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Australia, Prisoner of War card, from Myrtleford (Victoria) to Milan, Italy, with 6d Air Mail Fee printed on card, circular date stamp from Myrtleford dated 2 DE 1945, with additional stamps diamond '3 Passed by Censor 296' and 'Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant, No.5 PW camp Myrtleford'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Australia, Prisoner of War card, from Murchison (Victoria) to Milan, Italy, as a post card, circular date stamp Ship Mail Room, 19 OC 1943, with additional stamps diamond '3 Passed by Censor 342' and circular German Nazi stamps. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia, Internment Camp cover, from Adelaide 13 Jul 1942, fixed with 1d QE purple stamp, with circular ink stamp stating 'Loveday Group, Barmera Internment Camp, Posted 13 Jul 1942' and a rectangular stamp 'Australian Military Forces, Passed by Censor 213'. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Australia, Internment Camp cover, from Camp Spokesman Camp 2, Compound B, Tatura, Victoria to The Australian Jewish Welfare Society, 443 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, not dated, with rectangular stamp stating 'Services of Prisoners of War', another 'Passed by Censor V 1d' another three lines 'Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant, 2/No./18'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Gibraltar, Prisoner of War Camp, Laguna, Gibraltar, sixpence black on lime green card, No.0438, undated but issued after 1942, back with ink large crowned square stamp stating 'WVS Civil Defence', (Campbell 5045 unpriced). Note has is lightly stained in places back and front, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare and possibly the only circulating note to survive.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $4,300
Great Britain, Prisoner of War, WWII issue Royal Air Force Catfoss Hull, five shillings, No. 228784, back shows use only in 1944, (Campbell 5020). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Great Britain, Prisoner of War, WWII issue No.16 M.U. R.A.F. Stafford, six pence, No. B 021162, back shows use during 1946, (Campbell 5016c). Fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Great Britain, Prisoner of War, WWII issue No.12 P.O.W. Camp, (Elmfield), three pence, No. A 143840, back shows use from 1943-5, another sixpence No.798831, also back shows use from 1943- 1945, (Campbell 5015b, 5016a). Fine - very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $370
Great Britain, Civilian Internment Camp, 'P' Camp, Isle of Man, with additional circular stamp, Hutchinson Camp, 1 May 1942, threepence, No. 178217, back shows no stamp use, (Campbell 5346, unpriced). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $760
Great Britain, Onchan Internment Camp, Isle of Man, a set of currency comprising 2/6 blue, No.1926; 5 shillings pink No.1993 and 10 shillings green No.2219, all undated with tower to left, all with red oval handstamp on back, 'Granville Internment Camp Douglas I.O.M. - 18 Sep 1941', and all with 'Not Negotiable' in red ink as an annotation, (Campbell 5371-3). Very fine or better, all are rare, the lot also comes with an O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to Capt. E.C.E. Brewer, Camp money set. (4)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,000
Great Britain, Onchan Internment Camp, Isle of Man, a part set of currency comprising 5 shillings pink No.1984 and 10 shillings green No.2214, all undated with tower to left, all with red oval handstamp on back, 'Granville Internment Camp Douglas I.O.M. - 18 Sep 1941', and all with 'Not Negotiable' in red ink as an annotation, (Campbell 5372-3). Extremely fine and rare. (2).
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,050
Great Britain, Onchan Internment Camp, Isle of Man, a set of metal currency comprising 1/2d, 1d and 6d, all undated with triquetra on the obverse, camp name and denomination on reverse, (Campbell 5541-3). Extremely fine and scarce. (3).
