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| Keeton
Reference Collection Part Three: North Africa: West Africa: Pictorial & Plain Airgraphs Postal Auction - deadline for bids: 4th September 2001 |
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Image-Gallery for Part Three: Section 1 "North African Forces Pictorial Airgraphs" Section 2 "North Africa Plain Types" Section 3 "West Africa Airgraphs: Pictorial & Plain" |
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| Home Bidform Contact Alan Berman for more information | |
| Lot No {Click for image} Description | Est |
| North African Forces Pictorial Airgraphs | |
| AG352 Standard Xmas Greetings from the Mediterranean type showing American, French and US soldiers - from A38 Base Supply depot RASC - to RNTAC School c/o Fleet Mail Office Halifax Nova Scotia | £8 |
| AG353 Standard type. Scarce French use! from 9 rue de Belgique, Tunis - Censor 7765 - to Miss Kellaher, Affaires Etrangeres, 4 Carlton Gardens London SW1 | £25 |
| AG354 Standard type traced but with Greetings text omitted from 61 RSU RAF to Good Luck Forces Fund | £12 |
| AG355 1943 Christmas Greetings (text same design as Standard type) with snake charmer and Cobra from HQ13 LofC TPT COLN RASC | £25 |
| AG356 1943.11.20 MEF Standard type but used BNAF - from 70 Squadron - RAF Boxed censor 221 | £15 |
| AG357 1943 Xmas Greetings with view of Tunis May 1943. Special for 2nd Battalion Coldsteam Guards | £22 |
| AG358 Special Greetings from R E Postal Section - Sender `First Army Postal Unit` - unusually to RE Postal Division Bombay | £28 |
| AG359 1943.9. SCOTLAND FOR EVER - arms show Lion Flag and Badge of Black Watch | £25 |
| AG360 1943 Christmas Greetings Standard type showing Dragon from HQ Coy 1st Buffs - with 8 DEC 1943 Dely envelope | £30 |
| AG361 1943 Hand-drawn Xmas greetings showing Country Cottage and small bridge from 217 POW Camp | £20 |
| AG362 1943 Hand-drawn Xmas Greetings showing Winter Scene from 217 POW Camp- pmk FPO 590 cds | £20 |
| AG363 1944 Christmas Greetings v fine Special YMCA design - from 226 BTC RASC | £30 |
| AG364 1944 Christmas Greetings v fine Special YMCA design from RE 5 Base APO | £30 |
| AG365 Special YMCA design by S Lagden from YMCA C.V.W.W. `3224` censor | £25 |
| AG366 1944 Christmas Greetings from 2nd BN Tank Regt `5248` Censor - with delivery envelope | £20 |
| AG367 1943 Lothians Border Horse. Special Tank design | £20 |
| AG368 1943 95th General Hospital BNAF . Shows badge of Territorial Army Nursing Service; Royal Army Medical Corps - Censor 6140 - design shows Hospital Ship steaming between Africa and Blighty | £75 |
| AG369 1943 Xmas Greetings. Special Tank and gauntlet design for 145 R.A.C. Censor 5770 | £20 |
| AG370 1943 Xmas Greetings. Special for 84th HAA Regt RA - Censor 7087 | £20 |
| AG371 1943 Xmas Greetings Special from 12th HAC Regiment RHA - pmk FPO 51 cds - 3600 censor | £18 |
| AG372 Greetings from 2nd Armoured Brigade Signals - scarcer type. Pinhole at top | £25 |
| AG373 1944 Christmas Greetings from the A.P.F.U. /R.A.F/ BNAF (Air Publications and Forms Unit) - scarce | £28 |
| AG374 1944 Christmas Greetings Special from 2 Base Command Pay Office BNAF 9999 Censor | £25 |
| AG375 1943 Hand-drawn RAF Arms from LAA Squadron RAF Regiment - RAF censor 108 to Portadown N Ireland ..... | £25 |
