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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN
| Lot 1183 | [ C ] |
Six original sepia photographs, each approx 140 x 82mm, and showing 'Arriving off Anzac Cove', 'Anzac Cove' Two different), 'Stores on the Beach at Anzac Cove (two different), and 'Leaving for Lemnos'. Good condition and very rare, ex Emery (6)   | ||
| Lot 1184 | [ C ] |
Two original photographs (110 x 84mm) of No. 3 Australian General Hospital in Lemnos Island, which operated there from 29 July 1915 to 21 January 1916. A rare pair, ex Emery (2)  | ||
| Lot 1185 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: 'Memories of Gallipoli' photographic postcards, with 'On the Way to the Firing Line', 'A Warm Corner of the Firing Line', and 'The Firing Line Shrapnel Gully'. Very fine and ex Emery, illustrated in his handbook, page 84 (3)  | ||
| Lot 1186 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Hunt's British Real Photo cards, with 'General View of Landing Place, Anzac Beach', 'Anzac Beach Showing Hospital in Foreground', 'Looking up Shrapnel Gully, Anzac Beach', 'Anzac Hill, Showing Dug-outs', 'General Birdwood at Entrance to Shrapnel Gully, Anzac Beach', and 'Turkish Prisoners Digging Graves, Anzac Beach'. Very fine and scarce, ex Emery (6)   | ||
| Lot 1187 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Real photo postcards (3), one coloured, from different publishers showing the same view of Anzac Cove  | ||
| Lot 1188 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Real photo postcards published by Philip G. Hunt & Co., London, with 'Australians Landing Near Cape Helles, Dardanelles', General View of Base, Cape Helles, Dardanelles (two different), '6 in. Guns Ready to Bombard Chanak, Dardanelles', 'Australian Officers Viewing Turkish Aeroplane, Dardanelles', and 'A Visit from "Asiatic Annie" Dardanelles', very fine and scarce, ex Emery)   | ||
| Lot 1189 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Tuck & Sons 'The Dardanelles Operation Series IV, with Ammunition and More Ammunition! Galloping up to the firing Line with Ammunition', and ' "The Man of the Moment" A Captured Turkish Sniper', both addressed to South Australia and cancelled 'A.I.F. INTER. BASE P.O./Cairo' cds 21 and 22 JA 16. Ex Emery (2)   | ||
| Lot 1190 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: 'SCENES ANZAC' (3), with 'Quinn's Post at Anzac', 'Shrapnel Gully (Lower)' and 'Anzac Beach in June 1915', very minor blemishes (3)  | ||
| Lot 1191 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Range from various publishers, mostly real photo types, showing various views on Anzac Cove, mostly fine and a scarce group, ex Emery (10)    | ||
| Lot 1192 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Range from various publishers with scenes at Anzac Cover, ships ('Braemar Castle', 'Queen Elizabeth'), and post-war cards featuring the memorials and cemeteries. Generally fine and a useful group (15)     | ||
| Lot 1193 | [ PPC ] |
Tuck's 'The Dardanelle Operations Series IV' postcard featuring 'A Turkish prisoner as barber', and noted on the reverse 'The tourk, previous to the war, was a hairdresser in Constantinople . . . '. Spotting on both sides  | ||
| Lot 1194 | [ LIT ] |
Folder tied by cord 'GENERAL SIR WM. R. BIRDWOOD'S MESSAGE to the "Anzacs" Christmas 1915', with coloured illustration 'Coo-ee/TO AUSTRALIA' inside. Light soiling, otherwise fine and scarce  | ||
| Lot 1195 | [ PPC ] |
1915 Christmas and New Year Greetings Card 'From the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Mudros Harbour', with view of Mudros Harbour on reverse, fine   | ||
| Lot 1196 | [ PPC ] |
1915 picture postcards (2) and cover undated and without any unit datestamps, use in Gallipoli evidenced by the boxed censor marks in red. Postmarks do not appear on mail posted at Anzac cover until early in May 1915 (3)  | ||
| Lot 1197 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 (8 Mar) picture postcards (View of Cairo, and Egyptian Papyrus) posted the same day to the same addressee in Essex, England, with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, and 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' in violet. Also a 1915 (8 Mar) roughly opened cover with the same datestamp and censor mark (in blue). An advance force which included the 3rd Aust. Inf. Bde. arrived at Mudros Harbour on Lemnos Island on 4/5 March 1915 to prepare the headquarters for the Gallipoli campaign. Ex Emery (3)  | ||
