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Online General Sale No. 87 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 7th August 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, LIGHT HORSE CAMPAIGNS
| Lot 1259 | [ C ] |
1916 (3 Apr) cover (opened out) addressed to Sydney with '2 AUST LH BDE FIELD P O' skeleton cds, and with triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/crown/No. 3225' in red. This cover was sent just prior to the Brigade setting out for operations in the Sinai Peninsula  | ||
| Lot 1260 | [ PPC ] |
1916 (27 May) picture postcard (Heliopolis Palace Hotel) addressed to Perth with '3RD LIGHT HORSE/A.I.F./FIELD POST OFFICE' cds. At this time, the Brigade was on reconnaissance at Section 2 on the Canal Defences  | ||
| Lot 1261 | [ C ] |
1916 (3 Jun) honour envelope addressed to Melbourne with '1ST AUST. L.H. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, roughly opened. The Brigade had relieved the 2nd Brigade at Romani the previous week  | ||
| Lot 1262 | [ C ] |
1916 (9 Aug) cover addressed to Adelaide with '3RD LIGHT HORSE/A.I.F./FIELD POST OFFICE' cds and triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/crown/No. 3228' in pink. The brigade at this time was engaged in the Bir el Abu operation, after the fall of Romani  | ||
| Lot 1263 | [ C ] |
1916 (13 Sep) and (20 Sep) covers addressed to Adelaide with '3RD LIGHT HORSE/A.I.F./FIELD POST OFFICE' cds (the second cover unusually in violet), and triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/crown/No. 3228' handstamp in violet. At this time the Brigade was engaged with the capture of Bir el Mazar (2)   | ||
| Lot 1264 | [ C ] |
1916 (9 Nov) cover to Western Australia with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/LH2' skeleton cds, and triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/crown/No. 3221' in violet. The envelope contains a real photo postcard of the writer, Major E.A. Le Souef, Veterinary Officer, 2nd Light Horse Brigade. In August-September 1916 the Brigade had been on active service in the Sinai Peninsula, capturing the towns of Romani, Katia and Mazar. At the date of this cover they were resting at the Suez Canal  | ||
| Lot 1265 | [ C ] |
1916 (5 Dec) Active Service envelope addressed to N.S.W. with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/LH2' skeleton cds, flap faults. Written prior to the capture of El Arish  | ||
