This is the lot listing for the Military Postal History Auction #220, closing 30 September 2021.
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Descriptions: In general, envelopes are regular size, typically #6, UOS. Franking is usually described. The use of “entire” is to indicate postal stationery. Selected images of the material are included on the website. For additional information, questions, and selected images, please contact the Auction manager
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Kelly Horn
1505 Caswell St.
Raleigh, NC 27608-2309
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OS = Otherwise Stated; UOS = Unless OS
APO = Army Post Office. Number is in cancel UOS
FPO = Fleet Post Office
PC = postcard; PPC = picture postcard
V-Mail = processed and with envelopee UOS
OEF = Operation Enduring Freedom
OIF = Operation Iraqi Freedom
RO = roughly opened
Censor marks
NC = No Censor
C = Censored, varieties include:
SC = Self-Censored
BC = Box Censored
CC = Circle Censor
HC = Handwritten Censor
RC = Racetrack Censor
MB = Minimum Bid
Note: Material is needed for MPHS Auction 221. Deadline for lots to reach the Auctioneer is July 31.
NOTE: Lots in red will be shipped from overseas by registered mail. This will add $6 per packet – whether the packet contains one lot or multiple lots – to the postage cost. For these lots, expect 18-30 days for the lots to arrive after the auctioneer receives payment.
1 GB - South Africa. Boer War censored. Jan 10, 1901. Plain envelope addressed to Baakins Bay, Cape Colony & forwarded in blue crayon to Beaufort West, Cape Colony bearing GB QV 1d lilac tied Chiselhurst cds & with violet circular PASSED BY CENSOR with initials in center & with Beaufort (1 Feb) arrival cds on reverse. $5
2 South Africa. Boer War censored. May 9, 1902. Plain envelope to Grahamstown bearing C.O.G.H. 1d tied oval unclear numeral with Craigbonnie cds alongside & with violet oval PRESS CENSOR /10 Jun 1902 /PASSED & with Bedford (10 Jun) transit cds & Grahamstown (11 Jun) squared circle arrival on reverse. $5
3 South Africa. Boer War. Australian contingent. Jul 10, 1901. Plain creased, stained, carelessly opened & part of backflap missing stampless envelope endorsed Stamps Not Available. With mostly family business letter over 12 sides of paper headed Platrand & written by 466 Pvt. Henry Carr Whitehead, 1st N.S.W. Mounted Rifles to Lewisham, Sydney. Cancelled single-ring ARMY P.O. 44/S. AFRICA (27 Jul) cds & on reverse Petersham NSW (3 Sep) transit cds. Dreadful condition but scarce. For history, see: http://alhresearch.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/2015068/south-african-second-boer-war-18991902-embarkation-roll-whi-to-wil/. $25
4 South Africa. Boer War. Australian contingent. Oct 28, 1901. GB Queen Victoria 2d registered envelope with faults & adhesive excised together with mostly family business letter written over 10 sides of paper headed Holland Farm, Orange River Colony that may not belong & sent by 466 Pvt. Henry Carr Whitehead, 1st N.S.W. Mounted Rifles to Lewisham, Sydney. Cancelled double-ring FIELD POST OFFICE 41 /BRITISH ARMY S. AFRICA (27 Jul) cds & with blue crayon 635 & black 1209 & with on reverse octagonal ARMY POST OFFICE/V. R./STANDERTON/NATAL FIELD FORCE (28 Oct) + Durban Natal (1 Nov) & Registered/Sydney (2 Dec) transit marks. Scarce. For history, see: http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/2015068/south-african-second-boer-war-18991902-embarkation-roll-whi-to-wil/. $35
5 US. Civil War. Small cover postmarked May 16, 1863 (Illinois) to Chaplain in 32nd Reg, Illinois, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, Memphis Tennessee. Stains on right hand edge on address. Roughly open on right edge. US stamp No. 65. $8
