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Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 World War I - The Gallipoli Fiasco 35 CPS A-/B Ex Lot 35 Mini-exhibit on a dozen pages with PPC

postcards, later Gallipoli usages of a cover, PPCs x2, Field Service post cards x5 & "green" honour envelopes x2.

Field Service Post Cards x5 (three different printers) & "green" honour envelopes x4 (three types), all stated to be Gallipoli usages,

(29) 600 37 C A Lot 37 Illustrated 'Dardenelles combined Letterette and Reply Sheet', the address panel based on the Red Ensign, unused &

1 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 1 World War I - The Gallipoli Fiasco 35 CPS A-/B Ex Lot 35 Mini-exhibit on a dozen pages with PPC of HMT "Galeka" en route to Lemnos, six PPCs & a cover from Lemnos, a couple of early Gallipoli usages, three June usages of makeshift postcards, later Gallipoli usages of a cover, PPCs x2, Field Service post cards x5 & "green" honour envelopes x2. (25) 750 Ex Lot CPS Bundle of covers x6, PPCs x14 including messages headed "Gallipoli", "Dardenelles", "Anzac Cove" or "Gaba Tepe", Field Service Post Cards x5 (three different printers) & "green" honour envelopes x4 (three types), all stated to be Gallipoli usages, condition variable. Research opportunity. (29) C A Lot 37 Illustrated 'Dardenelles combined Letterette and Reply Sheet', the address panel based on the Red Ensign, unused & unfolded. 200 Ex Lot C A/B 1915 Lemnos usages in March x2 & April all with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s (one in red), plus Nov (2) & Dec usages from the same soldier who has returned from convalescence in Malta, in one he states "[Lemnos] is the coldest bleakest place in the world..." (6) 200

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 2 World War I - 39 C A- Lot 39 1915 (June 18) makeshift postcard fashioned from a piece of yellow card, '1ST AUST DIV FIELD PO' cds in

250 40 PS B Lot 40 1915 usage of Australian Fullface 1d Postal Card PC3 with '3RD AUST INF BDE FIELD PO' cds in use at Gallipoli, British censor No 2212 h/s in rosine.

..excuse writing as we have to write this on our knees..." Conspiracy theorists wanted!] 300 41 C B Ex Lot 41 1915 Cairo PPC with message headed "Hospital Ship Gascon/28.

.." & undated cover with largely superb strike of the triple-oval 'No 1 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP/KAROOLA' cachet.

2 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 2 World War I - 39 C A- Lot (June 18) makeshift postcard fashioned from a piece of yellow card, '1ST AUST DIV FIELD PO' cds in use at Gallipoli, British censor No 2223 h/s in rosine PS B Lot usage of Australian Fullface 1d Postal Card PC3 with '3RD AUST INF BDE FIELD PO' cds in use at Gallipoli, British censor No 2212 h/s in rosine. Excellent if irregular Postal Stationery usage. [Message states "I am at the Front...Martin in the No 2 GH played me Falsely and I can't mention it here...excuse writing as we have to write this on our knees..." Conspiracy theorists wanted!] C B Ex Lot Cairo PPC with message headed "Hospital Ship Gascon/ " & "I got shot through three fingers left hand so am going to have a little holiday..." & undated cover with largely superb strike of the triple-oval 'No 1 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP/KAROOLA' cachet. (2) 300 Ex Lot C MALTA: 1915 (Sep-Oct) four PPCs & a Field Service Post Card all with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/MEDTN' h/s in blue, cover & PPC with similar cachet with "cross" in the centre, the last with photo of Hospital Ship "Dongola" & 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/VIC' cds applied at Melbourne (message states "I am in hospital to undergo an operation to have a piece of Turkish bullet removed from my left eye..."), generally fine; also two defective PPCs with other Malta postmarks. (9) 350

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 3 World War I - 43 C (B) Forces in Egypt Lot 43 SICILY: Undated stampless cover endorsed "RE Smith Capt" with superb triangular 'PASSED - BY

[After hospitals in Egypt Malta & England were filled to capacity, arrangements were made to evacuate patients to Sicily.

rosine on blue cover to 'LAWRENCE/NZ' (b/s), countersigned "RL/OC No 2 Mobile Sect/NZVC" at lower-left.

