MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Auction 169
Closing date: July 13, 2002
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1. Canada. Picture card of sailors pulling gun Halifax, Nova Scotia with embossed colored coat of arms. Canceled Chester NS DE 5 to U.S. with Riverside Iowa receipt handstamp. Years hard to read in cancels but message dated 1905. F (643)
2. Nicaragua. 30 actual postcard size photos of various scenes from U. S. "Intervention 1912 ". Some photos titled U.S.S. Colorado. Mounted on old photo pages and annotated. F. (146)
3. Algeria. Business envelope to U.S. with corner card Alger and French oval censorship. Plus similar cover with no clear city in address with oval censorship with 2 different numbers. Cancel looks like Oran. Cancels hard to read. F. (643)
4. France. 1914 cover "Academie Francaise de Coupe de Paris" to Switzerland with circular handstamp "Genie-Organisation Defensive du Nord du Camp Retranche". Plus rare red/white/blue vignette of Society to aid wounded tied by same Genie handstamp. 1/2" Opening tear Swiss receiving mark. F. (723)
5. France. 1915 cover with corner "Hopital Annese E.B. Pau (Basses Pyrenees)" with a red cross and similar dated handstamp 14 SEP 1915 and weak Pyrenees postmark F (723)
6. France. Lettre envelope with picture of a general and postmarked Lomoges 1925. Also 1916 Carte lettre postmarked Tresor et postes #143. F. (723)
7. France. Printed POW envelope for Tours with 3 line handstamp "Depot de P.G.-Tours/No 3/VISE." No postmark as usual. F. (723)
8. France. Printed POW envelope for Solignac (Hte Vienne) camp. Weak Depot cancel F. (723)
9. France. Special printed envelope for French Red Cross POW Agency Paris to French POW Rastatt camp Germany. Circular handstamp for same. Paris 1915 cancel and weak but legible Rastatt censor handstamp. Endorsed to Repatriation Section. Strong tear upper left. F. (723)
10. France. Special printed card for French POW Aide Committee Chatillon-Sur-Seine with cancel for sending of packets and requesting acknowledgement with similar Committee handstamp on back. To French POW Altdam camp Germany. Various manuscript forwarding remarks Small partial punch hole away from all markings. F. (723)
11. Germany. Picture card of Landau (Pfalz) from soldier sent Free with Feldpost label tied by 1916 Landau machine cancel.(643)
12. Great Britain. Siberian Intervention. Small 5 by 3 1/2" photo of ship. Notation on back says "HMS CARLISLE Siberian Intervention 1919 Aleutians is 135 Polar...?". VF. (146)
13. Morocco. Free cover sent to France with 13.1.16 cancel of Mogador. Faint but legible cachet of Service des Renseignnments. (Intelligence?). Backstamped on delivery. F. (594)
14. Rumania. 2 registered July 1919 covers from Bucharest to U.S. 1 has boxed censor mark with 3 lines of text. Other has paper censor tapes tied by New York receipt cancels. F-VF. (643)
15. Official War Department Penalty card for Walton, N.Y. Draft Board. Recipient classified IVA on JAN 11 1918. Y in cancel faint. F. (836)
16. 3 YMCA covers with flag cancels APO's 2 and 705 (2) From 77th, 101 U.S. F.A., and 35th Eng. 1 has 3 line Officer handstamp in addition to Eagle censor. Opening tears AVE. (848)
17. Marines. 2 soiled covers from 6th Marines Quantico Dec 1917. and 81st Co. USMC Paris Island. Plus 1918 Alexandria Military Branch flag cancel. Also British D.52 1916 and French civilian cancel used by British soldier on letter sheet with back missing and partial message remains. Mixed. AVE. (848)
18. Navy. 13 issues of U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI weekly 4 page magazine.August 3 to November 23 1918. 5 issues missing from sequence. F-VF. (146)
19. Navy. Softcover book FIGHTING THE HUN on the U.S.S.HUNTINGTON . Includes roster of Officers. Composition and dates of 13 convoys. Ports and dates of sailing. 60 plus pages. Slight soiling of cover. F. (146)
20. Small 5 1/2 by 8" metal tray showing drawings of formation of multi smokestack ships entitled "ATLANTIC BATTLESHIP FLEET". Plus key chain with colored photo of T.S. HANSATIC. F-VF. (146)
21. 70 personal photos of Navy related scenes. Appear to be mostly earlier than WWI. Most not identified but some Captain U.S.S. INDIANA 1917, Cuba, Canal Zone. F-VF. (146)
22. 90 photos ,some official, of identifiable ships. Appear to be mostly earlier than WWI. Some Post war. Some cut out of paper. F-VF. (146)
23. Postcard of Japanese girl in color with cancel of U.S.S. WEST VIRGINIA JUL 14 1909 to sailor U.S.S. SOUTH DAKOTA California. Soling on address side. Slight crack on 1 corner. AVE. (146)
24. 4 issues of LIBERTY BELL magazine the monthly publication of U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA 1909-1910. Plus program for Minstrel Performance 1910. Also 1928 Pamphlet General Safety Rules No. 1 NAVY YARDS AND NAVAL STATIONS . F-VF. (146)
25. Picture postcard of Norfolk, VA. with OCT 7 1913 cancel of U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO and ships dates of postal service and picture from magazine. F-VF. (146)
26. Postcard booklet "Colored Views of U.S. Navy". 12 cards with writeups of ships. Writeups appear to be around 1913 but annotated 1917. Address page has separated. Plus colored postcard of U.S.S. OREGON used in 1910 from Kansas AVE-F. (146)
27. Colored postcard of sailor kissing girl at old canyon "War is h-l". U.S.S. LOUISIANA . APR 10 1915 cancel with Hampton Roads in killer. Stamp partially removed. Soiling on address side. AVE. Plus colored photo scene of sailors in formation at U.S. Naval Station Guantanomo Bay Cuba. Cancel of U.S.S. NEW YORK JAN 26 1916, Stamp removed. F. (146)
28. Cover to U.S.A. with Two 2¢ stamps tied by U.S.S. OLYMPIA JAN 8 1917 cancel. Killer not legible. Repaired tears. Slight toning. AVE-F. (146)
29. 2 copies of pamphlet The NC-4 The First Transatlantic Flight in 1919.includes background, diagram of plane, names of Crew for NC-1, NC-3 NC-4 and flight log of 3 planes. VF. (146)
30. Softcover book UNITED STATES SHIP PITTSBURGH European Cruise 1922-24. 66 pages including rosters of distinguished visitors, Officer's Roster, Enlisted men, Marine Detachment, attached and detached,details of cruise, etc. Cover badly torn with pieces missing. F. (146)
31. 10 non-philatelic from U.S.S IDAHO 1922 (2 fronts only), U.S.S. NORTHAMPTON 1931,U.S.S SARATOGA 1931 (2) U.S.S. MERCEDES 1931, U.S.S SALINAS 1937, U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS PEARL HARBOR 1940, and U.S.S. ENTERPRISE Marine Detachment. Also U.S.S. BERNADOU NEWPORT with unclear year 1931 (?) Mixed. (848)
32. Large softcover souvenir book for visit of U.S. Fleet to Australia 1925. 38 pages. 36 Australian scenes. Slight scrape on cover. F. (146)
33. Small softcover souvenir book for visit of U.S. Fleet to New Zealand 1925. 32 pages. About 1/2 local scenes. Slight scrapes on cover. F. Also window envelope with 1968 NAVAL RESERVE cancel. (146)
34. U.S.S. GOLDSTAR. 6 Penalty envelopes sent registered with 1927 ship cancels on partial fronts.with 15¢ stamps. 2 say Manila. Cacheted cover Fourth of July 1934, and covers with Guam and Japan 1934. in killers . (146)
35. YMCA envelope with VALLEYO CALIF. MARE ISLAND STA 1927 cancel tying 24¢ air mail stamp (Scott C6). High Scott value. Unusual usage. Some tears. F. (146)
36. Frigate Constitution. 4 cacheted covers. Beaumont Texas 1932, Tampa Florida 1932, San Francisco 1932, and front Portland Oregon 1938. Plus Theodore Roosevelt Birthday U.S. RECEIVING Ship Brooklyn 1934 and U.SS. LEXINGTON 1933 Bremerton. Also 1932 cover Portland Oregon with dated handstamp of Canadian ship H.M.C.S. VANCOUVER 1932. AVE-F. (848)
