Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 World War II - Middle East: Egypt & North Africa 83 C A-/B World War II - Malaya Ex Lot 83 Convoy covers with First Convoy US1 air cover with rare 'HM TRANSPORT/No 1' cancel, and stampless covers with large straight-line 'HM TRANSPORT No 2', '...No 4' or '...No 5' h/s; Second Convoy US2 Jan 1940 air cover stated to be from the "Orcades" at Fremantle, and Feb 1940 two covers with large woodcut 'CENSORED' h/s stated to be applied on arrival at Kantara; Third Convoy US3 cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s & letter dated 2/6/1940; Ninth Convoy US9 five covers from India one with 'FORWARDED/by Australian Military/Liaison Officer India' h/s and a cover posted on arrival with Egyptian 1m & 5m pair and 'POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT FOR AIR MAIL' h/s; later covers with 'HM TRANSPORT' steel cds x4 (one with no dateline) or the rare 'HM TRANSPORT/No 9' cds in blue (2, fronts only), 1941 with British FPO 450 (dateslugs removed) used on the "Strath Eden", & with rare boxed 'HM TRANSPORT/28JAN1943/NO...' d/s in black; a few are on YMCA stationery. (24) 800 100 C A/B Ex Lot 100 1941 AIF Transport group ex "Queen Mary" comprising three airmail items offloaded at Fremantle (one with odd '3d Air Fee Paid' h/s); small packet-wrapper by surface mail with 3d paying registration fee & provisional label endorsed "HM Transport/JJ"; and stampless air cover with 'POSTAGE PAID/24FE/41/---' cds (with 'SEREMBAN' obliterated) in red; plus four later items including air cover with 9d tied by 'HM TRANSPORT' cds with scrambled dateline & air cover with 3d tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/16AU/1941/SP 501' cds used at Singapore. Very scarce group. (9) 500 Ex Lot 111 111 C SINGAPORE: Group of mostly air covers with Straits stamps, various Singapore or British Indian & Australian military cds, mostly with various types of RAF censor h/s, several naval items, condition variable. (25) 350
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 2 World War II - Malaya (continued) 114 C B World War II - Ceylon Ex Lot 114 SINGAPORE: 1941 (Nov) air cover with Straits 5c x5 tied by Indian 'FPO/No 50/8NOV41' cds, endorsed "HMAS Vampire/co GPO" on the reverse; & Dec 1941 cover (no endorsement but stated to be ex "Vampire") with large 'HM AUSTRALIAN/SHIPS' h/s & naval "tombstone" censor. [Originally a British ship, "Vampire" was transferred to the RAN in 1933. She was sunk by the Japanese off Ceylon on 9/4/1942] (2) 200 121 C B Lot 121 1940 (May 15) stampless cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s in black & AIF Censor No 35 h/s & signed at lower-left "JGHallam" who was the writer of the enclosed letter that states "I am aware we will be refuelling at Trincomalee..." [Carried on the Third Convoy US3] 150 Lot 122 122 C A- 1941 stampless YMCA cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' cds (dateline removed) & AIF Censor No 547 h/s, unusually addressed to Ceylon so on arrival 6c affixed & tied by Colombo cds of 28JL/41. 250
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 3 World War II - Miscellaneous Subjects 170 C Ex Lot 170 NAVAL MAIL: Interesting group with a couple of Transport covers, 1944 registered with ' H /20-7-44' dumb cds, two airmail covers from Egypt one with boxed 'AIR MAIL/From/HM Ship' h/s in red, ten - mostly from HMAS "Kanimbla" - with various boxed naval 'PASSED BY CENSOR' types, 1941 aerogramme with letter headed "HMAS Hobart", May 1941 defective front ex HMAS "Perth" (noted as dated the day of an attack by German aircraft) etc, condition very mixed. (16) British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan (BCOF) - 300 174 C B Lot 174 1945 air cover with superb woodcut 'HMAS HOBART/2 SEPT/1945/TOKYO JAPAN' cachet in magenta & 3d cancelled on arrival at Sydney. 300 175 C A- Lot 175 1945 stampless cover with superb double-circle woodcut 'HMAS HOBART/XMAS/1945/TOKYO BAY' cachet, poor British Fleet Mail cds. 400 176 PS B Lot 176 1945 aerogramme with 3d tied by small woodcut 'TOKYO/2nd SEPT 45/BAY' cds & 'HMA/SHIPS' h/s alongside both in bright blue, letter headed "HMAS Napier/2nd September" states "officers and men from [the Napier] assisted in the first British Landing Force to set foot in Japan. In fact, [our] Captain was Commander of that task force..." 500
