SICILY/CRETE/NORTH AFRICA/NATAL - WWII CENSORED & POW MAIL; ...

Estimate

£220 - £300

SICILY/CRETE/NORTH AFRICA/NATAL - WWII CENSORED & POW MAIL; Mixture on leaves inc. 1941 POW PC's to England from Marines captured in Crete from the Stammlager Camp, 1942/43 unfranked or franked S.Africa 1½d PPC's to Ireland with Gaelic/English Irish framed censor marks with FPO cds from Italy or Algiers, Feb. 1943 3d Air Letter card or env. to Royal Marine 8e in Colombo, latter franked 1/- + 3d with censor tape at left , July 1943 unfranked env. to Colombo with FPO/632 cds on front, Oct. 1943 unfranked Honour env. to Colombo with FPO/510 (Tunisia) cds on front, 1944/45 German POW PC's to Sheffield ex Laufen Camp from Robert Bowman an internee from Jersey plus similar 1943 examples from his son James from the Marlag und Milag camp, Sep. 1944 unfranked env. to London with FPO/690 (Belgium) cds on front, Apr./May 1945 unfranked air letter/env.to London with FPO/872 (Antwerp) cds on front and other related material. (33 items) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY