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GREAT BRITAIN 1937 Ref: e525

Price: : £45.00


1937.5.13 Coronation day cover fr: GVI 1½d Coronation; also GVI 2½d, GV 1½d, EVII 1d,½d GV SJ pmk TRING HERTS cds - to Tientsin/ China - m/s "Via Siberia" - h/s violet `TRANSMISSION BY AIR/ MAIL BEYOND LENINGRAD/ AND MOSCOW NOT REQUIRED` - various Tientsin b/stamps of 27.5.26 (1937) 

GREAT BRITAIN 1937 Ref: c406

Price: : £5.00


1937.7.27 Photocard [sepia: Shore Defences. Chapel St. Leonards] fr: GVI 1d pmk Skegness cds 

GREAT BRITAIN 1938.2.20 Ref: g500

Price: : £12.00


1938.2.20 First all up cover fr: 1½d pmk NEWPORT wavy line - red MAILS INDIA map cachet - to Palestine - b/s NATHANYA/ 27 FE cds  

GREAT BRITAIN 1938.6.28 Ref: g501

Price: : £15.00


1938.6.28 Large reg airmail `Leyland` cover [265x200mm] h/s COMMERCIAL PAPERS - fr: Photog 4x1s, 3d pmk violet oval REGISTERED/ LEYLAND, Preston, Lancs` d.s. - b/s BERLIN-ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN/ 29.6.38 cds - pmk red DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / a/ EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA circular cachet - pmk circular CERTIFICADOS/ 436/ CENTRAL - punch holes for string 

GREAT BRITAIN 1938 Ref: 263182

Price: : £10.00


1938 Air Cover fr KGV 4d, KGVI 2d pmk 'London FS-Airmail - 19 FE 38' cds - addr to George J. King, Hyderabad. - Last Day of 6d Air Rate! 

GREAT BRITAIN 1939 Ref: e534

Price: : £12.00


1939-45 Airmail cover to Cheshire fr: 10d pmk RECEIVED FROM/ H.M.SHIPS - at left `OPENED BY/ NAVAL CENSOR` tied by red fancy `PASSED BY/ 9045/ NAVAL CENSOR`  

GREAT BRITAIN 1939-45 Ref: J866

Price: : £5.00


1939-45 Part of cover h/s violet `SECRET` with violet h/s on b/flap `U.K./ RIVER PLATE CONFERENCE/ 15/18 LIME STREET/ LONDON E.C.3`  

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: 253972

Price: : £12.00


1940 Cable & Wireless 'Via Imperial' - Green World Map Telegrampmkd large 2-ring 'Central Station - 24 DE 40' - violet octagon 'Crown/Cens #2412' cachet - from 'Geneina Fort' - Xmas Greetings - to Christchurch, Hants - with original C&W Telegram cover - red meter-frank 'London 2½d - 24.XII.40 - 'Send Your - Overseas Telegrams - Via Imperial' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: c412

Price: : £10.00


1940 Ephemera. Puzzle. Violet roneoed sheet showing four pigs - when folded together makes Hitler's Head.  

GREAT BRITAIN 1940.3.2 Ref: h540

Price: : £2.00


1940.3.2 Small stampless cover pmk `LONDON` `RECEIVED FROM/ H.M. SHIPS` to Glasgow 

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: 2611055

Price: : £10.00


1940 OAS Cover fr 2x½d,1½d pmkd 'FPO XXX (Number blacked out) - 2 MY 40' cds - addr to Utica, NY USA. Violet boxed 'Crown - Censor No XX (blacked out) & black boxed 'Passed by Censor - Crown - No.212' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: h538

Price: : £2.00


1940 2½d blue GVI Letter Card. Three lines of instructions on back. Unused. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: J867

Price: : £5.00


1940 GVI 2d orange Postal card. 4 cards with scarce orange/grey band `11 2d/ SINGLE/ POSTCARDS/ 2s/ (thin) with McCORQUODALE & Co Ltd imprint 

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: 266592

Price: : £20.00


1940 Stampless Cover pmk 2-ring 'FPO-10 - 29 MY 40' cds - to Hove - violet boxed 'Crown Censor No.1464' - Scarce item from Exped. Force [Dunkirk period!] - fox spots 

GREAT BRITAIN 1940 Ref: 264897

Price: : £10.00


1940 WWII Propaganda Card: dep Battleships at Sea 'BRITAIN DELIVERS THE GOODS - THANKS TO THE BRITISH NAVY' - in glorious colour! - Reverse side: same message in 12 diff languages 

