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Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30249 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $20 : יתלחתה ריחמ

World War I British military mail: 1 OCT 18 Field Service pc ex 66th Division (near Cambrai, France) to Manchester, UK pmk'd by the unit's divisional train; unfranked
as military mail. The 66th was moving into position to participate in the 2nd Battle of Cambrai (5 Oct. 1918). The "Divisional Train" provided horse-drawn transport for the
Division: it was usually comprised of a small 'Train Headquarters', one 'Headquarters Company', three other Horse 'Transport Companies' and a contingent of other troops
(known as Army Troops).
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30250 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $12 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine domestic military mail: registered OHMS stationary stampless cover ex FPO 256 (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [REME] unit at
Camp 80, near Pardes Hanna) to SIS HQ 15 Area MEF (Secret Intelligence Service, Middle East Forces - North Palestine District), 12 JU 46, with 3 strikes on
front and back; "2nd Infantry Brigade Workshops, R.E.M.E." violet cachet and R label from FRP 256 on front.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30251 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $12 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine domestic military mail: OHMA stationary stampless cover ex HQ 3 Base Workshop REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Haifa) to
firm in TEL AVIV (re-routed to POBox), postmarked by Army Signals 30-1-48 (3 strikes on front and back) and handled in transit 11 days later(!) by FPO 731 (in
Haifa), 11 FE 48; with violet cachet on front (obscured by sealing label).

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30252 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $12 : יתלחתה ריחמ

OHMS stampless cover ex FPO 375 (Moascar GHQ, Egypt) to Broadcasting Signal Squadron, HAIFA 27 NO 47, rerouted "2nd Squadron"; with "GHQ 2nd
Ech[elon] M[iddle].E[ast]." violet cachet on front. Postmarked two days before the UN decision to partition Palestine (and the unofficial start of the War of
Independence).

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