1940-43 Covers, cards and an airgraph from or to former cros...

Hammer

£380

1940-43 Covers, cards and an airgraph from or to former cross channel steamers all requisitioned as hospital ships during the war, comprising c.1940 cover from the H.C "Prague" to R.A.F Detachment, A.P.O S102, West Africa Forces with "RECEIVED FROM / H.M SHIPS" handstamp and 1½d tied by similar machine cancel with port name removed; 1943 Christmas Greetings airgraph from H.M.H.S "St David"; 1940 Christmas card from H.C "Dinard"; three real Photo postcards of staff on H.M.H.S "Worthing" with oval or boxed "HOSPITAL CARRIER / WORTHING" cachets on reverse, not posted; c.1940 stampless O.A.S cover from H.M.H.C "St Julien"; 1940 postcard to H.C "Isle of Guernsey" at Newhaven and a postcard of the ship; 1940 4½d registration envelope with Edinburgh R.L.O registration label and "PASSED BY CENSOR", and c.1943 stampless cover and card all from H.M.H.C "Isle of Jersey". The "Isle of Guernsey", "Isle of Jersey", "Dinard" and "Worthing" were all owned by the Southern Railway, "Prague" by L.N.E.R and "St. Julien" by G.W.R; "Isle of Guernsey", "Isle of Jersey" and "St Julien" previously operated on routes to the Channel Islands. (12).