| Lot 1198 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (12 Mar) and (3 Apr) picture postcards sent from Lemnos to Sydney and Adelaide respectively, with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, and with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' in red or violet, fine (2)  | ||
| Lot 1199 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (20 Mar) and (3 Apr) picture postcards with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, and 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' in violet, from the Brigade's time on Lemnos Island, and (19 Jul) picture postcard with similar cds and boxed censor handstamp in pink when in action on Gallipoli (3)  | ||
| Lot 1200 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (21 Mar), (27 Mar) and (3 Apr) picture postcards (Phylae Temple, Port Said and Helouan) with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, the first to Perth with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' in blue, the second to England with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' in violet, and the third to Brisbane with 'PASSED BY /CENSOR' in violet and with 'PASSED CENSOR/BRISBANE' cds in red, The 3rd Aust. Inf. Bde. landed on Lemnos Island on 4 March, and were part of the initial landings at Gallipoli on 25 April (2)  | ||
| Lot 1201 | [ PPC ] |
1915 picture postcards (H.M.T. 'Malda') addressed to Western Australia, one with '3RD AUST.INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds dated 27 MR 15, the writer noting 'We are still on our way for the front, we hope to be there before long', the other dated 2-4-15 but without cds, both have 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' in red. The caption on one card has been cut away to remove the ship identification, and on the other the name is blacked out. Ex Emery (3)   | ||
| Lot 1202 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (8 Apr) picture postcard (Suez) endorsed 'Australian Transport A.I.F.' and with boxed 'RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' and with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2382/CENSOR' in pink. Probably from a British crew member on board the transport, card chipped at lower left  | ||
| Lot 1203 | [ PS/PPC ] |
1915 (12 Apr) picture postcard (U.C.S.S. 'Galeka') written en route to Lemnos Island, with '2ND AUST/ INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2208/CENSOR' in red (note censorship of ship's name in message); 1915 (23 Nov) Field Service Post Card with similar datestamp; and 1915 (2 Dec) picture postcard (Ramleh Casino, Alexandria) written at Gaba Tebe just prior to evacuation, with the same datestamp and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2210/censor' in black'. Ex Emery (3)  | ||
| Lot 1204 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (18 Apr) picture postcard (H.T. 'Galeka') to Melbourne with 'AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS/HEADQUARTERS/FIELD P.O.' cds and with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2209/CENSOR' in red. 'Galeka' was staffed by the 3rd Aust. Field Ambulance, and was making its first trip to Anzac Cove to collect wounded. The datestamp was probably on board for transfer with the first landings   | ||
| Lot 1205 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (21 Apr) picture postcard showing H.M.T. 'Malda' endorsed 'On Active Service' and with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2211/CENSOR' in violet. Written at Mudros Harbour four days before the landing. H.M.T. Malda carried 'C' and 'D' Coys. Of the 9th Battalion to within a short distance of the landing. Ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1206 | [ C ] |
1915 (21 Apr) 'on active service' cover with boxed PASSED BY/crown/'No. 2212/CENSOR' in red, written at Mudros Harbour four days before the landing, and including the original letter on Adelaide Y.M.C.A. Army Department notepaper, some toning. Ex Emery  | ||
