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BRITISH FORCES (1) ARMY SIGNALS of 22.XI.17 and ARMY TELEGRAPH of next day on back of cvr to 7th Division offices, mss DRLS (Dispatched Rider Letter Service) (2) ARMY POST OFFICE SZ 32 OF 28 AU 18 (Bir Salem) to Cairo, censored, mss OAS EEF (3) FIELD POST OFFICE GM1 of 9 SP 18 on OHMS entire, to Jerusalem via APO SZ 9, DIRECTOR ARMY POSTAL SERVICES oval cachet at bottom left (4) FPO ‘A’ 27 DE 48 ties 2 d stamp to regist cvr, censored, BASE ARMY POST OFFICE 27 DE18 transit pmk

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REGISTERED TO AUSTRALIA strip of three 2 mil and one 3 mil Typograph stamps individually tied by ARMY POST OFFICE SZ 45 of 15 AU 18, large sized cvr, double weight’ civilian family correspondence, via APO SZ3, APO SZ 32, and GM1; MELBOURNE arrival pmk 30 SP 18; folded at left and center, other faults due to size and weight; presentable early mail

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INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (1) APO SZ 20 of 8 NO 17 on Indian military entire to Bombay, large IEF censor cachet 27 & Bombay arrival; roughly opened at left, very scarce usage (2) FPO NO.15 of 28 JU 18, OAS cvr, to Cairo, back flap faults (3) FPO 30 of 18 SEPT 48 (Jericho) 2 d British registered entire, scarce registry label IFPO 30 #62, via SZ7 and Cairo arrival