| AG376 1943 Special Greetings type from H.Q. NAAF - RAF censor 357 | £22 |
| AG377 1944 Christmas `The English Church` Special from 9CRE/Works (Royal Engineeer Arms) 9999 Censor | £25 |
| AG378 1943 Special Greetings from 378 Bty 115 LAA Regt RA | £20 |
| AG379 Special from 567 S/L Royal Artillery Design shows Lorry and search-light below Palm trees - some wrinkling | £20 |
| AG380 Merry Xmas from 455 Field Regt RA - trimmed left and right and thin on back | £12 |
| AG381 depicting organ-grinder and monkey; onion seller in back-ground - fine thematic | £45 |
| AG382 1943 Special Christmas Greetings from 4 COY 1 L OF C SIGNAL Arms of Royal Corps with Mercury | £25 |
| AG383 1943 Merry Xmas . Special from 16 Queens Lancers with Battle Honours - heavy creases and grubby | £12 |
| AG384 1943 Special greetings from 84th Heavy AA Regiment Royal Artillery FPO cds - censor 5900 - fine | £20 |
| AG385 1943 `Kristmas Greatings` special from Royal Army Ordnance Corps - FPO 706 cds - some details inked out | £20 |
| AG386 1944 Christmas Greetings Special from No 1 BPD RAF BNAF - repaired tear and trimmed at left | £15 |
| AG387 1943 Xmas Greetings. Special from No.11 Map Reproduction Section R E - very fine design Corned beef Xmas Pud etc | £30 |
| AG388 1944 Christmas Greetings Armoured Car & Palm Trees - fine | £22 |
| AG389 1944 Xmas Greetings - Special for Royal Engineers - light diagonal crease | £20 |
| AG390 1943 Xmas Greetings from 6th Armoured Division - CERTA CITO - Tank and Mercury - good design | £25 |
| AG391 Hand-drawn Greetings from 229/71 st HAA Regt RA - FPO 462 - 7821 censor - staples top left | £20 |
| AG392 1943 Last LapXmas Greetings Map of Europe with Armoured Car at base from from RAMC Field Ambulance - Censor 1667 | £20 |
| AG393 Happy Christmas - Special from `349` - Good Morning Sergeant Major - pin-hole at top | £20 |
| AG394 Xmas Greetings Design by A Lorimer - from Sigs HQ Coy 1st Bn Scots Guards - Censor 7898 | £22 |
| AG395 1943 Greetings YMCA from 35 Batt HQ 2nd Field Regt RA - Censor 7020 .. | £16 |
| AG396 1943 Greetings YMCA from 851 Quarrying Company Censor 7020 - FPO 452 | £16 |
| AG397 1944 Greetings RAF design with very fine artwork showing Sheep at Oasis | £25 |
| AG398 Greetings. Standard type. FPO 706 cds | £15 |
| AG399 1943 Happy Landings Standard RAF type from Signals Section 37 Squadron RAF - RAF censor 128 | £22 |
| AG400 1944 Christmas Greetings - City scene - Censor 9999 | £22 |
| AG401 Christmas Greetings. Camel's Head | £25 |
| AG402 1943.11 Hand-drawn from RASC | £18 |
| AG403 Merry Christmas and map of Eastern Mediterranean - from G4 MOV & TN (BR) - Censor 6025 | £22 |
| AG404 1943 Hand-drawn Cottages from RAMC 95 Genl Hospital - Censor 6140 - with delivery envelope 16 DEC 1943 | £20 |
| AG405 1944 Christmas Greetings from Egypt - Arms of Royal Engineers - Keeton Type ME/21F | £20 |
| AG406 1943 Greetings from 97th General Hospital - Censor 2967 - to Co. Monaghan Eire | £25 |
| AG407 1944 Christmas Greetings. Headquarters/ M.A.A.F REAR/RAF B.N.A.F. Shows White Cliffs; bustling urban scene: airman posting letter . Small tear | £25 |
| AG408 1943 Merry Christmas from G4 MOV&TN AFHQ - pmk FPO 702 - Censor 6025 | £20 |
| AG409 Hand-drawn Greetings shows Galleon and sea-gull - Tides of Happiness`- from 1 Light Field Ambulance | £20 |
