AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, PRISONER-OF-WAR MAIL

Lot 1300	[ PS ]	Estimate: $150 Starting Price: $115 1917 (5 Nov) use of 1d 'Star' embossed postal stationery envelope sent from Kadina (SA) and addressed to Corporal Henri Schakie(?) 'Interned at Geist Holland'. With oval 'PASSED BY/4TH M.D./CENSOR in violet, and with 'ELISABETH/DORP'. Elisabethdorp was a village for interned Belgian soldiers built near Amersfoort in Holland. Unusual mail from Australia to non-Australian prisoners
Lot 1301	[ PS ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 Mail from Australian Prisoner-of-War: 1914 (31 Oct) 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' card sent by F/Lt. Philip Searcy 683, and addressed to Royston Park (SA). With unclear German cds, boxed 'GEPRUFT/113' in violet and boxed 'Mit Luftpost/Par Avion' and tax marking in red, and with diamond '4/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/85' in violet. Very early date, apparently from an Australian serving with the British, minor damage along top but rare
Lot 1302	[ PS ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Mail to Australian Prisoners-of-War: 1916 (8 May) 1d 'Star' postal stationery envelope sent from Kalgoorlie (WA) to Private Walter Stagles No. 1176 in Limburg, Germany care of the Australian Red Cross in London, with 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/P.W.745' censor tape. Private Stagles was reported missing in action in France on 16 April 1917, but later was reported to be a prisoner-of-war at Limburg
Lot 1303	[ C ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 Mail to Australian Prisoners-of-War: 1917 (8 Mar) cover from Dalby (Qld) with 1d Red KGV addressed to Sergeant A.D. Campbell No. 594 at Giseesen, Germany, with censor tape
Lot 1304	[ PS ]	Estimate: $4,000 Starting Price: $3,000 Mail to Australian Prisoners of War: 1917 (17 May) 1d Red KGV Military Lettercard (BW LCM2, cat AU$2000) used from Piangil (Vic) and addressed to Private James Pentland 6575 in the 4th Infantry Battalion. Pentland was reported missing in France on 15 May 1917, but later was reported to be a prisoner-of-war. Lettercard endorsed 'POW' and redirected, with circular 'Pruftungsstelle/Gepruft/62/MERSEBURG' in violet. Fine and a major Australian postal stationery rarity, being one of only two military lettercards (of either type) recorded used
Lot 1305	[ PS ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Mail to Australian Prisoners of War: 1917 (11 Jun) 1d Red KGV Military Envelope (BW ME4B, cat AU$400) sent from Bowen (Qld) to Frank A. Bidgood 6463 of the 15th Battalion. Reported missing in action in France in April 1917, subsequently identified as a prisoner-of-war, and cover readdressed to him at Limburg, Germany
Lot 1306	[ PS ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 Mail from Australian Prisoners-of-War: 1917 (4 Aug) 'Kriegsgefangenensendung' card sent by Private C. Golding No. 3124 from Minden P.O.W. Camp, addressed to Sydney, with Minden cds, and circular 'KOMMANDANTUR' handstamp in violet
Lot 1307	[ C ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Mail to Australian Prisoners-of-war: 1917 (21 Nov) cover from Glen Innes (NSW) with 1d Red KGV, addressed to Private B.B. Hollist at Minden P.O.W. Camp in Germany, sent via the Australian Red Cross in London, with '52/Gepruft/POSTPROFUNGSSTELLE/KSL. KOMMANDANTUR/GEFANGENEN/LAGER/CASSEL in violet, and with censor tape. Private Benjamin Bromley Hollist was reported as wounded in action at Bullecourt, France on 11 April 1917, and later was reported as a prisoner-of-war at Cassel
Lot 1308	[ C ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Mail to Australian Prisoners-of-War: 1918 (7 Jan) cover from Hobart to Private W.J.E. Feltham at Cassel, Germany, sent via Australian Red Cross in London, with circular '52/Gepruft/POSTPROFUNGSSTELLE/KSL. KONNANDANTUR/GEFANGENEN/LAGER/CASSEL' in violet, and with censor handstamp and tape. Private Feltham was reported missing in action in France on 6 April 1917, but was later reported to be a prisoner-of-war at Cassell
Lot 1309	[ C ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Mail to Australian Prisoners-of-War: 1918 (8 Apr) cover sent from Townsville (Qld) with 1d Red KGV, addressed to Private R.W. Arney No. 5817 at Cassell, Germany, sent via the Australian Red Cross in London, with circular '52/Gepruft/POSTPROFUNGSSTELLE/KSL. KONNANDANTUR/GEFANGENEN/LAGER/CASSEL' in violet, and with censor tape. Private Arney was reported missing in action in France on 11 April 1917, but later reported to be a prisoner-of-war at Cassell. Following repatriation to England after the War, he contracted influenza and died on 3 March 1919
Lot 1310	[ C ]	Estimate: $150 Starting Price: $115 1918 (27 Aug) cover from Melbourne with 1d Red KGV strip of 3 addressed to the Red Cross International Agency for Prisoners-of-War, with two cachets in blue, and with 'PASSED BY CENSOR/2/3rd Military District' in blue
Lot 1311	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $120 Starting Price: $90 German Prisoners-of-War in Australia: 1915 (19 Oct) picture postcard (Parramatta River) sent from Trial Bay Detention Barracks (NSW) to Oldenburg, Germany, with double circle 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE', boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR S.D.' both in violet, and 'R.J. Sands MAJOR/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.