World War 2
Civil censorship, RAF censors
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Items
1939-45 cover from ALGERIA to Italy with d/r. DEPOT DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / VIII h/s. From POW Camp VIII Carnot. REf: 202-133.
1939-45 cover from ANGOLA to GB endorsed 'via Elizabethville & Capetown' with PC 90 OPENED BY EXAMINER 4039 tape and CENSURE / CONGO BELGE label. Ref: 201-014.
1939-45 Air Mail cover from CANADA to GB with tomb censor and AIR POSTAGE PAID / PORT AERIEN PAYE h/s. Fault to flap. Ref: 201-125.
WW2 Air Mail cover from CURACOA to USA with d/r. ALGEMEEN MILITAIR COMMANDANT / OAZ CURACAO h/s. & tri. NIET GEOPEND DOOR CENSUUR h/s.
[Ref: 187-011]
WW2 cover to GB with POST OFFICE / MARITIME MAIL m/c. from StokerII I. Cohen, M.L. [Motor Launch] 161, c/o GPO London. Also s/l. '90623' h/s. to rear. Faults.
1939-45 Air Mail cover from GIBRALTAR to GB with part d/r. FPO p/m. and tri. PASSED CENSOR 7 GIB. h/s. From 'A Company, 2nd Kings, Gibraltar. Ref: 199-129.'
1939-45 cover from HM TRANSPORT "NEURALIA" to Australia with boxed AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE PASSED BY CENSOR 109 h/s. Ref: 201-010.
1939-45 Air Mail cover from the Ivory Coast to GB with d/r. COTE D'IVORIE p/m. and PC 90 OPENED BY EXAMINER tape. Combination franking with MAURITANIE adhesive overprinted. Trimmed. Ref: 197-068.
1939-45 cover with MARITIME MAIL m/c. & naval OPENED BY CENSOR 545762 label - Daynes RNL 430 - Black on Buff. [Ref; 99-062]
WW2 cover to POW in 'N 603 Pioneer Coy. (Italian)' & redirected to '602 Coy' [Algeria] from ITALY with PRISONERS OF WAR CENSORSHIP, MIDDLE EAST label. Also P/W MIDDLE EAST !6 h/s.
[Ref: 189-083]
