Gloucester Castle. 1916-20 Stampless covers (2) and picture ...

Hammer

£250

Gloucester Castle. 1916-20 Stampless covers (2) and picture postcards (2), the 1916 covers with London Received From H.M Ship machine or F.P.O H15 c.d.s of Port Said both with scarce violet "H.M.H.S "GLOUCESTER CASTLE" / No. 2068 / CENSORED / ON ACTIVE SERVICE", 1916 card of the ship with violet "PASSED CENSOR", and 1920 card with A.P.O 4 of Calais and violet "AMBULANCE TRANSPORT / No. .... / "GLOUCESTER CASTLE"" and "ON ACTIVE SERVICE". Also a 1916 Red Cross card "I have just arrived in the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle" posted at Dublin, original photos (5) and a postcard of the partially sunken ship after being torpedoed in March 1917, and an "In Memoriam" card of the ship. The ship was salvaged and became an ambulance transport in 1919. An interesting group. (12). Photo on Page 24.