37. Large 11" by 5" colored cacheted cover for Fleet Week Portland, Oregon Complete set of Navy issue 1936-37 tied by U. S.S. AYLWIN , ARCTIC, FARRAGUT,MAC DONOUGH,MEDUSA, and RELIEF. July 22-23 1938 cancels. Each has Portland in killer. VF. (146)
38. Alaska. 17 covers.mostly 1930's. 16 with hand stamped cachets for Alaska including Surveys and maneuvers with cancels of 14 different ships. Some gum bleed through. Musty F-VF. (146)
39. China. Official #10 Penalty cover with corner card of COMMANDING OFFICER 4th MARINES/MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES/SHANGHAI CHINA with cancel with similar information JAN 1931. Month hard to read. F. (848)
40. China. 3 special cancels on covers:1 4th REG. USMC SHANGHAI CHINA SEP 26, 1932; 1 different 4th REG. USMC SHANGHAI cancel on 3¢ PREXIE with unclear date but must be 1938-41; 1 MARINE DETACHMENT TIENSTIN MAY 30 1940. No senders. Plus 7"by 9"" humorous map of The China Coast. Map has various figures at cities. Undated but shows Formosa and U.S. military plane. I would guess post WWII before Communists?. VF. (146)
41. Ecuador. Official Government envelope to Representative of Z.B. (meaning?) in Venezuela with hand stamp on front and back of Assistant Secretary of War Ministry and Quito Oct. 21 1934 cancel. Tears. F.(870)
42. Finland. Official stampless cover from Air Force HQ in Helsinki to a hospital. Trilingual 1927 Helsinki postmark with Russian removed. Air Force cachets on both sides. Rare early cover from small Air Force. About 8 words of English translations added in erasable pencil. VF. RES $20.00 (870)
43. Germany. Special embossed cachet for Cruiser KARSLRUHE . Cachet has U.S., British, French and ? flags, swastikas, and Chapter 14 U.S.C.S . U.S. 1934 stamp tied by German Deutsche MARINE-SCHIFFPOST Nr. 29 cancel with indistinct 1935 date. Slight aging and stain. F. (146)
44. Haiti. Air mail cover sent by ordinary mail with air mail crossed out to Company in Conn. Corner card of Quartermaster Garde Haiti Port au Prince. Plane handstamp. Upper part of cancel hard to read looks like U.S.M.C. COAST? PORT AU PRINCE HAITI on 2¢ stamp. Sender civilian with Garde. Plus U.S.M.C. PORT AU PRINCE HAITI 1934 cancel and no sender. F. (146)
45. Nicaragua.3¢ U.S. stamp tied by 5th REG. U.S.M.C. MANAGUA NICARAGUA DEC 31 1932 cancel. No sender. Slight aging. F. (146)
46. Admiralty Islands. 2 2¢ overprinted 6¢ air mail stamped envelopes from Navy 3205 with Navy 10578 OCT 1945 cancels. Some opening tears. Some letters in date on 1 cover faint. F. (848)
47. Admiralty Islands. 2 #10 envelopes U.S.APO 324 June 1944. Each franked with 2 6¢ air mail stamps. Slight wrinkles. AVE-F. (746)
48. Algeria. 4 covers U.S. APOs 1, 700 (2) and 528*. Plus Morocco APO 668 (2*). AVE-F. (746)
49. Algeria. 3 U.S. APO covers from APOs 512, 650*, and 767. Last soiled. Otherwise F. Plus APO 36 Morocco and APOs 372* and 529 of Tunisia. AVE-F. (836)
50. Antigua. 2 Minkus cacheted covers franked with plate number singles of 3¢ Defense stamps with cancel of MAR. DET. ISLAND OF ANTIGUA LEEWARD ISLANDS Plus APO 806 cancel with censor handstamp. Also 1947 cover APO 855 cancel from Navy 11 corner card. Some have toning. AVE-F. (146)
51. Australia. 3 covers with American Base Forces U.S. APO 501 1942-43 cancels. 2 without sender. Other with red and white Army censor tape and censor stamp. Plus air mail cover with double circle 1943 Navy cancel from 5th Marines and Navy censored. Mostly F-VF. (146)
52. Australia. APO 922 cover. Plus 6 ¢ air mail stamped envelope with April 29 7 BPO machine cancel without a year from sender APO 928. U.S. red on white army censor tape and Base 2430 censor. APO book ambiguous. May be New Guinea? Plus APO 43 1942 New Zealand. VF. (746)
53. Belgium. 5 covers U.S. APOs 1-with 6¢ PREXIE, 2, 4 (2) and 138. Also 2 Netherlands. APOs 30 (2). AVE-F. (746)
54. Belgium. Small package Thank You card from sender APO 448 JAN 8 1945 Plus small cover, 4 1/2 by 12 3/4 inches, from sender U.S. Embassy with DEC 1945 cancel tying vertical strip of 1¢ PREXIE from booklet pane. F. (836)
55. Bermuda. 2¢ Defense stamp tied by NEW YORK N.Y. Naval Operating Base, Bermuda Br. SEP 24 1941 cancel and less common Navy BE.2 censor.VF. (146)
56. Bermuda. Minkus Patriotic with 3¢ Defense plate number single tied by MARINE DET BERMUDA BR. APR 28 1941 cancel. Back has cachet by Czubay showing various Lend Lease Bases. Gum bleed through. F. (146)
57. Bermuda. 2 Minkus Patriotics 1¢ plate number blocks tied by American Base Forces APO 802 JUN 16 1941 cancels. 1 has enclosure and other handstamp of Lend Lease bases. Plus similar cancel on R.C.D. 70 cacheted cover for Flag Day. F. (146)
58. Bermuda. 4 cacheted covers with NEW YORK N.Y. Naval Operating Base, Bermuda Br cancels . 2 RCD 70 First Day Postal Service (FDPS) and 1 Czubay Lend Lease with JUL 14 1941 cancels. Plus 1 with hand cachet FDPS with AUG 1 1941 cancel. F-VF. (146)
59. British Guiana. 2 RCD 70 cacheted cover for First Day of Cancellation. with cancels MAR DET. GEORGETOWN BRITISH GUIANA or U.S. NAVY OCT 21 1941. Plus cover with AMERICAN BASE FORCES A.P.O. 807 SEP 6 1941 cancel. F-F. (146)
60. Canada. 2 1941 covers with H.M.C. SHIP Censor tombstone handstamps. 1 red and 1 blue 1 said to have type 13 blackout type cancel on stamp from Halifax. VF. (687)
61. Canada. Cover with 6¢ air mail stamp tied by U.S. APO 692 1943 cancel. Civilian censor with army unit censor. Plus 1958 picture postcard with U,S, stamp and APO 864 cancel. F-VF. (848)
62. Canada. Yukon. Air Mail cover with 6¢ U.S. Transport air mail tied by U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICES OCT 9 1942 cancel. Sender with 18th Eng. APO 931 ALCAN highway To Chicago with civilian paper censor tape. Cut short on opening. F. (146)
63. Cuba. Navy censored air mail cover with corner card USMC BASE, NOB GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. Navy SEP 3 1942 cancel with U.S.MARINES/GTMOBAY CUBA in killer. Also 1942 Navy cancel from sender Base recreation office and 1946 Navy cancel with corner card Marine Base Navy 115. Opening tears. Plus mint Cuban 1986 Aerogramme with picture of Cosmonaut. AVE-F. (146)
64. Egypt. 2 covers to U.S. with Egyptian censor tapes and handstamps. 1 also has U.S. cellophane tape. (311)
65. Egypt. Air Mail cover to U.S. with 4 different stamps. Egyptian censor tape tied by censor handstamp. Also separate different handstamp. Plus U.S. cellophane censor tape from New York. File holes away from stamps. F. (521)
66. Egypt. Small stampless cover to New Zealand with corner card of NAAFI and unit handstamp with#809. Plus red and white Base censor tape A.F.W. 3312 tied by 107 in circle and Deputy Chief Field Censor handstamp. Egypt 25 2 JU 42 cancel. Opening tears. F. Also 1945 Air Mail cover with 4 stamps to U.S. with U.S. censor tape and 1962 air mail cover from APO 231 Libya. (643)
Many of the Finland. Covers have brief English translations to clarify text.written on items in removable pencil.
67. Finland. Pre-Winter War Mobilization. 2 letters from FPO 4 9.11.39 with cachet of 31 Inf. Rgt. Also FPO 9 21 11 39 with arrival cancel from IR 28. Opening tears. F. (870)
68. Finland. Winter War 2 covers. 1 from National Guard to Women's Voluntary Corps in Tampere with FPO 1 1.1.40 cancel and arrival cancel Typed official letter enclosed. Plus cover with FPO 1 11.1.42 cancel and excised unit cachet to hospital and readdressed with Hellokoski cancel. F.
69. France. Free FM cover with Flayosc 9-7 40 cancel to soldier 62 or 42? R.A.C.-E.M. 2 groupe SP 12921. 3 line handstamp indicating address can not be used because of attack (?). Also normal return to sender handstamps. Plus 6 FM covers. 5 with POSTE AUX ARMEES 1939-40 cancels. 4 to units. 1 from. Also 1959 cover A.F.N. FM postwar with unclear year. AVE-F. (723)
70. France. 17 covers U.S. APOs 79, 80, 141, 149*, 312 (2), 461, 568, 586, 655, 655*, 887, and 11 BPO. Plus 4 postwar. 3 #10 Official. Mostly F-VF. (746)
71. France. 10 U.S. APO covers from APOs 90, 127, 131, 151, 311, 578, 403, 454, 579* and 580. 2 are small package Thank You cards. AVE-F. (836)
72. France. 2 covers from sender with staff of U.S. 20th BPO APO 21. Slight soiling and tears. AVE-F. (746)
73. French Polynesia. Air mail stamped envelope with APO cancel only with year 1942. Sender Navy Unit 919 in BORA BORA. Navy censor. VF. (146)
74. German. 2 items from French POWs with camp censor handstamps, "Unoccupied Territory" handstamps and dumb cancels. 1 letter sheet with corner card STALAG II B Hammerstein 1943 with toning. Plus 1942 postcard STALAG IVG Oschatz. AVE-F. (723)
75. Germany. Air Mail Special delivery letter with 5 April 1945 APO 90 purple cancel. Sender 357 Inf. Unit censor.Also 1952 cover APO 169. Plus V-Mail APO 451 March 1945 Netherlands. F-VF. (146)
76. Germany. 10 covers U.S. APOs 8, 30 (2), 80, 84, 86, 97, 173, 339*, and 461. All 1945. 4 censored. Mixed. Mostly F. (746)
77. Great Britain. Cover with 2 1/2d stamp tied by Forest Gate 5 AUG 1940 cancel. To Red Cross Switzerland and endorsed RED CROSS POSTAL MESSAGE SCHEME. PC 90 censor tape. Opening tears. F. Similar cover with 3d stamp. (723)
78. Great Britain. 19 U.S. APO covers from APOs 4, 128, 150 (2), 413, 514, 518, 551 (5-4*), 554, 558, 560, 598, 634*, 875. Latter with 3 Transport stamps and Postage Due handstamp. 2 are small package Thank You cards. AVE-F. (836)
79. Great Britain. 60 covers U.S. APOs 929 (2), 30, 61 (4), 204 (2), 230* (3), 255, 316A (2), 407, 507, 519 (5-1 backstamped 14 BPO), 551, 558 (3-1 backstamped 14 BPO), 568, 569 (4), 586 (3), 587(4), 634 (7), 635 (2), 638 (3), 644 (2), 649 (2) and 887*. Also APO 8 Northern Ireland. Plus 2 postwar. Mostly F-VF. (746)
80. Great Britain. Air Mail cover with Dec. 23 1944 U.S. Navy cancel and censorship to soldier at APO 558 England forwarded to States with US Army 1 BPO 1945 cancel. Also 6¢ stamped air mail envelope from APO 558 with APO 130 1944 cancel. Plus 6¢ stamped air mail envelope from sender APO 937 with 1943 excised APO cancel from Alaska. F-VF. (106)
81. Great Britain. Photo card of Eiffel tower used by British soldier FPO 842 and shield censor. Plus OAS letter from RAF member to France with AU 1945 FPO 217 hand and 15 BPO machine cancels.used in Italy. Forwarded. AVE-F. (723)
82. Great Britain. Sender Radio Officer c/o New Zealand Shipping Co. London with 5¢ U.S. stamp tied by U.S. Navy 1944 cancel to England. U.S. civilian censor tape. Evidently from Merchant Marine and mailed in States? VF. (146)
83. Great Britain. Cover from U.S. sailor with open address Milford Haven, Wales to Sutton Coldfield. England with 5¢ U.S. stamp tied by U.S. Navy 1944 cancel and censor handstamp. F. (146)
84. Great Britain. Cover from U.S. sailor attached to Naval Attache Embassy of U.S. London. Navy censor handstamp. 6¢ Transport series tied by Navy cancel with only number 9. F. (146)
85. Great Britain. Northern Ireland. 9 covers with U.S. Navy 1943-44 cancels. Plus processed V-Mail. Good mix of senders from Navy 220. 2 roughly opened. Most air mail and F. (146)
86. Great Britain. Northern Ireland. 3 covers with JUN 1 1942 N. OPER'T BASE LONDONDERRY. cancels and 3 line Navy censor. 1 is British V for Victory Patriotic with slight toning. F-VF. (146)
87. Great Britain. Northern Ireland. Czubay APO NORTH IRELAND cachet with APO 813 FEB 10 1942 cancel and unit censor handstamp. F-VF. (146)
88. Greenland. V for Victory Patriotic used by member of 21 st Engineers (Aviation). American Base Forces APO 809 JAN 31 1942 cancel on 3¢ Defense series. Unit censor #902. VF. (146)
89. Greenland. 3 American Base Forces APO 809 Aug to Nov. 1941 cancels. 2 have cachets. All have unit censor 901 or 902. VF. (146)
90. Iceland. Patriotic with Churchill quote and planes with 6¢ Transport tied by AMERICAN BASE FORCES A.P.O. 810 NOV 12 1941 cancel and circular Army censor. VF. (146)
91. India 6 civilian covers to U.S. Various DHB and C censored handstamps. and tapes including 2 different red and white. AVE-F. (311)
92. India. #10 envelope with Wisconsin meter postage to India with 10 Vellore backstamps and Indian censor tape and handstamp DHD. 6 months in transit. Window envelope with name handwritten on glassine. AVE. (848)
93. India. 4 covers U.S. APOs 465 (2), 629* and 690. Plus APO 218 Burma. F-VF. (746)
94. India. 9 U.S. APO covers including 2 large Ballots. AVE-F. (819)
95. India. Letter to air man US APO 650. Not at 650. 630 tried. Not right. Backstamped APO 630 and 886 in India. Also straight line MISSENT TO APO 886 handstamp and others. Handling and staining. Not clear where delivered. Stamp creased. AVE. (039)
96. India. Small package Thank You card from sender APO 487. Plus stamped air mail envelope with APO 886 cancel from civilian USOWI. F. (836)
97. Iran. Air Mail cover with Jul 21 1943 APO cancel without APO#. Sender APO 523. Unit censored. F. (836)
98. Iran. 3 covers U.S. APOs 523(2) and 795. 1 #10 2 from HQ Persian Gulf. 1 Repaired. Also civilian Bahrein Petroleum at APO 795 A. Stamps have been removed before canceling and censoring. Some repair and toning. AVE. (746)
99. Iraq. Small cover to U.S. with stamp tied by faint Baghdad cancel. Boxed IRAQ censor handstamp in 3(?) languages. Paper Arabic censor tape. Small piece missing. AVE.-F. (643)
100. Italy. 3 Official penalty wrappers from U.S. APO 3 1944 to 23 General Hospital with hospital dated receipt stamp.. VF. Also APO 88 (2-1 repaired), and 520. AVE-F. (746)
101. Italy. 4 1942-43 Italian blue military cards with civilian cancels and open military addresses. 3 have handstamps. 2 have tiny staple holes. F. (424)
102. Italy. U.S. air mail stamped envelope with APO 251 APR 15 1944 cancel from member 1st Armored Division. Letter enclosed headed Anzio. . Plus 2 July 1945 covers APO 794. Also Free British FPO 577 1944 letter with 3 line boxed censor identified as 5th Div. Italy. Also 1960's postcard APO 221. Mostly F-VF. (848)
103. Italy. 3 U.S. APO covers from APOs 528*, 761 (Sender 761R), and 785. AVE-F. (836)
104. Italy . Book. Soft cover Italian Language Guide War Department TM 30-303. F-VF. (106)
105. Jamaica. Cover to U.S Marines Kingston with corner card of WEST INDIA OIL COMPANY Kingston with Jamaican 1/2d stamp tied by Kingston 14 MAY 1941 cancel. Various handstamps including VERIFIED USN, Naval Censor, U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION LITTLE GOAT ISLAND, etc.Slight toning. Also APO 804 cover DEC 17 1941 with censor and no sender. F-VF. (146)
106. Japan. China Occupation. Military postcard showing helmet and dove with message and handstamps. Identified as North China area Army Peking Unit 1840. SB $25.00 (129)
107. Japan. China Occupation. Photo card of Iwashimizu Hachman Temple from Kyoto 1940 with stamp and civilian cancel to North China HQ Homma Butai with message and handstamps SB $30.00 (129)
108. Japan. China Occupation. Special colored military postcard by artist Nakanura showing Navy ships and Junks in harbor and postally used from Central China Shanghai with message and handstamps. Mounting remnants on text side. F. SB $25.00 (129)
109. Japan. Special colored military postcard by artist Yabune showing mechanized unit. Issued by Army Relief Dept. Mint. VF. SB $15.00 (129)
110. Japan. Special colored military postcard by artist Mori showing camels in Occupied China Issued by Army Supply Office. Mint. VF. SB $10.00 (129)
111. Japan. Military postcard with message and handstamps. Identified as 345 Butai from Harbin City Manshu. SB $25.00 (129)
112. Japan. 6¢ stamped air mail envelope with October APO cancel with no year from sender APO 343. Letter enclosed dated September 25. Slight opening tears. F. (819)
113. Japan. 6¢ U.S.Transport air mail stamp with APO 500 VJ Day YOKOHAMA 2 SEP 1945 cancel. Sender with Mil. Gov. Sec. GHQ AFPAC. F-VF. (146)
114. Japan. 3 Official 8" by 10" U.S. Naval photographs of sinking of Mogami Class Japanese cruiser.with Release handstamp and description. Plus pamphlet for visit of historical ship H.I.M.S. MIKASA .printed around 1961. F-VF. (146)
115. Marianas. 7 U.S. APO covers Guam. APO 246 (2), 264-1947(?), Saipan APO 237 (2), and Tinian APO 247 (2). Mixed. (746)