3 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 3 World War I - 43 C (B) Forces in Egypt Lot 43 SICILY: Undated stampless cover endorsed "RE Smith Capt" with superb triangular 'PASSED - BY CENSOR/ 3 / [crown]' h/s (the '3' reversed) in bright blue, endorsed by the addressee "Rec/4.4.16". [After hospitals in Egypt Malta & England were filled to capacity, arrangements were made to evacuate patients to Sicily. This cover was sent from the convalescent hospital at Palermo's Excelsior Palace Hotel] C B Lot 939 UNIT CACHETS etc: 'HEADQUARTERS/OTAGO/27AUG1915/MOUNTED RIFLE/REGIMENT' d/s in rosine on blue cover to 'LAWRENCE/NZ' (b/s), countersigned "RL/OC No 2 Mobile Sect/NZVC" at lower-left. [The counter-signing might indicate that the cover is from Gallipoli but Murr & Gibbs both stated the cachet was used in Egypt] 945 C B/C Ex Lot 945 HOSPITALS: PPCs with boxed 'LUXOR CONVALESCENT DEPOT' h/s in blue & Luxor cds of 24.XII.15, message headed "Winter Palace Hotel Hospital" & states "Fell ill on Gallipoli...Interic Fever..."; & PPC with 2-line 'NEWZEALAND CONVALESCENT HOME/HELOUAN' h/s in blue & Cairo cds of 29.IV.16. (2) 250

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 4 The Gallipoli Fiasco The Dardenelles Campaign was one of the most ill-conceived and poorly executed plans of the entire war.

The first landings occurred on 25/4/1915. The troops were withdrawn on 20/12/1915, after eight months of futility and great loss.

949 C A/B Ex Lot 949 PPCs including Gallipoli map, real photo types of the landings (4), "Dug Outs at Anzac Cove", "Table Top Anzac" & "Turkish Guns Captured at Anzac", commemorative types for the

4 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 4 The Gallipoli Fiasco The Dardenelles Campaign was one of the most ill-conceived and poorly executed plans of the entire war. While troops from many countries - though very few from Britain - participated in the landings, Australian and New Zealand forces bore the brunt of the fighting and suffered the greatest casualties. The first landings occurred on 25/4/1915. The troops were withdrawn on 20/12/1915, after eight months of futility and great loss. Both countries commemorate - not celebrate - Anzac Day on 25th April each year. 949 C A/B Ex Lot 949 PPCs including Gallipoli map, real photo types of the landings (4), "Dug Outs at Anzac Cove", "Table Top Anzac" & "Turkish Guns Captured at Anzac", commemorative types for the Otago Battalion (3 from the set of 4, one used under cover), "Bravo Anzacs" (poem), "Hill 60 Zillebeke" (monument) & "Remember ANZAC/Ake Ake Kia Kaha" (used under cover), unused. (13) CPS A/B Ex Lot 950 PPCs with messages headed "Lemnos/ " or "Mudros/ " & British-type Field Service Post Card with skeleton 'ARMY POST OFFICE / X /SZ6' cds used at Mudros East; illustrated "tobacco card" with message headed "Gallipoli/Dec 3rd"; & cover with the enclosed letter headed "Anzac Cove/Turkey/ " in which the writer - who must have been insane - states "I have now been here for several weeks and it is a great place"! (6 items) 951 C B Ex Lot (June-July) crude postcards fashioned from pieces of cardboard, two identifiable as from tobacco boxes, one has received attention from the censor, all to New Zealand. [A similar item - the only NZ example we had then seen - sold for $776 at our auction of 2/10/2010] (4) 1,200

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 5 952 C B Lot 952 1915 (June-July) another example with message that states "I suppose you will think this is about the latest thing in postcards -

We are living in what is called Canterbury Gully in little holes in the sides thereof with a blanket stretched across the front.

400 953 C A/A- Ex Lot 953 HOSPITAL SHIPS Real photo PPC & two PPC-size photos (one in peacetime) of the "Maheno" plus two modern PPCs of the wreck on Fraser Island (Qld); also Lords

(6) 150 954 C A/B Ex Lot 954 HOSPITAL SHIPS "Maheno": PPCs with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/No 1 HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s in violet dated 19JUL1915 from Adelaide, 5AUG1915 from Colombo,