6 US. Civil War. Small cover postmarked Mar 18 (docketing on reverse states 1862) to Camp Butler, Newport News VA, to member of Mass. 29th Reg., Company C. Clean cover, carefully opened along right edge. US stamp No. 65. No letter. $15
7 US. Spanish American War. Pair of covers with enclosed letters, incoming to Camp Mead using “Middletown Mil. Sta. Penn.” Postmarks from Nov 1898. One features “I” in the barred oval obliterator, while the other features “2” in the barred oval. Backs of envelopes are clean, while fronts are lightly stained. $15
8 US. 1897. Camp Crook, South Dakota. Good postmark on cover. Town built in 1876 and used by General Crook as he tried to evict miners from the Black Hills. Now submerged. $10
9 US. Postmark of short-lived “Tacoma, Wash. Military Stn.” Sept 10, 1906. This operated for 3 months. Rarely seem example of such National Guard exercises. Used on postcard sent to California. $15
10 US. 1908. Fort Casey, Washington. Fine postmark on cover. This fort was built on Whidbey Island between 1897 and 1903 for the protection of Puget Sound. $10
11 GB. Jun 30, 1916. Series R.E. pictorial postcard showing R.E. badge with rafts & pontoon construction & patriotic poem regarding defeating the Hun to Penryn, Cornwall headed Edinburgh but with part message. Bearing GV ½d tied Western D.O. Edinburgh cds. Very nice card. $15
12 GB. Canadian forces in Salonika. Nov 15, 1916. Glossy black & white Daily Mail picture postcard entitled Decorating a Canadian on the Field of Battle showing a Canadian soldier receiving DCM to Offenham Nr. Evesham bearing ½d tied faint but readable Chattenden/Rochester d/s & w/interesting content "…about 45 of us are detailed for Salonica, I do expect we shall get any leave." $5
13 GB. Channel Islands (Jersey). 1915. Not postally used postcard with drawing of Unsere Burg Camp – Jersey. $30
14 GB. Channel Islands (Guernsey). Jul 1918. Not postally used photographic postcard entitled “The Lads who are "Doing there (sp) Bit." - Guernsey, July, 1918” showing group of soldiers, sailors, etc in group photograph outside building. $20
15 GB – Australia. Australian forces in GB. Sep 30, 1917. Australian YMCA printed envelope to Port Cygnet, Tasmania from AIF soldier bearing GB GV 1d tied Durrington Camp B.O./Salisbury cds. $8
16 GB. British forces in France – Women’s Legion. Jul 15, 1916. Postcard from APO S38 from member of Women’s Legion. Unusual unit. $5
17 Gibraltar/New Zealand. Green service envelope postmarked Gibraltar, 25.10.15 with Ross, NZ 13 Dec 1915 postmark on reverse. $6
18 India – GB. May 8, 1917. Sepia stampless picture postcard (faults to bottom left) showing Feroz Shaha's Pillar, Delhi to Wolverhampton endorsed On Active Service cancelled Bombay GPO & w/London/Paid/18 Ju 17 transit d/s in red. $5
19 India. Indian forces in France. Jul 8, 1916. Cover with FPO No. 40 postmark sent to US. British censor tape partly covers the FPO postmark. Postage due markings from GB and US on the front. $5
20 Iraq. Christmas greetings. Nov 9, 1917. Colored stampless picture postcard entitled With Best Wishes for Xmas and the New Year showing British soldier with Persian Donkey Man within circle surmounted by Union Jacks to Mereclough Nr. Burnley cancelled partial Base Office d/s $3
21 Italy. Unused WWI Italian YMCA postcard. Colorful printing. $5
22 Kenya. Kisumu postmark 21 Aug. 1914 from member of A Company, 4th Kings African Rifles at very early stage of the war. Receiving postmark of Kent, 21 Sept 1914. Opening tears across upper margin but no missing pieces. $15
23 Switzerland. Sep 1, 1914, quite early in the war. Military formula postal card postmarked Feldpost 6th Division. Sender with Gebirgs Brigade 18. Postmark is double struck so slightly smudged. $6
24 US. AEF, 11 items. Mixed APOs. Highlights include a folded French lettersheet (with message inside), an “I am well” postcard (not censored). $15
25 US. AEF APO 708, Bocock correspondence, 4-page letter to his wife, self-censored. $10
