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lot # 40135LA - Military Mail - British Empire WWI

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"Force in Egypt" British WWI military mail in Egypt: early Theater 24 SEPT 1914 color ppc Kingsway Alameda Gardens in Gibraltar to BOLTON, written by soldier on ship "nearing Egypt tonight", serving in "ammunition column, 3rd East Lancs., TF" - probably 1/4 territorial force Bn of 42nd Div. (TA), the first Div. posted to Egypt in WWI; as machine franked 1d on 5 OCT in LONDON, couriered & locally posted. Div. landed next day ALEXANDRIA, most units encamped in CAIRO; became part of FiE & used Egypt. civil. PO service; deployed Gallipoli May 1915.
Feldpost - Britisches Weltreich Erster Weltkrieg
דואר צבאי - אימפריה בריטית במלחמת העולם ה-1

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