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 4 VICTORIA 266 C A- Lot 266 MISCELLANEOUS: 1942 airmail cover to GB with Navy tombstone censor, re-examined by the civil censor & 'MELBOURNE' obliterated from the cds x4. A striking cover. BRITISH OCCUPATION OF ITALIAN COLONIES - Eritrea 325 C B CANADA Lot 325 LABELS: 'EXAMINED BY CENSOR/ -3- /VERIFICATO PER CENSURA' with Obliterated Numeral L#LiB tied to reverse by 'PASSED BY/10/CENSOR/PASSATO PER CENSURA' h/s L#Ciii & similar '4' h/s on the face, on Aug 1942 air cover to the Navy Office at Ismailia, MEF 2½d 3d & 5d pair tied by Asmara Corrsipondenze e Pacchi cds, minor toning on the label. Rated 8. 200T Ex Lot 344 344 C/CL 1939 (Dec) PPC to GB with 'Passed for Export' h/s, stamp removed; undated OHMS 'HMC Dockyard' cover to GB with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s, noted as from HMCS "Firedrake"; 1944 stampless naval cover with 'FROM HMC SHIP/EXAMINED BY DBN 512' h/s & 'OPENED BY EXAMINER/DB N...' label (stated to be the only recorded example) on the reverse; 1945 cover with 'NPO/1120' cds & boxed 'MAIL OFFICE/HMS PORTLAND BILL' d/s in blue; undated cover with boxed 'From HMC SHIP/PASSED/BY CENSOR/Signature Date ' handstamp in red; and one other. (6) 350T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 5 CEYLON The military content is referenced to a series of articles by Stephen Dunderdale in the "Bulletin" of the Ceylon Study Circle (UK). Ex Lot 365 365 C NAVY: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' markings including 'HM NAVAL OFFICE/COLOMBO', 'HM NAVAL CAMP', 'NAVAL BLOCK ECHELON BARRACKS/COLOMBO', ditto with 'BLOCK ECHELON' removed, 'RNAH' (toning), 'HM NAVAL OFFICE' with 'COLOMBO' removed, and 'ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS' (repaired tear; not recorded by Dunderdale), etc, condition a bit mixed. Very scarce group. (13) 600T 366 C B Lot 366 NAVY: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[signature]/DATE & SIGNATURE OF OFFICER/["8.8.41"]' in blue on large parcel piece from Trincomalee to GB. A rare survivor. 100T 367 C A- Lot 367 NAVY: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[signature]/DATE & SIGNATURE OF OFFICER/HM NAVAL OFFICE/...' with 'COLOMBO' removed & small boxed 'R FMO' (= Fleet Mail Office) registration h/s on Jun 1945 cover to India, sender's endorsement on flap ".../co CinC Ceylon". Rare registered cover. 400T Ex Lot 368 368 C NAVY: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/.../NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT/NO...' types comprising No 9, No 13, No 17 in red, No 24, No 55 in red, No 56 in red & four others that are indistinct but one of which must be No 80 (the highest number recorded), mostly in blue, condition variable. (11) 500T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 6 CEYLON (continued) 369 C B EGYPT Ex Lot 369 NAVY - DUTCH: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/["signature"]/DATE & SIGNATURE OF OFFICER/ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY' & date h/s 11OCT44 on airmail cover to South Africa; & boxed 'ROYAL NETHERLAND [sic]/navy HEADQUARTERS/PASSED BY CENSOR/Date:...' & date h/s on reverse of cover to the USA with GB 2½d. [The style of the latter cachet suggests it was used in Ceylon but we cannot be certain of that] (2) 382 C A-/B Ex Lot 382 NAVAL MAIL: triple-oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/1DEC1939' in rosine used on HMS "Nile"; double-oval 'PASSED BY/ 5 8 /NAVAL CENSOR' & similar ' 6 7 ' both in blue on 1939 & 1940 covers; & segmented-box 'PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' tying 