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Auction No 427, Tag: Prisoners Of War

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)
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WWI Prisoner of War mail from Russian (9) and French (3) POWs in Germany, all-different, with a variety of POW Camp cachets

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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WWI Prisoner of War mail from Russian (9) and French (3) POWs in Germany, all-different, with a variety of POW Camp cachets, endorsed by camp commandants mostly on the envelope flaps, the items from Russian prisoners sent to the Moscow Relief Committee in Copenhagen. Good to VF (12)

WWI Prisoner of War mail from POWs in Russia, two sent to the Danish Red Cross in Copenhagen, another to the United States.

Lot: 166

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £32
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WWI Prisoner of War mail from POWs in Russia, two sent to the Danish Red Cross in Copenhagen, another to the United States. Also an unused POW card. (5)

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WW2 Prisoner of War letter sheets (9) and PCs (7) all to France from two different French servicemen, plus PCs (5), letter sheets (2) and a cover

Lot: 171

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £34
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WW2 Prisoner of War letter sheets (9) and PCs (7) all to France from two different French servicemen, plus PCs (5), letter sheets (2) and a cover sent to them; good variety of camp censor handstamps. (24)

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WW2 Internee Mail, mostly in Germany, one in Australia, including a French forced labourer in Striegau, a British internee in Ilag VIII,

Lot: 172

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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WW2 Internee Mail, mostly in Germany, one in Australia, including a French forced labourer in Striegau, a British internee in Ilag VIII, a nursing nun at Liebenau camp, and two from a British woman in Dongelberg camp. Unusual lot. (7)   

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WW2 Prisoner of War mail comprising Italian POWs in Oran (Algeria), Kenya, and an internee in Egypt; a Belgian POW in Germany;

Lot: 173

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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WW2 Prisoner of War mail comprising Italian POWs in Oran (Algeria), Kenya, and an internee in Egypt; a Belgian POW in Germany; and a German POW in Canada; together with a November 1945 cover from a woman in a displaced persons' camp in Germany to her brother at the Market Harborough airfield hostel. The Egyptian cover is addressed to the President of the Movement to Libertate Italy in Port Said. (6)

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WW2 Prisoner of War mail from (13) and to (5) POW camps in Germany, wide variety involving prisoners of British, Italian, American and Belgian origin,

Lot: 174

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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WW2 Prisoner of War mail from (13) and to (5) POW camps in Germany, wide variety involving prisoners of British, Italian, American and Belgian origin, four re-addressed on arrival in country of destination. Fair to fine. (18)

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WW2 Prisoner of Mail mail from (13) and to (2) camps in Germany, involving prisoners of British, Italian, Serbian and French origin,

Lot: 175

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £38
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WW2 Prisoner of Mail mail from (13) and to (2) camps in Germany, involving prisoners of British, Italian, Serbian and French origin, together with a money order coupon received at Murnau camp for Polish POWs. Fair to fine. (16)

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WW2 Italian Prisoner of War mail comprising PCs (5), a letter sheet, and covers (2, both with the letters enclosed) from camps in Egypt (5), Palestine

Lot: 176

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
UNSOLD
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WW2 Italian Prisoner of War mail comprising PCs (5), a letter sheet, and covers (2, both with the letters enclosed) from camps in Egypt (5), Palestine, Libya and Germany, variously addressed, with camp & censor marks etc. Good to fine. (8)

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WW2 POW & Internment Camp mail comprising 1943 PC from a Ukrainian forced labourer in Neustadt; to British internees in Ilag VIII, Tost (7);

Lot: 178

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
UNSOLD
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WW2 POW & Internment Camp mail comprising 1943 PC from a Ukrainian forced labourer in Neustadt; to British internees in Ilag VIII, Tost (7); and from British POWs at Stalag 383 (4) and Stalag XB; with an all-different range of camp censor cachets etc. (13)

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WW2 POW & Internment Camp mail from internees in Jamaica and Switzerland, a German prisoner in Canada, to a Polish POW in Russia,

Lot: 179

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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WW2 POW & Internment Camp mail from internees in Jamaica and Switzerland, a German prisoner in Canada, to a Polish POW in Russia, a Ukrainian in Lubeck, and to a Serbian officer in Oflag 54IVE, Germany. Also a message card from the Polish Consulate in Berne of 1942 to a Polish internee, lacking the original envelope in which it was enclosed. (7)

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British C/Wealth Covers & Cards; including 1900-01 Boer War POW mail (2) with Opened Under Martial Law labels, one to St. Helena,

Lot: 180

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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British C/Wealth Covers & Cards; including 1900-01 Boer War POW mail (2) with Opened Under Martial Law labels, one to St. Helena, the other from Durban b/s CORREO AMBULANTE / LOURENCO MARQUES; 1936 New Zealand to UK cancelled MARINE POST OFFICE / R.M.S. MAKUR; and 1933 Singapore to UK franked on reverse with F.M.S. adhesives to $1. Others include many EVII/GVI period covers of Canada. Fair to fine. (44)

Great Britain 1947 POW Letter Sheets (2) and a PC from a German prisoner held in Camp 256, Willingham House, Market Rasen. (3)

Lot: 204

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Great Britain 1947 POW Letter Sheets (2) and a PC from a German prisoner held in Camp 256, Willingham House, Market Rasen. (3)       

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Kenya 1942-45 POW Letter Sheets (4) and a cover from Italian prisoners of War, variously addressed, from camps at Nyeri, Eldoret, Mitubiri, Makindu

Lot: 228

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £84
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Kenya 1942-45 POW Letter Sheets (4) and a cover from Italian prisoners of War, variously addressed, from camps at Nyeri, Eldoret, Mitubiri, Makindu and Nanyuki, all with camp handstamps, fair to VG. (5)