5 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: C B Lot (June-July) another example with message that states "I suppose you will think this is about the latest thing in postcards - they are all the rage here with us. If you were to come upon us now you would fancy you had discovered a race of cave dwellers. We are living in what is called Canterbury Gully in little holes in the sides thereof with a blanket stretched across the front...we have just come down for a rest after putting in a week in the trenches. The rest consists of making a road..." C A/A- Ex Lot 953 HOSPITAL SHIPS Real photo PPC & two PPC-size photos (one in peacetime) of the "Maheno" plus two modern PPCs of the wreck on Fraser Island (Qld); also Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty PPC of the "Marama". (6) C A/B Ex Lot 954 HOSPITAL SHIPS "Maheno": PPCs with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/No 1 HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s in violet dated 19JUL1915 from Adelaide, 5AUG1915 from Colombo, 17AUG1915 from Egypt & 24SEP1915 from Malta. [The appalling casualties at Gallipoli inspired the NZ public to raise funds to equip the "Maheno" as a hospital ship. She departed Wellington on 11/7/1915, made straight to Gallipoli, and spent two months ferrying the wounded to Mudros & Malta] (4) C A Lot 955 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/8OCT1915/---- HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s ('No 1' removed) in violet when en route to England. Ex Eric Gibbs. [The datestamp was altered because at the time there was no Hospital Ship No 2]

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 6 Ex Lot 956 956 C A/(B) HOSPITAL SHIPS Two PPCs & a cover with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/No 1 HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s ('No 1' reinstated) dated

..' h/s, 15NOV1917 at Durban & 5JAN1918 at Alexandria, the first & third items also with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ HOSPITAL SHIP/MAHENO' h/s, the second & third with large 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s, the

Z' cds nine per favor strikes (one on the view side) on Egyptian stamps on PPC. Rare albeit philatelic: Gordon Darge paid $1250 in 1999.

6 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 6 Ex Lot C A/(B) HOSPITAL SHIPS Two PPCs & a cover with double-framed 'NZ Expeditionary Forces/No 1 HOSPITAL SHIP' d/s ('No 1' reinstated) dated 1JUL1916 overstruck with British 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP/...' h/s, 15NOV1917 at Durban & 5JAN1918 at Alexandria, the first & third items also with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ HOSPITAL SHIP/MAHENO' h/s, the second & third with large 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s, the markings in blue. [The datestamp was again altered because the "Marama" was now in service] (3) C A Lot 957 HOSPITAL SHIPS 'H.S. MAHENO/17AU18/N.Z' cds nine per favor strikes (one on the view side) on Egyptian stamps on PPC. Rare albeit philatelic: Gordon Darge paid $1250 in [The only other example known to us is a 1918 OAS cover Ex Eric Gibbs] 958 C A/(B) Ex Lot 958 HOSPITAL SHIPS "Marama": PPCs with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in rosine on PPCs from Adelaide (undated), Aden (dated "At Sea ") & Malta (dated "26th Feb 1916") with ship-board 'PASSED BY CENSOR...' h/s in black or rosine (the last). ["Marama", a larger vessel than "Maheno", departed Wellington 5/12/1915 for Egypt via Adelaide (arrived 16/12/1915), Colombo & Aden (arrived 4/1/1916). Because Gallipoli had been evacuated in late-december, "Marama" was used to ferry patients from Egypt & Salonica to Malta] (3)

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 7 959 C A- Lot 959 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in black on Egyptian PPC,

[On 8/3/1916, "Marama" sailed from Alexandria for Salonica as a Base Hospital] 300 960 C B/C Ex Lot 960 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital

..' h/s in violet, the first with Southampton cds of 19JU/16, the other (corner fault) with oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in red.

the "Marama" with message headed "HMNZHS Marama/Port Chalmers/24.10.16", Dunedin cds of the same date & 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' h/s in red.

7 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: C A- Lot 959 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in black on Egyptian PPC, ship-board 'PASSED BY CENSOR...' h/s in red & British 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/ 8 /28MR/16/-X-' cds used at Salonica. [On 8/3/1916, "Marama" sailed from Alexandria for Salonica as a Base Hospital] C B/C Ex Lot 960 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with double-framed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NZ Hospital Ship/MARAMA' h/s in red or black on two plain postcards - one with printed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' in red - dated " " or " " both with 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP/...' h/s in violet, the first with Southampton cds of 19JU/16, the other (corner fault) with oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in red. ["Marama" departed Alexandria & arrived at Southampton on 19/6/1916 with sick & wounded] (2) C B Lot 961 HOSPITAL SHIPS Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty PPC of the "Marama" with message headed "HMNZHS Marama/Port Chalmers/ ", Dunedin cds of the same date & 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' h/s in red. ["Marama" returned to NZ arriving at Port Chalmers 22/10/1916. Re-commissioned, she departed Wellington again on 12/11/1916] 200 Lot C B HOSPITAL SHIPS Egyptian PPC with message headed "NZHS Marama/2.5.17", oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in violet. 200

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 8 963 C B Lot 963 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with remarkable combination of the earlier double-framed

oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in violet & the rare 'HS MARAMA/9NO18/NZ' cds.