116. Mexico. Scott C141 tied by Mexican Air mail cancel and Typed "OFFICIAL/FIRST DAY COVER with JUL 21 1944 of Mexican philatelic organization. U.S. censor tape. Years hard to read in handstamps but must be 1944. AVE-F. (643)
117. Midway. Special R.C.D.70 embossed cacheted cover for FIRST DAY CANCELLATION U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION MIDWAY ISLAND. MIDWAY DET. 3RD. DEF.BAT. FLEET MAR. FORCE AUG 1 1941 cancel F-VF. (146)
118. New Foundland. Grandy cacheted Patriotic with U.S. stamps tied by MAR DET ARGENTIA NEWFOUNDLAND DEC 4 1941 cancel. Navy censor. Some bleed through. F. (146)
119. New Foundland. Civilian sender NOB to Contractor NY. Navy censor. NAVAL OPR . BASE ARGENTIA NEWFOUNDLAND APR 24 1942 cancel. Cut slightly short on opening. F (146)
120. New Foundland. Civilian sender NOB to Fort Devens. U.S. Navy AUG 28 1942 cancel on 6¢ airmail stamped envelope. Plus 3 covers from Contractors G.A. Fuller with American BASE FORCES APO 801 A AUG 1941 to JAN 29 1942 cancels. 2 types. All have larger Navy censor. (146)
121. New Foundland. 3 Patriotics from Minkus, Muridge, and Grandy with NAVAL OPR BASE ARGENTIA MAR 16 1942 cancels. Navy censored. F-VF. (146)
122. New Foundland. 3 covers with NAVAL OPR BASE ARGENTIA MAR 16 to APR 6 1942 cancels. Navy censored. F-VF. (146)
123. New Foundland. R. C. D. 70 embossed First Day cancellation .U. S. Naval Air Station with AMERICAN BASE FORCES AP0. 801-A MAY 21 1941 cancel. (146)
124. New Foundland. Unidentified cacheted cover with AMERICAN BASE FORCES AP0. 801-B MAR 9 1942 cancel. F. (146)
125. New Foundland. 3 July -October 1941 covers with AMERICAN BASE FORCES AP0. 801-B and 801-C (2) cancels. Both C's have boxed Newfoundland censor and have inky cancels.1 Minkus cacheted. F. Also 1950 Navy OPR cancel with some letters missing and Spalding N.O.B. cachet. F. (146)
126. New Guinea. 13 covers U.S. APOs 198 (4), 322* with Navy cancel, 503 (5.--3 *), 928*, and 929* (2). (746)
127. New Hebrides. 28 covers U.S. APO 502. Good variety of senders and units including 3 Red Cross and 2 #10s. Most F-VF. (746)
128. New Zealand. American Red Cross envelope with 5¢ PREXIE and 1¢ Defense tied by U.S. Navy JUL 5 1943 cancel with Marines in killer and Navy Censor from sender 21st Marines. To soldier APO 639 forwarded to 634 and APO 813 machine cancel of Northern Ireland back stamp. F. (146)
129. New Zealand. Airgraph from New Zealand to England with New Zealand civilian cancel and DDA civilian censorship. No envelope. F-VF. (007)
130. North Africa. 6¢ stamped air mail envelope to wife(?) in Canada tied by U.S. APO 53X OCT 26 1943 cancel with British Daynes type A 500 British censor ??41. Could be Italy. F. (746)
131. Norway. European size FREE Penalty cover with corner card of HEADQUARTERS TASK FORCE "A"/ UNITED STATES ARMY/OFFICE OF COMMANDING GENERAL. Typed added Brigadier General Owen Summers/APO 544. APO 544 JULY 25 machine cancel. To Corporal APO 449. Someone has added in ink "My old C.O. from 33rd Inf. Fort Reed Trinidad". Opening tears. F. (146)
132. Philippines. 9 covers U.S. APOs 70*, 72 (5), 74 (2), 301 (Official). AVE-F. (746)
133. Philippines. 3 pamphlets from Official 1992 series The U.S. Army Campaign of World War II including Philippine Islands Leyte (2) and Papua. Mostly 24 pages each. Each has recommendations for further readings. VF. (146)
134. Philippines. U.S. 3¢ Corregidor stamp tied by Navy APR 4 1945 machine cancel and U.S.embossed red and yellow cachet of U.S. NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCE with Crosby like landing photo pasted on. Plus 1994 pamphlet for tour of Corregidor. VF. (146)
135. Russia. 2 stampless covers from Moscow 1944 and 1942 Backs have censor handstamps of Moscow #23 and 30. Roughly opened at one end. Does not disturb markings. (870)
136. Russia. 10 mint 3 1/2" by 8 " picture postcards with photos of Cruiser and museum Avrora. 7 in color. VF. (039)
137. Russia. Cover to U.S. with 2 Stamps tied by 20.6.42 Tomsk(?) cancels. back has 4 line Russian censor handstamp. Cancels hard to read. AVE-F. (311)
138. Samoa. Greeting card size cover with 3¢ stamp tied by PAGO PAGO NOV 20 1941 cancel and Navy censor. Sender at Camp Sam Nicholas. Slight tears and bending at top. Plus cacheted cover FDPS with PAGO PAGO TUTUILA STA SEP 16 1940 cancel. Also 1947 cover from Naval Station. F-VF (146)
139. Samoa. 4 covers:22nd Marines Reinforced Naval Construction Company; 2 from Marine Colonel 1942-1 has USMC 825 as sender; and registered from Third Marine Brigade with Marine Corps 305 BR backstamps. 3 #10. (146)
140. St. Lucia. 2 cacheted covers with MAR DET ST.LUCIA WINDWARD ISLANDS 1941 CANCELS with BRITISH /WEST INDIES in killer. 1 with Marine Detachment cachet. Other with Lend lease map cachet. Plus 2 1941 covers with APO 805 cancel. 1 censored. Some gum bleed through. AVE-F. (146)
141. Switzerland. Cover with St. Gotthard Fortress military mail handstamp to Zurich. No date. F.(723)
142. Switzerland. Special "Blue Cross" Soldier's House cover for Internees. Trilingual Swiss censor tape on back. Front with general Internee and Camp # 368 handstamps F. (723)
143. Trinidad. Cover from APO 695 and 6¢ stamped air mail cover with Navy cancel and censor from Section Base Fleet 117. F-VF. (746)
144. Trinidad. R. C. D. 70 cacheted cover for Flag Day AMERICAN BASE FORCES APO 803 A Trinidad AMERICAN BASE FORCES APO 803 JUN 14 1914 cancels and unit censored. Back had 5 cancels including 4 U.S.S. BREESE including PARCEL POST, REGISTERED, normal (2 different dates), and ordinary Navy with no name. Most Nov. 11 1941. (146)
145. Trinidad. Czubay Map Lend Lease cachet with stamp tied by NAVAL AIR STATION TRINIDAD BR JAN 29 1942 cancel. Plus AMERICAN BASE FORCES APO *803A DEC 31 1941 cancel and unit censor. Also card with MAR DET TRINIDAD APR 14 1941 cancel. and cover with NAVAL OPERATING BASE TRINIDAD 1947 cancel.. Slight gum bleeding. F-VF. (146)
146. Trinidad. Commercial size cover with corner card of U.S. Engineer OFFICE APO 803 PORT OF SPAIN.15¢ map air mail tied by AMERICAN BASE FORCES APO 803 DEC 19 1941 machine cancel and local censor. Slight wrinkling. F.(146)
147. Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy "Historical Film" color movie of Pearl Harbor DEC 7, 1942 for home viewing. VF. .(146)
148. Pearl Harbor. 11 colored copies cut from Chicago Tribune news paper. Most are against treatment of General Short and Admiral Kimmel and Congressional hearings. VF. (146)
149. Exploded matchbook covers without matches for SHAEF, Manchester NH Air Base, Officer's Mess Will Roger's Field, U.S. Army; Key Field, Meridean Miss.; Army Air Base Bangor, Maine, Army Air Base Windsor Locks Ct.; SAC, West Point, Hotel Thayer West Point; Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, New York Ordnance District. F. .(146)
150. Book. History of the 861st ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION 1942-1945. Mostly Great Britain including POW Camp construction. 62 pages. About 4 pages scribbled on by kid in pencil? F. (146)
151. Red Cross Corner card of Camp Grant, ILL. ROCKFORD ILL APR 9 1942 cancel. Sent free by Private with Japanese name Yasuo Tanaka. F.
(146)
152. Free cover from Army hospital ship BLANCHE F. SIGMAN with DEC 1944 Brooklyn cancel. Slight wrinkles. F. (146)
153. Air Force Bases. 6 Free covers from bases with civilian cancels.1 with corner card. (848)
154. Air Force Bases. 12 covers from various locations. 8 are colored tourist cards. F-VF. (836)
155. Army Bases. 13 covers with Fort, Camp, or Field in cancels. Only 1 double. Also #10 Penalty with 1934 Fort Crook cancel.and tears. Plus 1958 Fort Dix photo cad. AVE-F. (848)
156. Army Bases. 14 covers from various locations. 6 have Fort etc. in cancel. 2 are small package Thank You cards. 7 are colored tourist cards.1 from WAC. F-VF. (836)
157. Army Bases. 6 Free covers from bases with civilian cancels. 1 with corner card. (848)
158. Not Used
159. 11 different mostly Free covers.1 with Veterans Hospital cancel. F-VF. (848)
160. Alaska. 3 covers APOs 726 (wrinkles), 935, and 948. AVE-F. Plus 1962 USA Arctic Test Board. VF. (746)
161. Alaska. Air mail cover Ft. Richardson to Tenn. with Fort Richardson APR 13 1942 machine cancel. Provisional arrow head censor stamp . Back has Dog sled cachet. Small piece missing. and slight staining. Plus 1943 air mail stamped envelope from sender 8th Special Batt. Section 2. F-VF. (146)
162. Canal Zone. #10 penalty envelope privately used by soldier 5th Infantry with 2 3¢ Canal Zone stamps tied by Paraiso C.Z. MAY 13 1942 cancel and "race track"unit censor. Cover with 2 3¢ Canal Zone stamps tied by FORT SHERMAN C.Z. FEB 17 1942 cancel with early rectangular censor. Plus cover with 6¢ Transport tied by Army APO cancel FEB 17 1943 without number. Sender Fleet Air Wing Three 6th Bomber Command APO 825 with Navy censor. F-VF. (146)