'Opened by Naval Censor' label (stated to be unrecorded) to 1945 honour envelope. (4) 300T 383 CPS A- Ex Lot 383 NAVAL MAIL: two different triple-circle 'GREEK NAVY CENSOR' h/s in violet on 1943 aerogramme to the USA, or in blue on 1944 cover to Alexandria, both with British Army datestamps. (2) 385 C B Ex Lot 385 NAVAL MAIL: 'BRITISH FORCES/IDENTIFICATION CARD' for an officer with the British Contraband Unit & similar for his wife, various cachets. Unusual ephemera. (2) 100T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 7 FALKLAND ISLANDS 389 C B GIBRALTAR Lot 389 NAVAL: tombstone 'FROM HM SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR' initialled and dated 11/11/44 on War Economy envelope with Graham Land Overprints ½d pair & 1d tied by very fine 'FALKLAND ISLANDS/Graham Land/ 11NOV1944/DEPENDENCIES' cds in purple, Port Stanley transit b/s of 15DE/44, minor repaired tear at upper-left & a little reduced at right. One of the best items in the collection. Operation Tabarin was begun in January 1944 to assert British claims over the sub-antarctic islands and to thwart any territorial claims by other nations. Bases were established at Deception Island, Port Lockroy (Graham Land) & Hope Bay. On 11th Nov 1944, HMS "William Scoresby" departed from Port Lockroy with outgoing mail. 2,000T 410 C A/B Ex Lot 410 NAVAL MAIL: Undated airmail covers to GB with tombstone censor h/s plus double-circle 'POSTAGE/1/PAID' (2, one in red), similar '2' in red (also with oval 'DEPUTY CHIEF FIELD/[crown]/CENSOR' h/s in red & lovely "aeroplane" 'BY AIR' h/s), simple '5D' in black, double-circle 'POSTAGE PAID/5d' (superb strike) or boxed '10D Paid' h/s in red. A very scarce & desirable group. (6) 750T 411 CPS A-/B Ex Lot 411 NAVAL MAIL: Stampless covers to GB with a variety of woodcut 'AIR MAIL' & similar devices x5, one roughly opened; "John Bull" 'AIRMAIL/PAID' two different; and 'AIR MAIL/PAR AVION' on Navy "honour" envelope with 3d x2 & 9d. Very scarce short-lived markings. (8) 400T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 8 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail 442 C A/B Ex Lot 442 GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: Registered covers 1) undated with 'POST OFFICE/ I /MARITIME MAIL' cds in red & 'M.M.' registration label, endorsed "HMS Wells" on the flap; 2) undated with 'POST OFFICE/MARITIME MAIL' "dumb" cancel in red & 'M.M.' registration label; & 3) May 1941 with rare (unique?) usage of oval "anchor & crown" as cancel in violet, blank registration label. Rare trio. (3) 300T 443 Ex Lot 443 CPS GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: undated cover signed across the flap "Admiral JGTF Somerville" ( Admiral of the Fleet 1945-49), oversize 1941 cover from a Dutch ship with 'NAVAL CENSOR/LIVERPOOL' d/s, aerogramme with 'F.M.O.'-in-bars cancel, proof strikes of "security" machine cancels & cover with the diamond-type plus 'Censored & Franked/(No stamp available)' h/s, "galleon" & "dove" aerogrammes, 1944 Naval & Marine Telegram with roneo'd label re restrictions affixed, undated cover from Canada with '2ND SEA MAIL BAG' h/s, etc, condition variable. (17) 450T 444 CL/CO B Ex Lot 444 GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: dated triple-oval 'EXAMINED FOR FLAG OFFICER IN CHARGE/LIVERPOOL' on face of 1942 cover from South Africa & on reverse of 1945 cover to Mombasa with Kenya & Uganda 'N/Released/12' cachet; and similarly inscribed label on reverse of 1942 cover to Sweden. Stated to be the only recorded examples. (3) 400T 445 C A-/B Ex Lot 445 GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: oval 'NAVAL ATTACHE/28FEB1939/SOUTH ATLANTIC' (pre-wwii) b/s in green on stampless OHMS cover; 'NAVAL ATTACHE/[anchor]/CHILEAN EMBASSY' b/s on 1943 cover from London; & 'NAVAL ATTACHE/ANKARA' on 1944 cover to Whitehall. (3) 200T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 9 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 446 