The Postage Stamp in War

A handbook and survey of postal operations and stamps associated with military conflicts, tracing wartime postal services, cancellations, and special issues across British campaigns and other nations. It describes army and naval postal organization, field and base post offices, methods for addressing soldiers' mail, and the use and collecting of war-related stamps and postmarks from campaigns such as Crimea, Abyssinia, Egypt, South Africa, France, Russia, India, China, and the United States. Illustrated examples and practical notes explain military frankings, charity and commemorative issues, redirecting mail, and the postal administration challenges posed by secrecy, movement, and field hospitals, aimed at both collectors and postal historians.