163. Hawaii. 2 air mail covers from sender 156 Station Hospital APO 960. Each with early double circle Army censor. 1 with NOV 3 1942 APO cancel without APO. Other similar without year. 2 circular "blobs:near censor that may be part of process. F. (146)
164. Hawaii. 19 covers.10 Hospital Navy 10. Also COMDESPAC, 6 Base Depot, Transient Center, 7 DEF Bn, 5th Mar Div., 26 Marines, MAG 23 with unusual Naval censor, 2 Navy 10009 1947. Plus CASU 31 photo. F-VF. (146)
165. Hawaii. #10 cover from Capt. Marine Barracks Pearl Harbor. 2 3¢ PREXIES tied by unusual APR 22 Navy hand cancel with unclear year and early 1 line PASSED BY CENSOR handstamp. Soiling around edges. F. (146)
166. Hawaii. 19 covers U.S. APOs 7 (3), 24, 25*, 27 (2), 309 (2 Official #10), 953*, 957* (3), 961 (4). Also 1946 and 1957 items. (746)
167. Puerto Rico. Air mail cover with San Juan MAR 21 1942 cancel tying Transport stamp. Sender with 66 C.A. (A. A. ) Black and white Army censor tape tied by rectangular Sector Censor plus race track censor. Opening tears. Soiling on back. F.(146)
168. 5 cacheted covers including JLL-33 and JLL-100 (2) and 2 not identified. All with 1 line printed message THE WAR ENDS TODAY PEACE IS HERE with 3¢ Victory stamp tied by V-J day SEP 2 1945 cancel. 1 with slight gum bleed through. F-VF. (146)
169. Fluegel colored cover for meeting of 5th and 7th Army on Brenner Pass. MAY 4 1945 WASHINGTON D.C. cancel on "WIN THE WAR" stamp. Plus Teixera 1st Div cachet with APO 1 ?1945 cancel. Date not clear but probably Germany with gum bleed through. F-VF. (146)
WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES NAVAL
170. #10 cover from U.S.S. MERAK with Charleston S.C. JUN 2 1942 NAVY YARD cancel. Unusual semi-circular censor handstamp.Cover torn in opening away from markings. F.(848)
171. Japan. 6¢ stamped envelope with 2 line cancel CANCELED/U.S.NAVY SEPT `14 9(?)45. Sender USSCCS(C) 3-6. I can't make out all of writing but you specialist should know what this comes from. F. (039)
172. Free cover and 1¢ Lincoln Postcard with Navy NOV 7 1945 13031 BR cancels Assigned to Whidbey NAS Washington. Card has message to and from well known collector Dr. Kretzler from fellow collector. AVE-F. (836)
173. Mint Air Mail envelope with photo cachet for U.S.S. NEW MEXICO Sagami Bay V-J Day. VF (106)
174. 3 embossed cacheted covers with history of U.S.S. RUBEN JAMES. 1 with U.S.S. BRISTOL OCT 30 1942 with Rbn James/Sunk 1 Year in killer. 1940 Norfolk cancels and U.S.S. WASHBURN 1948. Slight toning. F. (146)
175. #10 cover from U.S.S. MERAK with Charleston S.C. JUN 2 1942 NAVY YARD cancel. Unusual semi-circular censor handstamp.Cover torn in opening away from markings. F.(848)
176. Bases. Navy. 8 Free covers. 1 larger than # 10 Penalty. Plus 2 1948 and 1962. AVE-F. (848)
177. 2 covers from WAVE Officer Naval Training Station Cedar Falls, Iowa. Corner. Card says W-A-V-E-S. Sent FREE with Navy MAR 26 1943 cancels. Each cover has black silhouette of WAVE pasted on. VF. (146)
178. Marines. 3 cacheted covers. 2 with Marine cancels including AMPHIBIOUS FORCE ATLANTIC FLEET JAN 16 1942 and MARINE BARRACKS PHILADELPHIA JUL 4 1943. Also Navy cancel with Cherry Point Marine cachet. F-VF. (146)
179. Marines. 2 1944 air mail covers from Marine detachments U.S.S. U.S. GRANT and U.S.S. COLUMBIA. .1 Navy censored. F. (146)
180. Marines. 3 covers First Marine Division (2), Camp Eliot, and 7 Marines cancels from units in States. 3#10. F. (146)
181. Marines. 9 covers from Pharmacist Medical Bn. 1 st. M.A.C. (New Caledonia?), 1st Mar, Div. (New Guinea-3), (New Britain-4.) AVE-F. (836)
182. Marines. 9 covers.5 from Lt. 6 Marines 2d. Division. 4 Saipan plus 1 January 1946 Japan. Also different senders 8th Marines-Saipan, 4th Marines (2-Russel Islands) and 33rd Replacement Bn.in U.S. AVE-F. (836)
183. Merchant Marine. 8 covers with 1945 Navy cancels and same sender SS---ALCOA SSCo. Other same sender S.S CAPE PERPUTUAAM. PRES Lines but year not clear. 3 have civilian cellophane censor tape including one THMA. F-VF. (146)
184. Merchant Marine. Airmail stamped envelope with Navy APR 20 1945 cancel to Florida. Sender on S.S. JOS. S MCDONAGH FPO New Orleans. Civilian censor tape. and 3 line Referred to customs handstamp on back. Someone has added in pencil that letter was mailed from Philippines. Torn and some stains. F. (146)
185. Large size book U.S.S. BATAAN 1 AUG 1943-17 October 1945.. 220 pages. Mostly photos many in color. Also roster of men who served. VF. SB $125.00 (146)
186. Official Navy Department booklet PERSONAL AFFAIRS OF NAVAL PERSONNEL AND AID FOR THEITR DEPENDENTS AUG 1944. 60 pages. Including paragraphs on use of air mail and V-Mail. VF. (146)
WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES APO'S
187. USO card to soldier APO 953 New York from Fort Crockett 1944. Normal Returned to Writer "finger" and 2 line "No such APO served by/Postmaster, New York". Back has New York Grand Central cancel and NYPE Army Directory handstamp. Has been folded at one time. F. (819)
188. 20 covers with APO in address and civilian cancels from APOs 29, 30 (2), 35,77 (2), 88, 89 with corner card 354th Inf., 94, 103, 258, 309 (3), 402 (2), 447 and 448 with corner card of Camp McCain Plus 2 from Divisions 1942-43 without APO. 3 #10. Mostly F. (746)
189. 2 colored tourist cards used by APO 79 in Tennessee and 89 in Colorado. Plus 2 covers with corner card and cancel of Camp Van Dorn and letters. One from APO 449 with mimeographed Christmas Eve message to troops of Commanding Officer 370 F.A. Bn. December 24 1942. F-VF. (836)
190. Desert Training. 3 covers C/O Postmaster Los Angeles.with 1943 APO cancels without numbers from APOs 439 (2-1 has drawing of air plane and 3 2¢ Defense stamp as postage). Plus unclear cover written over APO from 951 F.A. Bn. F-VF. (746)
UNITED NATIONS
191. Mideast . Swedish Forces. Special Swedish military stamped envelope with Swedish Battalion Mid-East 5.11.44 cancel. Non-philatelic. F-VF. (295)
192. UNDOF. Canadian Forces. Christmas card from Commanding Officer with UN 12/18/98 cancel. Plus cover with UNDOF 30.03.98 cancel with colored postcard of Canadian Military plane enclosed with same cancel. Also same cancel on same card. VF. (295)
193. UNDOF. Polish Forces. Cover signed by Commanding Officer with 2 large handstamped UNDOF red cachets. No cancel or date. VF. (295)
194. UNDOF. Official #10 cover with corner card of UN DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE to Finland. UNDOF 12/13/1993 cancel. Slight tear. F. (295)
195. UNFICYP. Cyprus. Austrian Forces. 2 covers:1 with cancel UNFICYP AUSCON 1501 a 7.10.78 on Austrian stamps to Sweden with circular 1501 FAMAGUSTA FELDPOST hand stamp. Also blank card with Austrian stamp tied by special commemorative cancel for 5th year of UNFICYP/AUSCON 13.II.1981. VF. (295)
196. UNFICYP. Cyprus. Canadian Forces. 2 covers. 1 air mail with CFPO 1966 cancels from sender with address CFPO 5001. Plus official #10 Canadian Defense envelope with handstamps of Canadian Contingent Cyprus with CFPO 5001 1985 cancel. Apparently non-philatelic. F-VF. (295)
197. UNFICYP. Cyprus. Danish Forces. #10 air mail cover franked with Danish stamp tied by 1966 Copenhagen cancel plus DANCON UNFICYP 21 MAJ 1966 cancel. Sender HQ DANCONV etc. Opening tears near stamp. Has been folded. Non-philatelic. AVE. (295)
198. UNFICYP. Cyprus. Finnish Forces. #10 Cyprus business envelope used by Finnish soldier to Finland with Finnish stamp tied by Finnish 1976 UNFICYP 1976 cancel. Non-philatelic. F. (295)
199. UNIFIL. Lebanon. Ghana Forces. Cover to Ghana with UNIFIL corner card with circular GHANBATT HEADQUARTERS UNIFIL and oval GHANBATT ORDERLY ROOM MAR 22 1998 handstamps. VF. (295)
200. UNIFIL. Lebanon. Irish Forces. Cover to Canada with UN 30 DEC 2000 UNIFIL cancel with slight blurring of date and double oval handstamp of Adjutant Irish Battalion DEC 2000. F. (295)
201. UNIFIL. Lebanon. Netherlands Forces. UN envelope with VELDPOST 2.XII.79 cancel and 2 line PORT BETALD/ VELDPOST UTRECHT handstamp. VF. (295)
202. UNIFIL. Lebanon. Polish Forces. 2 covers. 1 with hexagonal UNIFIL POLLOG 7.04.94 and U.N. BASE PO 09 MAR 1995 NAQURA Lebanon dated handstamps. Other has Naquira handstamp 30.JAN 1997 with Polish Priesthood and fancy UNIFIL handstamps. Both have Warsaw 60 meters with 1 on gummed label. VF. (295)
203. UNIKOM. Canadian Forces. #10 envelope with colored cachet of 28th Field Squadron and UNIKOM, Canadian stamps tied by CFPO 5006 29.IV. 1993 cancel. Unaddressed. VF. (295)
