Scan results are not as good as I'd like, in spite of hours spent calibrating the scanner. If in doubt about whether it is the scan or the cover that has a problem, please ask me.
08a256 Rhodesia. 1915-16, military. 9 postcards from Sgt. EP Lock, #580, Second Rhodesia Regiment, to his wife. Commencing with card written on board ship bound for Mombassa, posted in Beira, through 31 OC 1916 at Dar Es Salaam. In between, FPO 51, 15 JY 15; FPO 315, 21 AU 15; FPO 25, 2OC15; Simonstown 11 JY 16 (in hospital, wounded in action); Durban, 16 JY 16 (en route to rejoin the regiment); FPO 307 4 OC 16; FPO 343, 22 OC 16. On album pages with some historical detail The wartime exploits of the 2nd Rhodesia Regiment are uncommonly well documented. (See, e.g., http://books.google.com/books?id=j7I8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22Second+Rhodesia+Regiment%22&source=web&ots=HA1d5ckkTN&sig=6-RYHiswtPcrl85uPxG1t8h5UyY&hl=en; http://www.amazon.ca/2nd-Rhodesia-Regiment-East-Africa/dp/1845743296; http://books.google.com/books?id=hd_HS2aXvs4C&pg=RA3-PA257&lpg=RA3-PA257&dq=%222nd+rhodesia+regiment%22&source=web&ots=6Ha7BEFogi&sig=jmec4qV-rOrenlftfuLmKoydFKE&hl=en; http://www.rhodesia.nl/gann1.htm .) While numbers vary, there is no question that between combat and disease, this unit was more than decimated. The write-up accompanying the cards indicated that of the 36 officers and 1002 men enlisted with the regiment, only 11 officers and 259 men returned to Rhodesia at the end of the campaign. Sgt. Lock was one of those lucky few. (More) (More) The lot, $2000
08a257 Netherlands. 1920, cinderella. Peace label tied on postcard to Switzerland. $42.50
08a259 US. 1935 (Nov), "Build Friendships, not Warships for National Defense" printed cachet on cover from Boston. Likely aimed at the London Naval Conference (12/35-3/36) and the Anglo-German naval agreement of 1935 which allowed Germany to rebuild its navy. $42.50
08a261 Austria, 1914 (24 Nov), military in Serbia. Registered cover from Loznica with military return address on back. The initial Austrian occupation of Serbia was short-lived and unsuccessful in the face of unexpectedly strong Serbian resistance and the need for forces to be transferred to the Russian front. (Other Side) $150
08a262 Austria. 1914 (9 Sept), occupation of Russian Poland. Wolbrom provisional postmark on cover. Reported used only from 8-14 September as Austrian troops had to be withdrawn to face the Russian offensive in Galicia. Philatelic cover (as usual), signed. No markings on back. $335
08a263 Germany. 1945, Judaica. Registered special delivery cover to the Inter-Allied Court of Justice (less formally, the War Crimes Tribunal) in Nuremberg. $50
08a264 Germany. 1945, Judaica.. Registered cover to the War Crimes Tribunal from a Jewish sender in a DP Camp hospital. (Other Side) $105
08a266 US. 1947, military in Germany; Judaica. Cover from a German civilian employee of the Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes (listed in their phone book http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/EN_NU_45_occwc.pdf to GB. 5c. Prexy tied by APO 696 postmark pays the correct rate for NY to GB. A very unusual Prexy usage. Small bits of mounting paper at edges. $150
08a267 US. 1947, military in Germany; Judaica. Registered cover from a (Polish?) civilian employee of the OCCWC (listed in their phone book http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/EN_NU_45_occwc.pdf return addressed APO 696A but with APO 696 Unit 1 backstamps (apparently quite rare). Block of 4 of the Poland Overrun Nations stamp pays registry fee on airmail postal stationery entire. (Other Side) $130
08a268 US. 1947, military in Germany; Judaica. Dachau Det[achment], 7708 WCG (War Crimes Group) return address on airmail cover postmarked APO 407. "…the 7708 War Crimes Group, was assigned the function of administering and holding the war crimes trials which took place under the aegis of the American military government in Dachau, Germany. This included trials of cases involving concentration camps in Germany and Austria, as well as trials of isolated atrocity cases. The latter involved the fates of crews from American planes shot down during bombing raids over Germany." http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v09/v09p453_Halow.html $80
08a270 Germany. 1947, Judaica; POW. War Crimes Censor handstamp on cover from CIE 29, Cage 11, Dachau. (Other Side) $335
08a273 US. 1946, military in Austria; Judaica. WCIT War Crimes Investigation Team] 6836 (Salzburg, APO 541 return address on airmail postal stationery entire with APO 541 postmark. $90
08a274 US. 1946, military in the Philippines. Japanese-American in War Crimes Invest. Det., APO 75 return address on airmail cover postmarked 22 BPO. Transport franking. $130
08a276 US/GB. 194_ (almost certainly 1946), military in Burma. Japanese interpreter for the War Crimes Court, British Burma Command, return address on free airmail cover to US, postmarked Indian FPO 197. My guess is that this was a Japanese-American serviceman loaned to the Brits. by the US military since they would have been a little short of fluent Japanese interpreters. $280
08a280 GB. 1942, military in Ethiopia. EA APO 62 postmark on cover to Uganda. $42.50
08a281 GB. 1943, military in Madagascar. EA APO 53 postmark tying un-needed KUT stamps on locally addressed cover (censored by addressee). $42.50
08a282 GB. 1942-3, military in US. 2 covers, to and from RA personnel at the USNAB, Grosse Isle, MI. Outgoing cover has 5c. Prexy franking. http://www.nasgi.org/index.html The pair, $60
08a284 GB. 1943, military in US. 2 covers return addressed same man at HMS Asbury, c/o GPO London; one airmail to Scotland with 30c. Transport franking. The pair, $60.