26 US. AEF – USMC. Apr 13, 1919 “bridge” postmark from APO 710 from member of 51 Co., 2nd Battalion, 5th Reg. Postcard of Trier. $5
27 US. AEF. Censored letter from soldier in 141st Machine Gun Battalion. Illustrated lettersheet. A section of the letter has been physically cut out with ink notation by censor. $5
28 US. AFS. Jul 1917. Postcard from Paris from member of AFS, postmarked 28.7.1917 through French post office. Not censored. Message about sending sweets and cigarettes but not clothes. $6
29 US. France. 1918. Four covers from US troops training with the British, postmarked FPOs 13K, 14K (2), and 19K. Two with letters enclosed. $20
30 US. France. 1918. Four covers with postmarks of APOs 813, 815, 831 (violet), and 837 (blue), last with letter enclosed. $35
31 US. Soldier letter on YMCA lettersheet (old design), border action, dated December 1916 (after National Guard troops left), stained by “butterfly” enclosure (!). $5
32 US. Amusing multi-page folder of war-related cartoons, sent from Camp Custer 1918 (4th Division HQ). Many cartoons of camp life. Note the address page is a firing squad shooting at the Kaiser (!). $10
33 US. Cover with Universal Machine cancel of the “South San Antonio Military Branch” of San Antonio (served Kelly Field, among others). Dial is missing the year slug, probably December 1917. $5
34 US. “Safe Arrival” letter, censored by “12.” Not an official “safe arrival” card so had to be censored. The date has been obliterated (Nov …. 1918). $10
35 UK. “Safe Arrival” postcard, cancelled by a machine in London, England (never seen one of these). $5
36 US. Cover and letter from soldier serving on the border (Douglas, AZ, military branch duplex). August 1917. Includes 6 snapshots of troops with horse and donkey. $10
37 US. Accumulation of Fort Riley covers (22) from 1917, showing the American Machine cancel of Fort Riley. Sender was a doctor in the 16th Field Hospital. All are government 2¢ indicia envelopes, quite uncommon for WWI. $10
38 US. Domestic, aircraft production. Printed corner card of Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp., Washington DC from F. J. Rooney to Kansas. April 1, 1918 Washington DC “Food Will Win the War” machine postmark. $6
39 US. Domestic, USMC censor. Mare Island California. Aug. 4 1917 machine postmark, Vallejo, CA with Passed by Censor in blue, sent from marine. Stamps used: horizontal pair of 1¢ booklet stamps. $8
40 US. Cover from Camp Robinson, Wisconsin (July 1918). Very uncommon from this camp and uncommon Universal Machine cancel. $5
41 US. Long official envelope (privately used) from Payne Field, West Point, Mississippi (December 1918). Stained, tears, etc, but this is one of only 2 items ever seen from this facility. $10
42 US. Unused Picture Postcard of Jewish Welfare Board building, Camp Devens. $5
43 US. Unused Picture Postcard of Knights of Columbus building, Camp Devens. $5
44 Australia. AIF in Germany. Mar 27, 1919. Plain stampless envelope endorsed O.A.S to Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania from 22096 F.L Ray together with letter written on 2 souvenir picture postcards of Cologne, Partie am Hauptbahnhof & Dom, St. Martin und Stapelhaus plus neat 69 x 110 real photograph of writer mounted on horseback endorsed on back. Thuin, Belgium from yours truly cancelled FPO T.? (1 Apr) cds. Part message says I landed here yesterday & are off back to Brussels tomorrow, nice pair of cards & great photograph. $25
45 China. US naval forces. Oct 6, 1937. USS Whipple, Tsingtau, N. China. Postmark on US Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau penalty postcard. Postmark also includes the designation “217” under the year date – this must refer to the Whipple’s designation, DD-217. This was a “barometer comparison card,” completed by the Chief Quartermaster. Very rarely seen card. $35
