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The Universal soldier.
On Oct 8, 8:49*am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote:
A couple of likely lads. Where are they?http://cjoint.com/data/kioUFj7v6Y.htm Gallipoli ? |
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The Universal soldier.
A healthy gambit, Blair, I have no idea, but would probably opt for Palestine. The tin helmet throws me a bit. The FPO DW3 is a curly one, I only have military postmarks 1939-45 The stamp on his cover is teasingly out of focus. "Blair" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 8:49 am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote: A couple of likely lads. Where are they?http://cjoint.com/data/kioUFj7v6Y.htm Gallipoli ? |
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The Universal soldier.
It still could be Gallipoli, but to clarify AS Gallipoli began in April 1915, NO Australian Digger heading to that battlefield was issued a helmet - or 'Tin Hat'. The only Tin Hats worn at Gallipoli were worn by the English troops and some Turks - even most of the Turks had cloth ones. "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... A healthy gambit, Blair, I have no idea, but would probably opt for Palestine. The tin helmet throws me a bit. The FPO DW3 is a curly one, I only have military postmarks 1939-45 The stamp on his cover is teasingly out of focus. "Blair" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 8:49 am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote: A couple of likely lads. Where are they?http://cjoint.com/data/kioUFj7v6Y.htm Gallipoli ? |
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The Universal soldier.
September 1916: Northern Summer/Autumn from the look of it. In the
trenches in France or Belgium? That CDS looks more British than Australian to me, though it's very much not my subject. But by a very happy coincidence, this http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...tereoslide.jpg arrived yesterday: Rana Ranjitsingh of Barwani, whose portrait graced many a Barwani stamp, giving orders to the Captain of his fleet of ambulances. (As Ranjitsingh was a Captain himself, at one point during WWI, I assume he'd had promotion by the time this slide was made.) Tony rodney wrote: It still could be Gallipoli, but to clarify AS Gallipoli began in April 1915, NO Australian Digger heading to that battlefield was issued a helmet - or 'Tin Hat'. The only Tin Hats worn at Gallipoli were worn by the English troops and some Turks - even most of the Turks had cloth ones. "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... A healthy gambit, Blair, I have no idea, but would probably opt for Palestine. The tin helmet throws me a bit. The FPO DW3 is a curly one, I only have military postmarks 1939-45 The stamp on his cover is teasingly out of focus. "Blair" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 8:49 am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote: A couple of likely lads. Where are they?http://cjoint.com/data/kioUFj7v6Y.htm Gallipoli ? |
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The Universal soldier.
Yay, Mr. Antipodes, that's a neat slide (you place it in a viewer and get simulated 3D right?) What a wonderful addition to your collection. Do you think the scene is "staged", which one is the Rana? Did not one of the Maharajas play test cricket at one time? Back to the original topic, what the hell would a pommy pmk be doing on an Aussie stamp? (have you had too many sherries after dinner?, daydreaming about Travancore?) rodney "Asia-translation" September 1916: Northern Summer/Autumn from the look of it. In the trenches in France or Belgium? That CDS looks more British than Australian to me, though it's very much not my subject. But by a very happy coincidence, this http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...tereoslide.jpg arrived yesterday: Rana Ranjitsingh of Barwani, whose portrait graced many a Barwani stamp, giving orders to the Captain of his fleet of ambulances. (As Ranjitsingh was a Captain himself, at one point during WWI, I assume he'd had promotion by the time this slide was made.) Tony rodney wrote: It still could be Gallipoli, but to clarify AS Gallipoli began in April 1915, NO Australian Digger heading to that battlefield was issued a helmet - or 'Tin Hat'. The only Tin Hats worn at Gallipoli were worn by the English troops and some Turks - even most of the Turks had cloth ones. "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... A healthy gambit, Blair, I have no idea, but would probably opt for Palestine. The tin helmet throws me a bit. The FPO DW3 is a curly one, I only have military postmarks 1939-45 The stamp on his cover is teasingly out of focus. "Blair" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 8:49 am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote: A couple of likely lads. Where are they?http://cjoint.com/data/kioUFj7v6Y.htm Gallipoli ? |
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The Universal soldier.