GREAT BRITAIN 1941.10.25 Ref: h544

Price: : £2.00


1941.10.25 Neat stampless cover h/s top right purple Admiralty tombstone censor overstruck st/line `25 OCT 1941` - pmk below undated `RECEIVED FROM/ H.M. SHIP` d.r. cds 

GREAT BRITAIN 1941 Ref: 254589

Price: : £10.00


1941 2½d on cover pmk 'Bournemouth-Poole - Feb 1941' to Dvr. RASC GHQ 2nd Echelon, c/o APO 725, Destination D. - 2-line violet cachet 'Addressee Reported - Prisoner of War' & 'J.E.S.' - b/s violet 'Army Post Office' (vertical bars) 

GREAT BRITAIN 1941 Ref: 254591

Price: : £12.00


1941 2½d on cover pmk Bmth-Poole - 17 APR 41 to Dvr RASC - GHQ 2nd Echelon - APO.725, Destination D. - violet 'Addressee Reported - PoW' & 'G.M.' - boxed 'GHQ - 0.2.E - MEF - Certified PoW' & 'Undelivered for Reason Stated - Return to Sender' - b/s violet 'Army Post Office' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1941.11.27 Ref: h545

Price: : £15.00


1941.11.27 Cover fr: 2½d pmk WIGAN wavy line - to Pte George Prescott/ Loyal Reg/ R.A.K.H.W.-N/ APO 1310 - h/s violet `Addressee/ Reported Missing` - h/s boxed Return to Sender cachet - b/s circular undated `ARMY/ POST OFFICE` parcel type 

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GREAT BRITAIN 1941 Ref: 254590

Price: : £10.00


1941 2½d on cover pmk '13.6.41' to Dvr. C Section, #1 Reserve M.T. Co. RASC, MEF APO 299 - violet 2-line 'Addressee Reported - Prisoner of War' & 'J.E.S.' - b/s violet 'Army Post Office' [vertical bars] 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942 Ref: a1007

Price: : £25.00


1942 Re-Used OHMS Cover - Address Label: to Brit Overseas Press Service, New York - boxed 'Approved for Pouch - Sgd. American Consul' & pmk 'Washington DC - Aug 21 1942' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942 Ref: g507

Price: : £24.00


1942 2½d on cover to 2nd-Lt US Army - Red Bank, NJ (arr 11/XII) - - pmk Earl's Court 5.X.42 - readdr. 5 times to US & UK - finally 'Unclaimed - Address Changed by Official Orders' cachet. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942 Ref: 258338

Price: : £10.00


1942 Air cover fr 3d,1s - pmk 4.7.42-wavy lines duplex - name of town 'blacked-out' by thick black ring - addr to S. Portland, Maine - 'Examiner 6273' label. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942 Ref: 254311

Price: : £10.00


1942 Air cover fr: 3d,1s pmk Hampstead-21.V.42 to Bdr. HQ 212/64 Med Regt, Royal Artiller, MEF. - Violet boxed 5-line '....Reported PoW' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942 (c.) Ref: g509

Price: : £12.00


1942 (c.) Reg cover to Kent with special OHMS economy label affixed - from `HM STATIONERY OFFICE` - h/s red oval Crown cachet - h/s top right `S` - imprint at top: (241) Wt45228/38? 2/42 1,000,000 JC&S Ltd Gp736/201 - superb Stationery Office red wax seal on back 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942.5.2 Ref: g510

Price: : £8.00


1942.5.2 Cover fr: 2d, ½d pmk FPO/ No 676 wavy line [Inverness] - violet Crown Circular censor `?581` - to Sub Lt Curtis/ HMML 458/ c/o GPO London - Curtis states: from ENSA concert party playing in Orkneys/Shetlands - to Gibraltar 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942.7.16 Ref: g511

Price: : £10.00


1942.7.16 Force Overt Airgraph from London to "Mne Foster/ CH/ X104699 R.M.11/ FORCE OVERT/ G.P.O. London" 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942 Ref: 261425

Price: : £8.00


1942 'Royal Empire Society - - Invitation by The Women's War Committee to a VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT by No.1 Canadian Artillery Reinforcement Unit Concert Party (per Can YMCA Overseas) at Society's Assembly Hall - Sat. 11 April, 1942 - 3PM - Back of card m/s music played 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942.2.20 Ref: h548

Price: : £6.00


1942.2.20 Airmail cover fr: 5d pmk `RECEIVED FROM/ H.M. SHIPS` - h/s lower left Admiralty tombstone censor - to S.R.S. Persevere Leith - h/s boxed `INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED` - pmk LEITH D.O. d.r cds 