46 Czechoslovakia. Postcard with “23 cesko-slovensky strel pluku 5 rota” straight line, undated franking in violet. Message dated 18 April 1919 and sent to Shadyside, Ohio. $5
47 US. Cover from Fort Riley, 1930 that shows the duplex handstamp of “Junction City, KS, Fort Riley,” 2¢ red commemorative stamp. $5
48 US. Nicaragua. Ca. 1930. Fifth Regiment, USMC, Managua, good postmark on small cover. On back, states from officer with Nicaraguan National Guard, 2nd Brigade USMC. $10
49 US. 1926. USS Brooks, ty. 9 postmark (USCS R-1) on long cover. $8
50 US. 1926. USS Gilmer, ty. 9 postmark (USCS R-1) on long cover. $8
51 US. 1937. Annapolis, Naval Academy Branch postmark on illustrated cover for the Academy’s 1937 Football season. $15”
52 Belgium – GB. Canadian forces. Oct 19, 1944. Plain stampless envelope to Southampton cancelled Field Post Office 432 cds used by 2nd Canadian Infantry Division located Scheldt area & with Crown over Shield PASSED BY CENSOR No 110596 handstamp. Nice item of advancing Allied forces. $10
53 Belgium – GB. Canadian forces, NW Europe. Nov 6, 1944. Plain stampless envelope to Reading from Dvr. A. J. Wagner cancelled Field Post Office 683 cds used by 1st Canadian Army Base Post Office located in Northwest Europe between Sep - Dec 1944 & with violet circular RELEASED BY /6 NOV 1944 /BASE CENSOR handstamp (Daynes B 403). $5
54 GB. Despatch Rider Letter Service (D.R.L.S.). Jan 26, 1942. Plain small re-used envelope with cut down OHMS label to C.R.E. Sy & Sx, RE Office, Worthing Road, Horsham showing large violet unframed D.R.L.S. handstamp cancelled on reverse ARMY/CAO/SIGNALS cds. $6
55 GB – Canada. Canadian Armed Service Corps. Feb 9, 1944. The Salvation Army, Canadian Army overseas printed envelope to Toronto from B 80703 Pte. W.C.J. Paine, 10 C.I. B. Coy RCASC cancelled single ring F.P.O.-D.C.A. 4 cds used by 4th Canadian Armored Division in UK until landing Normandy July 1944 & on reverse violet boxed 10th CDN INF. BDE COY/R.S.A.S.C. CA (O)/FEB 9 1944/ORDERLY ROOM handstamp. $5
56 Germany – US. US POW tax percue airmail & delayed. Nov 21, 1944. Kriegsgefangenenpost printed POW card by airmail to San Antonio & forwarded to Chester, TX from Lt. E. Seamans in Stalag Luft 3 cancelled blacked out cds for 10.01.45 & with violet framed GEPRUFT 69, red framed Taxe Percue/Rm Pf with pencil 40 inserted, framed Mit Luftpost/Par Avion & black unframed 11153 /US Censor handstamps. The card written 21 Nov '44 did not enter the mails until 10 Jan '45, a delay of 50 days. Allied troops had entered Germany on 11 Sep '44 and the Siegfried Line was broken 21 Oct. With allied troops pushing forward at a rapid rate, German forces were on the defensive and in turmoil perhaps contributing to the delay. $12
57 Ireland (Northern). US forces. Aug 1944. 5-page (!) V-mail from APO 639. Postmarked US Postal Service No. 2, Sept 8, 1944. Cover has some folding along upper margin. $6
58 Libya. US forces. Mar 31, 1943. Postcard from APO 683. Features provisional censor in rectangle, “Censored by …. Unit Censor” as well as standard racetrack censor. Card has vertical fold through center, and postmark is a bit smudged. $10
59 New Guinea. US forces. 1945. Cover from US to member of 27th Gen. Hospital, APO 565. Front features straight-line handstamp “BASE G 565” handstamp in violet. Forwarded several times. Roughly opened on right edge. Unusual. $6
60 New Zealand-GB. Censored & forwarded. Jul 5, 1942. Plain envelope with original letter to L.S. Bambery c/o New Zealand House, Strand London & forwarded in red ink to 99 Barrowgate Road, Chiswell W 4, bearing definitive 2d tied Waitati (6 Jul) cds & with Opened and Passed by Censor in New Zealand label (CCSG L 2) tied violet circular PASSED BY CENSOR N.Z. /69 handstamp with on reverse London EC (17 Sep) transit d/s. $10