| Lot 1207 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (4 Jun - early date), (25 Jun) and (21 Jul) picture postcards, each with '4TH AUST. INF./BDE/FIELD/P.O.' cds (Type 2), and with boxed censor marks (3)  | ||
| Lot 1208 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (11 Jun) picture postcard (La Citadelle Cairo) to Tasmania (readdressed to Melbourne) with BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/Y cds (on board S.S. Aragon). and circular 'CL./PASSED BY/CENSOR.' In blue. The writer notes 'Am getting nearer day by day, we are now anchored about 50 miles from the scenes of action'. Ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1209 | [ PPC/C ] |
1915 (Jun - Oct) picture postcards (3) and cover, each with '4th AUST. INF./BGDE./FIELD/P.O.' cds, the first two (16 and 21 Jun) with Type 1 cds ('B' of 'BGDE' under 'A' of 'AUST'), others (19 Sep and 27 Oct) Type 2 cds ('B' of 'BGDE' under 'h' of '4th'), and with censor handstamp, one in purple (4)  | ||
| Lot 1210 | [ C/PS ] |
1915 (16 Jun), (29 Aug) and (12 Oct) Field Service Post Cards (two different printings), each with '3RD AUST.INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds. Also 1915 (26 Jul) cover (flap missing) with similar datestamp and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2683/CENSOR' in red. Following the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April, this field post office was established at Plugge's Plateau. Ex Emery (4)  | ||
| Lot 1211 | [ PS ] |
1915 (21 Jun) 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL MILITARY FORCES' privately produced lettercard to South Australia, with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O. cds, and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2218/CENSOR' in red-violet. Few small blemishes but rare, ex Emery  | ||
| Lot 1212 | [ PS ] |
1915 (24 Jun) colourful patriotic postcard ('FLAGS UNFURLED FOR GLORIOUS FREEDOM') addressed to Adelaide with '3RD LIGHT HORSE/A.I.F./FIELD POST OFFICE' cds, and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 761/CENSOR in red. The writer says 'I lost a lot of blood from a bullet would in the head' and 'I am now Acting Commander of the Brigade as the Brigadier is away ill.' The 3rd Light Horse Brigade landed in Gallipoli on 16 May. Very fine and ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1213 | [ PS ] |
1915 (29 Jun) and another undated home-made postcard made from writing pad cardboard, to the same address in Sydney, both endorsed 'Soldier's Post Card' and with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown./No. 2212/CENSOR' handstamp in red. Fine examples illustrating the lack of writing materials at this stage of the campaign (2)  | ||
| Lot 1214 | [ PS ] |
1915 (Jul-Dec) Field Service Post cards (various printings), cancels include 3rd Aust. Inf. Bde. Field P.O., 1st Aust. Div. Field P.O., 5th Inf. Bde. Field P.O., and Army Post Office/S Z 5, also an unused card, generally fine (8)   | ||
| Lot 1215 | [ PS ] |
1915 (1 Jul) use of Indian Field Service Post Card addressed to Alexandria and readdressed to the Summer Palace Hotel, with Indian 'F.P.O./No. 34' cds (incorrectly date 1 AU for 1 JL), and with Bacos and Alexandria datestamps   | ||
| Lot 1216 | [ PS ] |
1915 (2 Jul) and (21 Aug) Field Service Post Cards with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O. cds, addressed to Tasmania and South Australia, the first with circular 'crown/PASSED BY/CENSOR' in blue. The 3rd Aust. Inf Bde. served on Gallipoli until mid-November 1915 (2)  | ||
| Lot 1217 | [ C ] |
1915 (2 Jul) home-made envelope created from a magazine page, addressed to Sydney and with '4TH AUST. INF./BDE/FIELD/P.O.' cds (Type 1), later date than recorded by Emery, and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2231/CENSOR' in pink. A fine example demonstrating the paucity of writing materials available to the troops  | ||
| Lot 1218 | [ PS/C ] |
1915 (20 Jul) home-made postcard made from cardboard, addressed to Melbourne with '1ST AUST.DIV. FIELD P.O.' cds, and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2219/CENSOR' in pink, a good example of the methods used to provide writing materials. Also a 1915 (22 Jul) cover to Melbourne with the same datestamp and censor handstamp (No. 2216)  | ||