| AG410 Christmas Greetings. Hand-drawn map BNAF Calling -` censor 7171`- some creasing | £18 |
| AG411 1943.7.21 Hand-drawn scene with camels eating sea-mine at shore line - mosque "Inshallah" etc from 651 AOF Squadron RAF - RAF Censor 155 - creasing | £15 |
| AG412 Christmas Greetings showing Tommy by well Unfit for drinking and dreaming of Pub from G7MOV&TN(BR) | £35 |
| AG413 Greetings. Nativity scene Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger. | £25 |
| AG414 1943 Greetings. Hand-drawn. Tommy steps from Africa to Sicily - `Shoe Shine Johnny` - Censor 6025 | £22 |
| AG415 1943 Merry Christmas. Camel and tank . Censor 5857 | £20 |
| AG416 Greetings . Shows maps of British Isles and Africa with fully rigged clipper head on (unusual) - Censor 6140 - two drawing pin hole s at top | £30 |
| AG417 Greetings. Badge of Notts & Derby - from Coy 2nd Forester - Censor 3568 - two heavy hz creases ex-Ken Sargeant Collection | £20 |
| AG418 Hand-drawn greetings. Address and sender's detail inked out - ex Ken Sargeant Collection | £12 |
| AG419 1943.5.8 Greetings from Tunis. Shield of First Army and Eighth Army. FPO 594 cds - Censor 8826 (?) - fine | £25 |
| AG420 1943 Hand-drawn Swift delivering letter to country cottage - Censor 7379(?) | £16 |
| AG421 1943 Special from 2nd Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry with Badge | £50 |
| AG422 1943 Greetings from 19th Field Regt R A. - Censor 7089 - glue stain at top - and slight thin on back | £15 |
| AG423 Hand-drawn Greetings from BHQ306/77 Field Regt RA - Censor 5864 .. | £18 |
| AG424 1944 Hand-drawn `Man listening to wireless` from 71 Staging Post RAF - RAF Censor 401 | £18 |
| AG425 1943.11.10 Hand-drawn Seasons Greetings - from RHQ 87 A/TK RA Signal Section - FPO 256 cds - Censor 3053 - to Radio Society of Great Britain | £18 |
| AG426 Hand-drawn Golden Wedding from 99th Gen Hospital - Censor 2961 - trimmed left & right | £12 |
| AG427 1943.8 Birthday Wishes. Pansy and Arms of Royal Engineers. From 694 Artisan Works Coy - FPO 50..? cds - Censor 7944 - creases - flower thematic | £30 |
| AG428 2 alcoholic elephants: `Don't look now Hic Pink Men` from 110 RSU RAF - FPO 118 cds - RAF Censor 255 | £45 |
| AG429 1943 Hand drawn `North African Victory` Cartoon type: Churchill in shield with Hitler and Mussolini | £65 |
| AG430 1943 Special Greetings for 130 Petrol Depot/ RASC - #251 triangular censor (usually shield!) - to Portadown N Ireland - petroleum thematic | £45 |
| AG431 Hand drawn Christmas Greetings shows Church. NA/2(1) used CMF. 9793 censor - to Fulham SW6 | £15 |
| AG432 Hand drawn Camel and pyramids from Pte Reast G4 MOV&TN - pmk FPO 702 cds - 6025 censor | £18 |
| AG433 Greetings from 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards - censor 7?85 - stain & creases | £18 |
| AG434 Birthday Wishes. Vase of Flowers. Censor 4278 - Trimmed left and right | £12 |
| AG435 Greetings for Easter. Basket of Flowers. From 30 Stores Section R.E. Trimmed left & right | £12 |
| AG436 1943.8 Camel, palm trees, etc Trimmed left and right | £12 |
| AG437 1943 Greetings. from 32/22 Field Regt RA - Censor 5?27 - ex Sargeant Colln | £20 |
| AG438 Hand-drawn Christmas scene - from MTSC BOD (Base Ordnance Depot) - censor 3224 - ex Ken Sergeant collection | £15 |
| North Africa Plain Types | |