08a285 GB. 1944, military in US; thematic: space. USNAB Bunker Hill, Peru, Indiana return address on cover to GB, with British Maritime Mail postmark on face. This base is now Grissom Air Reserve Base, named for the American astronaut who was killed in the Apollo 1 command module fire in 1967. http://www.in.gov/idem/programs/land/federal/derp/grissomafb.html $80
08a286 South Africa. 1941; military; rail. 2 covers with War Train postmarks (English & Afrikaans). This train was used to promote enlistment and war bond sales. The pair, $70
08a288 Aden. Dthali postmark tying Indian postage on cover to GB. Back flap gone. $475
08a289 Aden. 1917, Perim Island, incoming cover from Japan, censored in Aden. An exceptional origin-destination item. (Other Side) $1000
08a290 GB. 1915, military in Aden. OAS cover with local censor handstamp, backstamped Base Office A, to British military address in France. Glassine mounting tape on back. (Other Side) $210
08a291 GB. 1915, military in Aden. No. 8 British Stationary Hospital handstamp on postcard to GB. $150
08a292 GB. 1919, military in Aden. Base Office Aden, IEF postmark on postcard to GB. $50
08a293 GB. 1920, military in Aden. Base Office Aden, IEF postmark on real photo postcard to GB. (Other Side) $70
08a294 GB. 1916, military in German East Africa. NFF 1 registry label on cover front (only) with NF overprints postmarked FPO 1. From Brigadier Northey, commander of the NFF. $130
08a295 GB. 1916, military in German East Africa. NFF 1 registry label (setting B) on registered postal stationery entire with 1d NF overprint postmarked FPO 1. Addressed to a native headman in Nyasaland. . Small scuff on back. (Other Side) $475
08a296 GB. 1916 (4 Dec), military in German East Africa. FPO 4 postmark on cover to Nyasaland. Located at Old Langenburg 1.XII.16- ca. 11.III.17. Superb strike; scarce location. (Other Side) $700
08a297 GB. 1917, military in German East Africa. Nyasaland FF 5 postmark on German commercial cover previously stamped with the provisional 7 ½ h. German frank handstamp and validating coat of arms handstamp. From Songea (2nd South African Rifles) to New Langenburg. Some back staining from previous mounting, but a spectacular piece. $1500
08a299 GB. 1918, military in German East Africa. FPO 9 postmark tying block/4 1d NF overprints on registered cover (short paid?) to Switzerland. APO Zomba handstamp. (Other Side) $550
08a300 GB. 1917, military in German East Africa. FPO 8 postmark tying 4d in NF overprints on registered cover to Switzerland, with FPO 8 R handstamp and South African censor. (Other Side) $550
08a304 Netherlands. Ca. 1950, Mission in Japan handstamp on philatelic cover to US. $42.50
08a305 Czechoslovakia. 1947, offices in Germany. Bilingual censorship of German correspondence on cover franked with Czech stamp tied by US Munich censor, to US. No return address or other indication of how this came to be. Cover opened 3 sides. $50
08a306 Germany. 1946, cover apparently carried out of the mails and posted in New York. Bremen return address and US Zone censor handstamp. Appears to be an example of travelers’ censorship, which makes it quite scarce. $70
08a307 Switzerland. 1923, 1 Fr. x 4 on parcel tag to Finland via Germany. (Other Side) $80
08a308 Czechoslovakia. 1955, censor tape and non-admis label on cover from us with provocative franking (atoms for peace stamp and 3c. Liberty) $27.50
08a309 France. 1923, parcel tag to Finland. (Other Side) $35
08a312 Egypt. 1938, Judaica. Hebrew Language Commission cornercard on cover to Switzerland. Air mail service canceled. $35
08a313 Lithuania. 1939, souvenir sheet on large registered cover to US. $35
08a314 Japan. 1929, World Power Conference cornercard on local special delivery cover. Imperial Hotel receiving mark on back. For more on this organization see http://www.worldenergy.org/ $35
08a315 Netherlands. 1945, PO in Australia. Airmail cover from Batavia to Sydney with NPO Brisbane postmark on back. (Other Side) $210
08a316 Germany. 1946, Judaica. Cover from the State Commissar for Support of Jews in Bavaria. The "Frei durch Abloesung Reich!" notation seems a bit strange under the circumstances. (Other Side) $80
08a318 US. 1946, military in Austria; Judaica. AJDC cornercard cover sent through APU 174 to France. 5c. Prexy franking pays correct surface rate from NY to France. $70
