ARMY POST OFFICE SZ 44 â€Bâ€JY 18 ties 2mil typograph to entire from AFRICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, addressed to South Africa, backstamp CHRISTIANA TRANSVAAL 16 OCT 18, slight stain and horiz fold, per vendor note 2 mil international printed mater rate in use July 1918 to Sept 1920
LAK “X†TPO 3 NO 17 on large sized ON HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE entire, addressed to England, PASSED CENSOR NO 2886, Per vendor note “The line through Sinai and Palestine was completed in stages as the Turks retreated, being eventually completed to Jerusalem by June 1918. As each stage was completed, various sets of initials were used in the date stamps.†“Kantara to Deir-el_belah; LAK being the down trainâ€; on back Army Post Office SZ 9 “A†4 NO 17
FPO 79 15 FE 21 4 strikes individually tie 2 Anna, 4 Anna, 3 pies and 1 R stamps to cvr addressed to Jerusalem; per mss this was at Bir Salem.
INDIAN FIELD POST OFFICE 395 – 2 AUG 18 ties 2 Anna stamp to cvr addressed to London; mss “IND FPO 395†on r-label; British Army Post Office transit cancel and London receiving cancel on back; repaired flap and few small tears and folds on top; still very scare
FRENCH MILITARY CARDS (1) FPO 79 of 4 APR 22 on CARTE POSTE MILITAIRE (2) FPO 19 of same date on CARTE POSTALE POUR CIVIL OF MILITAIRE; both addressed to same person in Jerusalem
FELDPOST 9-10-1916 MIL. MIS A O.K.4 pmk on censored cvr (small piece of tape on front, balance onback)
GERMAN FELDPOST 1. EXPEDITIONSKORPS 29-6-1916 pmk on ppc; CARTE POSTALE crossed out and FELDPOST written; fold in upper right;
BRITISH FORCES IN WORLD WAR ONE various usages: post marks (APO SZ numbers), stamps, other markings; over 60 post cards or covers and many pieces; (note: not all may have been in Palestine but in Egypt); condition varies, but generally fine or better; most mounted on pages with brief descriptions – arranged by APO SZ; some with 2 items
ARMY POST OFFICE SZ 44 various usages as to dates, stamps, handstamps, censoring etc. 5 ppc and 8 covers
“C” FORM – MESSAGES AND SIGNALS very light ARMY SIGNALS of 4.V.19; mss text TO ITALIAN PALESTINE DET [cropped in catalog, full on web]