A2101.3 (SCARCE) on SALVATION ARMY illustrated corner card w/ '05' in barrel Rough open @ right Our Price=$25.00
1919 dated ppc "WITH THE A.E.F. in FRANCE" shows the Salvation Army serving soldiers Our Price=$10.00
WW I cover sent to France & returned w/ auxiliary hand cancels & manuscript markings due to the return of the soldier because of casualty in the war. Includes letter insert Our Price=$25.00
Back side of envelope w/ note the soldier returned to USA because of casualty
A1000 series tied on British Field Service Post Card w/ APO 743 vertical in bars Our Price=$25.00
A7201 (APO 927) w/ slogan cancel Our Price=$35.00
Canadian YMCA cover w/letter insert from U.S. soldier at convalescent hospital in Sydney, Nova Scotia, carried to Washington D.C. and mailed at the War Department Station Our Price=$20.00
Soldier w/ E.O. 909 Ammunition Train stationed @ Maxham Military Convalescent Hospital in Sydney, Nova Scotia
APO 2 (no year) IN USE FOR ONLY 2 WEEKS Our Price=$20.00
Soldier w/ the 19th Railway Engineers stationed in France during WW I. Illustrated card w/ censor hand cancel on back w/ December 25, 1917 date. Our Price=$50.00
Reverse side: Hoboken censor mail cancel on ppc ROBERT FULTON
Mail posted by soldiers embarking for Europe was censored at Washington, DC and Hoboken. Censor numbers 16 through 25 were used at Hoboken and are classified as number 2.1 used on steamer ROBERT FULTON ppc. Our Price=$18.00
Purple hand stamp CENSORED. General orders no. 146 provided the use of a rubber stamp for signature is prohibited. A rubber hand stamps w/ a line for the censor's signature shown. Our Price=$15.00
Mail posted by soldiers embarking for Europe was censored at Washington, DC and Hoboken. Censor numbers 16 through 25 were used at Hoboken and are classified as number 2.1 used on BATTERY DRILL ppc. Our Price=$12.00
The Act of Congress October 3, 1917 authorizing FREE MAIL, was not implemented by the Army until General Order #48 issued on October 20, which explains the use of the stamp on this cover postmarked October 17 Our Price=$35.00
AMERICAN AMBULANCE CORPS hand cancel. French FREE mail manuscript cancel Our Price=$45.00
Small post card w/ illegible APO cancel from soldier in Field Hosptial Co. #20 First Division France w/ illustration on front for "RECEIPT OF TOBACCO" Our Price=$40.00
Envelope and enclosure from soldier in the 832nd AERO SQUADRON. (organized Feb. 1918 decommissioned Jan. 1919 Includes manuscript CENSOR marking Our Price=$30.00
1918 U.S. Army Postal Service "flag" cancel tied on SOLDIERS 'BLUE ENVELOPE' sealed w/ censor label and includes letter insert Our Price=$55.00
Letter insert w/ envelope that was sent as an inclusion within the BLUE ENVELOPE
Elusive blue strike of negative 767 cancel of the A8000 series. APO 705 flag cancel was applied over the cancel Our Price=$35.00
A1000 series tied on envelope w/ APO 787 horizontal in bars Our Price=$20.00
November 8, 1918 AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE cachet w/ Army Post Office #727 cancel Our Price=$30.00
WW I British Naval machine cancel (type B-21) on ppc probably sent from Port Said written on 3/19/18 "FREE" franking by written "on active service" mailed on board ship Our Price=$125.00
Douglas, Arizona Military Branch duplex cancel tied on REAL PHOTO card of Infantry crossing the Rio Grande w/ interesting message "about 1000 negro soldiers came in here yesterday" Our Price=$35.00
Real Photo "U. S. INFANTRY CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE RIVER" w/ interesting message on reverse.
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Operation fo APO's was taken over by the military in July 1918 so the postmarks were changed to reflect the operation by the Military Postal Express Service (M.P.E.S.) the A2100 types Our Price=$15.00
Censored YMCA envelope to Florida w/ MOB (money order business) cancel. Our Price=$50.00
A2101.3 Scarce M.P.E.S.dial cancel w/ 05 in "Barrel" tied on Salvation Army c.c. (rough open @ right) Our Price=$25.00
U.S. ARMY POST OFFICE M.P.E.S. (A2000) w/ message "crossed into Germany" APO 761 89th division w/ manuscript censor Our Price=$25.00
December 1914 German POW interned in Malta w/ "POST FREE PRISONER OF WAR" hand cancel Our Price=$195.00
A8000 series straightline cancels of APO 717 Our Price=$35.00
YMCA card DESTROYERS PASSING THE FLEET ppc w/ Hoboken cancel on reverse side
1908 MILITARY CAMP,, LEON SPRINGS, TEXAS hand cancel tied on ppc of Infantry Our Price=$15.00
The A4000 series. Double ring APO number in the upper segment. Note the French spelling of August A4101 (APO 702) PARIS Our Price=$95.00
CAMP SHERMAN played host to 3 ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS Captain Goebel, Marting, and Needham July 24, 1918 postmarked card Our Price=$15.00
A6002 (in used for 2 weeks) Our Price=$25.00
The first American unit assigned to France was base hospital No.4 and 5 other units followed. Picture on these cards are scenes in Rouen where British Army P.O.S. 15 was located. LETTER FROM A NURSE! Our Price=$35.00
MOUNTAIN BATTERY ON THE MARCH ppc w/ 1913 GALVESTON MILITARY BRANCH 4 bar cancel
1913 GALVESTON MILITARY BRANCH TEX 4 bar magenta cancel (early use) tied on ppc of the Mountain Battery on March Our Price=$35.00
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS envelope w/ individual censor's handstamps at the base censor (NUMBER IN CIRCLE ARE THE INDIVUAL CENSOR'S HANDSTAMP) Our Price=$30.00
A7101.1 (APO 702) Base censor and Army M.P.E.S. cancel (no month, day, hour) Our Price=$15.00