Can't be sure which is the Rana. I suppose one of the gents in the
peaked hats - perhaps the one with the swagger stick. Given the technical level of photography at the time, you'd have to suspect the scene was staged though - even if somewhat artistically disorganized. It would be interesting to find more about the career of Rana Ranjitsingh. (He wasn't the cricketing Ranjitsingh, by the way. If memory serves, that one was the Jam of Nawanagar.) I like the idea of his contributing a fleet of ambulances to the War effort. He also contributed a sizable sum to famine relief back home in another part of India, at one time. As to the postmark - I think (underlined and bolded) that all the Australian WWI FPO CDSs I've seen have been single-ring types. That CDS looks much more Pommy. But it isn't hard to imagine circumstances under which an Australian card might have passed through a British FPO, is it? (The only daydreams I've had of TravAncore, though, have been of finding a buyer silly enough to buy my collection. I could then invest the proceeds in buying something wholesome, like - to pluck an example at random - Barwani.) Tony of the Antipathies rodney wrote: Yay, Mr. Antipodes, that's a neat slide (you place it in a viewer and get simulated 3D right?) What a wonderful addition to your collection. Do you think the scene is "staged", which one is the Rana? Did not one of the Maharajas play test cricket at one time? Back to the original topic, what the hell would a pommy pmk be doing on an Aussie stamp? (have you had too many sherries after dinner?, daydreaming about Travancore?) rodney "Asia-translation" September 1916: Northern Summer/Autumn from the look of it. In the trenches in France or Belgium? That CDS looks more British than Australian to me, though it's very much not my subject. But by a very happy coincidence, this http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...tereoslide.jpg arrived yesterday: Rana Ranjitsingh of Barwani, whose portrait graced many a Barwani stamp, giving orders to the Captain of his fleet of ambulances. (As Ranjitsingh was a Captain himself, at one point during WWI, I assume he'd had promotion by the time this slide was made.) Tony rodney wrote: It still could be Gallipoli, but to clarify AS Gallipoli began in April 1915, NO Australian Digger heading to that battlefield was issued a helmet - or 'Tin Hat'. The only Tin Hats worn at Gallipoli were worn by the English troops and some Turks - even most of the Turks had cloth ones. "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... A healthy gambit, Blair, I have no idea, but would probably opt for Palestine. The tin helmet throws me a bit. The FPO DW3 is a curly one, I only have military postmarks 1939-45 The stamp on his cover is teasingly out of focus. "Blair" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 8:49 am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote: A couple of likely lads. Where are they?http://cjoint.com/data/kioUFj7v6Y.htm Gallipoli ? |
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The Universal soldier.
On Oct 9, 5:25*am, Asia-translation
wrote: September 1916: *Northern Summer/Autumn from the look of it. *In the trenches in France or Belgium? That CDS looks more British than Australian to me, though it's very much not my subject. But by a very happy coincidence, this http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...ni/Ranjitsingh... arrived yesterday: *Rana Ranjitsingh of Barwani, whose portrait graced many a Barwani stamp, giving orders to the Captain of his fleet of ambulances. *(As Ranjitsingh was a Captain himself, at one point during WWI, I assume he'd had promotion by the time this slide was made.) Tony rodney wrote: It still could be Gallipoli, but to clarify AS Gallipoli began in April 1915, NO Australian Digger heading to that battlefield was issued a helmet - or 'Tin Hat'. The only Tin Hats worn at Gallipoli were worn by the English troops and some Turks - even most of the Turks had cloth ones. "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in ... A healthy gambit, Blair, I have no idea, but would probably opt for Palestine. The tin helmet throws me a bit. The FPO DW3 is a curly one, I only have military postmarks 1939-45 The stamp on his cover is teasingly out of focus. The only reference I have on FPO DW3 so far is that it was a British FPO and was used "at the front". There is a postcard with this cancel in the UK National Archives. It is part of the Druitt family correspondence and was sent by Paul Druitt. (I don't know his regiment yet, but he was involved with the field ambulance, Cape Town) LETTERS FROM OR ABOUT SERVICE-MEN (Mainly members of the family) DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR DRUITT MSS/411 1916-1920 Letters [no ref.] 1916 22 letters Contents: From (snip) Paul Druitt, Field Ambulance, Cape Town (1); Lark Hill, Salisbury (2), the Front, Field Post Office D.W.3, Field Service Postcard (1). ... Here is another FPO DW3 cover (Sept 1916) http://www.premierpostal.com/jpg3008/3008983.jpg At this time the FPO DW3 was serving the third Australian Casualty Clearing Station (AIF). It was located at Lark Hill on Salisbury Plain (UK) (just west of Durrington). It would appear that Paul was an ambulance worker both in South Africa and the UK. The family was Australian, as the cover shows. The cover recently sold for AUD $190 at auction. The first military camp at Larkhill was in 1899, (Boer War) ans=d it is still a garrison town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larkhill During World War I - 34 battalion sized hutted garrisons were built for use by all different types of military forces. A light military railway line was built from the established Amesbury – Bulford line, to carry troops to Larkhill and on to an aerodrome at Stonehenge. http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/maps/wik...n=Du rrington It would appear that your PC is a generic "at the front" PC that was mailed from the UK, by an Austrailian casualty or ambulance worker. Blair |
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The Universal soldier.
Wizardly wonderful Blair, I exhausted my search. I don't know what you think, I reckon that postmark on the Aussie 2009 stamp, was lifted from that very cover! Marvelous work. Here is another FPO DW3 cover (Sept 1916) http://www.premierpostal.com/jpg3008/3008983.jpg |
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The Universal soldier.
Yes, Look at the ding in the outer pmk ring at 3 o'clock http://cjoint.com/data/kldsjcCeg0.htm For the mainland cancel example, AusPost had to come to Sunny Perth, because Melbourne (as usual) was dark, windy, cold and overcast. http://cjoint.com/data/kldwjglDz0.htm "rodney" I don't know what you think, I reckon that postmark on the Aussie 2009 stamp, was lifted from that very cover! |
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