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1920 (Feb) PPC (Malta) from EGYPT to GB with s/r. BAPO K p/m. and oval 20th BRIGADE / ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY h/s. Ref: 321-163.
1928 (June) cover from JORDAN to GB with s/r. AMMAN STATION p/m. and TRANSJORDEN / FRONTIER FORCE crest to flap. he [Transjordan Frontier Force (TJFF) was established at Sarafand on 1 April 1926 with a cadre drawn from the Arab Legion] Ref: 321-085.
![1931 circa. PC and photo. [Officer with Medals] MANCHURIA to Japan](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmpbygjFP.jpg)
c.1931 Military PC and photo from MANCHURIA to Japan. High ranking Officer [Colonel?] with 4 Campaign Medals: Order of Rising Sun etc. [Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Republic of CHINA, began on Sept. 18, 1931 - 27 Feb. 1932] Ref: 321-140.
1931 cover from CHINA to GB endorsed 'per "General Lee" [Passenger vessel General Lee] with poor s/r. p/m. Ref: 321-100.
1936 (June) cover from FRANCE to 'Autogruppe delle Harrar, Die Daoua, Ethiopie' and 'Orientale Italiane'. Italian motor group in Ethiopia. The Second Italo–Ethiopian War [Second Italo–Abyssinian War] was a colonial war that started in Oct. 1935 and ended in May 1936. On 18 Dec. 1936 Ras Imru finally surrendered to the Italians near the Gojeb River. Consequently Italy declared the country pacified. Ref: 321-162.
1937-38 PC [New Year Greetings] Manchuria Pacification. From 'Army Infantry Colonel Sadami, Katano, HQ of Katano Unit'. Ref: 321-084.
1938 (16th. Aug) Air Mail cover from FRANCE to 'USS Claxton, Algeria'. [USS Claxton: Oct. 1937 until Nov. 1938 with Squadron 40-T to patrol European waters protecting American interests during the civil war in Spain] Also boxed AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL, ALGERIA receipt p/m. 17th. Aug. to rear. Ref: 321-117.
1939-41 cover to 'HMS "Osprey" Portland' with tomb censor h/s. to rear. - RNAS. [HMS Osprey was an anti-submarine training establishment located at the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It was active between 1939 to 1941] Folded. Ref: 321-075.
1939-45 Air Mail cover [5d. RATE] Royal Navy to 'Cadet JG Swales, 47 Squad. 208 OCTU, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man' with MARITIME MAIL M/c. and tomb censor h/s. [OCTU: Officer Cadet Training Unit] Ref: 321-072.
194(4) cover BLA to 'Lady Monkton, London' with d/r. FPO 251 p/m. and censor 1510 h/s. From 'EWR Monkton'. Ref: 321-090.
1940-43 Air Mail cover from LIBYA to Italy with d/r. COMANDO MARINE p/m. and tied FI censor label [Verificato per censura] to rear. From 'Tripoli'. Faults. Ref: 321-102.
1941 (15th. March) Registered cover from GB to Greece [6d. RATE] with boxed NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER h/s. and PC 90 OBE label under Egyptian censor label. Routed via Egypt due to direct European overland passage not being possible. Also part oval receipt p/m. 29th. Oct. 1941 to rear. Ref: 321-119.
1941 (Feb) cover from GB to 'Captain C Heyes, Royal Engineers, RAF HQ, Malta' with PC 90 OBE 1491 label. Ref: 321-061.
1941 (Jan) Air Mail cover from GREECE to GB and endorsed 'Via Egypt'. Censored. in Greece and Egypt with 3rd. April 1941 receipt mark. [Over 2 months transit] Ref: 321-135.
1941 (3rd. June) cover from FRANCE to GB endorsed 'Via Lisbonne (Portugal)' with d/r. AVEYRON p/m. [Southern France] and tied Controle label. Also PC 90 OBE 1929 label. Ref: 321-137.
1941 (10th. Feb) Air Mail cover from AUSTRALIA to GB [1s. 6d. RATE] with s/r. DARWIN p/m. and 'Priviledge Letter' Honour Certificate h/s. Also HMA SHIPS h/s. and tomb censor with d/r. receipt p/m. (3rd. April) to rear. Faults. Ref: 321-123.
1941 cover GB to 'Sigmn. F Clow, Aldershot Camp, Nova Scotia, Canada' and redirected to 'APO#1000' with s/r. (ALDER)SHOT MPO 601 p/m. to rear. Also s/r. ARMY / POST OFFICE p/m. to rear. Ref: 321-128.
1941 Registered cover from SUMATRA to GB with d/r. MEDAN p/m. and two censor labels: tied Door Censuuur Geopend label and PC 90 OBE 6226 label. Ref: 321-126.
1941 uprated Air Mail Registered Letter from INDIA to GB with part d/r. KARACHI SADAR p/m. From 'Condr. W. Norton LACC, Suid Area, Karachi'. Also 1940 Air Mail cover to 'P/A EHC Norton' with d/r. KARACHI p/m. Ref: 321-109.
1942 'EXPRES' cover from BELGIUM to 'lager 8, Leipzig, Germany' with s/r. ANTWERP p/m. and tied Geoffnet censor label. Also d/r. LEIPZIG receipt p/m. [Stalag IV-G was a POW Camp for NCOs and enlisted men, not in the usual sense, but a series of "Work Camps" throughout Saxony, administered from Oschatz, situated between Leipzig and Dresden.] Ref: 321-171.
