British Commonwealth 1942/1943 - 第二次世界大戦中、RAF西アフリカ（ガンビア）1942–1943、軍事検閲郵便物収集

WWII RAF West Africa (Gambia) 1942–1943, Military Censor Mail Collection

分析対象の郵便封筒
1. item-by-item detailed analysis
lot gmb 21
• ファイル名: lot gmb 21 front.jpg, lot gmb 21 verso.jpg
• item type: 航空便軍事封筒（WWII RAF 検閲済みカバー）
• 言語と翻訳: 英語。手書き注記: "on active service", "via pan-american", "s. guthrie"。
• 切手分析:
o 7枚×グレートブリテン王ジョージ6世6d 紫褐色定額郵便切手の連番（航空郵便料金超過支払い/要件満たし）。
o 野戦郵便局のスタンプ日付印/ 109 の二重円形日付印、日付は 43年3月20日（1943年3月20日）。
• 発信人・受取人データ:
o 発信人（ verso ）: f/o guthrie, s.f., j-15408 (r.c.a.f.), West African Forces #2 (Flying Officer s.f. Guthrie, Royal Canadian Air Force deployed with West African Forces / RAF Station Bathurst, Gambia).
o 受取人（ front ）: mr. h. fraser guthrie, 775 champagneur ave., Outremont, Quebec, Canada.
• 郵便・検閲 markings:
o 青黒の長方形 boxed r.a.f. censor 90 捺印。
o 八角形の passed nn/3 検閲マーク（青色）。
o verso の transit/arrival circular postmark: Bathurst / Gambia dated 22 mr 43 (22 March 1943).
lot gmb 22
• ファイル名: lot gmb 22 front.jpg, lot gmb 22 verso.jpg
• item type: 軍事カバー / OAS サーフェス-エア封筒（検閲封印テープ付き）
• 言語と翻訳: 英語。注記: "on active service", "s. guthrie"。
• 切手分析:
o 切手なしの軍郵便（OAS 特別料金）。
o 右上端に field post office / 109 の日付印（コード a） dated 20 no 42 (20 November 1942)。
• 発信人・受取人データ:
o 発信人（ verso ）: p/o guthrie s.f., j-15408, w.a.f. (Pilot Officer s.f. Guthrie, West African Forces, Gambia).
o 受取人（ front ）: mr. h. fraser guthrie, 775 champagneur ave., Outremont, Quebec, Canada.
• 郵便・検閲 markings:
o examiner 1240 / p.c. 90 / opened by civil/military censor resealing tape along the left edge.
o square r.a.f. censor 90 framed cachet.
lot gmb 23
• ファイル名: lot gmb 23 front.jpg, lot gmb 23 verso.jpg
• item type: active service cover (free concession military mail)
• 言語と翻訳: 英語。注記: "on active service"。
• 切手分析:
o 切手なし。 circular postage paid machine/hand postmark と波形のラインが特徴。
• 発信人・受取人データ:
o 発信人（ verso ）: 1451273. l.a.c. Butterworth. R.T. / R.A.F. (Leading Aircraftman Butterworth, Royal Air Force).
o 受取人（ front ）: The School of Accountancy, 64, Regent House, Glasgow, C.2., Scotland.
• 郵便・検閲 markings:
o square boxed r.a.f. censor 321 cachet in violet.
lot gmb 24
• ファイル名: lot gmb 24 front.jpg, lot gmb 24 verso.jpg
• item type: maritime mail cover (on active service mail)
• 言語と翻訳: 英語。注記: "o.a.s."（on active service）。
• 切手分析:
o 切手なしの軍事カバー。
o circular red post office mark と large red block handstamp maritime mail。
• 発信人・受取人データ:
o 発信人（ verso ）: 1119789 Cpl. Walker W.P. - R.A.F. (Corporal W.P. Walker, Royal Air Force).
o 受取人（ front ）: Mrs. A. Walker, c/o A. & B. Cooper, 101 King St., Stretford, Manchester, U.K.
• 郵便・検閲 markings:
o framed r.a.f. censor 256 mark in purple-blue ink with officer signature.
lot gmb 25
• ファイル名: lot gmb 25 front.jpg, lot gmb 25 verso.jpg
• item type: WWII RAF Air Letter / Aerogramme (Army Form W.3077)
• 言語と翻訳: 英語。印刷文字: "by air mail / air letter / if anything is enclosed this letter will be sent by ordinary mail." 手書き: "on active service"。
• 切手分析:
o グレートブリテン 3d 紫色 King George VI 定額切手1枚でフランク。
o Circular field post office の消印。
• 発信人・受取人データ:
o 発信人（ verso ）: 1233105. L.A.C. Walker W.P., R.A.F. (Leading Aircraftman W.P. Walker, Royal Air Force).
o 受取人（ front ）: Mrs. A. Harper, Littleworth, Downley, High Wycombe, Bucks, England.
• 郵便・検閲 markings:
o boxed r.a.f. censor 342 mark in blue with censor officer's initialing at the bottom corner.