08a319 Austria. 1946, offices in Germany. Austrian Liaison Section, attached to OMGUS handstamp on cover from Munich. $35
08a320 Czechoslovakia. 1946, military in Germany. Return address on postal stationery entire docketed via London to Czechoslovakia. Balance of 30c. rate is made up of 6c. Transports, including a booklet pane. Striking and scarce. $105
08a321 Czechoslovakia. 1948, offices in Germany. Mission for Restitution attached to the OMG for Bavaria, handstamped return address on cover from Munich to Nuremberg. $35
08a322 Hungary. Ca. 1946, military in Germany; POW. Return address of a military doctor in the Hungarian Hospital, 2926 DPAC on cover to GB with DP frank handstamp. $50
08a323 Hungary. 1945 (Dec), Offices in Germany; Judaica; POW Bergen-Belsen Hungarian Committee handstamp and return address on cover to US sent through British FPO 504. Tape repairs (at top and large ones on face of cover). $35
08a328 Poland. 1947, military in Germany, Post office of the Polish Military Center in Fanninboster handstamp on small official cover to GB. $70
08a330 US/UN. 1946, Sc. UX27 postal card uprated with Roosevelt commemorative, to DP in an UNRRA camp, censored in Germany. (Other Side) $50
08a333 Denmark/Greenland. 1948, Danish Pearyland Expedition postmark on expedition card (long view of camp). $50
08a334 Greenland. 1960, airmail parcel card to Denmark. Postage includes pairs of 2 Kr And 5 Kr. No markings on back. $50
08a336 Greenland. 1940 (1 Jan), postcard from Thule to Denmark, censored in Germany. No message. $50
08a337 Greenland. 1952, registered postcard from Julianehaab. No message. $50
08a338 Greenland. 1941 (16 Sept), airmail cover to (German occupied) Denmark. German censor on back.
08a339 Greenland. 1948, money order card to Denmark. (Other Side) $105
08a340 Greenland. 1937, parcel card from Styrelse with 10 o and 20 o parcel stamps. Stamps extend slightly above top of card and there are a few short perfs as a result. (Other Side) $335
08a341 US. 1918, military in France; USMC; flight. 1st Marine Aviation Force return address on long cover with British APO 4 postmark. This unit was serving with the British as the personnel arrived before their equipment. http://www.acepilots.com/usmc/hist2.html $180
08a342 US. 1918 (21 Nov), military in Italy; flight. USNAS Porto Corsini return address on postcard (Venice view). $50
08a345 US. 1918, military in France; flight. 4 covers from 32, 230, 468 and 493 Aero Squadrons. Also postcard from AEF air HQ in GB and a lettersheet from an unidentified base in the South. (More) The lot, $60
08a346 US. 1919, military in France; flight. USVAS Gujan-Mestras return address on postcard . Writer says he is in Paris; card postmarked in Bordeaux. Gujan-Mestras was a relatively small naval air station. $35
08a348 US. 1943, military in Dominican Republic; diplomatic. Dominican Flotilla, c/o American Legation return address on cover to USCG man in US. According to Leonard & Bratzel, Latin America During World War II, following talks in 1940 the US upgraded its representation in the DR to the ambassadorial level and "a small flotilla of patrol boats arrived from the U.S. Coast Guard."(Pg. 79). See http://books.google.com/books?id=YA6-HTSJv5MC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=%22Dominican+Republic%22++Flotilla+WWII&source=web&ots=oQCRmEEC_e&sig=t7my0mkYwtbL8_nITJKsen956-E&hl=en $105
08a349 GB. 1927, military in China. FPO 3 (Shanghai) postmark on postcard. $130
08a350 GB. 1927 (19 Apr), military en route China. FPO 5 postmark on cover.. Post office then operating on board SS City of Marseilles. Listed as Not Seen in Proud. Back flap gone. $130
08a351 GB. 1933, military in China. British China Signal Section, Tientsin handstamp on cover posted through FPO1. Cover roughly opened at top, but unit cachets from British forces in China in this period are extremely scarce. $130
08a352 Samoa. Registered cover from Tuasivi to Switzerland, with faint Samoa censor handstamp. (Other Side) $380
08a353 US. 1944, military in Peru. US Naval Aviation Mission return address on cover sent through local post office in Lima. $42.50
08a354 US. Ca. 1943, military in Guatemala. Guatemala Air Base, Aurora Air Port return address on cover sent through the local post office. The 44th and 74th Bombardment Squadrons operated out of this base. Missions included patrolling between Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands. http://home.satx.rr.com/bombardment/htmdocs/44thbshistorytem.htm Cover reduced at bottom. $42.50
08a355 Belgian Congo. 1943, military in South Africa. PM 101 postmark on cover. (Other Side) $280
08a357 US/Poland. 1940, Polish Exhibition, NY World’s fair envelope with 8 postcards showing war devastation in Poland. Outer envelope is fragile and stained on back. Cards (all unused) are pristine except 2 have very light staining at part of one edge. The lot, $27.50
08a358 Poland. 1928; flight. Sc. B31 souvenir sheet tied on cover. $129
08a359 Poland. 1938, Sc. 314 souvenir sheet tied on registered cover. $50
08a360 Polish Danzig. 1931, registered commercial cover. $105
08a361 Polish Danzig. 1929, rail. Kartuzy-Gdansk No. 427 RPO postmark on cover. Signed Krawczyk. $105
08a362 Polish Danzig. 1938, Registered postal card with special postmark. No message on back, but there is a Krakow receiving postmark. $150
08a363 Poland. 1942, military in GB; naval. PMW 12 postmark (= ORP Burza, destroyer) tying Exile Government stamps on attractive cover to US. $60
08a364 Poland. 1944, military in GB; naval. PMW 27 postmark (= ORP Wilk, submarine) tying Exile Government stamp on cover to US. $35
08a365 South West Africa. 1947-48, 3 airmail covers from Walvis Bay to the US. Plus an unused postcard from the DSWA era showing Walfisch Bay from the sea. (More) The lot, $60
08a366 Czechoslovakia. 1945/62, 12 covers, nearly all philatelic. 4 franked with souvenir sheets; 7 registered; 8 to US. The lot, $35
08a367 Czechoslovakia. 1938, commercial airmail cover to Peru. Unusual destination and high-value franking. $27.50
08a368 Czechoslovakia. 1931/38, 8 covers, all registered; 1 to Lebanon; most appear to be philatelic. The lot, $35
08a369 Czechoslovakia. 1931, Sc. C10-17 on registered airmail cover to Austria. $27.50
08a371 French Guinea. 1908, Franco-Liberian [Boundary] Delimitation Commission cornercard cover, from Sampouyara to France. For details on this boundary commission, see http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Liberia and http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS132.pdf (Other Side) $280
08a372 Italy. 1910 (11 May) , occupation of in Tripolitania. Tripolitania-Tunisia Frontier Delimitation Commission handstamp, light but mostly legible, on postal card from Tripoli. "On May 19, 1910, a Franco-Turkish convention delimited the present-day Libya-Tunisia boundary which was demarcated with pillars by a joint commission in 1910-11." http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS121.pdf (Other Side) $210
08a373 Upper Senegal and Niger. 1904, Niger-Chad [Boundary] delimitation Mission return address on cover posted in Dori, to France. (Other Side) $150
08a374 Poland. 1945, military; diplomatic; POW. Registered cover to a Polish military internee in Sweden (in October, 1939 the Polish submarines Rys, Sep and Zbik made it to Sweden, where their crews were interned). Forwarded to the Polish Legation (Naval Attaché handstamp) as this man had already been repatriated. Cover trimmed at right, I believe by Polish censor as it is resealed inside with a bead of glue – standard practice for Soviet and Polish censors at the time. (Other Side) $180
08a375 US. Ca. 1918, military. Fee Claimed at Military Branch, Chattanooga, Tennessee handstamp on incoming special deliver cover to Chickamauga Park, GA. Cover trimmed at right and small part of back missing. $35
08a376 Poland. 1946, military in GB. Polish Naval Training Camp Okehampton, faint handstamp on small OHMS cover. $35
08a377 Germany. 1915, military in Poland. Vistula Flotilla, Volunteer Motorboat Corps, Group 17 handstamp on postcard from Warsaw. For more information on the FMK, see http://www.dsm.museum/Pubs/24_11.htm $335
08a378 Germany. 1941, occupation of Poland; Judaica. Jewish Post office, Krakau Ghetto, postmark on postcard to Germany. $475
08a380 Belgium. 1916, military in German East Africa. BPC No. 4 postmark (Kigoma) on cover from officer in the Southern Brigade to GB. (Other Side) $150
