Worldwide Postal History of Wars, Events & Historical Periods

British WWI military mail in Egypt: 8 VI 1916 stampless OAS Savoy Hotel stationary cover from ALEXANDRIA to War Office LONDON, sent by Egyptian civilian post & tied by ALEXANDRIA-F postmark type A1 on last known date of use; free postage approved by officer (Andrew Balfour - possibly the famous Scottish medical officer); backstamped next day transit to military mail at BAPO Z (CAIRO) postmark Prou...

"Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: 7 NOV 1915 stampless OAS civilian stationary cover from ALEXANDRIA to LONDON tied by ALEXANDRIA-S postmark type A7 on earliest known date of use; though lacking officer's endorsement for free postage, not taxed; opened roughtly at back, sliver of flap missing....

"Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: front 1 XI 1915 stampless OAS YMCA/MEF stationary cover (FB YMC22) from Military Hospital in Citadel, CAIRO to AYSHIRE, tied by CAIRO-G postmark on earliest known date of use + "Colonel c/o MHCC" cachet (FB-NHC43) with facsimile signature; vertcal fold at center....

"Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: 21 V 1915 stampless OAS civilian stationary cover from HELIOPOLIS to CARLISLE tied by local civilian postmark on 10th day of use of this type; backstamped 12 V 1915 CAIRO-A transit (probable mistake in this dateline); slit open at top....

Jewish Synagogues: Hungary > Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia) - NEOLOG (Reform) SYNAGOGUE in foreground of city overview in colorized photographic postcard by DM (1915 edition), with Hungarian caption on front. Used as (undated) stampless military mail ("feldpost") written in German & sent to HILDESHEIM Germany, tied by bilingual Hungarian/German boxed field post cachet; pre-printed with 10 fils pri...

"Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: 20 XI 1915 stampless OAS picture postcard of Cairo Citadel from Nasrieh Military Hospital CAIRO to SLIGO Ireland, tied by "Commandant NMH" (FB-NHC45) cachet & CAIRO-G postmark on earliest known date of use. Unusual period military mail as not addressed to UK....

Early "Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: 5 XII 1914 stampless OAS civilian stationary cover from ISMAILIA to ALLOSTOCK(?) tied by local civilian blue postmark on 3rd day of use - this Post Office was working with the British military from 3 DEC; remnants of "Parcel" postal stationary seal on back; bottom tip of flap missing....

"Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: 15 II 1916 stampless "honour" envelope from SUEZ to PRESTON tied by local civilian postmark on earliest known date of use of this type; torn open at back, complete....

WWII/Holocaust era camps > Auschwitz: 26-08-1941 dated deposit receipt ('Einlieferungsschein') for a 10 Reichsmark money order sent to a prisoner with a Polish name at Block 3a of "Lager Auschwitz" from LITZMANNSTADT (Lodz). The postal stationary form requests on reverse "Please do not use [this space] for messages for the recipient". Of historical note, the first gassings at Auschwitz - of Soviet...