real photo PPC of the Camp with ½d tied by 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 7 /29AP/14' cds. PO 20/4/1914; closed 15/5/1914. [Message states: "...The place is all mud up to our boot tops...Some of the boys could not sleep in their tents last night the rain was coming through..."]

849 A

600

Lot 850

C MATARAE (2): 1914 humorous PPC ("Camping: the Last Post") with ½d tied by 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/27AP/ 1 /14' cds. PO 10/1/1914; closed 19/5/1914. [The cheerful message states: "...We are having a good time up here. Can't grumble..."]

850 B

500

Lot 851

PS ORINGI (2): 1913 KEVII 1d Letter Card with very fine 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 5 /AP18/13' cds ('M' to L/H Arc = 3mm), poor Motupiko squared-circle b/s, the letter headed "Dannevirke/Oringi Camp" states "I am down in Dannevirke with the Territorials...There is about 4500 Territorials in Camp not a bad mob...", small opening fault on the reverse. PO 14/4/1913; closed 26/4/1913.

851 A-

600


Lot 852

C ORINGI (4): 1913 cover to "Levin Troop/B Squadron/6MR/Oringi" with 1d tied by the rare 'IHAKARA' cds (PO 1/7/1912; closed 30/4/1925 - unrecorded by Wooders), 'LEVIN' transit & fine 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/13MY/13' cds, repaired opening fault at the base. PO 5/5/1913; closed 17/5/1913. Inwards mail to any of the camps is extremely rare. [The Camp served 1048 men of the Mounted Rifles, Signals & Field Ambulance Brigade. NB: the Camp cds has 'Z' below Gap batween 'Y' & 'C', & 'M' to L/H Arc = 3mm]

852 (B)

750

Lot 853

C RANGIORA (1): 1912 PPC with 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/1AP/12' cds (Larger 'NZ'), '13TH REGIMENT/RANGIORA' cachet in purple & two faint CEMS cachets in violet, ½d tied by 'RANGIORA' cds, soiled, S&P 3500pts (the highest of all the camps). PO 30/3/1912; closed 7/4/1912. [The card is a rare early scouting subject "Scouts Holding up Provision Cart"]

853 C

400

Lot 854

C SUTTON (1): 1913 cover unusually to Australia with ½d pair tied by superb strikes of 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 1 / 6MR/13' cds, CEMS "cross" cachet in blue on the reverse, repaired flap fault. PO 4/3/1913; closed 8/3/1913. Overseas mail from any of the camps is extremely rare. [The Camp served 283 men of the NZ Field Artillery & Engineers. NB: the Camp cds has No Stop in 'NZ', & 'M' to L/H Arc = 1mm]

854 (A)

750


Lot 855

C SUTTON (2): 1913 cover to 'FIVE RIVERS' (b/s; PO 26/8/1911 & closed 30/4/1919) with 1d tied by superb strike of 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 1 /29AP/13' cds, small repairs. PO 4/4/1913; closed 3/5/1913. Ex Eric Gibbs. [The Camp served the Mounted Rifles Brigade, Southland Rifles, Signals & Field Ambulance. NB: the Camp cds has'N.Z' below 'RY', & 'M' to L/H Arc = 1½mm]

855 B

500

Lot 856

C SUTTON (3): 1915 cover to Dunedin with 1d tied by untidy 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 1 /20AP' cds (year slug omitted but dated on the flap "19.4.15"), superb 'YMCA/[crest]/DUNEDIN/FIELD SERVICE DEPT' cachet in violet. PO 16/4/1915; closed 1/5/1915. Ex Gibbs. [NB: the Camp cds is not clear enough to "type"]

856 A-

400

Lot 857

C TOTARA FLAT: 1915 PPC to Kaiapoi with ½d tied by light but obvious 'MILITARY CAMP 6/10MR15/NZ' cds, S&P 3500pts (the highest in this field). PO 8/3/1915; closed 19/3/1915.

857 B600


Embarkation CampsGreat Britain declared war on Germany on 4th August 1914. NZ Forces were swiftly mobilised. The first force was sent to capture Samoa: see Lots 878 to 893. The Main Body, destined for Egypt, was assembled in short-lived Embarkation Camps at Addington, Awapuni, Epsom & Tahuna Park.

Ex Lot 858

C 1914 (Aug) real photo PPCs of Addington & Awapuni (minor bend) Camps, also of later Embarkation Camps at Lyall Bay & Seatoun (both used for mounted troops) & Tauherenikau (33rd Reinforcements), all unused; finally of parade of the departing 8th Reinforcements, used under cover with message headed "Oct 15th 1915" & identifying three of the men. Rare group. (6)

858 A/A-

300

Ex Lot 859

C/L ADDINGTON: 1914 illustrated YMCA cover with '.../CHRISTCHUCH - NEW ZEALAND' imprint to Auckland with 1d tied by fair strike of 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 7 /SP14' cds (no year slug), overall soiling. With the matching letterhead, the message headed "Christchurch Military Camp/September 14th 1914" states "I suppose you know by this I am going with the troops..." suggesting he hadn't told his family that he had enlisted, minor repaired split. PO 14/8/1914; closed 14/9/1914 the date of this duo. (2 items)

859 C/B

600

Lot 860

C AWAPUNI (1): 1914 real photo PPC of nine soldiers at tea break, ½d (damaged) with very fine 'AWAPUNI/ 14SP14/NZ' cds, soiling. PO 13/8/1914; closed 3/10/1914. Wooders rated 9.

860 C400

Lot 861

C AWAPUNI (1): 'AWAPUNI/13SP14/NZ' cds tying 1d to red cover with 'LEVIN' transit & rare 'IHAKARA' arrival b/s (unrecorded by Wooders), minor opening fault at right.

861 B400

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Lot 862

C AWAPUNI (1): 'AWAPUNI/20AU14/NZ' cds superb strike tying ½d to PPC, equally outstanding strikes of the CEMS "cross" cachet & 'THE REV CHAS J BUSH-KING LTh/CHAPLAIN/NZ Expeditionary Forces' cachets both in blue, faint bend that in no way detracts from the splendid appearance. [Illustrated by Murr at page 119]

862 A-

800

Ex Lot 863

C EPSOM: 1914 (Aug) cover to 'OPOTIKI' with light strike of the 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 3 ' cds largely overstruck with Auckland machine cancel; and another clearer strike on badly defective cover. PO 21/8/1914; closed 27/8/1914. (2)

863 B/D

300

Military Camps

Ex Lot 864

C Group of mostly real photo PPCs or PPC-size photos of Camps comprising Balcairn (aka Amberley), Featherston, Karori, May Morn (used under cover, message headed "Trentham/Hospital, faults), Miramar, Narrow Neck (used under cover, message headed "HMNZ Transport 29" talks of the large crowds that assembled to see them off), Rangiotu (3, one used under cover, message states "The train smash delayed the mail...") & Trentham (2), several with dated inscriptions, mostly fine unused. (11)

864 A/B

400

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Ex Lot 865

CPS Selection of covers etc with double-circle datestamps of 'FEATHERSTON' (2), 'MAY MORN' (poor), 'PAPAWAI', 'RANGIOTU', 'TAUHERENIKAU' (both types) & 'TRENTHAM' and machine cancels of 'FEATHERSTON' & 'TRENTHAM', also undated rubber 'NARROW NECK/MILITARY CAMP' in violet, four with Camp-related messages, six with various YMCA or Instutute imprints, condition variable. (11)

865

600

Internment CampsAlthough the expression "prisoner(s) of war" was commonly used, most people held at the camps were civilian internees of German or Austrian descent, including deportees from Samoa.

Lot 866

C DEVONPORT: 1914 cover to Wellington with superb 'Auckland/Garrison Artillery Division/DEVONPORT/ON ACTIVE SERVICE' h/s in blue & equally fine 'DEVONPORT/2NO14/NZ' cds. The Garrison was responsible for guard duties at Motuihi Island and Devonport Camps. Members of the Garrison were the only home troops officially On Active Service in New Zealand and thus the only servicemen entitled to free postage.

866 A-

1,000

Lot 867

PS DEVONPORT: 1917 (Aug) 'PRISONERS OF WAR CORRESPONDENCE' Postal Card with printed 'POST FREE' at upper-right to "Cook Island/Mauki", multiple-response "letter" in German printed on the reverse & endorsed "Devonport" by the sender, Wellington transit cds. Extraordinary origin/destination item! [The printer's imprint '1000/4/17 - 4923' shows that only 1000 were printed, in April 1917]

Startup & Proud did not record a POW Camp at Devonport. It was presumably at the Naval Base on the north of Waitemata Harbour, where the Auckland Garrison was located]

867 B

1,000

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Lot 868

C FEATHERSTON: c.1918 plain undated OHMS envelope endorsed "From prisoner of War" and "German Concentration/Camp/Featherston" at lower-left, to Germany, ripped-open but neatly repaired.

Startup & Proud did not record a POW Camp at Featherston. Between 1917 & 1919 a section of the Military Camp was used to accommodate POWs. Very few postal items have been recorded.

868 (B)

400

Ex Lot 869

C/L FEATHERSTON: 1919 'PRISONER OF WAR' envelope with printed 'Postage/Free' at upper-right & 'Internment Camp/Somes Island, Wellington' at lower-left but endorsed on the flap "German Concentration Camp/Featherston". Plus the original enclosure being POW letterhead with printed 'Prisoners of War Internment Camp/Featherston, New Zealand' in which the writer states he is waiting to be put aboard a ship for Germany. [The letter is dated "21 Marz 1919" & the envelope has "21.3.19" endorsed by the recipient on the reverse] (2 items)

869 A/A-

1,000

Lot 870

C SOMES ISLAND: 1916 (Mar) OHMS cover endorsed "Forwarded by G Kronfeld/Prisoner of War/Somes Isld" at left & with fine strikes of 'From Prisoner of War/Free' & the unusual 101x10mm 'P.C./SOMES ISLAND INTERNMENT CAMP' h/s both in violet, Wellington cds of 27MR16, light staining & repaired at upper-right. PO -/8/1914; closed 14/12/1918. Ex Gibbs: the large 'P.C./...' cachet was noted as "unique?" [Somes Island (Matiu) is the largest of 3 islands in the northern part of Wellington Harbour. The greatest number of internees was only 115]

870 C

750


Lot 871

C SOMES ISLAND: 1916 (Nov) OHMS cover with 'INTERNMENT CAMP/SOMES ISLAND NZ' imprint at lower-left, 'From Prisoner of War/Free' h/s (typed?) at upper-left & 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' h/s at upper-right, to a German officer at "German Concentration Camp/Liverpool" where Colonel Sands censor h/s applied in violet, minor flap faults. Rare inter-POW camp mail. Ex the Oscar Blau Hoard: acquired for $770 at the Macray Watson sale of 21/11/1995 (Lot 528).

871 B

1,000

Lot 872

PS SOMES ISLAND: 1918 (Apr) 'PRISONERS OF WAR CORRESPONDENCE' Postal Card with printed 'POST FREE' at upper-right to Germany, multiple-response "letter" in German printed on the reverse & endorsed "Somes Island" by the sender. [The printer's imprint '2000/7/17 - 9498' shows that only 2000 were printed, in July 1917]

872 A

500

Ex Lot 873

C SOMES ISLAND: 78x28mm boxed 'INTERNMENT CAMP,/SOMES ISLAND.' cachet 1) b/s in rosine & 'DMatheson Major/Comdt Somes Island' in the same colour on the face of Aug 1916 OHMS cover to GB, large piece missing from the face; and 2) b/s in violet on large-part defective/repaired Aug 1915 cover endorsed "Guard" to Petone. A rare if sad pair. Used only on mail from camp staff. (2)

873 C/(C)

300


Lot 874

C MOTUIHI ISLAND: 1915 (Jul) cover to Germany with 'FROM PRISONER OF WAR' h/s in rosine & sensational 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/N.Z.' h/s in violet, Auckland cds & British 'POST FREE/P.C./PRISONERS OF WAR' h/s in blue-black. [Motuihi Island lies off Auckland in Waitemata Harbour at the entrance to Hauraki Gulf. The highest number of inmates was only 83. They included the heroic Count Felix von Luckner of the "Seeaddler" who escaped & sailed to the Kermadecs where he was re-captured, only to escape again!]

874 A-

750

Ex Lot 875

C/L MOTUIHI ISLAND: 1916 (Mar) cover to Germany with 'From Prisoner of War/Free' h/s (typed?) at lower-left & superb 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/N.Z.' h/s in violet, with the enclosed letter headed "Motuihi 2.3.1916". [The 2-line Free marking appears to be produced by the same typewriter as the address & the enclosed letter! This suggests that the inmates were responsible for the endorsement! NB: Startup & Proud's illustration at page 47 is a caricature only. (2 items)

875 A

400

Lot 876

PS MOTUIHI ISLAND: 1917 'PRISONERS OF WAR CORRESPONDENCE' Postal Card to Germany, multiple-response "letter" in German printed on the reverse & endorsed "Motuihi Is Auckland" by the sender, light 'MOTUIHI' cds (rated 6) of the island's Telegraph Office. Startup & Wooders both state that the TO was upgraded to PO status only on 9/12/1918. [The printer's imprint '1000/5/16 - 6781' shows that only 1000 were printed, in May 1916. A later version - see Lot 872 - had 'POST FREE' added at upper-right]

876 A

600


Lot 877

PS MOTUIHI ISLAND: 1917 envelope with printed 'POST/FREE' at upper-right, 'From Prisoner of War' at upper-left & 'INTERNMENT CAMP/MOTUIHI ISLAND NZ' at lower-left, to "Mauke/Cook Island/South Pacific" (!), poor 'MOTUIHI' TO cds & Wellington transit cds. Extraordinary origin/destination item!

877 B

800

Occupation of SamoaThe first troops to leave New Zealand were the 1413 men & officers sent to Samoa on 12/8/1914 on the "Monowai" & "Moeraki". Samoa Force travelled via Noumea (20/8) & Suva (26/8) and arrived 29/8/1914. Resistance was minimal and the Germans capit- ulated the next day]

Ex Lot 878

C Real photo PPCs "German War Flag captured at Samoa..." (with 10 soldiers) & "Hoisting the Union Jack in Samoa...", also "Colonel Logan Reading Proclamation - Samoa" & "NZ Observer" humorous card "Samoa Yielded without/a Struggle", unused. (4)

878 A/A-

200

Ex Lot 879

C Group comprising Nov 1914 stampless OAS PPC, two PPCs with Opts ½d (one with the stamp removed), Feb 1915 cover with Opts 1d & "[signature]/Lieut" at upper-left, 1918 cover to GB with Opts 1½d grey, and two over-franked registered philatelic covers (one a front only). (7)

879 B

400

Lot 880

C 1914 stampless French New Hebrides PPC ("Campagne du Kersaint") to Wellington endorsed OAS & the message headed "Aug 21 1914/Noumea/New Hebrides" (!), posted aboard ship & processed at Fiji with 'GPO SUVA/ 27/AUG/1914/FIJI' cds, soiled. Remarkable item, being written at Nouméa, and posted at Suva.

880 C

750

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Lot 881

C 1914 stampless OAS PPC of Suva to Auckland with superb arrival cds of 12SP14, light bend. 881 A- 500

Lot 882

C 1914 stampless OAS PPC (Apia from the beach with the campground indicated) to Wellington with German-type 'APIA' cds of 10.9.14, message dated 8/9/1914 states "...the flies are nearly eating us by day & the mosquitoes are by night". There was no censorship before 21/9/1914.

882 B

200

Lot 883

C 1914 stampless OAS Tattersall PPC (native standing in canoe) to Wellington with German-type 'APIA' cds of 30.9.14, message dated 29/9/1914 refers to the writer's father also being in Samoa.

883 A-200

Lot 884

C 1914 stampless OAS Tattersall PPC ("Lanuto'o") to 'OHURA' (arrival cds) with unusually fine strike of the German-type Apia cds of 24.9.14, redirected to Auckland. [The message states "Got a great deal of excitement yesterday. 2 German Cruisers poked their noses in but have departed...Haven't had a mail yet so no reliable news..."]

884 A-

300


Lot 885

C 1914 stampless OAS cover to Wellington with German-type 'APIA' cds of 30.9.14, light strike of the 'Stamps Not Available' h/s (stated to be have been used for one day only). Ex Murr: illustrated by him at page 7.

885 A-

300

Lot 886

L 1914 (Oct 14) complete 16pp "The Pull-Thro.../The unofficial organ of the Advance party of the NZ Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa" Vol I No 1, endorsed OAS & addressed to Wellington with German-type cds of 21.10.14. A remarkable survivior, all the more noteworthy for bearing the address & datestamp. [Amusing content including on the front page an "advert" for 'Spin Lee, Dealer in Stamps & Bottles']

886 B

1,000

Lot 887

PS 1914 OAS usage of 'G.R.I./½d.' Postal Card with 'SAMOA' Opt on NZ ½d tied by German-type Apia cds of 30.10.14. Unusual combination franking, the message headed "3rd Reg/Apia/28 10 14".

