£85
WWII - MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA: Group of covers, letter cards, etc. to or from Forces in the Middle East & North Africa. Inc. 8 Nov. 1943 Airgraph (with env.) to GB ex Tunis with FPO cds & censor cachet at top; 1941(?) Air Mail env. to The Daily Telegraph Offices in London ex Cairo with ms signature "Scott Martin/B.W.C" (British War Correspondent), franked by 10m block of 4, all tied by FPO cds's, with censor tape at left edge tied by "[????] CHIEF [????]/CENSOR" cachets on front & reverse; 1946 Christmas card in env. ex Ireland to Kent redirected to "Duncombe Park/Camp" with purple boxed "NOT AT ADDRESS STATED./PRESENT ADDRESS NOT KNOWN/RETURN TO SENDER" hs over address and purple "UNTRACEABLE AT/[2]nd. ECHELON, (BRITISH), M.E.F./Date 6/2 Initials 40" hs at lower left and pencil ms "Deserter/23 12 45"; and 7 May 1942 env. ex Ipswich to "Gnr. J. H. Day" in the Middle East Forces, with purple boxed "IT IS REGRETTED THAT/THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE/DELIVERED BECAUSE THE/ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED/PRISONER OF WAR." over the address. Other examples inc. RTS marks, Prisoner of War hs's, Undeliverable mail, etc. An interesting mixture. (26 items).Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, RETURNED MAIL, MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS
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