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ITALIAN POW LETTERSHEET FROM CAMP IN EGYPT 1943

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
REGISTERED ENVELOPE FROM TURKEY TO UK VIA LIBYA 1945

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
ENVELOPE FROM SOUTH AFRICA(?) TO USA c1942

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
INDIAN ARMY IN EGYPT 1915 TO LEEDS

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
EGYPT WARTIME OHMS ENVELOPE CENSORED & FORWARDED 1943

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
EGYPT PS CARD TO JERUSALEM

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
HUNGARY PS CARD TO PALESTINE 1958(?) CENSORED

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
PALESTINE SPECIAL CARD FOR PHILA 1945 TEL-AVIV

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
PALESTINE PHILA EXHIBITION TEL AVIV REGISTERED CARD 1945

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
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES IN EGYPT: 1941 CENSORED COVER TO SOUTH AFRICA.

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.
Roughly opened!

Reference: 289H
ADEN: 1910 PICTURE POSTCARD TO SCOTLAND WITH PAQUEBOT POSTMARK.

1910 picture postcard of Assouan to Fife with the GB stamps cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 2.MY.10.

Reference: 193H
ADEN: 1932 COVER TO ENGLAND WITH PAQUEBOT POSTMARK.

1932 cover to Oxford with the Indian stamps cancelled by partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 11.SEP.32.

Reference: 192H
ADEN: 1921 PICTURE POSTCARD WITH PAQUEBOT MARK.

1921 picture postcard of Port Said with the GB stamp cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 16.FE.21.

Reference: 189H
ADEN: 1921 PICTURE POSTCARD WITH PAQUEBOT MARK.

1921 picture postcard of Marseille with the GB stamp cancelled by a PAQUEBOT ADEN postmark dated 21.NO.21.

Reference: 188H
ADEN: 1905 PICTURE POSTCARD TO ENGLAND WITH PAQUEBOT MARK.

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
ALGERIA: 1944 CENSORED NAVAL COVER TO EGYPT.

1944 censored airmail cover to Alexandria with POSTE NAVALE postmarks dated 31.8.44, a French naval cachet and Egyptian censor marks.
On the reverse there are partial Egyptian postmarks and a BASE ARMY POST OFFICE 4 postmark dated 11.SP.44.

Reference: 071H
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