887 B500

Lot 888

C 1914 (Nov) homemade wrapper to Wellington with Overprints on NZ 1d tied by the German-type Apia cds. Unusual item.

888 B250


Lot 889

C 1916 (Aug) cover to an officer in India with Opts on NZ 2½d & boxed Censor #2 h/s in violet, 'DHANUSHKODI - F' transit & Bombay arrival b/s, readdressed to England & with boxed 'REEXPEDIE' h/s. [Dhanushkodi is the site of the only land border between India & Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 50m in length on an island!]

889 B

250

Lot 890

C 1916 cover with 'GARRISON OFFICERS.../APIA, SAMOA' imprint at the top, endorsed "From/Robt J Carter/Lieut & Adjt/Samoa Garrison/..." at lower-left & with 'SAMOA/[Coat of Arms]/HEADQUARTERS/APIA/GARRISON' cachet in violet on the reverse, to 'ELTHAM/NZ' (b/s) with Opts on NZ ½d & 1d, light strike of the Censor #2 h/s in violet, light horizontal & vertical folds.

890 B

600

Lot 891

C 1917 cover to 'HUNTERVILLE/NZ' (b/s) with very fine strike of the boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ 1 /SAMOA' h/s in violet unusually at upper-right suggesting the Opts on NZ ½d & 2½d were added as an afterthought. The Censor #1 h/s was used at Government House. This cover is unusual in that it is clearly from a soldier, who was probably on detachment to Government House. A stamped but official Censor No 1 cover to Switzerland sold for $1495 at our auction of 5/12/2009]

891 B

750

Lot 892

C 1918 cover with typed "Samoa Observatorium" to the Seismological Committee in Wellington (b/s) with Opts on NZ ½ & 2d pair and light strike of boxed Censor #3 h/s in green, 'APIA SAMOA' registration label, some spotting.

892 B

300


Lot 893

C 1918 stampless cover to Auckland with Coat of Arms on the flap, very fine strikes of the triple-circle 'SAMOA/[Coat of Arms]/GOVERNMENT/HOUSE/OFFICIAL PAID' cachet & the boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ 1 /SAMOA' h/s both in violet. [Superior to the cover that sold for $1035 at our auction of 5/12/2009]

893 A-

1,000

The TroopshipsDuring August & September 1914, troopships assembled in various ports. Sailings were sequentially numbered, The first two ships sailed in August for Samoa: see Lots 880 & 881. Numbers 3 to 12 carried the "Main Body" to Egypt. Over the next four years, there were 98 sailings comprising 43 Reinforcements. All covers in this section are stampless OAS items]

Ex Lot 894

C/L Real photo PPCs including "Nelson Contingent off to the Front Aug 18 14", Massed Soldiers of the 14th Reinforcements at Durban, On-board Scene Transiting the Panama Canal (stated to be en route to England) etc; 42nd Reinforcements souvenir postcard (unused); printed envelopes "Souvenir/of the/Departure/of the/XVIII/ Reinforcements" & similar ".../XX/Reinforcements" both with Trentham Military Camp machine cancel; YMCA illustrated letterhead with message headed "Somewhere at Sea"; "The Oilsheet" published by the 19th Reinforcements; 30th Reinforcements Order of Church Service at Halifax New Brunswick; & "The Digger" quality 36pp magazine of the 41st Reinforcements aboard the "Ulimaroa"; condition variable. (12 items)

894

250

Ex Lot 895

C PPCs of troopships in peacetime comprising "Arawa", "Athenic", "Manuka", "Marama", "Moeraki", "Monowai", "Remuera", "Ruahine", "Tofua" & "Warimoo", also two of the First Squadron leaving Wellington & two of HMNZS "New Zealand", six are real photo types, condition variable, seven are unused (14)

895 A/B

200

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Ex Lot 896

C Real photo PPCs of First Squadron ("Main Body") Troopships No 3 "Maunganui" (the flagship), 4 "Tahiti", 5 "Ruapehu" x2, 8 "Star of India" (stern view crowded with troops), 9 "Hawkes Bay", 10 "Arawa" & 11 "Athenic" plus two of the squadron leaving Wellington, used (3, one under cover) or unused (7). (10)

896 A/B

250

Ex Lot 897

C Real photo PPCs or PPC-size photos of later troopships comprising "Aparima", "Athenic", "Devon", "Ionic", "Knight Templar", "Maunganui" (Nos 30 & 49), "Mokoia" x2, "Opawa", "Pakeha", "Tahiti" (Nos 25 & 31), "Tofua" x3 (one in camouflage), "Ulimaroa" x2 (in camouflage), "Torakina", "Waitemata", "Warrimoo", "Willochra" x4 & one unidentified at Hobart, eleven with the troopship number evident or in the caption, condition variable, used under cover (12) or unused (14). A very difficult group to assemble. (26)

897 A/B

500

Ex Lot 898

C Real photo PPCs of ships returning with troops comprising "Tahiti" Sep 1915 from Gallipoli (used), unidentified ship in the Panama Canal "New Zeelanders [sic] back from France" (unused), & "Corinthic" in 1919 (unused, address side soiled). (3)

898 B

100


Ex Lot 899

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: Two PPCs (one a real photo of the 9th Mounted Rifles) & two covers with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s of 'SEP 28 1914', 'OCT 5 1914', 'OCT 8 1914' (with 1d tied by 'TRENTHAM RIFLE RANGE' cds (rated 9 by Wooders, the cover badly damaged) or 'WED 14 1914' ('WED' in error for 'OCT' & the whole dateline inverted) all in violet. [On 22/9/1914 six ships sailed from Auckland Lyttleton & Port Chalmers to join four ships at Wellington. The convoy's departure was delayed because of reports of German warships in the South Pacific. The ships returned to their home ports. Troops either returned to camp or stayed aboard, receiving further daily training on shore. Mail from this abortive period is very scarce] (4)

899 A-/C

600

Lot 900

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: Cover with a very fine strike of the rare diamond 'POSTED ON/OCT 6 1914/HMNZT/NO 8' d/s in murky violet, Auckland cds of the same date alongside, minor repaired peripheral tears. [Troopship No 8 was the "Star of India". The diamond d/s was replaced with an oval type before the fleet left New Zealand. This is stated to be the only recorded example, & was acquired for $3650 in 1998]

900 B

2,500

Ex Lot 901

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: Two PPCs of the "Arawa" (message states "Our troopship No 10": Ex Gibbs) & the "Ruapehu" from Hobart both with d/s of 'OCT 21 1914', and cover & two PPCs from Albany with d/s of 'OCT 28 1914' 'OCT 29 1914' or 'OCT 30 1914'. [On 14/10/1914, the convoy again assembled at Wellington & departed on 16/10/1914. Eight of the ships used virtually identical boxed datestamps with no identifying numbers. Hobart was reached on 21/10 & Albany on 28/10/1914] (5)

901 A-/B

300


Ex Lot 902

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: Two PPCs (one of "HMNZ Transport No 9" with boxed d/s of 'NOV 15 1914', the other of elephants with poor strike of oval d/s of 'NOV 24 1914') & truncated cover (with boxed d/s of 'NOV -- 1914' with the month omitted: Ex John Murr) all from Ceylon, two with the distinctive 'CENSOR/NEW ZEALAND' h/s in violet probably used aboard the "Maunganui" (HMNZT No 3) which was the mail ship. [The convoy reached Colombo 15/11/1914 & departed two days later] (3)

902 A-/B

250

Ex Lot 903

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: PPCs 1) of "SS Star of India HMNZT No 8" with oval '.../TROOPSHIP No. 8/OCT 31 1914/...' d/s in blue from Aden; & 2) of Albany with oval '.../TROOPSHIP No 12/DEC 3 1914/...' d/s of "Waimana" in violet from Alexandria. [The convoy reached Aden 25-26/11 & Alexandria on 3/12/1914. The oval markings were allocated only to Nos 8 & 12, replacing the very rare diamond types: see Lot 900] (2)

903 B

200

Lot 904

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: Ceylon PPC with boxed d/s having the date defaced apparently as a censorship expedient but the message clearly dated "24-11-1914", 'MEDBURY' arrival cds. [Posted at Aden]

904 A-

100


Lot 905

C THE "MAIN BODY" & FIRST REINFORCEMENTS: Egyptian PPC with a largely superb strike of the unusual 'Expeditionary Force/Loose Letter/HMNZT-No 4' cachet used aboard Troopship No 4 the "Tahiti", 'PT CHALMERS/11JA15/NZ' cds & superb strike of 'TO PAY/½d/ DEFICIENT POSTAGE' (that we expect is very scarce) applied in error & cancelled with a small 'DUNEDIN'-in-bars h/s.

905 B

400

Ex Lot 906

CD SECOND REINFORCEMENTS: Tasmanian PPC with large-part boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/DEC 21 1914/FIRST REINFORCEMENT/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s in violet, the message headed "Hobart"; and proof strikes of the d/s dated 'SEP 4 1914' in black & in violet on pieces of plain paper. [This datestamp was inscribed or issued in error to HMNZT No 14, the "Willochra". Ships 13 to 15, comprising the Second Reinforcements, departed 14/12/1914] (3 items)

906 B/A

300

Lot 907

C SECOND REINFORCEMENTS: Ceylon PPC with very fine strike of the boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/JAN 21 1915/---- REINFORCEMENT/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s ('FIRST' removed) in violet, overstruck by'MEDBURY' arrival cds. [Superior to Eric Gibbs' similar card - stated to be "Unique?" - that was definitely carried on No 14 the "Willochra"]

907 A-

300

Lot 908

C SECOND REINFORCEMENTS: Tasmanian PPC with a largely very fine strike of the rare double-boxed 'COMMANDER'S OFFICE/ 22JAN1915/HMNZ[T No] 13' d/s in blue, posted at Colombo.

908 B300


Lot 909

C THIRD REINFORCEMENTS: Ceylon PPC with very fine boxed '.../MAR 19 1915/THIRD REINFORCEMENT/ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s in violet, message states "...the boat is too crowded to be comfortable". [Troopships 17-20 departed 14/2/1915 & arrived at Suez 26/3/1915]

909 B

150

Lot 910

C FOURTH REINFORCEMENTS: WA PPC with a very fine strike of the boxed '.../APR 30 1915/FOURTH REINFORCEMENT/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s in violet, the message headed "Albany" states "Went ashore for a march yesterday..." [Troopships 21 to 23 departed 17/4 & arrived at Suez 26/5/1915]

910 B

150

Ex Lot 911

CD FIFTH REINFORCEMENTS: Two Indian PPCs with very fine boxed '.../JUL 19 1915/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/ FIFTH REINFORCEMENTS' d/s in violet or blue (presumably from different ships); also strike of 'JUN 27 1915' on Australian 1d Letter Card cut-out & of 'JUL 17 1915' on a philatelic confection. [Troopships 24-26 departed 13-15/6/1915 & arrived at Suez 6/8/1915. Note the transposing of the two lower lines of the inscription] (4 items)

911 B

350

Lot 912

C SIXTH REINFORCEMENTS: WA PPC with very fine boxed '.../AUG 25 1915/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/SIXTH REINFORCEMENTS' d/s & superb 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' h/s both in violet. [Troopships 27 & 28 departed 14/8/1915 & arrived at Suez 19/9/1915]

912 B

200


Ex Lot 913

C SEVENTH REINFORCEMENTS: Cover & three PPCs (one to Tasmania) with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/8NOV1915/TROOPSHIP No 30' ("Maunganui"), '.../10NOV1915/TROOPSHIP No 31' ("Tahiti"), '.../13NOV1915/TROOPSHIP No 32' ("Aparima"; d/s in blue), '.../15NOV1915/TROOPSHIP No 33' ("Navua") or '.../18OCT1915/TROOPSHIP No 34' ("Warrimoo") d/s in violet, the last with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s ("Freemantle to Aden" crossed-through but still obvious). A "full set"! [Troopships 30-34 departed 9/10/1915 & arrived at Suez 27/11/1915. Assigning numbered datestamps to particular ships was of little purpose. The numbering remained chronological, meaning that if a ship made more than one voyage, a different number was assigned for each voyage] (5)

913 B

750

Ex Lot 914

C EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTS: PPCs (one a propaganda type) with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/ 26NOV1915/TROOPSHIP No 35' ("Willochra") or '.../14DEC1915/TROOPSHIP No 36' ("Tofua") d/s both in blue, boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/.....' h/s in blue or violet. The latter is Ex Eric Gibbs. [Troopships 35 & 36 departed 12-13/11/1915 & arrived in Egypt 18/12/1915] (2)

914 A-/B

400

Ex Lot 915

C NINTH REINFORCEMENTS: Two PPCs (one from WA) or cover with 'NEW ZEALAND/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' imprint at upper-left to NZ with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/19JAN1916/TROOPSHIP No 37' ("Maunganui"), '.../17JAN1916/TROOPSHIP No 38' ("Tahiti") or '.../17JAN1916/TROOPSHIP No 39' ("Warimoo") d/s all in violet, each with straight-line 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s in violet. Another "full set". [Troopships 37 to 39 departed 8/1/1916 & arrived in Egypt 6/2/1916] (3)

915 A-/B

450


Lot 916

C NINTH REINFORCEMENTS: "Active Service Post Card" with 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/MAR 31 1916//EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s & 2-line 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s both in violet applied on arrival, the message headed "HMNZT 41". [Troopship 41 ("Waihora") departed 22/2/1916 & arrived in Egypt 31/3/1916. It apparently wasn't issued with a datestamp. Murr cites #40 to 46 as occasional sailings between the 9th & 10th Reinforcements. They are included in this section for convenience & because they were included in the same numbering sequence]

916 B

150

Lot 917

C NINTH REINFORCEMENTS: PPC with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/7MAR1916/TROOPSHIP No 42' ("Ulimaroa") d/s & small straight-line 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s both in violet. [Troopships 42 to 44 departed 5/2/1916 & arrived in Egypt 13/3/1916]

917 B

150

Lot 918

C NINTH REINFORCEMENTS: Ceylon PPC with small oval 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/4MAR1916/TROOPSHIP NO 43' ("Mokia") d/s in violet & large 'PASSED MILITARY/CENSOR' h/s in green, message headed "At Sea" states "...we are just about 6100 miles from NZ. Ex Eric Gibbs: noted by Wooders as "rare".

918 B

300

Lot 919

C NINTH REINFORCEMENTS: Cover with small oval 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/27FEB1916/TROOPSHIP NO 44' ("Navua") d/s in violet & mss "Censored" on the reverse. Ex Eric Gibbs: noted by Wooders as "rare".

919 B

300


Lot 920

C TENTH REINFORCEMENTS: YMCA cover with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/5APR1916/TROOPSHIP No 48' ("Tofua") d/s in blue & fancy-boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s in green [Troopships 47 & 48 departed 4/3/1916 & arrived in Egypt 8/4 or 2/5/1916]

920 A-

250

Ex Lot 921

C ELEVENTH REINFORCEMENTS: Cover with NZ Expeditionary Force imprint & badge with 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/1MAY1916/TROOPSHIP No 49' ("Maunganui") d/s in violet & PPC of "RMS Tahiti" with '.../8APR1916/ TROOPSHIP No 50' ("Tahiti") d/s in blue, both with straight-line 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s in blue. The latter is Ex Eric Gibbs. [Troopships 49 & 50 departed 1/4/1916 & arrived in Egypt 2/5/1916, the same day as "Tofua" which left a month earlier] (2)

921 C/A

250

Ex Lot 922

C TWELFTH REINFORCEMENTS: Ceylon (to GB) or WA PPCs with boxed 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/JUN 5 1916/TROOPSHIP No 51' ("Ulimaroa") or '.../1JUN1916/TROOPSHIP No 53' ("Navua") & both with 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s all markings in green, the latter item with censor's obliterations. [Troopships 51 to 53 departed 1-6/5/1916 & arrived in Egypt 9-21/6/1916] (2)

922 B

300

Lot 923

C THIRTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS: Real photo of 3 soldiers with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/ 31MAY1916/TROOPSHIP No 54' ("Willochra") & small straight-line 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s both in violet. Superb! [Troopships 54 & 55 departed 29/5/1916 & arrived in Egypt 26/7/1916]

923 A+

175


Ex Lot 924

C FOURTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS: Cover & PPC ("RMS Tahiti") with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/ 6JUL1916/TROOPSHIP No 56' ("Maunganui"; the number faint but undoubted) or poor '.../TROOPSHIP No 57' ("Tahiti") both in green & both with 'CENSORED' h/s in blue. [Troopships 56 & 57 departed 26/6/1916 & arrived in Egypt 22/8//1916] (2)

924 A+/B

175

Lot 925

C FIFTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS: South African PPC with superb strikes of the small oval 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/2SEP1916/TROOPSHIP NO 59' ("Waitemata") & straight-line 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s - one word censored - both in violet. [Troopships 59 & 60 departed 26-29/7/1916 & arrived in GB 3/10/1916 & 28/9/1916, having travelled via South Africa. No 60 ("Waihora") was apparently not issued with a datestamp]

925 B

300

Lot 926

C SIXTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS: Cover with superb strike of the boxed 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/AUG 29 1916/TROOPSHIP No 61' ("Aparima") in violet & straight-line '("PBrambly/Lieut") PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s in blue. [Troopships 61 & 62 departed 19-20/8/1916 & arrived in GB 24/10/1916. No 61 was the last numbered datestamp issued. No 62 ("Mokia") was apparently not issued with a datestamp]

926 A-

250


Ex Lot 927

C LATER SAILINGS: 1916-18 covers etc with an all-different selection of the small double-circle 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/No XX NZ' handstamps comprising No 1 of "Mokia" on Senegal PPC, 3 of "Navua", 6 of "Devon", 9 of "Tavua", 11 (badly damaged: in transit?) & 12 of "Willochra", 14 of "Manganui", 15 of "Tahiti", 18 of "Port Lyttelton", 20 & 21 both of "Athenic" (both on PPCs of the ship with the name censored), 23 of "Opawa", 25 of "Ulimaroa", 26 of "Waitemata", 32 of "Corinthic", 35 of "Athenic" on 33rd Reinforcements cover, 36 of "Turakina", 39 of "Ruahine" & 107 (poor) of "Tahiti", and two indistinct examples, several on YMCA or other Comforts Funds envelopes, condition very mixed. A scarce and desirable group. (19)

927

850

Lot 928

C LATER SAILINGS: Cover endorsed "Tpr JFW/25th NZMR" with Australian 'AIF/Passed by Censor ("55")' h/s in violet & Fremantle machine of 17SEP17. [By this time all NZ ships were going to GB via South Africa. However, the 25th to 28th Mounted Rifles were sent to Palestine via Sydney where they were placed on Australian ships bound for Egypt. This cover was carried aboard HMAS "Kyarra"]

928 A-

400

Lot 929

C LATER SAILINGS: Ceylon PPC dated "18.7.18" with a fine strike of the scarce 'TRANSPORT/CENSOR/COLOMBO' h/s.

929 A-200


Forces in Egypt

Ex Lot 930

C/L Real photo PPCs of Kiwis on camels in front of the Sphinx, & boarding a train at Suez; two small aerial photos of the camp at Chevalier Island (Ismailia); YMCA concert programme & 'HM Forces in Egypt' illustrated letterhead; Imperial Camel Corps leave pass; leave pass with typed 'Repat Ex POW' at the base; & two other items. (10)

930

250

Ex Lot 931

C DATESTAMPS: Annotated group of PPCs (mostly) & covers with datestamps including boxed troopship types with Egyptian stamps x6 (two with incomplete dates, one with 'FOURTH REINFORCEMENT' excised), oval troopship type with ship's details excised, steel 'HEAD QUARTERS/.../NZ DIVISION' (4), 'MILITARY CAMP/HELIOPOLIS', 'NEW ZEALAND/NO 1/STATIONARY APO' (3), 'MOUNTED BRIGADE/.../NZ DIVISION' (2), 'INFANTRY BRIGADE/ .../NZ DIVISION' (3), 'NEW ZEALAND/2ND INF/BRIGADE/...' (2), 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED/BASE/...', 'MOUNTED BRIGADE/...' (2, a parcel tag and a registered cover both with Egyptian stamps), 'NEW ZEALAND/.../BASE DETAILS' & 'AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS/HEADQUARTERS/...', also 'SHEPHEARDS HOTEL/CAIRO' & 'ALEXANDRIA/SEAMENS HOME' types, various censor cachets, all generally fine to very fine. (36)

931

1,000

Ex Lot 932

C UNIT CACHETS etc: PPCs with triple-circle 'FRANKED BY/CAPT ECC' in red & in violet, double-circle 'FRD BY OC/CMR NZE FORCE' in violet, boxed '1st BATTALION NZRB/FRANKED ["signature"]' in blue & in violet, 'No 4 BATTERY/NZFA' in violet, '(6)TH HOWITZER.../NZFA' in blue, double-oval 'OC NZFA/...Lieut/Base Details' in violet (on OHMS cover), unframed 'OC No 1 HQRS/NZ AND A DIV' in violet, & two others. (11)

932 A/B

450

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Lot 933

C UNIT CACHETS etc: triple-oval 'CAMEL CORPS____/25DEC1916/ORDERLY ROOM' d/s (something excised) on 1916 pink/white 'PASS'. One for the Christmas collectors.

933 B100

Lot 934

CL UNIT CACHETS etc: fancy oval 'CAMP COMMANDANT/ 3 /BASE DETAILS' in green & Base Details cds of 15.X.16 on OHMS cover with embossed '[Coat of Arms]/NEW ZEALAND' on the flap, ironed-out vertical fold at left.

934 A-

300

Ex Lot 935

C UNIT CACHETS etc: boxed 'MEX CONCENTRATION CAMP' in purple on PPC with message headed "Mex Camp", & double-oval 'NZ & A IMP FORCES DETAILS/FREE/MAADI' (Emery #CA71; he recorded one date only) and 'BRITISH CAMP/ PO/MAADI' cds both in violet on PPC to NSW. (2)

935 A/A-

250

Lot 936

C UNIT CACHETS etc: triple-circle 'AUST & NZ CONCENTRATION CAMP/SUEZ' (Emery #CA83) in black with Indian 'FPO/No 311/ 18OC15' b/s & 'PASSED' censor h/s in purple on YMCA cover to Hobart, 'PORT-TAUFIQ' transit cds.

936 B

300


Lot 937

C UNIT CACHETS etc: ditto, in red on cover to "No 1 AGH/Heliopolis" with Indian 'FPO/No 311/10DE15' b/s & IEF #10 censor h/s in purple, Ismailia & Port Said transit cds, Heliopolis arrival b/s.

937 A300

Lot 938

C UNIT CACHETS etc: double-framed 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/3APR1916/No -- FIELD AMBULANCE' d/s (Number Removed) in violet & Rifle Brigade cds on cover.

938 B250

Lot 939

C UNIT CACHETS etc: 'HEADQUARTERS/OTAGO/27AUG1915/MOUNTED RIFLE/REGIMENT' d/s in rosine on blue cover to 'LAWRENCE/NZ' (b/s), countersigned "RL/OC No 2 Mobile Sect/NZVC" at lower-left. [The counter-signing might indicate that the cover is from Gallipoli but Murr & Gibbs both stated the cachet was used in Egypt]

939 B

500

Ex Lot 940

C UNIT CACHETS etc: ovoid 'MILITARY RECREATION/FREE/["initials"]/E' (Emery #CA80) in two shades of red, & similar 'SOLDIERS CAFE CAIRO/["initials"]/E' (Emery #CA79) in blue on PPCs to NZ (2) or NSW, the last - Ex John Murr - is rare but the card is stained. (3)

940 B/C

300


Ex Lot 941

PS UNIT CACHETS etc: double-framed 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE APO/FEB 17 1916/RETURNED/LETTER BRANCH' d/s in violet & Advanced Base cds on OHMS cover endorsed "Returned Letter", Alexandria arrival b/s; & similar strike of APR 5 1916 on NZPO OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope to France with Alexandria transit b/s. (2)

941 B/A-

400

Ex Lot 942

C UNIT CACHETS etc: 2-line 'CAPT NZVC/No 1 VETERINARY SECTION' & Base Details cds of 15.XI.15 and another example with 'CAPT' Removed & No 1 Stationary APO cds of 4MR16 on covers. (2)

942 B

400

Ex Lot 943

C HOSPITALS: PPC for No 15 General Hospital Egypt with 7 small photos, unused; PPC with double-strike of the triple-oval 'FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL' cachet (Emery #CA41), message dated "20th June"; cover with triple-oval 'EGYPTIAN ARMY HOSPITAL/PONT DE KOUBBEH' cachet & Cairo cds of 27.VI.15; Aug 1915 (in black) & Oct 1916 covers with similar 'NEW ZEALAND GENERAL HOSPITAL/PONT DE KOUBBEH' cachet after a name-change. (5)

943 A/B

400

Lot 944

C HOSPITALS: Cover with 'NZ GENERAL HOSPITAL/FREE/PONT-DE-KOUBBEH CAIRO' cachet & 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ ___CAPT NZMC' cachet with 'FLArmitage' h/s in red inserted, NSW 2d tied by 'NEW ZEALAND/26FE16/NO 1/STATIONARY APO' cds.

944 A-

300


Ex Lot 945

C HOSPITALS: PPCs with boxed 'LUXOR CONVALESCENT DEPOT' h/s in blue & Luxor cds of 24.XII.15, message headed "Winter Palace Hotel Hospital" & states "Fell ill on Gallipoli...Interic Fever..."; & PPC with 2-line 'NEWZEALAND CONVALESCENT HOME/HELOUAN' h/s in blue & Cairo cds of 29.IV.16. (2)

945 B/C

250

Lot 946

C HOSPITALS: Cover to "NZ Hospital/Pont de Koubbeh" with 'NEW ZEALAND COVALESCENT HOME/ADRIEN VILLA/SABA PASHA ALEXANDRIA' h/s in blue & 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED/4OC15/BASE/ARMY POST OFFICE' cds, endorsed on reverse by recipient "Letter from Lady Godley's Home.../Countersigned by General Godley". [In 1910, Lord Kitchener nominated Alexander John Godley to lead the new Defence Forces. Major-General Godley personally supervised the desert training in Egypt but Gallipoli proved beyond his leadership capabilities. Naturally he was promoted (!) and sent to France where his incompetence contributed to heavy losses at Paschendale. His wife Louisa established and ran a convalescent home at Alexandria, and the signature on the face of the cover is hers]

946 B

400

Ex Lot 947

C HOSPITALS: Cover with fancy triple-circle 'AOTEA CONVALESCENT HOME/FREE/HELIOPOLIS CAIRO' cachet in black & Heliopolis cds of 26DE15 (Boxing Day), mss "Censored/WS Wallstaff" in red, roughly opened & repaired at the top; also a 'PASS' with similarly inscribed triple-oval cachet in red. [This facility was equipped entirely by the residents of Wanganui. It occupied a private house with accommodation for up to 100 patients!] (2)

947 (B)/A-

300


Lot 948

C HOSPITALS: PPC with triple-oval 'MILITARY INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL/SHUBRA CAIRO' cachet in black & Cairo cds of 9.XI.15. [While it handled all infectious conditions, most patients presented with venereal disease]

948 A-

250

The Gallipoli FiascoThe Dardenelles Campaign was one of the most ill-conceived and poorly executed plans of the entire war. While troops from many countries - though very few from Britain - participated in the landings, Australian and New Zealand forces bore the brunt of the fighting and suffered the greatest casualties. The first landings occurred on 25/4/1915. The troops were withdrawn on 20/12/1915, after eight months of futility and great loss. Both countries commemorate - not celebrate - Anzac Day on 25th April each year.

Ex Lot 949

C PPCs including Gallipoli map, real photo types of the landings (4), "Dug Outs at Anzac Cove", "Table Top Anzac" & "Turkish Guns Captured at Anzac", commemorative types for the Otago Battalion (3 from the set of 4, one used under cover), "Bravo Anzacs" (poem), "Hill 60 Zillebeke" (monument) & "Remember ANZAC/Ake Ake Kia Kaha" (used under cover), unused. (13)

949 A/B

400

Ex Lot 950

CPS PPCs with messages headed "Lemnos/30-9-15" or "Mudros/6-11-15" & British-type Field Service Post Card with skeleton 'ARMY POST OFFICE / X /SZ6' cds used at Mudros East; illustrated "tobacco card" with message headed "Gallipoli/Dec 3rd"; & cover with the enclosed letter headed "Anzac Cove/Turkey/3-10-15" in which the writer - who must have been insane - states "I have now been here for several weeks and it is a great place"! (6 items)

950 A/B

500

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Ex Lot 951

C 1915 (June-July) crude postcards fashioned from pieces of cardboard, two identifiable as from tobacco boxes, one has received attention from the censor, all to New Zealand. [A similar item - the only NZ example we had then seen - sold for $776 at our auction of 2/10/2010] (4)

951 B

1,200

Lot 952

C 1915 (June-July) another example with message that states "I suppose you will think this is about the latest thing in postcards - they are all the rage here with us. If you were to come upon us now you would fancy you had discovered a race of cave dwellers. We are living in what is called Canterbury Gully in little holes in the sides thereof with a blanket stretched across the front...We have just come down for a rest after putting in a week in the trenches. The rest consists of making a road...".

952 B

400

Ex Lot 953

C HOSPITAL SHIPS Real photo PPC & two PPC-size photos (one in peacetime) of the "Maheno" plus two modern PPCs of the wreck on Fraser Island (Qld); also Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty PPC of the "Marama". (6)

953 A/A-

150

Ex Lot 954

C HOSPITAL SHIPS "Maheno": PPCs with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/No 1 HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s in violet dated 19JUL1915 from Adelaide, 5AUG1915 from Colombo, 17AUG1915 from Egypt & 24SEP1915 from Malta. [The appalling casualties at Gallipoli inspired the NZ public to raise funds to equip the "Maheno" as a hospital ship. She departed Wellington on 11/7/1915, made straight to Gallipoli, and spent two months ferrying the wounded to Mudros & Malta] (4)

954 A/B

600


Lot 955

C HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/8OCT1915/---- HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s ('No 1' removed) in violet when en route to England. Ex Eric Gibbs. [The datestamp was altered because at the time there was no Hospital Ship No 2]

955 A

500

Ex Lot 956

C HOSPITAL SHIPS Two PPCs & a cover with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/No 1 HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s ('No 1' reinstated) dated 1JUL1916 overstruck with British 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP/...' h/s, 15NOV1917 at Durban & 5JAN1918 at Alexandria, the first & third items also with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ HOSPITAL SHIP/MAHENO' h/s, the second & third with large 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s, the markings in blue. [The datestamp was again altered because the "Marama" was now in service] (3)

956 A/(B)

750

Lot 957

C HOSPITAL SHIPS 'H.S. MAHENO/17AU18/N.Z' cds nine per favor strikes (one on the view side) on Egyptian stamps on PPC. Rare albeit philatelic: Gordon Darge paid $1250 in 1999. [The only other example known to us is a 1918 OAS cover Ex Eric Gibbs]

957 A

500


Ex Lot 958

C HOSPITAL SHIPS "Marama": PPCs with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in rosine on PPCs from Adelaide (undated), Aden (dated "At Sea 3.1.16") & Malta (dated "26th Feb 1916") with ship-board 'PASSED BY CENSOR...' h/s in black or rosine (the last). ["Marama", a larger vessel than "Maheno", departed Wellington 5/12/1915 for Egypt via Adelaide (arrived 16/12/1915), Colombo & Aden (arrived 4/1/1916). Because Gallipoli had been evacuated in late-December, "Marama" was used to ferry 500 patients from Egypt & Salonica to Malta] (3)

958 A/(B)

500

Lot 959

C HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in black on Egyptian PPC, ship-board 'PASSED BY CENSOR...' h/s in red & British 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/ 8 /28MR/16/-X-' cds used at Salonica. [On 8/3/1916, "Marama" sailed from Alexandria for Salonica as a Base Hospital]

959 A-

300

Ex Lot 960

C HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in red or black on two plain postcards - one with printed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' in red - dated "18.6.1916" or "10.7.16" both with 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP/...' h/s in violet, the first with Southampton cds of 19JU/16, the other (corner fault) with oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in red. ["Marama" departed Alexandria & arrived at Southampton on 19/6/1916 with sick & wounded] (2)

960 B/C

250


Lot 961

C HOSPITAL SHIPS Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty PPC of the "Marama" with message headed "HMNZHS Marama/Port Chalmers/24.10.16", Dunedin cds of the same date & 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' h/s in red. ["Marama" returned to NZ arriving at Port Chalmers 22/10/1916. Re-commissioned, she departed Wellington again on 12/11/1916]

961 B

200

Lot 962

C HOSPITAL SHIPS Egyptian PPC with message headed "NZHS Marama/2.5.17", oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in violet.

962 B200

Lot 963

C HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with remarkable combination of the earlier double-framed & oval cachets plus a superb strike of the rare fancy oval 'NEW ZEALAND HOSPITAL SHIP No 2/1OCT1917/MARAMA' d/s in black, some minor silverfish damage.

963 B

500

Lot 964

C HOSPITAL SHIPS Church of England in NZ red/buff cover endorsed "JHay/NZMC" at lower-left with superb strikes of the oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in violet & the rare 'HS MARAMA/9NO18/NZ' cds. Acquired for $770 at the Macray Watson auction of 28/6/1994, where it was a front-cover item.

964 A-

1,000


Lot 965

C HOSPITAL SHIPS 'NZ MILITARY FORCES/DIARY OF TRANSFERENCE' envelope for on-forwarding medical records with printed 'SHUP LABEL/...' & further instructions on the reverse, unused.

965 B100

Ex Lot 966

C HOSPITALS - Malta: Cover endorsed "From CE Maney/NZMC", illustrated MEF Church Army Recreation Tent PPC to WA with message dated "5.10.15" & '["signature"] NZ/CAMP Commandant' h/s, and Malta PPC all with undated 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/MEDTN' cachet; another cover endorsed "Pvte CE Maney/NZMC/Fld Amb" with Valletta cds of 12JY15; and beautiful St John Ambulance 'HELP THE WOUNDED!' chromo-litho PPC issued at Malta but used from France with message endorsed "Trenches/Feb 17th 1917".. [The message on the third item dated "24 Sept" states "...they are hurrying the troops back as soon as they can. You can set your mind free about Turkish atrocities as they are absolutely fighting a clean fight which is more than the Germans can boast of."]

By early May, several hospitals were established, including at Saint Andrew's Barracks. The maximum number of patients that could be accommodated on Malta was 16,000. By the end of 1915 58,000 wounded had passed through the island. (5)

966 B

450

Ex Lot 967

C HOSPITALS Cover and two Malta PPCs with messages headed "Valletta Hospital/16-6-15" or "30 July 1915/St Andrew's Hosp/Malta" all with undated 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/[cross]/MEDTN' cachet in rosine (the cover, that also has 'SLIEMA BO/2JU15/MALTA' cds) or violet. [The message on the last item states "...We are treated well by the people of Malta and Red Cross societies and do not lack tobacco or anything necessary...I had not received your parcel of 25th April..." (the date of the landings at Gallipoli)] (3)

967 B/(B)

350


Ex Lot 968

C HOSPITALS Salonica: Two local PPCs with British 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/ B /25JA/16/-X-' or 'ARMY POST OFFICE/ A /12FE/16/-SX3-' both used at Salonica, Censor No 3054 h/s in violet or rosine. [On 10/10/1915, NZ No 1 Stationary Hospital was relocated from Port Said to Salonica. On 6/3/1916, it was relocated to Moascar in Egypt and three months later to France] (2)

968 A-/C

300

Lot 969

C PRISONERS OF WAR: 1918 (Sep 10) postcard with 'BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR/NEW ZEALAND E.F./ TURKEY' all printed in red to a trooper with the Auckland Mounted Rifles held captive in Turkey, handwritten advice of provisions being forwarded & 'NEW ZEALAND PRISONERS OF WAR DEPT/415 STRAND LONDON WC' h/s in black. Rare. [Very few items to or from ANZAC POWs in Turkey have been recorded]

969 A

1,000

Forces in Palestine

Ex Lot 970

C Panoramic photo of horsemen & despatch riders, several vertical folds; real photo PPC of wounded troops on camels, corner missing; 1918 Auckland Mounted Rifles Christmas PPC, very fine; 1918 Wellington Mounted Rifles Christmas card, spotty; cover with 'MOUNTED BRIGADE/.../NZ DIVISION' cds of 19DE16; covers (2) & "green" honour envelopes (3) with British-type APO SZ2 "skeleton" cds of 27MR18, FPO NZ cds of 2SP/17 & 15MY18, FPO Q2 cds of 22MY/18 & FPO TM1 cds of 15AP18. (10 items)

970

300

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 97Mar 05, 2011Forces in Palestine (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 971

CL 1918 British OHMS cover to "NZEF Headquarters/London" with 'NZ MTD FIELD AMBULANCE' h/s & superb 'ARMY POST OFFICE/22MR18/SZ 32' "skeleton" cds used at Bir Salem, superb strike of the defective 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S.' h/s (variant held together by two rubber bands!) applied at London, some immersion faults but remarkably fine & attractive. [In March 1918, the NZ Mounted Field Ambulance was at Talaat ed Dumm & crossed into Transjordan on 24/3/1918]

The cover was carried per SS "Kingstonian" which, on 11/4/1918, was torpedoed by German submarine U68. The ship was badly damaged. It was towed to Carloforte (Sardinia) where the mail - which had suffered water damage - was removed. At the end of April, she was again torpedoed by U48 & became a total loss. See Hoggarth & Gwynn at pages 192-5.

971 C

1,000

Lot 972

C 1918 Ladies Patriotic Committee OAS acknowledgement postcard with superb British-type 'FIELD POST OFFICE/ 4SP/18/N.Z' cds, message headed "Palestine" states "A few lines from the hot & dusty Jordan Valley...".

972 A

200

Forces in France

Ex Lot 973

C PPCs comprising "Anzacs in France " (5), NZ YMCA (2, superb!), NZ War Records (5), real photo types (5, including three from a numbered series), condition variable, mostly unused. (17)

973250

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Ex Lot 974

C 1916 French PPC with light but clear strike of boxed 'DELAYED/NOT/FRANKED' h/s in red; 1916 NZ Advanced Base OHMS postcard with double-boxed 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE APO/JUN 2 1916/ RETURNED/ LETTER BRANCH' d/s & '["DMcCurdy"] LIEUT/Asst Director NZ Army Postal Services' h/s both on the reverse; and undated "green" honour envelope unsigned as required & with boxed 'THIS LETTER HAS BEEN DELAYED AS/THE CERTIFICATE WAS UNSIGNED AND/SPECIAL EXAMINATION WAS NECESSARY' b/s in red, a few faults/repairs that don't affect the h/s. (3)

974 A/(B)

300

Ex Lot 975

C Two unusually fine "silk" PPCs, NZ Rifle Brigade PPC, spotty; Field Medical Card with 'NO 2 NZ FIELD AMBULANCE' h/s; General Hospital bag tag for personal effects, faults; & 1917 Christmas card with whimsical Aotearoa illustration. (6)

975 A/B

250

CPS Annotated group of covers, honour envelopes, Field Service Post Cards & PPCs with various British-type FPO cds used by NZ units including 'WZ2' on GB 2d Registration Envelope, 'RZ' for the Divisional Railhead (2) & 'S77' "skeleton" cds etc, generally fine. (38)

976

350

Forces in England

Ex Lot 977

C Interesting ephemera with several leave passes including with oval '4TH RES BATTALION/AUCKLAND INFANTRY REGT' h/s or 'D GROUP NZ CAMP/11MAR1919/SUTTON COLDFIELD' d/s; Union Jack Club baggage tag; two Discharge Notices; Leave or Duty Ration Book with oval 'NZ CONVALESCENT DISCHARGE DEPOT/ 11APR1919/TORQUAY' d/s; & three regimental Christmas cards; etc, condition variable. (19 items)

977

400

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Ex Lot 978

C PPCs with NZ subjects including "NZ Soldiers Club" (2, one used under cover), "Shakespeare Hut Lounge", "YMCA Sling", "Mahutonga Club", several groups of soldiers etc, nine are unused. (13)

978 A-150

Ex Lot 979

CPS Wide-ranging annotated group with cds including 'NEW ZEALAND/___/BASE/ARMY POST OFFICE' with 'ADVANCED' excised (2, one with letters reappearing), 'NEW ZEALAND/No 8/STA POST OFFICE' (2, one on 2d Registration Envelope) & 'SLING CAMP' & 'TWEZELDON CAMP' cds, cachets including 'NZEF/LONDON/RECORD OFFICE' (2), chamfered 'NZ EXP FORCE/RECORD OFFICE/LONDON' in blue (2), superb double-oval 'NEW ZEALAND BASE/RETURNED/LETTER SECTION/LONDON/ARMY POST OFFICE' d/s, boxed 'NZ MEDICAL CORPS/ATTACHED/NZRB RESERVE DEPOT' d/s, triple-oval 'Director of Graves Registration/and Enquiries' d/s in blue, etc, generally fine. (23)

979

600

C HOSPITALS: Mostly real photo PPCs of NZ Hospitals including of wards of wounded soldiers, two very fine NZ YMCA types, mostly unused & generally fine. (21)

980 A/B200

Ex Lot 981

C HOSPITALS: Annotated group of covers etc with cds including unusual 24mm 'NZ BASE DEPOT PO', '.../No 4/STA POST OFFICE' & similar No 5 No 6 & No 7, cachets including circular 'BALMER LAWN/SECTION/NO 1 NZGH' & similar 'FOREST PARK/...', oval 'No 1 NEW ZEALAND GENERAL HOSPITAL/YMCA/BROCKENHURST', boxed 'REDIRECTED/CORRESPONDENCE FOR/WOUNDED/NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS' etc etc, also PPC with message headed "NZ Convalescent Hospital/Hornchurch Essex"; generally fine. (15)

981 A/B

600


New Zealand Prisoners of War in Europe

Ex Lot 982

CPS 1918 1) cover - stamp removed (by censor?) to Germany twice re-addressed finally to Interlaken (Austria); 2) 1d Envelope with British censor tape, endorsed "PoWar/Camp/Soltau Germany" in red; 3) 1d Envelope to a Kiwi (?) serving with the AIF, endorsed "Missing" & "POW" in green; & 4) NZ Base Post Office card sent under cover advising a parcel to the POW "has been lost at sea through enemy action". (4)

982 B/C

700

Lot 983

C 1918 cover to the POW Bureau International Red Cross in Switzerland with NZ ½d & 2d largely covered by plain white tape tied by 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' h/s, Geneva arrival b/s. Superb!