C B Lot 446 GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: 1945 (Jan) cover with Merchant Navy Comforts Service illustrated re-addressing label, the address panel being the silhouette of a ship, propaganda on section folded over at the top. John Little says this is the only such item he has seen. 100T 447 C B Lot 447 GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS: 5-line 'TO BE RETURNED TO/.../...IN VIEW/OF TIME ELAPSED SINCE/LETTER WAS WRITTEN' b/s in blue on Sep 1944 cover to HMS "Glasgow", opened-out for display. ["Glasgow" took the King & Queen to Canada in 1939, and a large shipment of gold to Fort Knox as an insurance measure] 100T 448 C/CL A/B Ex Lot 448 ADMIRALTY: Official mail with various printed imprints including 1945 resealing label tied by 'ADMIRALTY' rubber cds used as a cancel; various cachets including vertical-oval 'ADMIRALTY...READING' (lots of ships in Berkshire!), 'CONSULTING SURGEON TO THE NAVY' in red, 'TRAVELLING EXPENSE BRANCH/...' in blue, 'NAVAL SECTION/CENSORSHIP/BELFAST' in blue, oval 'SUPTG ELECTRICAL ENGINEER/SINGAPORE' etc; five registered items including 1943 with 'PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD' cds, 1941 with 'WHALE ISLAND' cds & 'HMS EXCELLENT/WHALE ISLAND' cachet in green, 1940 with huge 'BY BRITISH PACKET.' h/s in blue & Admiralty registration label; etc. Several items are noted as the only recorded examples. (13) 800T 449 C A- Lot 449 ADMIRALTY: undated censored cover with 2½d tied by superb strike of the vertical-oval 'ADMIRALTY.../[crown & anchor]' h/s Goldup #K2 in violet (a pity the stamp is dark blue). Irregular cancel. 100T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 10 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 450 C B Lot 450 ADMIRALTY: 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER AG2' Admiralty label on air cover to Canada, Maritime Mail cancel in red. 451 C A-/B Ex Lot 451 NAMED SHIPS: 2-line 'PASSED CENSOR/HMS NORTHERN SUN' on Nov & Dec 1939 covers (plus cover with the ship's crest on the flap), oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/27SEP1939/HMS SUFFOLK' in blue, oval 'HMS CHALLENGER/30NOV1939/ACCOUNTAN...' in rosine, straight-line 'HMS DIANTHUS' in blue on OHMS cover, manuscript "Passed by Censor/HMS Harmattan" (?), boxed 'CHAPLAIN/SEP1939/HMS ARK ROYAL' on OHMS cover (and another with the ship's crest & simple 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s, toning; also 'MAIL OFFICE/ 4JAN1939/HMS EXETER' b/s on cover from Chile, 1944 'CHAPLAIN/HMS EXCELLENT' in black & 'MAIL OFFICE/1DEC1945/HMS MANXMAN" in blue. Desirable group. [By March 1940, all cachets that identified a ship were withdrawn or modified by removing the ship's name. This requirement was relaxed late in the war] (12) 850T 452 C A- Ex Lot 452 NAMED SHIPS: OHMS covers with 1) oval 'HMS TITANIA/30SEP1939/SHIPS OFFICE' superb strike in blue; & 2) triple-oval 'COMMANDING OFFICER/6NOV1941/CARLISLE' superb arrival d/s in rosine. (2) 300T 453 C A Lot 453 NAMED SHIPS: triple-oval 'H.M.S./("THO/30.12.39")/BOYNE' & straight-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' superb strikes in blue, 'EDINBURGH/E - RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS' slogan. Unrecorded: stated to be the only known example. ["Boyne" was formerly a Mersey Class trawler]
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 11 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 454 C A- Lot 454 NAMED SHIPS: boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/HMS HARDY' in blue overstruck by London RFHMS slogan. ["Hardy" lead a raid by five destroyers that dramatically sank six merchantmen, a destroyer & an ammunition ship in the first Battle of Narvik (Norway). "Hunter" was sunk & "Hardy" disabled. Her commander, Capt Warburton-Lee, was killed and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross] 455 C B/C Ex Lot 455 NAMED SHIPS: 2-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR/HMS HOOD' on two