1940-45 Covers, cards and airgraphs with 1940 cover posted a...

Estimate

£400 - £500

1940-45 Covers, cards and airgraphs with 1940 cover posted at Ismailia franked 6m with oval "O.C HOSPITAL SHIP" cachet; redirected covers with Hospital Ship endorsements (4); Christmas card and real Photo postcards (3) from the H.C "Duke of Argyll"; 1945 cover to H.S "El-Nil" reposted from Canada with an address label; 1945 stampless air letter from a former P.O.W of the Japanese written on S.S "Empress of Australia", posted at Aden with "No. 11 R.A.F / POSTAL H.Q" c.d.s; 1940 stampless cover, 1941 Christmas Greetings airgraph and two Christmas cards from H.M.H.S "Maine"; 1942 Christmas card and 1943 air mail letter franked 6d posted at F.P.O 475 (Gibraltar) both from H.M.H.S "St. Andrew", and a 1939 cover to a soldier with the B.E.F endorsed "Transferred to U.K via Hospital Carrier St. Andrew"; 1944 South Africa 3d air letter with mute Paquebot c.d.s of Durban, from H.M.H.S "Tairea", and a card of the ship; 1944 Red Cross summary of a message to the Channel Islands held in suspense at Lisbon, carried to Guernsey on the Red Cross ship "Vega". The L.M.S.R Steamer "Duke of Argyll" and G.W.R Steamer "St. Andrew" previously operated ferry routes to Ireland. A good group, some very scarce. (21). Photo on Page 32.