Middle East
folding letter sheet endorsed in MS 'PW Post Postage Free in Lingua Italiana' with boxed handstamp 'P/W Middle East 158', from Camp 309 MEF Cage 17 (Ismalia, Egypt) 12 April 1943; on reverse boxed 'Verificato per Censora' & cachet 324/I in circle; undated 'Ufficio Censura Estera'; purple POW cachet in English tying the flap: Albi arrival d/s 30 June 1943: with the orginal text, a nice item from the WW2 Desert campaign Reference: 344 |
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2 x GB KGVI 3d violet on 3d registered envelope cancelled 25 August 1945, FPO cds not legible but with registered label for FPO DS 714 (Turkey); MS 'Air' in blue crayon; on reverse FPO 518 (Libya), red boxed 'Passed by Censor 3369' & arrival cds Newmarket 7 September 1945: to a REME Sargeant. endorsed in MS 'Silk Stockings 1 pair, value 17/6, weight 1/2 oz'; most unusual and an interesting comment on the time Reference: 332 |
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Envelope with few markings probably from British Forces in S Africa (possibly Egypt) with triangle censor's Crown handstamp 'Passed Censor No 1228' plus large d/r void centre handstamp PAQUEBOT (Hosking 1282), to Wisconsin c1942(?) Reference: 290 |
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Indian FPO No 29 on PPC of Ismaila, MS 'On Active Service'; large circular purple cachet 'Passed by Censor Indian Expeditionary Force 97' with no other Censor's markings, to Kirkgate Leeds Reference: 285 |
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OHMS envelope to Director of Posts, Ministry of War Transport, Cairo, readdressed to London with new OHMS label; Egyptian & British censor cachets & sealing strip, registered 30 October 1943; unusual useage Reference: 276 |
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13 mils red on buff PS card cancelled with a light Cairo machine d/s to Jerusalem; with Egyptian Censor double ring handstamp with M in centre, all text in Hebrew Reference: 224 |
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Hungary 10f green on buff pictorial PS card with added 10f brown St Stephen's Crown issue, cancelled October 1958(?) (date not clear); with fine strike of the hexagonal censor h/s 'Palestine Passed by Censor T6': an unusual combination, text in German Reference: 223 |
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7 mils pictorial postal stationery card with large advertisement for the Phila stamp exhibition, with added 2 mils, cancelled with the exhibition datestamp, used locally, clean card Reference: 218 |
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Palestine pictorial issue 2 x 2 mils, interpanneau pair 5 mils, 8 mils, on plain card endorsed 'Phila 1945 Tel-Aviv' and with large keyhole type registered datestamp with the same text, 8 April 1945, scarcer card Reference: 217 |
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1941 censored cover redirected to a hospital with the stamps cancelled by a partial EGYPT 71 - POSTAGE PREPAID postmark dated 23.OC.41. Also PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR 205 mark. Reference: 289H |
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1910 picture postcard of Assouan to Fife with the GB stamps cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 2.MY.10. Reference: 193H |
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1932 cover to Oxford with the Indian stamps cancelled by partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 11.SEP.32. Reference: 192H |
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1921 picture postcard of Port Said with the GB stamp cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 16.FE.21. Reference: 189H |
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1921 picture postcard of Marseille with the GB stamp cancelled by a PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 21.NO.21. Reference: 188H |
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1905 picture postcard of Port Said to Cornwall with the stamp cancelled by a partial ADEN postmark dated 27.AU.05, a boxed PAQUEBOT mark and a CAMBORNE postmark dated 10.SP.05. Reference: 187H |
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1944 censored airmail cover to Alexandria with POSTE NAVALE postmarks dated 31.8.44, a French naval cachet and Egyptian censor marks. Reference: 071H |