Oct 1939 covers (one with the ship's crest on the flap, toning) & circular type in rosine on two Nov 1939 covers (one registered to Stanley Gibbons with 'LONDON I.S./12NO/H.M. SHIPS' cds (no year slug); plus unused PPC & photo both of the ship. [Built in 1916, "Hood" was the last battlecruiser, and the only one of its class, built for the Royal Navy. It was famously sunk by the "Bismarck" in May 1940] (6 items) 400T 456 C A/B Ex Lot 456 NAMED SHIPS: double-circle 'MAIL OFFICE/17DEC1941/HMS WARSPITE' in blue on philatelic cover; & soiled Nov 1943 cover from Durban to "HMS Warspite/British Fleet Mail" with marvellous 5-line 'RE-DIRECTED LETTER/HMS ("VIVIEN")/...' cachet in red. [In Sep 1943, "Warspite" was badly damaged in the Mediterranean, requiring repairs at Malta and in England. Most of the crew were transferred to other ships] (2)
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 12 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 457 C A-/B Ex Lot 457 LABELS: 'OPENED BY CENSOR' (2, one of Sep 1939 from Sierra Leone), black/grey 'OPENED BY CENSOR/ [number]' (2, on aerogrammes), 'OPENED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' (2), 'OPENED BY/NAVAL CONTROL' (2, one without imprint: stated to be unrecorded), black/brown '[crown]/opened BY/EXAMINER' "continuous strip" very early usage on Jul 1941 official cover to Belfast, and 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER 1477/("NAVAL")' (Norwegian Navy cover?) (5) 458 C A-/B Ex Lot 458 'CENSORED' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of straight-line (3, one 'CENSORED J14' used on HMS "Boston") & boxed (5) types, plus triple-circle type used on HMS "Resource", also 'Censored & Franked/(No stamp available)', two with 'KIRKWALL/ORKNEYS' or 'STROMNESS/ORKNEYS' cds, one stated to be allocated to Gibraltar. (10) 500T 459 C A-/B Ex Lot 459 'CENSORED' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of crude woodcut types including 'CENSOR' on Paquebot cover, two stated to be "unrecorded". Very scarce group. (7) 500T 460 C A-/B Ex Lot 460 'PASSED BY CENSOR' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of straight-line (15), boxed (12, three incorporating 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE') & unframed 2-line (3) types, also triangular & circular (with ship's name excised) types, & a boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/PRS.' (= Press Censor) type, four more signed by the censors (one impressive type noted as being from Jamaica) and one inscribed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/(SD) HG HUNT'. An ideal single-frame subject. (38) 2,000T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 13 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 461 C A-/B Ex Lot 461 'PASSED BY CENSOR' HANDSTAMPS: all-different selection of crude woodcut types, two with Postage Due ½d & 1d one of which additionally has woodcut 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' h/s. Very scarce group. (8) 500T 462 C A/B Ex Lot 462 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR' HANDSTAMPS: all-different types including boxed h/s from Singapore on 1939 cover, variety of inscriptions including 'CENSORED ONBOARD HM SHIPS' in blue or rosine, 'From HM Ships/Passed by Censor', 'PASSED/SHIPS/CENSOR' & 'PASSED BY THE NAVAL CENSOR/EDO CROMARTY' etc, two on Forces Aerogrammes (one a Blue Triangle type). Attractive group. (10) 500T 463 C A/B Ex Lot 463 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: machine types comprising London - with a superb circular 'CENSORED' h/s used on HMS "Resource" - & Edinburgh (3) round dateheads; London square datehead (2, stated used for one week only); diamond in lieu of datehead (stated used at Malta); no datehead overstruck on 'SEAL OF HM SHIPS/[flag]' h/s in red (used at Dakar); and continuous machine 'RECEIVED/FROM/HM SHIPS' (stated one only recorded by Goldup). (9) 800T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 14 