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Prisoner of War, WWII issue No.221 P/W Camp in France, one franc, No.005313, produced in 1944, (Campbell 5032). Minor edge tears nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $460
Great Britain - India, Prisoner of War, WWII issue, Bhopal Camp, four annas type 1, five rupees and ten rupees type 2, (Campbell 5093, 5105, 5106, these last two unpriced). Nearly uncirculated, last two rare. (3)
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,300
Great Britain - India, Prisoner of War, WWII issue, Ramgarh Camp, one and two annas, type 2, Clement Town amp, one anna, type 1, (Campbell 5291, 5292, 5150, the first two unpriced). Nearly extremely fine - uncirculated, last two rare. (3)
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,350
Great Britain - India, mixed prisoner of war and civilian internment camp, WWII issue, Dehra Dun/ Premnagar region, eight annas type 3, Internees Private Funds Account note. (Campbell 5202a). Nearly uncirculated, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $750
Kenya, Prisoner of War Camp, No.5 Thika, one shilling black on red on white paper, not numbered but issued 1941, on edge D.A.P.S.S. - 1941, (Campbell 5468 unpriced). Note has is lightly stained on left edge, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $700
Italy, Allied Military Currency, one thousand lire No. A 13494428A, series 1943 A, (P.M23a, Schwan Boling 126); another five lire series 1943 replacement note, *00202016A, (M.12b, Schwan Boling 121r); Japanese Invasion Money for Oceania, 1942 issue half shilling and shilling Series OC, (P.1a, 2). First two notes good extremely fine and both scarce, others nearly fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Timor, one pataca, c.1945, No.146914, litho replica of 1.1.1910 purple and light green with BWC imprint, (P.1 var., Schwan Boling 284). Uncirculated with small pin-hole and very rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $700
Germany-Netherlands, Amersfoort Concentration Camp, ten cents 027049 and twenty five cents 006195 (watermarked paper), both dated 1 Jan. 1944, (Campbell 4146b, 4147a [p.96], Stahl No.103-5, p.63-4); Westerbork Concentration camp, twenty five cents note, Series BB No.1583, dated 15.2.1944, (Campbell No. 4172b(2), Stahl, No.119-120, [p.68]). Extremely fine - uncirculated, the first two rare. (3)
Estimate $600
SOLD $780
Germany-Poland, Auschwitz Concentration camp, one mark premium note, red, issued 1944, with additional hand overstamp of Waffen SS (Campbell No. 4190a, Stahl, No.100, [p.61]). Some marks, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,250
Germany, Buchenwold Concentration camp, fifty pfennig Wertmarke note Number 26869, variety with slanting M, (Campbell No. 3951b, Stahl cf.Nos. 24 [p.24]). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Germany, Dachau Concentration camp, two mark note, No.366590, a note not issued to a specific prisoner lacking prisoner number and date of issue, made in Oct. 1944, (Campbell No. 3963a, Stahl, No.16, [p.20]). Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,050
Germany, Flossenburg Concentration camp, one mark premium note, blue, issued 1944, with additional hand overstamp of Waffen SS (Campbell No. 3972b, Stahl, No.152, [p.78]). Some marks, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $350
Germany, Holleischen (Holysov) sub-camp of Flossenburg Concentration camp, scrip issue from one pfennig to five marks in various colours on cardboard, perforations around each note, with denomination and MWH as a symbol in field, (Campbell Nos 4091-4107, Stahl, No.133-149, [p.75-6]). As issued, uncirculated. (17).
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Germany, Nordhausen Concentration camp, one mark note, with prefix '*', note No.011206, probably made in 1944, (Campbell No. 4026b(1), Stahl, No.168, [p.84]). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Germany-Czechoslovakia, Theresienstadt Concentration (Ghetto) camp, one to one hundred kronen notes, issued 1943, the values from twenty to one hundred kronen with full numbers, (Campbell No. 4111-4117, Stahl, No.76-91, [p.48-57]). Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Germany-Czechoslovakia, Theresienstadt Concentration (Ghetto) camp, one to one hundred kronen notes, issued 1943, the values from twenty to one hundred kronen with full numbers, (Campbell No. 4111-4117, Stahl, No.76-91, [p.48-57]). Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Germany-Poland, Litzmannstadt Ghetto, fifty pfennig (852047), one mark (368560), five marks (A 844165), Quittungen (Receipt notes), (Campbell No. 4201a, 4202b, 4204a(1), Stahl Nos. 35-38, 41-42, [p.30-35]). Five marks tone mark across base, otherwise extremely fine - uncirculated, scarce. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Germany-Poland, Warsaw Ghetto, Issues of the Jewish Government in Warsaw and Jewish Postal Division, five, fifteen, twenty five groszy notes, all printed in blue on hand engraved wood or linoleum plates, claimed as issued in Spring 1941, (Campbell 4246, 4248, 4250, Stahl, No.70, 72, 74, [p.45-46]). Mostly as printed, last with tear at base, otherwise about uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $310