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France, World War I, POW, D?pot Company, twenty and forty cents (C.4879, 80); Le Havre POW Camp, five and ten cents, one, two and five francs (unlisted in Campbell). Interesting and rare group, fine - nearly extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $380
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Germany, WWI, POW camp linen note, two mark, 1.3.1916, No.6673. Very good and scarce.
Estimate $50
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War related currency, Germany, notgeld issues 1917 for Cologne, Duran (3); Japan Occupation, Allied Military Currency, one yen (2), ten yen (with foreign language inscription written across); U.S. Military Payment Certificates, Series 472, five, ten and twenty five cents, Series 641, five, ten and twenty five cents and one and five dollars, Series 661, ten, twenty five and fifty cents and one dollar, Series 681, five and ten cents, Series 692, five cents; also a quantity of Japanese invasion notes (87) for Netherlands East Indies, Malaya, Oceania and Philippines. Poor - good very fine. (109)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
WWII, 22 Fd Amb, canteen note for 25 cents (1/4 Dollar), hand drawn with tropical scene and ships on face and field ambulance camp site on back, signed on front, on thick paper. Folds and creases, small holes at centre of folds, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
British Forces, WWII, C.V.T.S. Sergeants' Mess, chit for One Tot, Gin, N.A.A.F.I. Spirit Issue, joined pair, both signed on back. One with crease, very fine.
Estimate $100
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Australia, 4th Light Horse, Pass, 1933, No.6412, blue card (80 x 34 mm), perforated along top side, originally joined to another piece during production; military canteen chits, Sydney Harbour H.M.A.S Watson, Wardroom Mess, one cent, blackprint on white paper, five cents, black print on blue paper; Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, Decimal Currency Training note, ten dollars. Fine - uncirculated, first is rare. (5)
Estimate $160
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Australia, Staff Corps Mess, Keswick, chit book No.8972 containing one penny (15), threepence (8), fourpence (7) and sixpence (7) chits. Front cover with handwritten numbers, fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Australia, R.A.A.F. Station Tocumwal, one penny welfare chits, No.s 700096-700097, printed by Miller Melbourne. Extremely fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $200
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Australia, Bonegilla Military Camp Service, return bus ticket, No.1848 L for two shillings. Very good.
Estimate $100
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Australia, military canteen chits, Sydney Harbour, HMAS Kuttabul Wardroom Mess, one cent, HMAS Watson Wardroom Mess one cent (both blackprint on white paper); Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, Decimal Currency Training Note ten dollars. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
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Belgium, WWII, Malcolm Club in Brussels, chit for Snacks, number E 14536, printed by Tickets Maurice, Brussels. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Canada, Officers Mess, H.M.C.S. Peregrine, chits for five and ten cents. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
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Hong Kong, The Foreign Correspondent's Club, 1943-49, chits for -.10 and -.20 Club Unit, 20 C.U.F. No.0047. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $150
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Italy, Campo Concentramento Prigionieri di Guerra (POW concentration camp), two lire (Campbell 5984). Good - fine and rare. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Italy, WWII, U.S.A., 956th Air Engineering Sqdn, Enlisted Mens Club, chit book for L.300, signed by 'Jimmy L. Carlock', produced by 530th Spec. Ser. Prtg. Shop, with two remaining chits for five lire each. Cover very fine, chits extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
Japan, WWII Occupation, beer label, Dai Nippon Brewery Co Ltd, Beer, For Use of Allied Forces Only (also Japanese text), four names written on back, perforated 16 S; also, Pidgen English leaflet from General Sir Thomas Blamey to New Guinea natives dated 1945 and bearing Australian coat of arms and heading 'Ol Boi Harim Tok', native in costume on back in colour. Very fine; folds, tears, very good. (2)
Estimate $60
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U.S.A., WWII American Red Cross in Gt.Britain, two shillings chit, number 1859921, printed by Auto-Tickets Ltd, Birkenhead. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
U.S.A., WWII American Red Cross, Snack Bar, chit for 2 Francs, To be used in Snack Bar Only. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., WWII, U.S.Navy Enlisted Men's Club, Palermo, Sicily, chit book no.24631 for $1.00 with unused chits for 5 cents (3) and 10 cents (6), good during September, October and November 1944. Cover good fine, chits good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
U.S.A., Commissioned Naval Officers' Club, Norfolk, Va., coupon book no.15179 for $1.00, with unused coupons for 5 cents and 10 cents (2); Officers' Open Mess, South Ruislip, A.P.O.125, chit book no.1876A for $3.00, with unused chits for 5 cents (11), 10 cents (5), 25 cents. Very fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Officers' Club, U.S.Marine Corps, North China, chit book no.12115 for $5.00, Member's Card No.1548, with unused chits for 5, 10, 25, 50 cents. Cover good very fine, chits uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Des-Cru-Pac Commissioned Officers' Mess, chit book no.2967 for $2.00 with four unused 5 cents chits inside, cover features drawings of cruisers and destroyers in tropical setting. Extremley fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
U.S.A., WWII, Coral Casino "The Airtel of the Pacific", 3 Wine Mess Chits $.50, 27 Mar 1945, chit must be used on date issued, authorised by Dick Fishell, Capt. USMCR, typed on manila paper, pencilled on back, 'Pelelui, Palaus Island, Jungle Tower, Caroline Islands'. Tape marks around edges, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Guadalcanal, Hotel De Gink, Mess Pass, good for one week beginning Aug 14 1944, typed on manila paper. Tape marks around edges, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbour, Officers' Club, chit book no.79807A for $2.00, 22 Feb 1945 with two unused chits for 5 cents and 10 cents; Saipan Island, Pacific Fleet Commissioned Officers' Mess, Navy 3245, chit book no.7115 for $2.00 with one unused chit for 5 cents, written above Navy 3245 is the word 'Saipan'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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U.S.A., WWII, Hawaii, Commissioned Officers' Mess, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbour, chit book no.93847A for $2.00, 17 Jul 1945, issued to D.E.Odell, USS Selinur AKA41, with unused chits for 5 cents (2) and 25 cents; Commissioned Officers' Beach Club, Kailua, chit book no.13872 for $2.00, 1945, issued to as above, with unused chit for 25 cents; Ala Wei Commissioned Officers' Club, chit book no.82358 for $2.00, with unused chits for 5, 10 and 25 cents. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., Air Force, 350th Air Service Sqdn, Dago Village Social Club, chit book for 300 Lire, contains unused chits for 1 Lire (3), 2 Lire (10), 5 Lire (18), 25 Lire; 449th Airmen's Club, Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, chit book no.10932 E for $5.00, unused; Officers' Mess, Orlando Air Base, Orlando, Fla., chit book no.32355A for $1.00, unused. The first very fine and scarce, the others uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., Club 72, 72nd Engineer Det. (Surv.), APO 09155, chit book no.1501 for $5.00, unused; Black Sea NCO Open Mess, Diogenese Station, APO N.Y. 09133, chit book no.626 for $5.00, unused; NCO & EM Open Mess, ECN147, Wildflecken Trng. Area, APO N.Y. 09026, chit book no.251 for $5.00, unused. All chits perforated 'CANCELED' (sic), nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
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U.S.A., 1947, 3rd Army HQ./Officers' Club, Bar Chits book no.E4506 for 10 Dollars, 14 April 47, with one unused chit for 5 cents (loose), back cover piece missing, written inside for reunion in Heidelberg and also signed by Police Advisor P.M. U.S.Constabulary, Heidelberg; Headquarters Eighth Army, Officers' Club (formerly Yokohama Bankers' Club), chit book for 75.00 yen, with unused chit for 3 yen. Covers fine, chits extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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ACS BCOF, one unit, c.1950, in aluminium (21mm) (Yarwood AUT031) (2); H.M.Forces - Transport on Prepayment, ticket no.AKP2143 (centre fold but intact); Hong Kong, Peak Tramways Co Ltd, first class ticket no.987552 with 'used' punch hole; Japan, 1946-1951 issued notes, one yen, ten yen and one hundred yen (P.85a, 87a, 89a). Some foxing on notes, fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $30
SOLD $90