Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3

1919: OHMS printed envelope to the Officer Commanding, 44th Stationary Hospital, struck on despatch in Alexandria with "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / Z" cds (April 8) with framed "AERIAL POST / E.E.F." in black, with oval cachet "Forward Echelon / Egyptian Expeditionary Force". Reverse with reseal 'Please use trhis envelope again'. Central crease but rare: due to the rebellion Army mail was flown rather than mailed.rnNote: In the course of widespread disturbances between 15 and 31 March 1919, at least 800 people were killed, numerous villages were burnt down, large landed properties plundered and railways destroyed by angered Egyptian mobs. For several weeks, demonstrations and strikes across Egypt by students, workers and religious leaders became a daily occurrence. This mass movement was characterised by the participation of both men and women, and by spanning the religious divide between Muslim and Christian Egyptians. The Egyptian Expeditionary Force engaged in mass repression to restore order.