Lot 131
British Forces mail. 1948-63 covers...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5916
Auction: 3 March 2020 at 00:00 GMT
£290
Description
British Forces mail. 1948-63 covers (14) including 1948 from FPO 756 (Shaibah, Iraq), stamps overstruck with London arrival; two singles uses of the 1951 2½a from FPO 518, one with a pulled corner perf; four"from FPO 551, but one apparently not from a serviceman and treated as underpaid; four from FPO 941, one with boxed "Good Pay/and Prospects/in your Army". Formula airletter incoming from UK , returned to sender with FPO 936 backstamp; 1962 much-cacheted airmail cover from FPO 1056, and a 1963 cover from FPO 235, an interesting group of considerable rarity
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