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 464 CPS A/B Ex Lot 464 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: steel circular types 1) single-circle - stated unrecorded by Goldup - on registered cover with straight-line 'RECEIVED...' h/s & 'H.M. SHIPS' h/s on the registration label; 2) double-circle 'RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS' with & 3) without an asterix; and 4) dated double-circle 'LONDON I.S./H.M. SHIPS' (stated unrecorded by Goldup) on 5½d Registration Envelope with printed 'M.M.' registration label. (4) 300T 465 C B/C Ex Lot 465 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: rubber circular types 'RECEIVED FROM/HM SHIPS' in violet or black (on Air France airmail envelope); 'FROM HM SHIP' in red on 1944 Royal Navy honour envelope, with 'NAVAL CENSOR SECTION' h/s on plain label; unusual bisected 'RECEIVED/FROM/HM/SHIPS' type (stated unrecorded by Goldup); 'RECEIVED FROM/PAID/HM SHIPS' on air cover & similar with 'H.M.' excised in red (faults), both stated used in East Africa. (6) 400T 466 C B Ex Lot 466 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS' MARKINGS: straight-line (2, one registered & taxed with Postage Due 3d tied by tiny cds with no town name), unrecorded 2-line (2, one on OHMS cover with re-addressing label) & boxed 'Received from HM Ships' - used at Aden? - with Postage Due ½d & 1d. (5) 200T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 15 GREAT BRITAIN - Naval Mail (continued) 467 CPS A-/B Ex Lot 467 'FREE' MARKINGS: Forces Aerogrammes with 'FREE' (2, one with message re item being issued for Christmas mail in lieu of sending a cablegram), 'POST/FREE' (from Egypt) or 'FREE/XMAS/MAIL' in red, covers with 'PASSED FREE OF POSTAGE' in red & similar two-line type (2, one endorsed "HMS Venerable"), straight-line 'SEAMANS MAIL. POST FREE' (faint, stated to be unrecorded) & triangular '190/FS/FREE' (stated to be unrecorded), plus two with 'PAID' h/s (Goldup #G13 & #PP31). (11) 500T 468 C A-/B HONG KONG Ex Lot 468 'AIR MAIL' MARKINGS: stampless (4) or stamped covers with 'VIA/AIR MAIL' (stated to be unrecorded), fancy boxed 'AIR MAIL' (stated to be unrecorded), 'AIR MAIL/POSTAGE PAID' (Goldup Supp #C14) and woodcut 'AIR MAIL' (2 different, one endorsed "HMS Fleur de Lys" on the flap). (5) 481 C (B)/A Ex Lot 481 NAVAL: double-oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/218' & 3-line 'PASSED BY/NAVAL/CENSOR' both in blue on Mar & Oct 1940 airmail covers at $1.15c rate to GB. (2)
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 16 INDIA 492 CPS A/B Ex Lot 492 NAVAL MAIL: triple-oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/23NOV1939/* *' on face of air cover to GB; 'PASSED/BY/NAVAL CENSOR' types including the impressive "Star of David" on two 1943 Navy Office Madras covers to Ireland; triple-oval 'SEA TRANSPORT HEAD QUARTERS INDIA/19FEB40/BOMBAY' b/s on Feb 1940 air cover to GB with Paquebot cds; large-circle 'LANDING CRAFT WING DEPOT/6JUN1945/HMS HAMLA' b/s on 1945 air cover to GB; finally Forces aerogramme with small '[triangle] R.N.' h/s at lower-left & large boxed "honour" handstamp on the reverse. (7) 400T 493 CPS A/B Ex Lot 493 NAVAL MAIL: tombstone 'FROM HMI SHIP/...' on 1943 cover and on 1943 & 1944 aerogrammes (different forms) all with '275/ + ' cds; 2-line 'MAILS FROM HMI SHIPS/ON ACTIVE SERVICE' in rosine on 1942 cover; and double-boxed 'RECEIVED FROM HMI SHIPS/ON ACTIVE SERVICE' on 1942 cover, also with octagonal 'PASSED BY/[crown]/ NAVAL CENSOR' & 'POSTAGE FREE' h/s. (5) 400T 494 C A Lot 494 NAVAL MAIL: double-boxed 'RECEIVED FROM HMI SHIPS/ON ACTIVE SERVICE' also with octagonal 'PASSED BY/ [crown]/naval CENSOR' & 'POSTAGE FREE' h/s superb strikes on Oct 1940 cover. Gorgeous! 200T Lot 495 495 C B NAVAL MAIL: triple-oval 'NAVAL CONTROL SERVICE OFFICE/("23")MAY1944/BOMBAY' - 'BOMBAY' erased by the censor - handstamp in blue on face of registered cover to Bombay, GB stamps with enormous 'X' cancels, minor stains. Impressive!
