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Lot 1287 | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY - AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS [ View this Category ]
1917 (16 Dec) cover addressed to Lieut. W.P. Heslop in London, with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/D.C.1' double ring cds, and boxed 'crown/PASSED/BY/CENSOR No./4819' in pink. William Pryce Heslop enlisted on 1 May 1917 and was given the rank of Lieutenant in the Australian Flying Corps; he served in various capacities in the U.K. for the duration of the war. Heslop was later a well-known philatelist whose name is seen on many early air mail covers, and he formed a significant collection of Australian Colonial issues. The writer is believed to be his brother, who was with the 1st Aust. Inf. Div at Messine, Flanders at the date of writing  | ||