| AG439 Type NA/1 from HQ Constantine Area - pmk FPO `2 AP/43/583` cds - Censor 7975 to Norman Hill - `First Airgraph from North Africa` - Airgraph No 25778 - with 8 APR 1943 Cloud envelope | £25 |
| AG440 NA/1 1943.4.2 9 Corps signals. `The airgraph service started yesterday` Censor 7936. Airgraph No. 85986 | £10 |
| AG441 NA/1 Setting 1 1943.4.22 from HQ RAF Maison Blanche - FPO 583 cds - `374` RAF censor - vertical crease | £3 |
| AG442 NA/1 Setting 2 1943.4.29 from 4 Troop 3 Commando - BAPO/3 cds - Censor 2775 | £4 |
| AG443 NA/1A Setting 1 1943.9.12 Used CMF - pmk FPO 288 cds - censor 6174 cds | £5 |
| AG444 NA/2A Setting 3 1944.3.12 Used CMF | £2 |
| AG445 NA/2 Setting 4 1943.4.19 Used BNAF | £4 |
| AG446 NA/2A Setting 3. Used Pioneer Corps. CMF | £2 |
| AG447 NA/2A Setting 4. Used Heavy AA Royal Artillery | £4 |
| AG448 NA/2C Used Middle East Forces. RM Det 380/17 - FPO 238 cds - pin-holes top left | £5 |
| AG449 NA/2D Used GB. Keeton: `a freak use` - from Accountant Generals Office Enlistment Branch, Post Office - pmk LONDON/ F.S.59 cds to CMF | £10 |
| AG450 NA/2E used Malta - 1944.12.21from No.2 OATS RAF Malta Force - unusually h/s two type R15 censors #353 and #74. See Colley: `353 acts as base censor | £30 |
| AG451 1943.4.19 Original Form NA/2 with imprint..2000M 12/42 I.P.Ltd 51-6021 Code P2298G - Keeton #1 - from No.2 ALG SIGS SECT RAF BNAF (dated 19/4) - b/s `B R/ M` in circle - to Chesham Bois, Bucks - address panel h/s 1 MAY 1943 s/l rubber - forwarded to Northants - pmk AMERSHAM 3 MY cds - GB 3d pale violet in space on back also pmk AMERSHAM/BUCKS cds - handwriting very small, so perhaps original sent folded up , as airgraph would have been illegible - interesting most unusual | £50 |
| AG452 1943 Original Form NA/3 - unused - Imprint: Wt T9601/P2663 12000M 11/43 -S.C.W.S. Ltd G 52-6145 - Keeton #4 - horizontal fold - scarce | £20 |
| AG453 NA/3A Used CMF 1945.3.26 from 237 (Rhodesia) Sqdn RAF - to Bournemouth War Services Organisation | £5 |
| AG454 NA/3AX used CMF but in N Africa - from RAF station Maison Blanche CMF (Algiers) - h/s RAF Censor #42 - pmk FPO 707 cds | £8 |
| AG455 NA/3B used Free French Naval Forces, Algeria. 1944.6.29 from JM Folivet PO3/C Escadrille 6FE Poste Navele - to Barrow-in-Furness Lancs - h/s French `eye` censor `OUVERT/T.A.316/...` with `22` in small circle - Desperate message to girl friend who has not replied to letters: `I have never used the airgraph yet - so I'm going to drop you a few words just to try it. Please Rose don't make me waiting longer`. Rare! | £75 |
| AG456 NA/3C Used MEF. 1944.6.22 from 11th WRRC(?) MEF. Message: ... I have left Italy & now in Egypt | £8 |
| AG457 NA/4D Used Corsica! 1944.7.12 from W/OP 251 WING RAF - pmk FPO/ 660 cds - RAF censor 264 | £10 |
| AG458 NA4/A Used CMF 1944.11.1 from 253 Wing RAF CMF (Algiers) - address panel 56mm | £3 |
| AG459 NA4/A Used CMF 1944.11.16 from LAA Regt REME CMF - address panel 54mm | £3 |
| AG460 NA/4 1944.10.29 from RAMC 94 Gen Hospital. Italian Co-Operator Wing BNAF | £6 |
| AG461 NA/4C Used Polish Forces. 1944.10.2 Written in Polish from Antoni Smolka CMF Polish Forces N132 - `111` circular censor - 562 in oval | £10 |
| AG462 NA/4E Used Greece 1945.7.31 Ex N Hill Collection - he knew sender to be Salonica but we cannot confirm. Last despatch | £20 |
