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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, PRISONER-OF-WAR MAIL
Lot 1300 | [ PS ] |
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| Lot 1301 (Withdrawn) | [ PS ] | Mail from Australian Prisoner-of-War: 1944 (31 Oct) 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' card sent by F/Lt.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 ] |
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 ] |
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 1306 | [ PS ] |
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 ] |
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 ] |
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 ] |
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  | ||