61 Palestine. British forces. Jul 1, 1941. “Certified Official” (boxed handstamp) cover to Jerusalem from Haifa, FPO 210. Reverse features white sticker “On His Majesty’s Service” over flap. $5
62 Palestine. US forces. Oct 25, 1942 Cover with postmark of British FPO 121 (Rafah), overstruck by a US APO postmark from 28 Oct and British censor. Return address states APO 1221. Well-written letter enclosed, with reference to playing “beano” with British soldiers. Sender appears to be with 343rd Bomb Squadron. Some tears along upper edge of cover. $10
63 Spain – Switzerland. Censored Red Cross to Red Cross. May 6, 1944. Cruz Roja Espanola, Madrid printed envelope to Red Cross, Geneva bearing 70c & 5c tied Madrid cds & on reverse violet boxed MADRRID/C.G./EXENTA censorship handstamp & additional Madrid (7 May & 8 May) dispatch date stamps. $5
64 US. 1940 (Aug) USS Abel P. Upshur postmark on nonphilatelic cover. One of the “Famous Fifty” destroyers. $10
65 US. May 29, 1941. Cover postmarked “Sec. Base Three Sta. Charleston SC.” USMC base. $5
66 US. Sep 28, 1944. USS Rio Grande (AOG 3). Airmail stationery envelope to Brooklyn. Censored. Lightly bent corner and small open tears along top margin. $5
67 US. Admiralty Islands. 1945 Processed pictorial “Inbad the Sailor” V-mail (no cover) from man in NCBMU 610 (Manus). 2 small bits of tape on back (no staining). $6
68 US. Australia. 1942 (Nov), attractive cover from APO 922 to APO 924 with multiple censors. Letter enclosed from an officer who was and hopes again to be a censor. Note that the Aussies did not collect local postage even though sent on-country. $6
69 US. Br. Solomon Islands. 1945 (Feb). APO 293 (Green Island) on 6¢ airmail entire. (Forte lists APO at $25.) $10
70 US. Canal Zone. 1942-43. Twenty-two covers from wide range of senders, including APOs and a few Fort/Field postmarks. Racetrack censors, a few with censor tapes. $20
71 US. Caroline Islands, 1944-45. Two covers from different men in MAG 11, then stationed on Ulithi. $15
72 US. Dominican Republic. 1942 “American Flotilla” return address on cover sent through local post office. $6
73 US. India. 1944. EFM Telegram sent through Indian postal system and transferred to APO 460. Indian civil censor on back of telegram. Cover torn on face. These are quite scarce. $20
74 US. Papua New Guinea. 1944. APO 198 (Emirau Island) postmarks and return addresses on 4 covers, all from different units. $10
75 US. Philippines. 1945 (Mar), Unprocessed V-mail from sailor at Navy 3964 (Tacloban) to man at US Penitentiary Lewisburg. Army censor only so possibly not an inmate. Interesting letter indicates that sender was released from prison into the service. $6
76 US. UK. 1944 (Apr) Registered cover from 6th Cavalry Band, APO 436 with registry backstamps of APOs 436, 813 (N. Ireland), and 648 (Scotland). $10
77 US. Venezuela. Ca. 1944. APO 819 return address on airmail cover sent through local post office. Established as a mailing address only. (Forte lists APO 819 at $75.) $20
78 US. 1944. 3 different mail bundle facing slips for military mail. Actually kind of scarce. $10
79 US. Mixed locations. 1943-45. 20 processed letter V-mails. Note c/o PM NY and SF, otherwise not checked for locations or units. All appear to be thank-you notes to a servicemen’s organization. $10
80 US. Mixed military. 1943. Three V-mails with covers to different men, each returned “Missing.” $12
81 US. Mixed locations. 1943-45 (3 after V-J Day). Ten unprocessed letter V-mails. Note c/o PM NY and SF as well as to APOs. Good mix of material. $6
82 US. Bikini Atoll. Jun 20, 1946. USS Moale postmark on generic cacheted cover; Moale was presnet for the A-Bomb tests in Operation Crossroads. $10
83 Aden. Internal OHMS registered. Jan 3, 1962. OHMS envelope registered to Little Aden Laundry cancelled Field Post Office 1057 & with R/FPO D.S. No…/No 3605 label & on reverse violet framed COMMAND PAY OFFICE -3 JAN 1962 / M.E.L.F. handstamp & 4 strikes FPO 1057 sealing the flaps. $20