8 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: C B Lot 963 HOSPITAL SHIPS PPC with remarkable combination of the earlier double-framed & oval cachets plus a superb strike of the rare fancy oval 'NEW ZEALAND HOSPITAL SHIP No 2/1OCT1917/MARAMA' d/s in black, some minor silverfish damage. 964 C A- Lot 964 HOSPITAL SHIPS Church of England in NZ red/buff cover endorsed "JHay/NZMC" at lower-left with superb strikes of the oval 'NZ No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR/MARAMA' h/s in violet & the rare 'HS MARAMA/9NO18/NZ' cds. Acquired for $770 at the Macray Watson auction of 28/6/1994, where it was a front-cover item. 1, C B Lot 965 HOSPITAL SHIPS 'NZ MILITARY FORCES/DIARY OF TRANSFERENCE' envelope for on-forwarding medical records with printed 'SHUP LABEL/...' & further instructions on the reverse, unused. 100

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 9 966 C B Ex Lot 966 HOSPITALS - Malta: Cover endorsed "From CE Maney/NZMC", illustrated MEF Church Army Recreation Tent PPC to WA with message dated "5.10.

beautiful St John Ambulance 'HELP THE WOUNDED!' chromo-litho PPC issued at Malta but used from France with message endorsed "Trenches/Feb 17th 1917".

You can set your mind free about Turkish atrocities as they are absolutely fighting a clean fight which is more than the Germans can boast of.

9 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: C B Ex Lot 966 HOSPITALS - Malta: Cover endorsed "From CE Maney/NZMC", illustrated MEF Church Army Recreation Tent PPC to WA with message dated " " & '["signature"] NZ/CAMP Commandant' h/s, and Malta PPC all with undated 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/MEDTN' cachet; another cover endorsed "Pvte CE Maney/NZMC/Fld Amb" with Valletta cds of 12JY15; and beautiful St John Ambulance 'HELP THE WOUNDED!' chromo-litho PPC issued at Malta but used from France with message endorsed "Trenches/Feb 17th 1917".. [The message on the third item dated "24 Sept" states "...they are hurrying the troops back as soon as they can. You can set your mind free about Turkish atrocities as they are absolutely fighting a clean fight which is more than the Germans can boast of."] By early May, several hospitals were established, including at Saint Andrew's Barracks. The maximum number of patients that could be accommodated on Malta was 16,000. By the end of ,000 wounded had passed through the island. (5) C B/(B) Ex Lot 967 HOSPITALS Cover and two Malta PPCs with messages headed "Valletta Hospital/ " or "30 July 1915/St Andrew's Hosp/Malta" all with undated 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/[cross]/MEDTN' cachet in rosine (the cover, that also has 'SLIEMA BO/2JU15/MALTA' cds) or violet. [The message on the last item states "...We are treated well by the people of Malta and Red Cross societies and do not lack tobacco or anything necessary...i had not received your parcel of 25th April..." (the date of the landings at Gallipoli)] (3) C A-/C Ex Lot 968 HOSPITALS Salonica: Two local PPCs with British 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/ B /25JA/16/-X-' or 'ARMY POST OFFICE/ A /12FE/16/-SX3-' both used at Salonica, Censor No 3054 h/s in violet or rosine. [On 10/10/1915, NZ No 1 Stationary Hospital was relocated from Port Said to Salonica. On 6/3/1916, it was relocated to Moascar in Egypt and three months later to France] (2) 300

Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: 10 969 C A Lot 969 PRISONERS OF

10 Prestige Philately - Auction No 162 Page: C A Lot 969 PRISONERS OF WAR: 1918 (Sep 10) postcard with 'BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR/NEW ZEALAND E.F./ TURKEY' all printed in red to a trooper with the Auckland Mounted Rifles held captive in Turkey, handwritten advice of provisions being forwarded & 'NEW ZEALAND PRISONERS OF WAR DEPT/415 STRAND LONDON WC' h/s in black. Rare. [Very few items to or from ANZAC POWs in Turkey have been recorded] 1,000

Prestige Philately - Auction No 163 Page: 1

Prestige Philately - Auction No 163 Page: 1 LORD HOWE ISLAND 78 C A- Lot 78 1931 (June 6) cover to Australia with 3-line flight cachet signed by the pilot "Francis Chichester" AAMC #184a, Cat $650. NEW