983 A+

250

Lot 984

PS 1918 usage of 1d Inland Post-Card with 'TARADALE' cds, to an NZ POW in Germany where readdressed three times, German 'P.4/geprüft' censor h/s in red & boxed 'Postprufstelle/...' h/s. Terrific Postal Stationery usage. [Mail to POWs was free of postage. However, as was the case in Australia, many people believed they had to pay the 1d rate to soldiers on active service]

984 B

500


Miscellaneous Subjects

Ex Lot 985

C July 1914 cover & Sep 1914 PPC both to Germany with British 'UNDELIVERABLE/LPS' h/s; 1915 stampless cover with 'EARL OF LIVERPOOL'S OWN/Trentham Regiment' imprint; Liverpool Equipment & Relief Fund gift parcel card from Trentham Camp; Salvation Army cover with 'Chalmers Military Hospital/Christchurch NZ' imprint, unused; 1919 OHMS cover with 'COAST DEFENCE TROOPS' imprint on the flap; etc, condition variable. (21 items)

985

500

Ex Lot 986

C "Mystery lot" of minor items in a small box. If you don't look, you won't know what you might be missing. (40)

986Offer

Ex Lot 987

CPS RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND: 1915-19 three covers from NZ with 1d Dominions - one tied by rare 'IHAKARA' cds - to NZ soldiers abroad & OAS PPC from France to NZ soldier in England with boxed 'Returned/New Zealand', straight-line 'RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND', unframed 'RETURNED/TO NZ/LEFT NO ADDRESS', or straight-line 'RETURNED TO NZ'; and US 3c Envelope to NZ soldier abroad - terrific destination item but filled punch-holes - with 'RETURNED TO NZ' and italicised 'Returned to New Zealand' handstamps. Excellent group of cachets. (5)

987 B/C

600

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Ex Lot 988

C RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND: 1915 & 1916 covers from NZ with 1d Dominions - to NZ soldiers in Egypt 1) unusually with triple-oval 'NEW ZEALAND GENERAL HOSPITAL/PONT DE KOUBBEH' b/s plus boxed 'Returned/New Zealand' & superb 'INVALIDED NZ' h/s; & 2) with double-framed 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE APO/MAY 21 1916/ RETURNED/LETTER BRANCH' b/s plus seriffed 'INVALIDED TO/NEW ZEALAND' & straight-line 'PRESENT ADDRESS unknown'. (2)

988 B

350

Ex Lot 989

CPS MISSING IN ACTION: 1915-17 covers from NZ to NZ soldiers abroad, 3 with 1d Dominions, another with stamp removed & KEVII 1d Letter Card (front only), with cachets including boxed 'NOT IN EGYPT', boxed 'NOT/3 NZEB' (= Entrenching Brigade), 'NOT/1 AGH/or AUX', boxed 'UNABLE TO TRACE/ARMY POST OFFICE/ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE', 'PRESENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN', boxed 'Present Address Unknown' & boxed 'This letter was received in/the New Zealand Army Cor-/respondence Dead Letter/office in its present damaged/condition' both in green, and 'MISSING/RETURN TO SENDER', three are very battle-weary still a desirable group. (7)

989

750

Ex Lot 990

C KILLED IN ACTION: 1917-18 covers (4) & pieces (2) to NZ soldiers abroad with various 'DECEASED' h/s, two with oval 'NEW ZEALAND BASE/RETURNED LETTER SECTION/...' b/s; 1918 NZ DLO black/salmon 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope (ripped open); piece with 'OFFICIAL' Opts 1d 2d pair & 1/- with part-address 'DECEASED NZ SOLDIERS EFFECTS'; 'OHMS/DECEASED MAN'S KIT' parcel tag; & 'In Loving Memory' card. Very poignant group. (10 items)

990 B/C

500


Ex Lot 991

C KILLED IN ACTION: 1915 covers to NZ soldiers abroad 1) with appallingly blunt 'KILLED/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s; 2) endorsed "Killed in action" & "Believed dead/COI..." (= Court of Inquiry); & 3) endorsed "Deceased/Court of Inquiry" in red; the last two also with boxed 'Reported Killed/Return to Sender' h/s & double-framed 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE APO/RETURNED/LETTER BRANCH' d/s on the reverse (3)

991 A-/B

400

Ex Lot 992

CPS CIVIL CENSORSHIP: 1915-18 covers to the USA with 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/N.Z.' h/s in violet, blue, green or rosine, another with the first line of the h/s omitted, 1d Envelope with superb 'OPENED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR,/N.Z.' h/s in rosine & resealed with long Post Office 'OFFICIALLY SEALED' label, and 1918 with huge double-circle 'P.C./N.Z.' h/s. (7)

992 A-/B

300

Lot 993

C CIVIL CENSORSHIP: 1916 (Feb 7) registered cover to "Camp II/Zeist/Holland" with ½d & 3d tied by 'MORAY PLACE/DUNEDIN' cds, plain resealing label tied by 'PASSED BY.../...' h/s in green, British 'POST FREE/P.C./PRISONERS OF WAR' h/s & black/pink censor label tied to reverse by 'LEGERPLAATS/RIJ ZEIST 2' arrival b/s. Very attractive.

993 A-

300

Ex Lot 994

C PICTURE POSTCARDS: Desirable group with real photo types of troops in camp (5) & portraits (4), also Military Hospitals (4), propaganda types (6) & humorous subjects (10, including Mence & O'Halloran x5), the condition is variable. (29)

994

300


Ex Lot 995

*W "CINDERELLAS": Selection including 'BOTHA SOUVENIR/New/Zealand's/Tribute' (minor thin), 'MANAWATU - WOUNDED - SOLDIERS/FUND' (ink-stain at lower-right), Otago Infantry Brigade mint x2 & another on the presentation slip, two mint Delandre labels with NZ subjects, & a few cheapies in ordinary condition. (12)

995

250

Lot 996

P "CINDERELLAS": 1913 Otago Infantry Brigade Mobilisation commemorative Heslop #J11 die proof in black with uncleared surrounds on piece from a galley-proof for an illustrated magazine!, a couple of creases but very attractive. Ex Eric Gibbs: stated to be unique.

996 B

750

Lot 997

C "CINDERELLAS": ditto, the issued label in yellow-brown affixed beside KEVII ½d tied by 'MILITARY CAMP/NZ/ 1 /12AP/13' cds (no stop in 'NZ') presumably used at Sutton Camp (PO 4/4/1913; closed 3/5/1913) to cover to 'ALEXANDRA SOUTH' (arrival b/s).

997 A-

750

Lot 998

W "CINDERELLAS": 1915 Wellington Queen Carnival 3d brown & orange Heslop #J32 with 'Have you joined the RANKS?/If not, WHY?' printed in blue on the reverse, unused, Cat $NZ1250 (2002). Gordon Darge states that only four examples have been recorded.

998 A-

750


Ex Lot 999

C EPHEMERA: Interesting group including a brass '[crown]/NZ/ONWARD' hat-badge affixed to Gordon Darge's title page; 'NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE'; 'DISTINCTIVE BADGE/Card of Authority to Wear' (wearing the badge was intended to stop new recruits, still in "civvies", being "white-feathered" or accused of cowardice); 1915 parade notice; 1918 'SOLDIER'S PAY BOOK/for use on/ACTIVE SERVICE'; YMCA illustrated letterhead; 'RETURNED SOLDIERS RAILWAY TICKET'; NZEF 'ORDER FOR MEAL ON TRAIN'; linen NZEF 'CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE'; etc, condition variable. (15)

999 A-

300

Ex Lot 1000

CPS POST-WAR: 1919 cover to GB with Typo 3d tied by triple-oval 'NZEF OVERSEAS SECTION/2JUL1919/ WELLINGTON C1' d/s in blue; and printed Registration Envelope - presumably for posting a medal - with '5d Paid' at upper-right & 'DEFENCE/HEADQRTS' registration "cachet" at upper-left, used in 1921, opened a bit roughly at right. Unusual pair. (2)

1000 A/B

250

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Mar 05, 2011 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 · 2011-01-24 · Mar 05, 2011 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 ... CPS Stampless covers (9) & GB 1d Envelopes