| Lot 1219 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (26 Jul) real photo postcard (portrait of Australian sergeant) addressed to Vancouver, Canada with '4TH AUST. INF/BDE/FIELD/P.O.' cds. (Type 1) light but readable strike dated 26 VII 15 - a new late date, Emery records usage only in May-June 1915 and suggests the datestamp was possibly lost due to enemy action. Boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2232/CENSOR' in pink, and Canada 2c War Tax stamp affixed on arrival and tied by Vancouver cds. Fine, and an unusual destination for Gallipoli Mail  | ||
| Lot 1220 | [ PS ] |
1915 (27 Jul) and (6 Aug) Field Service Post Cards, both addressed to South Australia, and showing the two types of 4th AUST. INF./BGDE./FIELD/P.O.' cds (Type A 'B' of 'BGDE' under 'A' of 'AUST', Type B 'B' of 'BGDE' under 'h' of '4th'). Ex Emery (2)  | ||
| Lot 1221 | [ PPC/C ] |
1915 (19 Aug) picture postcard (Tanteh) and (21 Aug) cover, both addressed to Sydney, both with 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/Y' double ring ds used on the hospital ship R.M.S. 'Aragon' in Mudros Harbour. Both items are dated just before proceeding to Gallipoli. The cover is from Private Edge of the 18th Battalion, 5th Brigade, who was killed in late August in the assault on Hill 60 (2)  | ||
| Lot 1222 | [ C ] |
1915 (25 Aug) long envelope (220 x 100mm) endorsed 'Personal' and addressed to Sir William Birdwood on Gallipoli, Commander of the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps, Circular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/78' in red with and mss 'A.H. Bingley B.G./Canal Defences'. Reverse with five different datestamps - 'C.S. OFFICE/I.E.F. (25 AUG 1915), 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/Y' (SP 1 15), '1ST AUST. DIVISIONAL/TRAIN/FIERLD P.O.' (3 SE 15), and 'UST. & N.Z. ARMY CORPS/HEADQUARTERS/FIELD P.O.' (4 SE 15)'1ST AUST.DIV.FIELD P.O.' (4SE 15), and sealed with two Royal Arms wax seals. Fine and very attractive, ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1223 | [ C ] |
1915 (26 Aug) Y.M.C.A. envelope addressed to Tasmania with '7TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds, and circular 'CL.2/crown/PASSED BY/CENSOR' in blue. Probably written just prior to the Brigade's landing on Gallipoli  | ||
| Lot 1224 | [ C/PPC/PS ] |
1915 (31 May and 1 Sep) picture postcards (Parthenon, and R.M.S. 'Alaunia') to South Australia or N.S.W., each with '1ST AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds and boxed censor handstamps (Nos. 2200 and 2202) in red; and (3 Sep) plain postcard with similar cds and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2203/CENSOR' in violet, unusually addressed to Denmark, and front with similar cds dated 24 NO 14 (4)  | ||
| Lot 1225 | [ C ] |
1915 (Sep) green honour envelope addressed to Victoria with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S Z 5' cds, also another cover (2 Nov) to Melbourne with the same cds and with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 3021/CENSOR' in red. This post office was opened on 12 September 1915 at the Anzac Beach Landing office. The cover contains two letters, dated 16 September and 15 November. Ex Emery (2)  | ||
| Lot 1226 | [ C ] |
1915 (4 Sep) and (21 Sep) x 2 honour envelopes (two different printings) each with '2ND AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds (3)  | ||
| Lot 1227 | [ C ] |
1915 (5 Sep) postcard to Sydney with '2 AUST LH BDE FIELD PO' skeleton cds, and boxed censor handstamp in pink. The writer was Corporal Francis Patrick Curran of the 7th Light Horse Regiment. Curran distinguished himself in the Gallipoli campaign, displaying great bravery, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. After the evacuation of Gallipoli the Light Horse were to remain in Egypt. However, Curran thought this would be a sideline to the main war, and decided to stow away on a transport to France. He was discovered at disembarkation at Marseilles, arrested as a deserter and returned to Egypt. His Regiment had meanwhile gone into action to defend the oases at Romami, and hearing this, Curran managed to elude his guard and proceed to the front line. On arrival he assisted the stretcher bearers, and ventured into no man's land many times to retrieve wounded. On his 15th sortie, he was shot and killed. He is buried at Kantara Cemetery. The postcard represents a poignant reminder of one of the heroes of Gallipoli  | ||
