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Description |
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CANADA - Military - World War I Period |
1058151 | ✉G | C | 1916 use of stampless OAS cover, cancelled with '[I.E.F. "B".-]F.P.O.NO 305/POSTAGE-FREE' (B2), tied with Indian 'F.P.O./NO 305/16AP16' (B1 - Karungu, Uganda) backstamp, to Canada, 2c coil (damaged) applied on arrival in Montreal, then redirected back to Charing Cross and later Buckingham Gate in London, opened roughly at top.
![Lot 20899 [1 of 2]:1916 use of stampless OAS cover, cancelled with '[I.E.F. "B".-]](/jpg1058/CANADA_-_Military_-_World_War_I_Period_1916_1058151_.jpg) ![Lot 20899 [2 of 2]:1916 use of stampless OAS cover, cancelled with '[I.E.F. "B".-]](/jpg1058/CANADA_-_Military_-_World_War_I_Period_1916_1058151-2_.jpg) | 220.00 |
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1057985 | ✉F | A | 1916 use of Field Service Card, cancelled with double-circle 'FIELD POST OFFICE/A/1SE/16/66' (Janis area, Greece), a 2c stamp has been placed over the FPO and cancelled at Ottawa. [Stamps were applied to free military mail when it arrived in Canada, this practice stopped in 1917.]
![Lot 20900:1916 use of Field Service Card, cancelled with double-circle 'FIELD POST OFFICE/A/1SE/16/66' (Janis area, Greece), a 2c stamp has been placed over the FPO and cancelled at Ottawa. [Stamps were applied to free military mail when it arrived in Canada, this practice stopped in 1917.]](/jpg1057/CANADA_-_Military_-_World_War_I_Period_1916_1057985_.jpg) | 55.00 |
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