World War 2
Civil censorship, RAF censors
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Items
1940 cover from EGYPT to GB with 10 Mills Army Post MPO / E 601 p/m. & boxed PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR 98 h/s. Also circ. BPO / E 602 p/m. to rear.
[Ref: 189-199]
1940 cover from EGYPT to '1st. Bn. SWB, Headquarters, Lucknow District, INDIA' with s/r. MPO / E601 p/m. + s/r. BPO E602 p/m. & Passed by RAF censor type R1/26. Also EXAMINED BY BASE CENSOR label tied by PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR 98 h/s. NB: OPens out.
[Ref: 190-125]
1940 cover EGYPT to Alexandria with d/r. FPO 187 p/m. canc. 2x3 Mills adhesives & boxed PASSED BY UNIT CENSOR 193 h/s. Trimmed.
[Ref: 189-201]
1940 Air Mail cover from EGYPT to Australia wirh d/r. FPO 171 p/m. and RAF censor R2/62. Faults and stuck down. Ref: 202-039.
1940 cover from EGYPT to Belgium with circ. ALEXANDER p/m. and boxed POSTAL CENSOR 30 h/s. Also OPENED BY CENSOR label. Faults. Ref: 199-046.
1940 cover from FRANCE to Spain and redirected back to France with resealing tape tied by boxed CENSURA MILITAR MADRID h/s. Ref: 193-033.
1940 cover from FRANCE with s/r. ALLIER p/m. [Christmas Day] to Stalag III D, Germany. [Berlin/Steglitz] Folded. [Ref: 191-042]
1940 cover [window envelope] from FRANCE with s/r. AUBE p/m. and 'RELATIONS POSTALES SUSPENDUES' h/s. Also boxed RETOUR a l'ENVOYEU h/s. Ref: 196-172.
1940 cover endorsed 'On Active Service' with RECEIVED FROM HM SHIPS p/m. and tomb censor. From 'Capt WJ Smith RM' Royal Marine. Ref: 201-045.
1940 cover from 'SP 390' to 'Camp de Marmelles par Dakar, SENEGAL' endorsed 'FM' with s/r. POSTE AUX ARMEES p/m. and s/r. 'A/Q' censor h/s. Redirected with d/r. MATAM and SAINT-LOUIS p/m's. French Force to Force. Ref: 195-118.