| AG463 NA/4D Used Corsica! 1944.7.15 from AMES RAF RAF - pmk FPO/ 17 JY 660 cds - also pmk BAPO/ 20 JY/5 cds - RAF censor 173 (?overstruck by BAPO cds) | £10 |
| AG464 NA/5A Used CMF 1944.12.7 from `BRCS A D THACKERAY/ Friends Ambulance Unit CMF - Shield Censor 806 | £5 |
| AG465 NA/5B Used Greece. 1945.1.19 from Tpr Golding (address inked out by censor) pmk FPO 267 cds (Proud: Greece) - 1686 Shield censor - Message: I am in Athens | £15 |
| West Africa Plain & Pictorial Types | |
| AG466 1941 Standard RAF MEF Pictorial type used from RAF Takoradi - h/s `8` RAF tombstone censor - light creases - with original Great Britain delivery envelope | £60 |
| AG467 GB/11 used West Africa Sierra Leone 1944.4.4 from SHQ RAF Station Jui WAF pmk FPO/ 41 (with serifs) cds - pmk boxed RAF Censor 40. Rare | £30 |
| AG468 WA/1A used HM Ship (shore) - 1944.7.11 from R.N.B. [Royal Naval Barracks] Apapa Lagos - Admiralty tombstone censor - to Liverpool commercial) - punch holes at top | £12 |
| AG469 WA/1 1944.6.11 from RAMC 55 Gen Hospital WAF - pmk FPO/10..(?) cds - Shield Censor 4206 - scarcer | £30 |
| AG470 WA/1 Nigeria 1944.3. from No1 Detachment Postal Services West African Forces - pmk FPO 46 cds - `2862` circular censor - to Surrey | £20 |
| AG471 WA/1 Sierra Leone 1944.3.2 pmk FPO/41 cds - slightly faint | £15 |
| AG472 WA/1 Gold Coast 1944.5.19 from 37 (WA) General Hospital WAF - pmk FPO 45 (serifs) cds `9382` Shield censor | £20 |
| AG473 WA/1 Nigeria 1944.3.14 from RE R.T.O. c/o Kaduna Sub Area/Nigerian Area WAF pmk FPO 46 cds - `2862` censor - to Cambridge | £20 |
| AG474 WA/1 Nigeria 1944.4.13 from RE R.T.O. c/o Kaduna Sub Area/Nigerian Area WAF pmk FPO 559 cds - censor indistinct - to Cambridge - with 3 May 1944 Cloud delivery envelope | £20 |
| AG475 WA/2 Gold Coast 1944.7.31 from 37 (WA) General Hospital WAF - pmk FPO 45 (serifs) cds `9382` Shield censor | £20 |
| AG476 WA/2 Gold Coast 1944.6.12 from 37 (WA) General Hospital WAF - pmk FPO 45 (serifs) cds `9382` Shield censor | £20 |
| AG477 WA/2 used HM Ship (shore) Sierra Leone 1944.12.27 from Hut 20 RNB [Royal Naval Barracks] Kissy, Freetown - pmk FPO 537 cds - Admiralty tomb-stone censor - to Editor of Lyons mail London | £20 |
| AG478 WA/1 1945.1.17 Last acceptance noted by Keeton! Sent from Capt L A Woodroffe 3 (W.A.) T.T.S. Elmina Gold Coast - FPO/45 cds - `7115` Shield Censor A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.Scarce greetings from West Africa | £40 |
| AG479 WA/1 1944.11.11 from Capt L A Woodroffe 3 (W.A.) T.T.S. Elmina Gold Coast [Trades Training School] - FPO/45 cds - `7115` Shield Censor A MERRY CHRISTMAS Scarce Xmas Greetings from West Africa . This illustrated in Keeton hand book (p.254) | £50 |
| AG480 Sierra Leone 1944.4.20 from SHQ RAF Station Jui WAF pmk FPO/ 41 cds - h/s boxed RAF Censor 40. Depicts General Montgomery . OUR ACE TO TRUMP ALL NAZI TRICKS. Trimmed at sides but hand-drawn pictorials from W Africa very rare. This illustrated in Keeton hand book on page 254 | £80 |
| AG26 (reoffered) 1944.10.20 Official GPO Xmas form with impressed 3d violet on reverse pmk SOUTHEND ON SEA ESSEX cds to Capt Woodroffe/ Elmina Gold Coast - h/s scarce violet cachet TRANSMITTED BY ORDINARY MAIL/ NO AIRGRAPH SERVICE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS - staple holes and rust marks show very rare thus. Illustrated Keeton page 255. | £250 |
