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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, FORCES IN EGYPT
| Lot 1159 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: small group, various publishers, with posed views of soldiers in camps, soldiers on tram in Cairo, building a bridge at Haifa, Palestine, also a couple of non-military Egypt scenes, mostly fine (10)    | ||
| Lot 1160 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: two real photo cards with manuscript identification on reverse, one 4th Battery 1st Div A.I.F. at Tel-El-Keber, leaving for France Jan 1916, with 'Rog' and 'Laurie' identified on photo; and 'Camels passing the top end of our lines', minor blemishes, ex Emery and the first illustrated on page 57 of his handbook (2)  | ||
| Lot 1161 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: two comic cards, showing soldiers at pyramids with two ladies, and hiring a taxi to Cairo. Fine and scarce (2)  | ||
| Lot 1162 | [ PPC ] |
1915 picture postcard (Statue of De Lesseps, Port Said) addressed to Victoria with fine strike of double oval 'FRANKED/ BY (mss)/FOR C.O. 21st BN/A.I.F.' in violet  | ||
| Lot 1163 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915-16 covers (2) and picture postcards (6) addressed to Australia, and mostly using British style datestamps, and censor marks, includes postcard (date unclear) with 'CAPT/O.C.C. Company/17th Inf. Batt./A.I.F.' censor mark in violet, 1916 (18 Oct) postcard with 'Lieut. Oldfield/8th REINFORCEMENTS/8th BATTN' censor mark in violet. Generally fine (8)   | ||
| Lot 1164 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (4 Jan) multicoloured 'AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/CAIRO/1914-15' postcard to North Melbourne franked Egypt 5m tied by '2ND AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.' cds, small repaired cut otherwise fine and very attractive  | ||
| Lot 1165 | [ PS ] |
1915 (30 Jan) multicoloured 'AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCES CAIRO 1914-15' postcard written at Mena Camp and addressed to Hobart, sent through the Egyptian post office with 5m adhesive tied by Cairo cds. Very attractive and scarce   | ||
| Lot 1166 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (21 Mar) picture postcard (Interior of Mosque of Amrou, Cairo) addressed to Victoria with 'A.I.F. INTER. BASE P.O./CAIRO' cds, and 'CENSORED BY/(signature)/LIEUT 12 8' in violet  | ||
| Lot 1167 | [ C ] |
1915 (18 Apr) cover to Zurich, Switzerland with 'AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS/HEADQUARTERS/FIELD P.O.' cds, and boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2208/CENSOR' handstamp in red. With 'T' in circle and mss '20' in blue, Swiss 20c postage due added on arrival. Free postage only extended to British Empire destinations. Fine and an unusual destination  | ||
| Lot 1168 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 (24 Apr) Adelaide Y.M.C.A. Army Department envelope (toning) addressed to Victoria, with Egypt 5m tied by 'AUSTRALIAN BASE/DETAILS P.O.' cds. Also two picture postcards with the same datestamp (27 Sep and 18 Oct) both addressed to South Australia, one with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/_________ Lieut./O.C. "D" Company' censor mark in blue (3)  | ||
| Lot 1169 | [ PS ] |
1915 (18 May) Y.M.C.A. postcard addressed to Victoria with 'BRITISH CAMP/HELIOPOLIS' cds  | ||
| Lot 1170 (Withdrawn) | [ PS ] | NO LOT | ||
| Lot 1171 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (2 Aug, and undated) picture postcards (2, Sphinx and Cairo View) addressed to Melbourne, one with '6TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds, and both showing 'O/C "A" Coy. 22nd Batt. A.I.F.' censor mark in blue. The 6th Infantry Brigade was stationed at Heliopolis Aerodrome prior to departure for Gallipoli in late August 1915 (2)  | ||