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 17 INDIA (continued) 496 C A JAMAICA Lot 496 NAVAL MAIL: triple-oval 'NAVAL-OFFICER-IN-CHARGE/5SEP1941/COCHIN' superb strike & similarly inscribed wax seal on the flap, 'SERVICE' KGV 1a3p tied by 'EXPERIMENTAL PO/MS-104' cds. 200T 497 C A- KENYA & UGANDA Lot 497 CACHETS: 4-line 'POSTAL CENSOR/JAMAICA/PASSED/(3)' M#H1 on reverse of air cover from GB to a naval officer at Kingston with superb oval 'NAVAL CONTROL OFFICER/29AUG1940/KINGSTON JAMAICA' d/s in violet on the face, the address crossed-through, a cryptic message to the British civil-censor added, re-addressed on the reverse & sent back to GB by surface. Rated 6+. Most unusual. [Miller states this type was "Used mainly on Prisoner of War mail"] 300T 503 C A-/B Ex Lot 503 NAVAL MAIL: triangular naval censor h/s on covers (3, one by air to London with parallel-lines cancels in green) & a PPC from a member of the Dutch Naval Volunteer Reserve; rare boxed PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR/ Signature Date h/s in blue on stampless OAS cover; and oval PORT WT OPERATOR/KILINDINI cachet on stampless OHMS air cover to London. (6) 350T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 18 KENYA & UGANDA (continued) 504 C A/B Ex Lot 504 NAVAL MAIL: triangle 'PASSED BY - NAVAL/CENSOR' endorsed "JGoldup/2.10.43" - yes, the John Goldup - to his parents; similar with internal 'N.B.' (= Naval Base?); and previously unrecorded 'A.2', 'C.D.2', 'D.Y.6' & 'B A O'; three by air to GB. (6) MADAGASCAR - British Occupation The British civil censorship system operated in Madagascar in much the same way as in its own Colonies. As for the captured Italian Colonies, Madagascar was included in the assignment of Imperial Code Letters, being given the code 'ZB'. 500T 532 C B Lot 532 MILITARY: undated air cover to Sydney with GB 3d x5 tied by two strikes of the rare 'FROM/H.M. BASE' cachet in blue in use at Diego Suarez in mid-1944, Naval tombstone h/s MALAYA - Straits Settlements - Singapore Lot 539 539 CL A CACHETS: triple-circle 'CHIEF POSTAL CENSOR/[Coat of Arms/SINGAPORE' & 'PASSED FOR - TRANSMISSION/ 37 ' KM#C6B (rated 7) on face of long cover to GB with typed "Safe Hand by British Packet in Charge of Master" (the last 4 words obliterated), sender's boxed 'RR SB/No ("12")' cachet in rosine, on arrival in London registered to destination with Admiralty registration label. Unlisted & stated to be the only recorded example. 500T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 19 MAURITIUS 584 C B Lot 584 CACHETS: boxed PASSED BY/WAR/DEPARTMENT/CENSOR/No. 1 light strike on Jun 1942 cover to GB, endorsed on the flap by the naval sender. Unusual usage of a military censor cachet on non-oas mail. 300T 588 C B SIERRA LEONE Lot 588 NAVAL: triple-oval ADMIRALTY SHIP OVERSEER/DATE ( 18 11 43 )/MAURITIUS. On Naval Message form. 0T 671 C B Lot 671 NAVAL CACHET: straight-line 'PASSED BY CABLE CENSOR/ 4 ' in rosine with 'CABLE' crossed-through & endorsed "AEJennings/Commander RN" MW#N1301 (the only recorded example), on back of philatelic air cover to GB with Freetown cds of 22NO/39 & st-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' MW#1a in blue. 300T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 20 SOUTH AFRICA 686 C A Lot 686 MILITARY: 1941 OAS cover from Egypt with superb CENSORED h/s & boxed S.A. HOSPITAL SHIP/ /No. 1/ b/s.
