WWI Military Mail in Palestine

WWI German military post in Palestine: 29 Dec 1917 postmarked stampless large registered cover sent from field post office Deutche Feldpost 663 (unit located in NAZARETH since 9 Dec.) to DAMASCUS, unfranked as military mail and tied by postmark Ba# M-14/FPOP 281 + very rare registry-label Ba# R-40-7 of unit 663; received by postal service of the Fuel Storage Depot of Army Group F & backstamped twi...

WWI Austro-Hungarian military mail in Palestine via the German military post in Syria: Jan. 1918 era stampless registered cover sent from Austrian "Liquidierender Rechnungsführer der | k. u. k. Gebirgshaubitzdivision i. d. Türkei" (Paymaster of the Austrian Mountain Howitzer Division) in Palestine to War Ministry, VIENNA; unfranked as military mail - handstamped "einschreiben" and "Portofreie Di...

WWI Austrian military post with Turkish civilian mail routing: 13(?) Feb. 1918 postmarked photo picture postcard of Absalom's Tomb in Jerusalem, published by Yaakov Bentov (Bezalel) publishers of Jerusalem, with message in Hungarian dated 6 Feb., sent by sender in the Austro-Hungarian Sanitation Service in Syria from DAMASCUS to locale in HUNGARY (unclear): originally posted stampless & tied by Ku...

Unusual - Austrian SMS Monarch ship mail on Holyland Jaffa postcard: stampless 'feldpost' (on active service/field post) 7 June 1916 dated message in Croatian on color picture postcard of Jaffa, written on board the ship SMS Monarch (also endorsed such in German by the sender) & endorsed "feldpost" for free military mail; addressed to ZLATAR Croatia (of the Austro-Hungarian "Kingdom of Croatia-Sla...

World War I French military mail via Egypt-Palestine: 19 Nov 1916 dated 'good wishes' message in French on stampless picture postcard of the Golden Gate (Old City Jerusalem; published by the Cairo Postcard Trust), addressed to LYON France & tied by French navy maritime anchor control handstamp MARINE FRANCAISE SERVICE A LA MER + postmarked same day by CORR D'ARMEES PORT-SAID double-ring datestamp;...

British WWI military mail in Palestine: 12 SEP 1917 stampless long OHMS cover from APO SZ 14 (DEIR EL BELAH, Palestine Lines of Communication) to Anglo-Palestine Bank ALEXANDRIA, tied by violet oval A [unclear] BATTERY | R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery) cachet manuscript dated day before - Firebrace unlisted & single strike APO postmark Proud-D2; backstamped 13 SP BAPO Z transit & next day BAPO Z lo...

British WWI military mail in Palestine: 22 Oct. 1917 postmarked stampless green honour envelope (no printers mark) sent from Field Post Office FPO 160 (160th Welsh Border Brigade of 53rd Welsh Division, GAZA area) to CROYDON, tied by Proud-D2 double-ring date-stamp. Posted 5 days before unit's involvement in victorious Battle of Buqqar Ridge (27 Oct.) and 9 days before the victorious Battle of Bee...

The octogonal British army censor mark CM7 in use with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, numbered #797 (Daniel assigned to 10th Irish Division) & tied to 30 April 1918 postmarked stampless & officer endorsed (On Active Service OAS) cover, sent from Army Post Office APO SZ 18 (Palestine Lines of Communication - RAMLE) to LONDON & tied by single strike of 2-datelined skeleton postmark Proud D3; cut ...

British WWI military mail in Palestine: cutout 18 JU 18 strike of scarce APO SZ 36 (JERICHO) single-circle Proud-D1 postmark index B; digit "6" faintly visible, here oddly shaped as per Proud....

British WWI military mail in Palestine: cutout 24 JY 1918 strike of FPO SZ 19 (PALESTINE?) single dateline postmark: unlisted template in Proud & Firebrace and none listed as being inverted 5 and Z at base; locale assignment not documented in Proud, possibly EEF prior to BAALBEK (7 Nov)....

Cutout of British Egyptian Expeditionary Force WWI 19 June 1918 dated postmark of Army Post Office APO SZ 38 (Palestine Lines of Communication - BEERSHEVA) tied to piece of postal stationary....

British WWI military mail in Palestine: cutout 26 SP 1918 full strike of FPO 162 (162 East Midland Brigade, MEGIDDO Palestine) double-ring Proud-D2 type postmark (this unlisted -with thick lettering in outer ring). Undocumented postal period for this postmark in Proud....

WWI French "Occupied Enemy Territory Administration" in Palestine: circa. 1918 stampless color picture-postcard of Constantinpole with space for address only from [JERUSALEM] to MOULINS tied by illustrated "Commissariat Française en Palestine" violet cachet and also by very rare violet 2-line text handstamp "Le Haut Commissaire de la République Française en Palestine" - this undocumented. The i...