A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flue of 1918. One of the darker aspects of World War One was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers and corpse bearers under often inhumane conditions. John Marc also had a fine selection of the Chinese Labour Force which are not often seen, he built this selection over thirty years. Ĭoming soon the John Marc Sitarek accumulation of China, French Post Office and Indo-China with magnificent French Detachment in the Boxer Campaign covers. A good selection of the overseas Post Offices, Austrian, British, French, Japanese and Russian with offices in Manchuria. 6th Apr 2022Ī strong area of stock is our China from Imperial to WW2 with many fine censor covers and Air Transits. The Allies Greece and Britain finely retook the islands May 9th 1945 as the war came to its close.Ĭhina, French Indo China and Chinese Labour Force. British reinforcements arrived and heavy bombing of the island by the Germans took place leading to the British surrender of the island to the Germans between 12th and 16th November 1943. By 6th Sept 1943 Italy could not continue in the war on the German side and they sighed an armistice and came over to the Allied camp. During World War Two the Italians joined forces with the Germans. Leros and the Dodecanese were occupied by Italian Forces during WW1. Lovely item cancelled on Leros and routed via Rhodes where the By Air Mail/ Per Avion was applied and sent By North American Air Services. The union, which said the strike was the biggest industrial action taken by workers. Service via UK' addressed to Washington bearing Middle East Forces SG M18, 1s bistre-brown tied by Leros/ Dodecanese date stamp '19th Oct 46', hand-stamped 'By Air Mail/ Per Avion', routed via Rhodes/ Egro. Royal Mail says it has offered a 5.5 pay rise for CWU-grade workers, its biggest increase in years. Air Mail envelope written from 'Patmos Island' headed 'B.N.A.A. 1946 | British Occupation of Italian Cols (DR18472)īritish Occupation of Italian Colonies.
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