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Auction: 18009 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 1692

(x) South Africa
1939-45 World War II collection of largely civilian mail covers (45) illustrating various items/events relating to the conflict and how it affected South Africa, including 1941 OAS envelope from Ethiopia with Paquebot handstamp and naval censor mark, 1944 envelope from H.M.S. Bulolu in the Shetland Islands to Cape Town, 1939 Challenger (2) and 1943 crash covers with cachets, mail from the UK to a Flight Lieutenant in the Middle East and returned to sender, Casualty Mail (10, several with "missing/return to sender" cachet), Mail Service Suspended items (9 with various cachets), Unknown, Economy and Censorship. A fascinating lot with viewing recommended

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Sold for
£420