GREAT BRITAIN 1942.6.11 Ref: h551

Price: : £6.00


1942.6.11 OAS Cover h/s violet `[Crown]/ PASSED BY CENSOR/ No.3034` - pmk red `LONDON/ GT BRITAIN. K` `[vertical] OFFICIAL/PAID in wavy lines - with origianl contents from APO 1915 

GREAT BRITAIN 1943 Ref: f475

Price: : £20.00


1943 Small reg cover fr: GVI 10d pmk Sale cds - to Casablanca - PC 90 label at right - forwarded c/o HIAS 425 Lafayette St/ New york - French cenosr label tied by red censor - at left USA sellotape censor - forwarded to Bronx - numerous b/stamps 

GREAT BRITAIN 1943 Ref: e542

Price: : £5.00


Free French 1943.12.15 Cover fr: 2«d pmk PRESTON wavy line - to Military Delegate "Association des Amis de Volontaires Francais/ Queensberry Way/ London SW7" - Oceanie 25c France Libre used as seal on b/flap tied by offset wavy line 

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GREAT BRITAIN 1943 Ref: 2541028

Price: : £35.00


1943 WWII Flights: Cover fr: ½d,2d pmk Stornoway - Isle of Lewis - 20 DE 43' cds - per Scottish Airways to Glasgow - to Sutton Coldfield - b/s Glasgow 20/XII 

GREAT BRITAIN 1943 Ref: 2541029

Price: : £40.00


1943 WWII RAF Air Mails: Cover fr: ½d,2d pmk Henlow Camp, Henlow, Beds - 15 DE 43 - to S/Lgr -RAF, Box 204, c/o GPO, Glasgow. Flown by Scottish Airways from Glasgow to Tiree on 17 Dec. - then by boat to Stornaway as air service cancelled by Hurricane. - Rec'd Stornaway 18 Dec. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1944 Ref: 25829

Price: : £8.00


1944 GB 2½d on cover pmk 'US Army Postal Service - APO-301 - '220' - Oct 10 11944' cds to Glasgow. Boxed US Army Censor '28409' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1944 Ref: 245377

Price: : £20.00


1944 KGVI 2½d /cover pmk blank-no date 'Postaged Paid' - wavy lines duplex - addr to Sgts Mess, RAF Stn Coninsby, Lincoln. M/s on back '14.8.44 - Rec'd from the Beachhaed - 8 days after D-Day - from the Cherbourg Peninsular' - RR! 

GREAT BRITAIN 1944 Ref: 26463

Price: : £6.00


1944 USA 5c Air Postal Cover pmkd 'U A.P.O.-635 - 24 APR 1944' (Burtonwood) to New Jersey. - from BASD#1 - 12 Sect Sg.D - US Censor #08445 

GREAT BRITAIN 1944 Ref: 264912

Price: : £8.00


1944 Air cover fr 3d, 2x6d pmkd 'SOUTH AFRICAN A.P.O. (U.K) - B - 9 DE 44' cds to Washington, DC, USA 

GREAT BRITAIN 1944 Ref: 2541030

Price: : £40.00


1944 WWII RAF MAIL: Cover fr: ½d,2d pmk Henlow Camp - 21 JA 44 to S/Ldr RAF Box 204, GPO Glasgow. - Flown from Glasgow by Scottish A'ways to Stornoway - 23/I arrival date certified by Chaplain. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 258900

Price: : £6.00


1945 USA : 2x6C Airs pmk 'US ARMY POSTAL SERVICE - APO-437 - AUG 10 1945 - + Wavy-Lines duplex. - to New York 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 255603

Price: : £10.00


1945 Forces Regd Cover: KGVI 3d dark green pmk 'FPO-309 - 7 DE 45' to Belling nr Herne Bay - from Lt. M.A.I.U. (East) GHQ MEF 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 255615

Price: : £10.00


1945 Forces Regd Cover: KGVI 3d dull green - Size G - pmk 'FPO-286 - 18 DE 45' cds to Lt. - MAIU (East) GHQ - MEF 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945.1.29 Ref: g515

Price: : £4.00


1945.1.29 OAS cover to Bournemouth War Services Organisation - pmk `FIELD/ POST OFFICE/ 856` cont wavy line [Proud: BLA Belgium Brussels?] - h/s purple `RAF CENSOR/ 307` in oval 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945.3.2 Ref: g516

