Beschreibung:

cover World War II The superb and most extensive collection of F.P.O. mail, including Australia (51, mostly internal but including Palestine and Papua); Canada (109, mostly from Europe but one dated 1944 from Gold Coast); East African (14, including 1944 envelope bearing E.A.F. overprint 1d. to 1/- cancelled at Addis Ababa); Germany (28, mostly internal but including a range of Dienstpost covers bearing occupied territories or Luftfeldpost adhesives, also a small group of envelopes from German-allied countries with Croatia, Generalgovernment, Bulgaria, etc.; Great Britain (640, a superb range with representations from virtually all theatres of war), India (167, a good range with Aden, Burma, Iraq, Malaya, Persia, Tripoli); Italy (59, a good range with Albania, Croatia, Greece, Libya); New Zealand (12, mostly Middle East including two envelopes dated 1942 with attractive hand-coloured scenes of Egypt); Poland (45, with Egypt, Iraq, Italy, Palestine, also a fine group of Polish Forces etiquettes and propaganda labels, and a similar but smaller range from Czech and Norwegian Free Forces); Russia (5); South Africa (43, mostly Egypt); United States (634, a superb range with home bases, Europe with Russia, Africa with Ascension, Algeria, Gold Coast, Asia with Burma, Ceylon, China, India, East Indies, South America with Brazil, Curacao, West Indian Islands, Australia, New Zealand, wide variety of Pacific Islands, etc.); a range of mail from the various Allied forces pertaining to post-war occupation areas and some later conflicts including the Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Vietnam War, etc., also about 200 items of civilian mail from the 1939-45 period showing censor marks or labels; all neatly mounted and annotated identifying the various office locations. An extraordinary lot which offers a remarkable opportunity for continuation. The purchaser of this lot is responsible for it's removal from our premises