204. UNMEE. Canadian Forces. Ethiopia and Eriteria 3 2001. covers. 2 with letters enclosed. 2 with CFPO 5108 cancels on Canadian stamps. 1 with UN cancel. Different senders. Non-philatelic. VF. (295)
205. UNMIH. Canadian Forces. Haiti. 2 #10 envelopes. 1 FREE with UNMNIH 1/14/1997 cancel and corner card of CP 5057 OP STABLE. Plus National Defense envelope with Canadian stamp tied by CFPO 5057 NOV 28 with illegible year. Non-philatelic. F-VF. (295)
206. UNOSOM. German Forces. Somalia. Cover with corner card GAF (German Air Force) signed by pilot with FELDPOST 732 24.12.93 cancel on German stamp. Back has 4 line handstamp of command at DJIBOUTI and UNOSOM II label. VF. (295)
207. UNPROFOR. French Forces. Bosnia. Cover with boxed handstamp of Commander of 2d Company of 2 R.I.Ma.in French and unboxed 2 lines in English of Commander with UNPROFOR MAY 4 1994 cancel. VF. (295)
208. UNPROFOR.Netherlands Forces. Bosnia. Cover with hard to read sender's particulars on back with UTRECT NAPO 80 28.XI.97 meter cancel. Appears to be family letter. F. (295)
209. UNPROFOR.Turkish Forces. Bosnia. Cover with British stamp tied by 57-(?) British Field Post cancel 16 JL 1995 from Turkish Major HQ BFPO 548 UK.said to be Sarajevo . (295)
210. UNPROFOR.Ukrainian Forces. Bosnia. Cover with Ukrainian UN Contingent 1994 label tied by Ukrainian 10.12.94 cancel and UKRBAT 1 GORAZDE Bosnia and Ukrainian Contingent in UNPROFOR handstamps. Plus1996 Bosnian SFOR Ukrainian label tied by Ukrainian 10.12.96 cancel with SFOR First Day 19.12.1996 handstamp with Cyrillic sender and cachets. Both have map with Sarajevo highlighted. Also Russian card overprinted for UN sent registered with MOLDOVA 18.06.95 cancel. F-VF. (295)
211. UNTAC . Netherlands Forces. Cambodia. Air mail letter sent Free with VELDPOST 17.VIII.92 47 cancel from sender NL DET UNTAC NAPO 60. Non-philatelic. VF. (295)
212. UNTSO . Canadian Forces. Jerusalem. #10 like air mail envelope with colored corner card of UNTSO HQ with Israeli stamp with a 1992 cancel.to Sweden. F. (295)
213. Albania. Austrian Forces. Cover with corner card of Fieldpostmaster/SEITNER SIEGFRIED/ A-1503 ATHUM/ALBA Austrian stamp tied by Vienna 1g 1.7.99 1150 cancel. VF. (295)
214. Albania. Czechoslovakian Forces. Cover to Germany with 6 POLNI NEMOCNICE straight line and 2 different circular handstamps. Torn Albanian stamp tied by partial 1998 DUB... POST... cancel. AVE. (295)
215. Canada. 2 cacheted covers for 1964 visit of Canadian Aircraft Carrier H.M.C.S.. BONAVENTURE. Canadian and U.S. Naval cancels. VF. (146)
216. Central Africa. Canadian Forces. Cover with Canadian stamp tied by CFPO 5001 12/16/1998 cancel and handstamp of Canadian Contingent CCRCA. VF. (295)
217. China. 7 covers believed to be U.S. units in China including Navy 12867 DEC 1945 1 st. Mar Div.; 4th Mar. 1946 Navy 12922 (2); Navy 14001 1946 cancel and handstamp of NAVAL MAIL CLERK 3rd BN.(REIN) 4th MAR, VMSB 244 with MCPO 715 cancel and unclear year. Plus 2 with U.S.S.PICKAWAY 1950 cancel from 7th Marines. MIXED. (146)
218. Cyprus. Special cacheted cover for Battle of Britain Festival showing British modern and WWII planes over Cyprus. British stamp tied by special battle BFPO 1139 10 OCT 70 cancel. Unaddressed. Back has handstamps for delivery by Parachutist. VF. (295)
219. Czechoslovakia. Special multi-colored postcard of Postal museum showing UN Peace keeper. Special UN Prag 4.3.2000 cancel. VF. (295)
220. East Timor. Australian Forces. #10 like cover with Postage Paid Australia Australian Forces Post Office 5 handstamp and A.F.P.O. 5 2 7 NOV 1999 Australia cancel. No sender. VF. (295)
221. East Timor. German Forces. Airmail cover with cachet of Humanitarian Aid for East Timor UNAMET/INTERFET. Australian Arctic stamps tied by undated handstamp for uncanceled mail. No sender. VF. (295)
222. Egypt. Air Mail cover sent registered to U.S. 6 stamps. Arabic censor tape.used in 1953. Some cancels hard to read. F. (643)
223. Eriterea. Ethiopia. 2 1962 official photo cards of Olympic Airways and Ethiopian Airlines. Each with U.S. stamps and APO 843 cancels. Some of cancels hard to read. F-VF. (848)
224. France. 2 Paris View cards sent Free in 1969 with uncommon U.S. APO 09777 meter handstamps. F-VF. (848)
225. Ethiopia. 5 attractively franked air mail covers with U.S. APO 843 1963 cancels. Plus 2 registered #10 covers from Portugal to APO 09843 in 1963 with registry APO backstamps. Opening tears. AVE-F. (848)
226. France. 2 covers with different corner cards and handstamps of Ministry of War Veterans and Victims(723). Sent Free with special commemorative 1952 machine cancel honoring Colonial troops. (723)
227. France. 8 cacheted covers for 1950-55 visits of French Navy Carriers to U.S. including ARROMANCHES (2), DIXMUDE (3), FOCH, and LAFAYETTE (2). All have French Carrier and U.S. ship cancels. F-VF. (146)
228. Germany.1950-1953. Travel orders for U.S. Sgt. to Berlin and back to ?. Form in English and Russian. Plus Request for Leave for Same Sgt. APO 46 to Italy. Also American Express Ticket with enclosures from Heidelberg. to Italy. Picture 3 Sgts. Heidelberg 1951. Mimeographed issue of USS CALLAN Troopship on voyage to Europe 1951. 2 picture cards with 2 PREXIES and 1950 APO 178A and 1953 APO 757 cancels. F-VF. (643)
229. Germany. Special multicolored cacheted cover for German American Friendship week 1962 German Europa stamp tied by Wiesbaden Friendship week cancel and U.S. stamp tied by APO 633 also in Wiesbaden. Plus German and American Freedom Bell cancels. VF. Also cover APO 633 1948 from OMGUS Hessen and 3 other 1962-64 APO covers and 2 postwar 1945 APO covers to/from Austria and 1 possible Austria. (746)
230. Germany. British Forces BFPOs 328 (2), 432 (2), 774, 987 and 994. Also 1973(?) cover with handstamp of German Army Training Center CASTLEMARTIN. Plus 5 unclearor after my sources. AVE-F. (848)
231. Germany. British Forces. 8 1999-2000 covers to German business addresses. 5 have special Feldpost rate handstamp. All have British stamps and are from 154 (2), 209 (2), 432, 461, 575,1309 and 3 hard to read dates. 6 commercial #10 like envelopes. AVE-F (856)
232. Germany. U.S. Forces. 1960 stampless cover from Hof with all writing in German mailed to American Headquarters in Germany Heidelberg. Endorsed "Gebühr Bezahlt" and to be paid by recipient. No other markings except crayon 30 for postage due. Small staple holes. Not clear what happened to letter.F. (594)
233. Great Britain 9 mostly 1954-60 U.S. APO covers. 4 are large 1960 ballots. 2 are #10's.(819)
235. Great Britain. 2 cacheted covers for 1953 visit of H.M.S. PERSUEUS and 1969 visit of H.M.S. EAGLE. British and U.S. Naval cancels. VF. (146)
236. Greece. 3 1952-54 USAPO covers with APO 206 cancels. from different senders. Plus 1945 APO 113 cover (Belgium), and colored card Tucson Depot, APO 406 1955 -Azores, Italian WWI soldier photo(?), and 1949 Air base. Mostly F. (643)
237. Greece 3 U.S. APO covers. APO 223-1957, 858-1952, and 09223 1960. AVE. (819)
238. Greenland. SAS colored with native picture card "SAS the Global Airline-first over the Pole". Cachet of U.S. Arctic Air Base Thule with 3 Greenland stamps tied by Thule 1957 (?) cancel. (007)
239. Hong Kong. British air mail envelope in 4 languages from British soldier 72 LAA Regt. R.A. BAPO #1 with FPO 701 7 DE 53 cancel on 2 1/2d Coronation issue. Opening tears. F. (848)
240. Iceland. 2 #10 covers from Headquarters Iceland Defense Force APO 811951 or 57. 1 has torn stamp and toning. AVE-F. (746)
241. India. Free Forces mail envelope to England with Provisional R50 3 JAN 46 Indian cancel. Slight wear. F. (819)
242. India. Unaddressed Official envelope with special colored cachet 60th year since 1933 of founding of No. 1 Squadron. Special Indian postage stamp tied by special cancel. VF. (039)
243. Israel. 3 stamped U.S envelopes with 1980-81 US APO cancels 09672 (Tel Aviv), 09673 (Ramoh), and 09674 (Wadi Ouda). VF. (836)
244. Japan. 6 covers with AIR MAIL/HUBBA HUBBA hand cachets and APO 201 1953 cancels. Plus 3 APO 201 1952 and 3 309-1 1952 cancels same correspondence. (746)
245. Japan. 5 early covers different senders including APOs 239-2* with no year, 301-1947, 468-1946, 500-1945 official , and 547 1945. Also APO 245* JUN 1945 censored Ryukus. AVE-F. (746)
246. Japan. 100 air mail covers from same sender with APO 201 1952 machine cancels. F-VF. (746)
247. Japan. 73 air mail covers from same sender with APO 201 1952 machine cancels. Plus 36 air mail covers to same soldier. F-VF. (746)
248. Japan. 6 colored local photo cards used by member of U.S. military in 1950's and 60's.U.S. stamps and military cancels. 3 Japanese cards but mailed elsewhere. Plus 2 others. Mostly F-VF. (643)