Price: : £4.00


1945.3.2 OAS cover to Bournemouth War Services Organisation - pmk `FIELD/ POST OFFICE/ 31` wavy line [Proud: Brussels] - h/s `RAF CENSOR/ 360' in oval 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: a1013

Price: : £30.00


1945 Stampless PoW Cover pmk Sevenoaks - 12.3.45 - to Lt - Stalag VIIB, Germany - Examiner '5872' - boxed cachet: 'RETURNED FROM - CONTINENT IN - UNDELIVERED MAILS' - orig. letter encl 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945.10.16 Ref: h561

Price: : £16.00


1945.10.16 1½d `Forces` Airletter pmk WEST DERBY/ LIVERPOOL wavy line - to LAC Winnall/ RAF Fayid/ MEF - b/s ` .. A.F/ POSTAL H.Q.` d.r cds - redirection label affixed on front: `RAF Form No.1674 W.H.R.&S 51-7294` - returned to sender 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 255551A

Price: : £8.00


1945 KGVI 3d violet PoW Postal Card - blue inscriptions - unused 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 245378

Price: : £8.00


1945 REG OHMS Cover fr: ½d,2x2½d pmk 'Ballykinler Camp, Downpatrick, Co Down' cds to O/C Infantry Records, Ashford, Mddx. Violet oval 'No.17 P.T.C.-27 AP 45 - Orderly Room' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 26464

Price: : £30.00


1945 Post WWII: Long Stampless Air cover pmkd large 2-ring 'Asst Director Warlike Studio - The War Office-O.R.4(3) - 27 APR 45 - m/s 'BY ALL AIR to D.D.O.S. (W) - Rear HQ - Ord.3, 21 Army Group, BLA - London to Brussels - (By Tactical Air Force) - red 2-ring 'ORD. - HQ 21 Army Group - 28 APR 1945' - Priced by Field at £7½ years ago! Scarce! 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 266417

Price: : £10.00


1945 WWII - 1939-45 Medal - in absolute Mint condition with Ribbon still intact (never used by Recipient) 

GREAT BRITAIN 1945 Ref: 245341

Price: : £12.00


1945 Stampless Army cover: 'BY ALL AIR' - pmk 'Asst Director Warlike Stores-The War Office - W.S.4 - 30.4.45' to 'DDOS(W) (Ord.3) Rear HQ 21 Army Group, BLA - with red 2-ring arr cds 'ORD.-HQ 21 Army Group-2 MAY 1945' - Countersgd: R.A. Somerville, Lt-Col. R.A. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1946.6.11 Ref: g523

Price: : £20.00


1946.6.11 Illus FDC [Blue and red flags of Allies] fr: Peace set pmk `WEMBLEY/ 10AM/ 11 JU/46` d.r. cds - to South Africa 

GREAT BRITAIN 1946.4.1 Ref: J873

Price: : £35.00


1946.4.1 Chads/ UNO OAS cover covered back and front with "Chads" [drawing in black ink with pink water-colour of bald man peeking over wall hanging on with fingers] with inscr. beneath "DO U.N.O. WOT" a play on `you know` and `United Nations Org` pmk FPO/ 286 cds - very attractive looks printed at first glance - Stutt corresp. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1947 Ref: 246443

Price: : £20.00


1947 Air Cover fr ½d,2d pmkd boxed 'B.E.A.-8 MAR - Paid - SCILLIES-T' - & 'tied 'Penzance - 8PM - 8 MCH 1947 - Staggered Holidays...' duplex to S. Coldfield. [Short-lived BEA Scillies-Penzance pmk!] 

GREAT BRITAIN 1948 Ref: a1022

Price: : £18.00


1948.7.29 BPA illus FDC fr: Olympic set of four pmk `OLYMPIC GAMES WEMBLEY` `Olympic rings in wavy lines` SLOGAN - unaddressed clean cover 

GREAT BRITAIN 1948 Ref: d1059

Price: : £40.00


1948 Mu.#596 BOAC 1st Flight: UK to Japan - fr: 3d, 2x6d pmk London WC - 18.3.48 to Tokyo (arr 6.4.48 cds) - to FJ Field. - Scarce! 