84 Anguilla. British forces in “Anguilla Revolt.” May 24, 1969. Forces aerogram sent from Sgt. T. Compson to philatelist in UK (with no message) from FPO 1046, dated 24 May 1969. This was shortly after several hundred British troops arrived in country. Seldom seen. $17
85 Canal Zone to Ecuador. US forces. Legal sized cover from Fort Amador to US Navy Mission to Ecuador. Sender - Rear Admiral R.A. Bledsoe. Receiving postmark from Ecuador on the back. Nice usage of Canal Zone stamps to Latin American destination. Vertical fold detracts minimally. $6
86 Greece – Canada. Censored airmail. Dec 20, 1950 (?) airmail envelope to Edmonton bearing strip 3 x 600d tied Athens cds & with black on white bilingual Controle Du Change label tied unframed violet 2-line Cyrillic hand stamp & with black 8 within 19 mm circle hand stamp. Unusual to Canada. $5
87 Greece – GB. Censored. Nov 14, 1945. C.B. Econnomou, 40a Winston Churchill St., Athens printed envelope to commercial address in London W.1. bearing pair 40d tied vernacular Athens/Airmail cds & with black on white bilingual Opened by Examiner No 1656 label tied faint violet circular bilingual Greek censor handstamp. $5
88 Greece – US. Censored. Sep 14, 1945. Ant. Is. Kamfonas Import - Export Representations, Athens printed envelope to Newton Upper Falls, Mass. bearing on reverse 20d & 5d tied vernacular Athens cds & with black on white bilingual Opened by Examiner No 1687 label tied violet circular bilingual Greek censor hand stamp. $5
89 Malaya – GB. British forces. (Jun 16, 1947) Plain envelope by airmail to St. Annes, Lancs from 14891423 Spr Smart bearing Straits Settlements 6¢ grey overprinted BMA Malaya tied single ring Singapore cds. $5
90 Israel - Belgium. Censored. Dec 7, 1949. Pictorial printed envelope by airmail to Brussels bearing 5s + 5s + 15s + 15s + 40s making 80s rate (the 5s & 15s are different issues) tied Tel Aviv cds & with black on red Hebrew vernacular Opened by Censor label. $5
91 Israel - Belgium. Censored. Jan 5, 1950. I.R. Grunwerg, Import Commission & Representation, Tel Aviv printed airmail envelope to Brussels bearing 2 x 3s + 10s + 10s + 15s making 41s rate (the two 10s are different issues) tied Tel Aviv cds & with red on white Hebrew vernacular Opened by Censor label. $5
92 No Lot.
93 US. Korea. 1948, APO 1054 on airmail cover return addressed 1st Sta. Hospital, APO 6 (Unit 2). $6
94 US. Domestic – Commemoration of VJ Day. Aug 6, 1948. Reply postal card from Rhode Island inviting veterans to march in uniform in VJ parade Aug 14, 1948. Reply is still intact, as it was not returned. Card is stapled near the lower edge. $3
The following covers are from the estate of Thierry Delespesse & their descriptions are his. (Unless otherwise noted by an *, the covers in this section are philatelic; nonphilatelic covers are $10; philatelic covers are $8.)
95 Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Sinai Egypt. Five covers. Grande-Bretagne. British Contingent. 16-09-1986. FPOS 265 – BFPO 650 M.F.O. Sinai cachet on two, both different. The Royal Wedding 22nd July 1986 cachet. Three with Field Post Office cancellations and two with Forces Post Office cancellations. Mi: GB 1077 on 4 covers, GB 1069 on 1 cover. $15
96 MFO. Sinai. New Zealand Contingent MFO Sinai cachet. Obl Whenuapai – NZ- Air Force du 31 AU 84. Mi: NZ 735C, 885 (x3)*
97 DOFB. France. Observateurs Francais Le Chef de Detachement cachet. Registered. Poste Aux Armees 27-9-1985. MI: 2,00 Sabine
98 DOFB. France. Le Colonel Commandant le Detachement des Observateurs Francais a Beyrouth & Observateurs Francais Le Chef De Detachement cachets. Poste Aux Armees 26-1-1985. MI: 2188a, 2444-2445 (triptych), 2504
99 UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon). Office of the Force Commander. Poste aux Armees 2-1-1987. Mi: FR 2507.
100 UNIFIL. France. Two covers. S.P. 25009. 22 FEB 1982 and 05 SEP 1984. Both type 200(k). Free mail*
101 UNIFIL. France. S.P. 25000. With card from Le Chef de Service. Poste Aux Armees 10-4 1985. 2,10 Liberty*
102 UNIFIL. France. Three covers. S.P. 25041, 25041, 25015. Two from Commandement des Elements Francais Finul. May and June 1985. Free mail* $15
103 UNIFIL. France. Bureau Postal Militaire 125 Le Chef de Service cachet. 08 Feb 1983. Free mail*
104 UNIFIL. France. Two covers. Bureau Postal Militaire 125 Le Chef du Bureau cachet. Registered (with Recepisse d’un Envoi Recommande). Poste Aux Armees 13-1-1986 and 9-6-1986. Mi: FR 2499 & 2500 (triptych), 2428v
105 UNIFIL. France. S.P. 25011. Troupes AeroPortees cachet with plane, in color. Poste Aux Armees. 9-6-1986. Mi: FR 2507 (with creases)
106 UNIFIL. France. Bataillion Francais. De la F.I.N.U.L. SP 25019/A. Regimeni Francais De ONU FINUL Le Colonel cachet. Registered (with Recepisse d’un Envoi Recommande).Poste Aux Armees 125 22-5-1986. Mi: PA57, 2541
107 UNIFIL. France. SECTEUR DISSOUS, NON IDENTIFIE A L’ANNUAIRE DES OFFICIERS, and RETOUR A L’ENVOYEUR auxiliary markings. Bruxelles -Brussels 1000 21.4.87 to S.P. 25006. Mi: BE 2300*
108 UN Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFI CYP). Austria. Austrian-Field Hospital UNFICYP cachet. Cyprus – Knypos Kibris 21.11.66. Mi: CY 261 (x2), 229, 205*
109 UNFI CYP. Sweden. SWED BN UNFICYP cachet. Svenska FN-Bat Cypern 16.2.87. Mi: SE 1369, 1354, 1220, 1222
110 UNFI CYP. United Kingdom. Chief Medical Officer. British registered letter: Field PO 775. 7 JL 87. Version: Return address Lt Col T. Symon. Mi: GB 1137
111 UNFI CYP. United Kingdom. UNFICYP cachet. Field PO 775. 15 AP 89. Mi: GB 1149.
112 ONU. – Libanon. Deutsche Luftwaffe – LTG 63. Vol pour l’ONU de Oslo vers Tel Aviv et Liban – 1978. Obl ALT DUVENSTEDT 2371 du 18-5-1978. Mi: DE 963*
113 UNDOF (UN Disengagement Observer Force). Austria. AusBatt, Welfare Officer. Two covers. Hauptkaanzlei – Golan – Syria cachet. Welfare Officer UNDOF AUSBATT cachet. Mi: AT 1828 on each
114 UNDOF. Austria. Austrian Contingent A-1500 UNDOF AUSBATT (Golan). UNDOF AUSBATT cachet. Obl. UNDOF – AUSBATT 1500 3.3.86. Mi: AT 1744, 1818, 1826
115 UNDOF. Austria. Militarpfarre beim Ausbatt/UNDOF Syrien cachet. Obl UNDOF Ausbatt 14-1-87. Mi: AT 1591 (x2)
116 UNDOF. Austria. AUSBATT UNDOF QM-CREW Golan. A Good Soldier Must Have A Full Stomach cachet Obl UNDOF AUSBATT 1500 14-1-87. Mi: AT 1848
117 DOFB. France. Le Colonel Commandant le Detachement des Observateurs Francais a Beyrouth & Observateurs Francais. Chef De Detachment cachets. Poste Aux Armees 26-1-1985. MI: 2,10 Liberty
118 UNDOF. Postmaster, Canadian Contingent. United Nations Middle East. – CFPO 5002. Obl Tiberias (Israel) du 6-8-86. Mi: IL 1020, 1029
119 UNDOF. Pologne. XVII Zmina, Syria. Two covers. W Skuzbie Dla Pokojv cachet. Sikach Zbrojnych Onz cachet. Obl Warszawa 60 -A – 29-9-82 on both. OPLATA POCZTOWA ZRYCZALTOWANA handstamp on both*
There are several boxes of material that represent accumulations of consignments that were donated to the MPHS. The following lots are some of this material. They are very generally described and are priced to sell.
120 US. Hawaii covers. Fifty+ covers from different airfields in Hawaii. Mostly WWII. Some postcards. Two folders. $10
121 US. Navy. Fifty+ covers. Mostly WWII. A few from USS Ashtabula (same sender) in 1960s. Some related to Viet Nam. One from War College Br. Dated Oct 19, 1939. $10
122 US. Twenty + covers from post-WWII Japan. Twelve WWII covers from Okinawa. Mostly APO 96, also APO 331 and APO 180. $10
123 US. Sixteen covers from US soldiers and chaplains stationed in the UK during WWII with British postage. $10
124 US. Twenty different patriotic covers WWII, plus a few post-WWII. $10
Note: Material is needed for MPHS Auction 221. Deadline for lots to reach the Auctioneer is July 31.
Note that we now have a very favorable commission structure for those consignors willing to do some work: if you submit lots that you have described, have a minimum bid associated with each lot, and the total of the minimum bids is at least $100, then the MPHS commission is only 5% of the sale price for each lot, rather than the normal 15%.