249. Japan 14 large 1960 ballot covers from U.S. APOs 323 (2), 328 (4), 500 (2), 704, 929, 994 (4). F-VF. (819)
250. Lebanon. Israeli Forces. Special printed post card from Japan concerning well being of 3 people arrested by Israeli Forces in 2000. 3 line boxed dated handstamp in Hebrew indicating item x-rayed. To Israeli Major General Lubrani in in Tel Aviv. coordinator of Activities in Lebanon VF. (883)
251. Lebanon. Israeli Forces. Air letter from High School in U.S. with handwritten message on behalf of Amnesty International about 3 people in detention by Israeli Forces in 2000. 3 line boxed dated handstamp in Hebrew indicating item x-rayed. To Israeli Major General Lubrani in in Tel Aviv. coordinator of Activities in Lebanon VF. (883)
252. Lebanon. Israeli Forces. 5 covers from Australia, England (2),Germany, and U.S.. To Israeli Major General Lubrani in in Tel Aviv coordinator of Activities in Lebanon. Most likely contained letters on Human rights etc. 4 have 3 line boxed dated handstamp in Hebrew indicating item x-rayed. VF. (883)
253. Lebanon. Israeli Forces.2 1999-2000 covers from Japan and Switzerland. To General Lahad of South Lebanese Army c/o Lt. General Mufasz Chief of General Staff Tel Aviv Most likely contained letters on Human rights etc. Both have 3 line boxed dated handstamp in Hebrew indicating item x-rayed. VF. (883)
254. Lebanon. Israeli Forces. 1998 covers from Eire To General Lahad of South Lebanese Army c/o Lt. General Mufasz Chief of General Staff Tel Aviv. Most likely contained letter on Human rights etc. Earlier type triangular dated handstamp in Hebrew. F. (883)
255. Mozambique. German Forces. Special cacheted cover for Flood "Catastrophe". German stamp tied by special 31.1.2000 cancel for Mozambique. Flood Relief Handstamp with facsimile signature of Parliamentary State Secretary. Kolbow. VF. (295)
256. Nepal.Special multicolored cacheted FDC for Royal Nepalese Army in UN Missions stamp. VF. (295)
257. Palau Islands. 3¢ Merchant Marine stamp tied by U.S. MILITARY GOVT. UNIT PALAU ISLANDS JUN 14 1947 cancel. VF. (146)
258. Palestine. Free cover to England with British FIELDPOSTOFICE 1 15 AP 46 cancel. 6 top hard to read. Envelope made from British military form in English with some Arabic. Part of flap missing but sender with Royal Signal A/Tk MEF 14.4.46. AVE. .RES $5.00 (408)
259. Palestine. Free cover to England with British FIELDPOSTOFICE 123 121 MR 47 cancel. Cover forwarded with civilian cancel on back. Flap torn. Sender with H.Q. 15/19 HUSSARS M.E.L.F. Some toning and wear. AVE. RES $5.00 (408)
260. Palestine. Stamped air mail cover to England with British FIELDPOSTOFICE 789 cancel and unclear particulars. Sender 6 A/B Div Sig Rgt British Troops in Palestine. RES $5.00 (408)
261. Palestine. Stamped air mail cover to England with British FIELDPOSTOFICE 266 12 MR 48 cancel. Proud lists as Egypt. Sender ARGYLE SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS Palestine. Slight tears. F. RES $5.00 (408)
262. Palestine Authority. Special #10 envelope for T.I.P.H.II (Temporary International Presence in Hebron) via Jerusalem. to Belgium. 7 Palestine Authority Olympic stamps tied by Hebron 10.10.98 cancels and 3 ITALCON handstamps. VF. (295)
263. Saudi Arabia. 1971 cover with APO 09616 cancel. Plus large 1952 Ballot cover APO 616. F-VF. (819)
264. Saudi Arabia. 2 covers and 1 card with 1996 cancels of U.S. APO 09852. 1 on Saudi tax (?) stamp, 1 on U.S. Officially sealed label, and card is UN stamp Advertisement. All unaddressed. VF. (129)
265. Singapore. 1965 machine cancel on 1961 National Day stamp to Austria with Singapore Infantry Regiment handstamp. F. (039)
266. Turkey.Cover from U.S. to U.S. Capt. at TUSLOG Det. 676 APO 09380 franked with "B" stamp and with large 7 line Return to Sender handstamp and 1981 cancel. Backstamped with APO 09380 hand cancel. F-VF. (106)
267. Turkey. Special exploded registered air mail "POSTAGE AND FEES PAID" official cover from US APO 254 to U.S. Backstamped with MOB cancels APO 254 1963 plus New York cancels and Bank receipt stamp. F. (746)
268. United States. Most Missile related. 2 1958 covers with cancels of White Sands Missile range. Also 2 #10 cover with 1973 and 1981 Saipan cancels. Last from Coast Guard station. F-VF. (848)
269. United States.Special cacheted cover with special cancel for 1952 Exercise Snow Fall at Camp Drum. Plus 9 home bases and Alaska. Also 3 WWII including well traveled greeting card size. Plus a few stamp cut squares. AVE. (848)
270. United States. Air Force Bases. 11 mostly 2¢ 1952-54 postal cards . Evidently project where collector sent card to clerks and asked for return with Base MOB cancel. Most also have civilian cancel. Heavy duplication. F-VF. (848)
I have had some difficulty validating seller's definition of period in Former Yugoslavia. I'll do my best to state what I think they are. However this is not my collecting area and as time has gone on it seems to be more and more confusing
271. Belgian Forces. Cover with handstamp of BELGIAN ARMED FORCES UN/IFOR with corner card handstamp of 2 Bn Cdo/FLAWINNE with ALLIED HARBOUR/BELLSSA GROUP Added in pen and handstamp and signature of Adjt. No dated cancel. Has ink spray notation of postal automation machines. F. (295)
272. Canadian Forces. Cover to Belgium with Canadian stamp tied by CFPO 5003 11.XII.1996 cancel and UN 11.12.1996 cancel and English/Russian IFOR handstamp. VF. (295)
273. Polish Forces. Cover with handstamp of POLBAT NORDBRIG IFOR with Polish Warsaw 60 type meter cancel. No sender. VF. (295)
274. Turkish Forces. Stamped envelope with corner card of Turkish UN force. Sender with NATO IFOR HQ/Sarajevo. Ankara 18.3.9- cancel. Addressee's address has glue(?) remnants. Back has standard Turkish NATO routing handstamp with 8 entries. F. (295)
275. Austrian Forces. Cover with regular and automation Austrian stamps both tied by AUSCON KFOR 13.12.99 1503 b cancels. To Germany with no sender. VF. (295)
276. British Forces. Cover with weak cancel on British stamp with OPERATION/AGRICOLA and UK Forces/IN KOSOVO handstamps. Plus handstamp and signature of Adjutant 1st BN Royal Irish Regiment. AVE. (295)
277. Canadian Forces. Cover with UN 11/26/1999 UN cancel with label of Princess Patricia's Light Infantry from Sgt. OPKINETIC Box 5140. VF. (295)
278. Canadian Forces. #10 envelope from 1st. Bn. The Royal Canadian regiment with at Petawa Base. Letter enclosed from Commanding Officer after return from Kosovo with 15 JUN 2000 date on letter. VF. (295)
279. German Forces.2 covers with German stamps:1 with large and small Feldpostamt Tetovo handstamps tied by 731 FELDPOST 22.1.00 f cancels. 2 with slightly blurred handstamp showing map locating PRIZEREN with KFOR and GECONFOR insignias with 731 FELDPOST 23.5.00 i cancel. F-VF. (295)
280. Italian Forces. Italian stamp tied by ITALFOR KOSOVO 27.9.99 cancel. to Germany. Handstamp of BRIGATA MULTINAZIONALE WEST/COMMANDO. VF. (295)
281. Italian Forces. Italian stamp tied by ITALFOR KOSOVO 11.3.2000 (?) cancel. to Germany. KFOR Russian/English handstamp. F. (295)
282. Netherlands Forces. Cover to Germany with Netherlands NAPO 500 18.5.99 meter cancel and no sender. Slight clip marking. F. (295)
283. Norwegian Forces. Cover with Norwegian stamp tied by FELTPOST 100A 11.11.99 cancels No sender. VF. (295)
284. United States Forces. Cacheted cover for UN in Kosovo. Endorsed Operation Hawk U.S. NATO and flag stamps tied by APO AE 09348 8 JUL 1999 cancel. VF. (295)
285. Austrian Forces. Letter to Germany with special Austrian stamp honoring Feldpost Overseas tied by special IFOR/SFOR AUSLOG cachet. VF. (295)
286. Austrian Forces. Letter to Canada with Austrian stamps tied by AUSLOG SFOR 1502 14.3.98 cancel. Circular AUSLOG SFOR VISIKO handstamp and 4 line handstamp of Fieldpostmaster Beluga Camp. F. (295)
287. Canadian Forces. 3 FREE covers. 2 from Operation Echo with UN 1999 4 19 and Canadian CFPO 5047 9 23 1999 cancels. Plus cover from Major Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group Camp Zgon Op Palladium Roto 3 CFPO 5003 and 12/22/98 UN cancel. Also cover with UN 03 16 1999 cancel from Box 5002. F-VF. (295)
288. Canadian Forces. Cover with Canadian stamp tied by CFPO 5112 5/118/2001 cancel. From Public Affairs Officer 3 RCR Battle Group OP Palladium Box 5003 SFOR with VR1 label on front. Letter enclosed with same insignia letter explains duties and size of force and Web Site for OP PALLADIUM. VF. (295)
289. Canadian Forces. 3 stampless covers with UN cancels 7/21/2000 to 3/21/2001 from Forces CFPO 5003 (2), and 5112 OP Palladium SFOR with interesting letters enclosed. Discuss geography and infrastructure improvements, etc.1 Defense #10. (295)