| Lot 1172 | [ C ] |
1915 (16 Aug) On Active Service' officer's letter to Melbourne endorsed 'no stamps available' and with '6TH INF. BDE./FIELD P.O.' cds, and with '(initials) CAPTAIN/O.C. "B" COY. 25TH BATTN.' in violet, minor blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1173 | [ C ] |
1915 (16 Aug) cover to Victoria with 'A.I.F. INTER. BASE P.O./CAIRO' cds, and oval 'A.I.F./ON ACTIVE SERVICE FREE/..........CAPT./8TH. L.H. REGT.' in blue, few blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1174 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 covers (3, one a front) and picture postcard showing mail sent through the Egyptian P.O. at Heliopolis, Hilwan or Alexandria, the postcard additionally with '_____ CAPT & ADJT/2ND AUSTRALIAN DIV. TRAIN' censor mark in violet. Covers with a few faults (4)  | ||
| Lot 1175 | [ PPC ] |
1915 (6 Sep) picture postcard (Landscape near Cairo) addressed to Adelaide with 'A.I.F. INTER. BASE P.O./CAIRO' cds, large circular '27th. BATTALION A.I.F./ON ACTIVE/SERVICE/POST FREE/7th INF. BGDE., and 'A.I.F./Passed by Censor', both in violet  | ||
| Lot 1176 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915-16 mail from Australian Forces passing through Indian F.P.O.s, with 1915 (29 Sep) to Sydney with F.P.O. No. 35 cds censor handstamp (No. 84); 1915 (26 Nov) Indian Field Service Post Card to Victoria with 1a I.E.F. overprint tied by F.P.O. No. 313 cds; 1915 (30 Dec) picture post card (Ismailia) to South Australia with 'A.I.F.' INTERBASE P.O.' cds, and censor mark (No. 125); and 1916 (14 Feb) picture post card (Pyramids) with 2a6p I.E.F. overprint tied by F.P.O. No. 32 cds and with censor handstamp (No. 75). The Indian 11th and 12th Divisions, along with Australian units, provided the main defence for the Suez Canal  | ||
| Lot 1177 | [ C/PPC ] |
1915 (20 Oct) Y.M.C.A. cover to Tasmania (roughly opened), and 1915 (31 Dec) picture postcard to Victoria, each with 'AUSTRALIAN BASE/DETAILS P.O.' cds, the postcard additionally with 'A.I.F./Passed by Censor No. __' in reddish-violet. This handstamp had been used on the initial convoys, and was taken ashore when the troops were landed (2)  | ||
| Lot 1178 | [ C ] |
1915 (27 Nov) officer's letter to Perth (WA) endorsed 'On Active Service', poor 'AUSTRALIAN BASE/DETAILS P.O.' cds, and circular 'FRANKED BY/(initials)/CAPT. E.C.C.' in red. Peripheral faults and toning  | ||
| Lot 1179 | [ PS ] |
1916 (8 Nov) use of gratuitous On Active Service Letter Card produced by the Australian Stamp Printer from a member of the Signal Squadron in Egypt, addressed to South Australia and with British 'FIELD POST OFFICE/MD' cds and triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/No. 3200' handstamp, minor damage in one corner  | ||
| Lot 1180 | [ C ] |
1916 cover front to Sydney (redirected to Perth) with faint and illegible cds, endorsed 'On Active Service' and with circular 'FRANKED BY/ON ACTIVE/SERVICE/(initials)/ for O.C./8TH/REIN.1ST. BATT.' in violet, minor blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1181 | [ C ] |
1916 (21 Mar) 'On Active Service' officer's letter to Melbourne with 'AUSTRALIAN BASE/DETAILS P.O.' cds, 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/(initials) LIEUT./O.C. "A" Coy.4th. Training Batt.' And straight line 'CENSORED', both in violet. Fine  | ||
| Lot 1182 | [ C ] |
1914 (Dec) Y.M.C.A. illustrated cover endorsed 'Stamp Unavailable', addressed to Prospect (SA) and with '3RD AUST. INF. BDE. FIELD P.O. cds. The First Convoy began disembarking in Egypt from 3 December 1914, and the 3rd Aust. Inf. Bde. was sent up two days later. Back flap missing, but an early use  | ||