| Lot 1228 | [ PS/PPC ] |
1915 (8 Sep) Field Service Post Card with '4th AUST. INF. BGDE./FIELD/P.O.', also a post card with an original photograph affixed on the reverse of the 4th Field Ambulance dressing station at 'Walden Point', Ex Emery (2)  | ||
| Lot 1229 | [ C ] |
1915 (23 Sep) 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' envelope addressed to Sydney, 'FIELD POST OFFICE/T 10' cds of the British 10th Divisional Train on Mudros. This cover is from an orderly or patient of the 3rd Australian General Hospital at Mudros  | ||
| Lot 1230 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 (25 Sep) cover front to London with '6TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 3018/CENSOR' in red. Also a 1915 (9 Nov) picture postcard (Monastery of St. Anargyros at Imbos) with similar cds and censor mark (No. 3015). The 6th Brigade relieved the 1st Division on Gallipoli in September 1915. Ex Emery (3)  | ||
| Lot 1231 | [ C ] |
1915 (7 Oct) honour envelope with '2 AUST LH BDE FIELD PO' skeleton cds, re-addressed to the Brigade's Field Ambulance at Port Said  | ||
| Lot 1232 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (12 Oct) picture postcard (Theatre of Bacchus, Athens) to Sydney with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S.Z.3' cds and boxed PASSED BY/crown/No./CENSOR' in violet. This datestamp was at Imbros Island between July 1915 and February 1916, used as a rest camp for Gallipoli troops. Ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1233 | [ C ] |
1915 (12 Oct) cover addressed to Victoria with '2ND AUSTR. DIV./H.Q./FIELD P.O.' cds (earliest recorded date), and with boxed 'PASSED/crown. No. 3014/CENSOR' in pink. This Field P.O. is believed to have been opened at Rest Gully, and served until evacuation in mid-December  | ||
| Lot 1234 | [ PS ] |
1915 (19 Oct) Methodist Y.M.C.A. postcard to Victoria with '6TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds, and boxed 'PASSED BY/Crown. No. 3018/CENSOR' in red. The writer states 'Church parade yesterday morning took place under a terrific shower of shells . . . What a contrast to Sunday a year ago with its hushed atmosphere of reverence and peace.' Ex Emery  | ||
| Lot 1235 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (29 Oct), (5 Nov) and (27 Dec) picture postcards (various Malta scenes), addressed to Western Australia or Victoria, and with British skeleton 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S Z 6' or 'S Z 2' datestamps. These two stationery offices were at Mudros and were frequently used by Australian troops camped on the island, including many troops evacuated from Gallipoli (3)  | ||
| Lot 1236 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (1 Nov) picture postcard (interesting real photo of troops at Port Melbourne prior to embarkation), addressed to Burumbeet (Vic) and with '6TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds for 8 NO 15, and with boxed censor handstamp in red. The 6th Brigade arrived in Gallipoli in August 1915 and were evacuated mid-December   | ||
| Lot 1237 | [ PS ] |
1915 (5 Nov) unusual use of Greek 10l postal card struck with boxed 'PASSED BY/No. 2882/CENSOR' in red and with 'ARMY POST OFFICE' cds (number unclear), addressed to South Australia, message headed 'Lemnos', and reads 'Fancy writing Xmas Cards this early . . . it takes six weeks to reach Australia . . . Parcels usually arrive a mail later'  | ||
| Lot 1238 | [ C ] |
1915 (9 Nov precedes the earliest date given by Emery by two days) Cairo Y.M.C.A. envelope with '2ND AUSTR. DIV./FIELD P.O.' cds, and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 3021/CENSOR' in red, and 1915 (23 Nov) similar cover with No. 3035 censor mark. The 2nd Australian Division arrived in Gallipoli on 6 September and left in mid-December. The field post office is believed to have been at Rest Gully. Both covers with faults, ex Emery (2)  | ||
| Lot 1239 | [ C/PS ] |