1. lot gmb 30（ front & verso ）
• item type: unused postal card (Gambia, Queen Victoria 1 1/2d imprint)
• stamps / indicia: imprinted 1 1/2d (penny halfpenny) slate/grey Queen Victoria keytype design.
• translation / text:
o "Union Postale Universelle – Gambia (Gambie) – Post Card"
o "The address only to be written on this side."
• sender & recipient data: unused / mint condition. no sender or recipient details written.

2. lot gmb 29 (front & verso)
• item type: unused reply-paid postal card (Gambia, Queen Victoria 1d + 1d reply card)
• stamps / indicia: imprinted 1d carmine-red Queen Victoria keytype design on both the primary card and the attached "reply" card.
• translation / text:
o primary side: "Union Postale Universelle – Gambia (Gambie) – Post Card – The annexed card is intended for the answer. (la carte ci-jointe est destinée à la réponse.)"
o reply side: "Union Postale Universelle – Gambia (Gambie) – Post Card – Reply."
• sender & recipient data: unused / mint condition complete joined card.

3. lot gmb 28 (front & verso)
• item type: registered letter stationery envelope (King George V 2d blue registration indicia + 1d adhesive stamp)
• stamps / indicia:
o pre-printed 2d blue KGV registration fee stamp on the back flap.
o additional 1d carmine-red KGV Gambia postage stamp added to the upper right front to cover the postage rate, cancelled by a Bathurst circular date stamp.
• translation / text:
o "Registered letter. This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered, and a receipt obtained for it."
• sender & recipient data:
o sender: Commercial sender in Gambia (unmarked on front/ verso).
o recipient: Messrs Groves & Lindley, Lion Buildings, Station Street, Huddersfield (England).

4. lot gmb 27 (front & verso)
• item type: registered letter stationery envelope with additional ad-hoc overprinted postage
• stamps / indicia:
o pre-printed 2d blue KGV registration fee stamp on the rear flap, postmarked Registered Gambia (3 No 20).
o 2 1/2d surcharged/overprinted KGV stamp added to the upper right front.
o Transit/arrival postmark on rear: London / 4 mr 21.
• translation / text:
o "Registered Letter. This letter must be given to an officer of the post office..."
• sender & recipient data:
o sender: posted from Bathurst, Gambia.
o recipient: F. J. Robinson Esq., 49 Charing Cross, London S.W. 1.

5. lot gmb 26 (front & verso)
• item type: commercial registered cover sent from Bathurst to Paris, France (July 1920)
• stamps / indicia:
o block of 4 plus 1 single (total 5 stamps) of the 1d carmine-red King George V Gambia postage stamps (total postage rate 5d).
o handstamped framed registration marker: r / Bathurst / no [315].
o large circular strike r and blue crayon routing/rate marks.
o backstamp on flap: Paris Étranger / chargements dated 27-7-20.
• translation / text:
o printed sender header: "Mohammed Benani, Bathurst, R. G., W. C. A." (River Gambia, West Coast Africa).
o French address: Messieurs Compagnie Générale des Établissements Pathé Frères, 30 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, France.
• sender & recipient data:
o sender: Mohammed Benani (trader in Bathurst, Gambia).
o recipient: Pathé Frères (pioneering French film & gramophone company), Paris, France.

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Lot Gmb 21-30