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 21 MISCELLANEOUS Ex Lot 729 729 B A+/A WWII 'SPITFIRE FUND/& EMPIRE PROPAGANDA STAMPS' complete booklet with six panes of 4, superb!; and 'WE REALISE IN/EGYPT THAT/.../THE BRITISH NAVY' booklet cover for ten panes of 20 with one complete pane remaining, plus single with Double Perfs affixed to the face. (2 items) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 200T 748 C B/A- Ex Lot 748 PEACETIME: 1969 commercial covers with 'MAIL OFFICE/HMAS VENDETTA' cds & Free cachet or boxed 'FREE/POSTED IN/HMAS BRISBANE/...' cachet both in violet. Very scarce. (2) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I I 200 769 C B Lot 769 1941 (Oct 28) British cover to "HMAS Parramtta/co GPO/London" with boxed 'Return to Sender on/naval Board Instructions/GI MACANDIE/Secretary' & small boxed '4'. Ex John Little. ["Parramatta" was one of several ships supplying the troops in North Africa as part of the so-called Tobruk Ferry Service. On 27/11/1941, she was sunk off Tobruk by a torpedo fired by a German U-boat. Of the 162 on board, only 24 - including the addressee of this cover - survived]
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 22 GREAT BRITAIN 791 C A/B Ex Lot 791 WWI group including undated cover with 'PASSED BY CENSOR/NEWSPAPER DEPARTMENT' h/s, 1915 cover with 'HOPITAL ANGLAIS/DE/NEVERS/ + ' h/s (& the enclosed letter), 1915 PPC with boxed 'CENSORED/LW Sadleir-Jackson' h/s (later leader of the North Russian Relief Force), 1917 with crude 'PASSED CENSOR' h/s used on HMS "Vernon", PPC with 'POSTED/IN HM SHIP - HMS/HOOD' h/s, 1918 with 'CEN 61 SOR' h/s, Naval "honour" envelope with 'NAVAL LETTER/EXAMINED BY/CHIEF POSTAL CENSOR/LONDON.' h/s, etc. A very desirable lot. Ex John Little. (10) 400T 792 C A- MALTA Ex Lot 792 1917 Wilson cover from Cyprus with '[flag] DON'T/FORGET/THE SAFE ARRIVAL/OF THIS LETTER/IS DUE TO/THE BRITISH NAVY' label with John Walker imprint; & 1921 PPC from Italy with similar label with the imprint replaced by 'JOIN THE NAVY LEAGUE/...' Ex John Little. (2) 200T 814 C B Lot 814 1940 (Feb) air cover to GB with superb strike of the rare boxed 'POSTAGE/1/3/PAID' h/s in rosine & naval tombstone censor h/s in blue, roughly opened & the flap repaired. Rare. Ex John Little. [With photocopy of letter from Francis Field stating that 3 such covers were flown from the aircraft carrier HMS "Glorious" off Malta to Egypt, thence by Imperial Airways to GB. "Glorious" was sunk off Narvik (Norway) a few weeks later, & Imperial Airways abandoned their Mediterranean route in June, when Italy entered the war] 500T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 23 MALTA (continued) 815 C B/(B) Ex Lot 815 1940 large-part long OHMS cover with 'THE COMMANDING OFFICER/HMS ST ANGELO/...' d/s in red & Jul 1941 air cover to South Africa with rare 'Passed by Censor/Office of Vice/Admiral Malta' h/s in rosine across the flap, roughly opened & repaired. Ex John Little. (2) 200T 817 C B RUSSIA Lot 817 1942 cover to GB with 'MALTA IS GRATEFUL/...' label & the 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER' label lifted & folded back to reveal a colourful 'THE/BOY SCOUTS/ARE/CARRYING ON' label. Stated that after examination, the resealing labels were applied by local Boy Scout volunteers. Ex John Little. 400T 834 C B Lot 834 c.1945 cover to Washington DC per diplomatic bag with Russian stamps uncancelled & superb strike of the American 'PASSED BY/O.N.I./NAVAL CENSOR' (= Office of Naval Intelligence) h/s in blue, 'EXAMINED BY/ 3 ' labels on the flap. Ex John Little.