GREAT BRITAIN 1948 Ref: d1060

Price: : £8.00


1948 2d /card [Cunard White Star "Mauretania"] pmk Southampton Paquebot duplex 3.11.48 - to Versailles 

GREAT BRITAIN 1948 Ref: e556

Price: : £40.00


Displaced Persons 1948.5 `Westward Ho/ [Union Jack]/ Volunteer Scheme for Recruitment of/ Displaced Persons for Employment in/ GREAT BRITAIN/ Ministry of Labour` [in English & German] - 4 page bilingual leaflet and application form filled in by "Bogdan Schneider/ Camp Polonais/ Haren" - folded & thin on front; also leaflet printed in Polish & English `To Strong and Healthy Young Men/ A WELL PAID JOB AWAITS YOU/ in the Coal Mines of GB`; also small correspondence <Actinic:Variable Name = 'faults'/> from Schneider in Polish DP Camp in Germany sent OAS from 37 D.P.A.C.S./ BAOR 38 fr: 5d rate pmK FPO cds 

GREAT BRITAIN 1948 Ref: 229408

Price: : £8.00


1948 Olympics: 3d /cover pmk Quebec 10.8.48 -'Visitez L'Exposition Provinciale-Quebec' duplex - to Blackpool. Bilingual Cachet: 'Depose en-mer-Mailed on high Seas' 

GREAT BRITAIN 1948.5.8 Ref: h565

Price: : £10.00


1948.5.8 Russia Cover "On Foreign Service" - h/s lower left red `AIR ATTACHE/ <Actinic:Variable Name = 'Arms'/>/ BRITISH EMBASSY, MOSCOW` - sent by bag & not franked but pmk `LONDON S.W.1` British Industries Fair slogan 

GREAT BRITAIN 1949 Ref: 2521191

Price: : £30.00


1949 Blue GPO 'Ship Letter Telegram' from ss 'Alocantara' - 21.12.49 - 'via Portishead' in blue/white stampless 'Ship Letter Telegram' pmk Bridgewater - Som. 22.12.49 - to Lytham St Annes. 

GREAT BRITAIN 1949 Ref: 252459

Price: : £8.00


1949 KGVI 2½d on photocard [RMS Aquitania] pmk 'Southampton - 2-line Paquebot-Posted at Sea' duplex - to Selkirk, Scotland 

GREAT BRITAIN 1949 Ref: 252459A

Price: : £8.00


1949 KGVI 2½d on photocard [RMS Aquitania] pmk 'Southampton - 2-line Paquebot-Posted at Sea' duplex - to Selkirk, Scotland 

GREAT BRITAIN 1949.7.13 Ref: h573

Price: : £5.00


1949.7.13 Viewcard [Photo B&W: First & Last House, Lands End - RA Series] fr: GVI 2½d pmk PENZANCE slogan - at top left purple `LANDS END` in blocked triangle 

GREAT BRITAIN 1950 Ref: 259363

Price: : £6.00


1950 KGVI 1d on County Fire Office Reminder pmk 2-ring 'MENAI BRIDGE - ANGLESEY - 15 SP 50' cds to Menai Bridge - also 1913 Photocard of Bridge 

GREAT BRITAIN 1950 Ref: 263122

Price: : £5.00


1950 Pale Buff 'National Registration - Identity Card - Under 16 Years' - addr. Solihull, Birmingham' - pmk 'National Registration Office - OEJ - 25 AP 50' cds - 3 octagonal marks on back 

GREAT BRITAIN 1950.6.12 Ref: g525

Price: : £10.00


1950.6.12 Cover fr: GVI 1d with `[St.George on horseback slaying dragon] / LONDON / INTERNATIONAL/ STAMP EXHIBITION` purple/yellow rouletted label alongside pmk special Exhibition duplex [`12` in Maltese Cross] - nice thematic 

GREAT BRITAIN 1951.9.12 Ref: f497

Price: : £85.00


Farnborough Air Display 1951.9.12 Reg 1d+1d postal card fr addit: 4d Festival pmk `SBAC EX/ FARNBOROUGH HANTS` skeleton cds [Society of British Aircraft Constuctors] [Pearson 357 rated `F`] 

GREAT BRITAIN 1951 Ref: 261148

Price: : £6.00


1951 KGVI 2d brown on card [Orient Line - RMS Orcades] tied 'PQUEBOT' & 2-ring 'Napoli-Posta Aerea - 3.12.51' - to London SW.15 

GREAT BRITAIN 1952.9.9 Ref: h578

Price: : £30.00


1952.9.9 N.Ireland Special Event Pearson 372. Reg cover fr: ½d, 8d pmk BELFAST/ BAAS skeleton cds - reg label with m/s "B.A.A.S." [= British Assoc for Advancement of Science 

GREAT BRITAIN 1952 Ref: 255673

Price: : £10.00


1952 BOAC Comet-1st Flight: 2.V.52 London to Johannesburg [arr 3/V] -