1914 'Prisoner of War' cover from GB to Brazil. From 'Matt Kugler, Lancaster Detention Camp' with weak s/r. POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONER OF WAR h/s. and RIO DE JANERIO m/c to rear (6th. Jan) Ref: ref: 326-049...
1914 (19th Aug) PC from GB to Germany with UNDELIVERABLE / L.P.S h/s. Not delivered due to the outbreak of WW1. Printed message refers to: 'Proclamation of the 2nd of August, 1914'. Ref: 358-048..
1914 (29th. Aug.) cover from GB to USA with LONDON p/m. and boxed PC / MO5 (H) h/s. [MO5: Military Intelligence. Section H: Postal Censorship] From 'Fredrick Manttels, POW Camp, Dorchester. Very early POW Mail. NB: Tear. Ref: 325-090..
1914 (Dec) cover from East AFRICA to GB with circ. MOMBASSA p/m. to rear and in mss. 'censored Chinke RG' (R. Gordon) Also 'T' mark annulled. Censor Station at Mombasa established by 1st. March 1915. Redirected NOTTING HILL 15th Jan. 1915. [Captain Ronald Eagleson Gordon, Royal Engineers. 1918 New Y..
1914 (Dec) PPC [Aden] from 'HMIS 'ALAUNIA' to GB with LONDON m/c. mss .. 'not many miles now from Bombay'. RMS Alaunia was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line. When WWI began, she was requisitioned as a troopship: HMS Alaunia . Ref: 359-182..
1914 (5th. Oct.) cover to 'Shanley Spooner' and endorsed 'Prisoner of War' with s/r. LONDON OFFICIAL PAID p/m. Also s/r. P.C. h/s. Ex. FJ Field collection who states from a German "Airman". Very early POW mail. Ref: 325-088..
1914 (15th. Sept) real photo PPC 'HM Submarine 'D.1' with d/r. SCARBOROUGH p/m. [H.M. Submarines D1. Pennant No.: I.71. Complement: 25 [3 Officers, 22 Ratings] May 1914 - July 1915. 8th Flotilla. Oct. 1912 - Oct. 1914 Lt. Cdr. A.D. Cochrane. D1 was the first British submarine to be fitted with ..
1914 (17th. Sept) PPC from GIBRALTAR to GB endorsed 'OHMS' with d/r. GIBRALTAR p/m. and LONDON PAID receipt p/m. Excellent content - mss.. "the Middlesex which were on the same boat have got off here. There are 100's of boats here, many of which are German captures you can see .. ??.. Have seen 6 su..