Grossbritannien Militärpost

Hallo stamps,

E.A.F. = East African Forces
Großbritannien, Britische Besatzungsgebiete, Britische Militärpost im 2. Weltkrieg für Italienisch-Ostafrika, Michel-Nr. 2-8 (es fehlen noch 2 Werte zum kompletten Satz).

M.E.F. = Middle East Forces
Dito Britische Militärpost im 2. Weltkrieg für Italienisch-Tripolitanien,
Michel-Nr. 15-23 (es fehlen noch 2 Werte zum kompletten Satz).

Den Katalogwert muß noch jemand anders mit aktuellem Katalog nachsehen, es sind aber keine Raritäten!

Gruß kartenhai

Etwas ausführlicher der Auszug aus Wikipedia, um die betreffenden Gebiete genauer zu bestimmen. Interessant auch dass die Marken normal in Grossbritannien gebraucht werden konnten.

"The British post offices in Africa were a system of post offices set up by the United Kingdom to be used by its Middle East Forces and East Africa Forces in Africa during and after World War II.

Middle East Forces

Definitive British stamps were overprinted "M.E.F." beginning in 1942. They were available in Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Tripolitania as well as in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean. At the beginning of 1943, the color-changed definitives were also overprinted, and in 1947, the 5-shilling and 10-shilling stamps received the overprint. In 1950, the British government declared that the remaining overprinted stamps were valid for postage throughout the UK, and so many of the surviving stamps have British inland rather than foreign postmarks.

East Africa Forces

The East Africa Forces in Italian Somalia also received British stamps, but overprinted "E.A.F." instead, beginning 15 January 1943.

Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania

From 1948 on, the military administrations in Eritrea, Somalia, and Tripolitania used their own overprints."