290. Czechoslovakian Forces.Cover to Germany with 2 uncanceled Czech stamps and British stamp with faint BFPO 1027 cancel. Front has attractive SFOR CZECH BATTALION BOSNIA 1998-1999 handstamp. Also red unit handstamp 7. MECHANIZOVANY PRAPOR Sender on back Commander/CZECH LO/HQ MND (SW)/ BANJA LUKA. BFPO 553. AVE. (295)
291. Finnish Forces. Cover to Canada with Finnish stamp tied by slightly blurred FINCON SFOR 10.5.99 cancel. F. (295)
292. French Forces. Cover to Netherlands with 2 line handstamp of Signal section with French stamp tied by BUREAU POSTAL MILITAIRE 660 16.04.97 cancel. VF. (295)
293. German Forces. 2 covers with Field Post Office handstamps:1 with 731 Feldpost 23.10.99 b cancel on German stamp with Feldpostamt Mostar handstamp and . 2nd with FELDPOST 730 a 21.11.99 cancel on German stamp. VF. (295)
294. German Forces. Cover with handstamp of Stabilization Force/Einsatzgeschwader 1/ Luftwaffe. Italian stamp tied 22.9.98 PLACENZA CENTRO 22.9.98 cancel. VF. (295)
295. Irish Forces. 3 covers from Irish troops via British FPO 543 to Canada. 1 stampless with UN 2/4/98 cancel, HQ SFOR M.P. CO. bilingual handstamp, and Canadian Box 5003 SFOR corner card. Similar with BFPO 25 JU 98 cancel on British stamp, and similar with poor cancel. 2 have dated backstamp of HQ SFOR MP COY. 2 VF. (295)
296. Italian Forces. Cover with Italian stamp tied by ITALFOR BOSNIA 26.9.97 cancel. Straight line and double circle handstamps of 51 GRUPPO SQUADRONI AVES "LEONE" Commander Sarajevo. Endorsed Raflovac. Brief letter enclosed with similar markings with one having Commander's name. VF. (295)
297. Luxembourg. Cover to Germany with 6 different NATO (?) handstamps with boxed corner card of Luxembourg ARMED/ FORCES SFOR with Belgian stamp tied by Brussels 9.04.99 Brussels cancel. F.(295)
298. Netherlands Forces. Cover with hard to read sender's particulars on back with UTRECT NAPO 80 28.XI.97 meter cancel. Appears to be family letter. F. (295)
299. Norwegian Forces. Cover with Norwegian stamp tied by FELTPOST 200 1.11.99 cancels. Plus FIELDPOSTOFFICE NO MSE SFOR circular handstamp. VF. (295)
300. Russian Forces. Russian military theme letter sheet with stamp overprinted like stamp BOSNIA 1996 SFOR and Russian 19.12.96 cancel. Plus boxed handstamps BOSNIA IFOR 19.12.1996 Last Day and BOSNIA SFOR 19.12.1996 First Day. Receipt backstamped KAZAN 8 TAT. ACCP. VF. (295)
POST-WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES NAVAL
301. 7 MOSTLY 1946-48 covers from U.S.S. BADOENG STRAIT, BOSTON, CHIPOLA, DIONSUS-NAVY 1577, EL DORADO, ESTES, and YAZOO. Plus WWII era USS BATH, DELTA, and EBERLE-FEB 1941. F-VF. (836)
302. 13 embossed cacheted covers with cancels of U.S.S. MINDORO April 1949. Cachets give history of various ships. Not clear relationship to cancels. Plus Navy Day cachet U.S. RESTORER with Oct 1945 Navy cancel and cachet for U.S.C.S. Convention Navy Academy 1972. Some bleed through. AVE-F (146)
303. 2 1950 cacheted covers for U.S.A.Ts. FRED FUNSTON and COL. W.J.O'BRIEN with Navy 13609 cancel of Alaska. Plus photos of USATs GENERAL R.M. BLATCHFORD, LOGAN, REPUBLIC, SERGEANT MOWER. VF. (146)
304. 8 colored correspondence of photo postcards 1967-68 from France (3), Italy (2), Malta, Rhodes and Puerto Rico. Most have cancel of USS CASA GRANDE.. (848)
305. 18 Actual Aircraft and some carriers. photos including 15 4 1/2' by 6 1/2", 13 81/2 by 10". Appear to be official with many annotated on back. Plus 1960 Shipyard Bulletin SEP 1960 U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, 1970 Souvenir magazines U.S.S. SHANGRILA Equator Crossing 28 pages some color and also Yankee Station 16 pages; Pamphlet U.S.S. VALLEYFORG 1946 8 pages; 30th Anniversary U.S.S. LEXINGTON 1973; Commissioning U.S.S. MIDWAY 1970- 36 pages including list of crew; U.S.S. TICONDEROGA 1959 Thanksgiving Menu Plus pocket leather holder for naval Aviator Certificate and small wooden postcard NAS OCEANA Also 2 large patches of USS JOHN C. STENNES F-VF. (146)
306. Colored 38 page booklet for 1986 Second Commissioning of U.S.S. MISSOURI. List of crew. Plus 1975 souvenir for tour of ship in Bremerton 1975. VF. (146)
307. Submarines. 2 large Naval Institute postcards U.S.S. SCORPION , Souvenir Program U.S.S. GEORGE BANCROFT, Submarine Force 100th Anniversary April 7, 2000, single page U.S.S. GREENFISH, invitation for decommissioning of U.S.S. NATHAN HALE 1986, ticket and 2 other items Launching Crew U.S.S. GUITARRO 1968., postcard large 1988 Laser print U.S.S. WILL ROGERS, #10 cover with cachets of U.S.S. SCAMP, SNOOK, and SCULPIN with 1962 Christmas cancel U.S.S. SPERRY, 3 cacheted covers for Launching or Commissioning U.S.S. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, STURGEOON, and SPADEFISH 1966-1969 and George Washington Inauguration cachet with 1942 Navy cancel with SERVE IN/SILENCE IN KILLER.F-VF. (146)
308. Submarines.Official invitation to 1987 Decommissioning U.S.S. SEA WOLF in original penalty envelope. Souvenir Program 29 pages, large Official Navy Photo, and welcome aboard pamphlet with history through 1967. Latter has strip of tape for no clear reason. F-VF. (146)
309. Submarines. Australia. Special cacheted cover for U.S.S. SCULPIN Australia visit with Australian stamp tied by 1964 POTTS POINT cancel and mimeographed ordering information on official letter paper. VF. (146)
310. Space. Special souvenir Brochure for 1074 SKYLAB Primary Recovery Ship U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS. 10 pages with lots of photos. Plus large size signed photo copy of Astronauts (This is not original but photo). VF. (146)
311. Marines. 4 covers. 1953 #10 cover from Commanding General FMF Lt. Gen. Hart Navy 12919 cancel, Navy/Quantico 12033 cancels on cover, unclear Navy cancel 1955 from 3rd Marines. Plus corner card of Commander in Chief US Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Admiral Cassady Navy 10864. AVE-F. (146)
312. Australia. Cacheted cover for Launching of HMAS SYDNEY FFG 35 and Commissioning Day HMAS ADELAIDE FFG-01. 1980 with U,S, civilian cancels. Unaddressed. VF. (703)
KOREAN WAR - U.S. Forces unless stated.
313. Free air mail cover from member 1st Med. Bn. 1st Marine Division with APR 22 Navy 12867 BR cancel. Some letter in cancel a little hard to read. F.(836)
314. 1951-55 5 Free U.S. APO covers APO 7, 24, 25, 102, 301 and 1951 cover to APO 201. Plus air mail cover APO 6 1946. Also 2 covers revalued 5 air mail stamped envelopes APO 235 without date in use 1946-49 in Korea and 2 1963-64 APO 31 covers. (746)
315. 9 Free covers 1951 from APO 201. Plus 15 covers to APO 201 . All to/from same soldier. F-VF. (746)
316. Air mail cover to Switzerland with US APO 96301 1977 cancel with handstamp of HQ UNC and corner card of J4 HQ UNC/USFK/EUSA . UN Armistice Commission. VF. (295)
317. 8¢ air mail stamp tied by APO 143 JUL 17 1965 machine cancel used in Saigon. Sender gives civilian address. F-VF. (746)
318. 2 FREE covers with no postal markings. 1 official from USAID APO 96243 with 1972 letter enclosed on official stationery requesting paper work. Plus Korean Airlines photo card APO 96301 1975 and Greeting card size cover APO 96251 1987 from Korea. F-VF. (848)
319. 4 items:Canadian Armed Forces 70th Anniversary cover with ICCS AIR SERVICE Vietnam handstamp and JUL 1 1973 Saigon cancel; Canadian air letter sheet with CFPO 5005 6 IV 73 cancel from member of ICCS; Vietnamese military stamp on Vietnam map cover tied by QUAN-BUU 23-7 1973 cancels and KBC 322 handstamp; and Safe Conduct Pass for Viet Cong Defectors. VF. (295)
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
320. “F” stamp tied by APO 09697 4 MAR 1991 cancel of Saudi Arabia. Sender's handstamp of 4401 AIR POSTAL SQDN, DET 1 09697-0006. To R.E. Wallace Texas. Some unimportant letters in cancel not legible. F. (687
321. Tuck postcards. 4 postally used from Canada 1908-09 and Great Britain 1903-1907. AVE-F. (007)
322. Zeppelins. Picture postcards Norge, R34 , R100 (2), R101 , LZ 7 Deutschland, LZ 10 Schwaben, LZ 120 Bodensee and the Spiess. All but one special souvenir cards of Rubber City Stamp Club. Year not clear but I would guess post WWII. VF. (146)
323. A series of covers and writeups of with description of fate of doomed ships. Actual covers are from earlier period. Includes SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE (YEAR?) with 5 magazine cutouts of sinking, U.S.A.T.MEIGS 1936, PRESIDENT HARRISON -photo only, PRESIDENT HOOVER 1931, PRESIDENT MADISON 1932 2 covers. F-VF. (146)
324. Marine Corps cacheted envelope with 2¢ PREXIE and special label for 100th INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION MAY 17-25 1947 tied by Navy 16162 20 MAY 1947 cancel of ship QUIRINNS. VF. (146)
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