FIELD POST OFFICE 545 5 MY 44 with RAF CENSOR 5 and another censor hstmp; addressed to Haifa; on back: return to sender hstmp
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BRITISH NAVAL FORCES 39 covers, 16 of which are written in Hebrew, addressed to M. Lifshitz at NHS Moreta and HMS Stag both are training bases in Egypt.. Many of covers have censor tapes, various handstamps and censor handstamps. For the Hebrew reader, a good insight to events in Israel during WWII. As expected in a war zone, many of the covers are stained and torn.
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jewish brigade
JEWISH BRIGADE 6 covers and 1 postcard from soldiers in each of the three battalions that composed the Palestine Regiment, 2 covers from Headquarters Brigade Group, and 2 covers sent to Brigade soldiers. As to be expected some items are torn and stained, but represent a historic moment in Jewish history.
JEWISH BRIGADE 2 shoulder patches of the Brigade, 2 WWII English leaflets for a Jewish Army, 2 pictures of Brigade soldiers, Regiment savings fund booklet, and 2 FDCs from Israel and US (B’nai B’rith cover),
Indian Forces
INDIAN FORCES Registered entire pmkd FPO 26 26 AUG 43, addressed to British Institute of Engineering Technology in Jerusalem, sent air mail by Indian soldier, Indian and British censor handstamps, with censor tape. Jerusalem & FPO arrival pmks on back. Bottom left corner is rough otherwise f/vf.
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Concentration Camps, DP Camps, Etc.
POSTABTEILUNG (POST DEPARTMENT) hstmp (ghetto cancellation) on postal card, mss dated 30/12/41 on back. The added cancellation reads: "The Post Department of the Eldest of the Jews in Litzmannstadt. This was added against the regulations ,and thus unaccepted and undelivered.
PRISONER OF WAR FORM mailed 27 Nov 1944 from New York, addressed– to Erika Schwarz (a Jew) in Vienna; letter on web