1915 (10 Nov) G.B. 2d registration envelope to London with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S Z 5' cds and boxed censor mark in red. Also post card to Brisbane with the same cds on reverse (19 Oct 15) and with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2856'/CENSOR' in red, and Field Service Post card to Sydney with cds dated 7 No 15. Ex Emery (3)  | ||
| Lot 1240 | [ PS ] |
1915 (14 Nov) G.B. 2d registration envelope addressed to Woollahra (NSW), cancelled 'FIELD POST OFFICE/D.N.L.' cds at the Royal Naval Divisional Headquarters at Helles, with boxed censor handstamp and and with backstamp of '1ST AUST. DIVISIONAL/TRAIN/FIELD P.O. dated 25 NO 15 (on this date on R.M.S. Aragon in Mudros). Fine and scarce registered mail  | ||
| Lot 1241 | [ PS ] |
1915 (18 Nov) post card headed 'In the Trenches Gallipoli' with '2 AUST LH BDE FIELD P.O.' skeleton cds and manuscript censorship. The 2nd Light Horse landed in Gallipoli on 16 May. Ex Emery  | ||
| Lot 1242 | [ C ] |
1915 (22 Nov) and (4 Dec) honour envelopes (different printings) addressed to Gundagai (NSW) and Brisbane respectively, each with British skeleton 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S Z 5' cds in use at Anzac Cove from September to December 1915. The first (and possibly both) is from a member of the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance (2)  | ||
| Lot 1243 | [ C/PS ] |
1915 (28 Nov) Field Service Post Card to N.S.W., and (6 Dec) cover to Sydney, each with '2 AUST LH BDE FIELD PO' skeleton cds, the cover additionally with boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2254/CENSOR' in pink. The 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade landed at Gallipoli on 16 May and remained until mid-December  | ||
| Lot 1244 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 (29 Nov) cover to N.S.W. with '5TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds and censor mark in red, plus another cover sent the same day to Sydney. The 5th Brigade relieved the 1st Division at Walker's Ridge on 8 September 1915. Also a picture postcard showing 'Anzac Beach - Below Walkers Ridge - Gallipoli 1915'. Ex Emery (3)  | ||
| Lot 1245 | [ PPC/PS ] |
1915 (6 Dec) picture post cards (2, Isola Point, Malta, and Grand Harbour, Malta) and (15 Dec) Field Service Post Card addressed to Tasmania, Western Australia and Victoria, with '3rd AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, the first two with boxed censor handstamp in blue, the third with 'PASSED' in violet (applied on arrival). The 3rd Aust Inf. Bde. was evacuated Gallipoli and arrived at Lemnos Island on 19 November, before a return to Egypt in mid-December (3)  | ||
| Lot 1246 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (7 Dec) picture postcard of H.M.T. 'Themistocles' leaving Sydney, the writer notes 'This p.c. is of the boat we came back from Lemnos Island on.' Addressed to England and postmarked Pyramids cds following return to Egypt. Minor blemishes   | ||
| Lot 1247 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 (9 Dec) honour envelope to Ireland with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds (small portion of flap missing),1915 (13 Dec) picture postcard (Train Station in Greece) with similar datestamp and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2215/CENSOR' in violet. The 3rd Aust. Inf. Bde. was evacuated to Lemnos Island on 10 December. Ex Emery (2)  | ||
| Lot 1248 | [ PS ] |
1915 (27 Dec) parcel 'Billy' receipt card with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S Z 2' cds (used at Mudros Harbour), posted at Lemnos Island during the evacuation by C.L. Harrison No. 189 of the 1st Australian Naval Bridging Train, and with boxed 'PASSED BY/Crown. No. 3148/CENSOR' in red. Ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1249 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (29 Dec) picture postcard (Greek Costume) with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S Z 6' cds, and with boxed 'PASSED/crown/No. 2874/CENSOR' in red. This post office was opened in October 1915 at Mudros on Lemnos Island  | ||
| Lot 1250 | [ PS ] |
"Dardanelles" Combined Letterette and Reply Sheet featuring flag design, very minor peripheral toning, otherwise fine and scarce unused  | ||
