World War 1
Censored postcards, Naval censors
| WW1: - Coronel & Falklands - Naval Battle - Western Front (Somme / Verdun) - Dardanelles / Gallipoli - Jutland Battle - Emden sunk - Airship / Zeppelin - Hospital / Hopital ships - Lusitania sunk - RFC - Lenin / Pershing / Kitchener - Tank - U-boat / Submarine - POW - Occupation |
Items
![1917 PPC [Cairo] from EGYPT to GB. APO SZ13 p/m. tri. censor h/s.](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmpKkIFzB.jpg)
1917 PPC [Cairo] from EGYPT to GB with s/r. APO SZ13 p/m. and tri. censor h/s. Ref: 313-093.
![1917 PPC [German patriotic anthem] AUSTRIA with d/r. STEYR p/m.](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmpMivqki.jpg)
1917 PPC [German patriotic anthem] from AUSTRIA with d/r. STEYR p/m. Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall: The watch on the Rhine (There's a shout like Donnerhall) Corner nick. Ref: 304-040.
![1917 PPC [Happy Christmas from the Balkans] SALONICA to GB. FPO 79 p/m.](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmpLmmkIX.jpg)
1917 PPC [Happy Christmas from the Balkans] from SALONICA to GB with d/r. FPO 79 p/m. and censor 7/208 h/s. Ref: 311-076.
1917 PPC's to '2nd AM JR Page, Royal Flying Corps'. One to Halton Camp East' and the other to '12th Squadron, 12th Wing, RFC, BEF, France' and redirected to 'No. 1 AD' with poor m/c. [Battle honours: Arras, Cambrai 1917] Ref: 307-104.
1917 (Jan) printed 'Feldpostbrief' cover and letter from GERMANY to 'Eastern Front' with d/r. HANNOVER p/m. Ref: 305-055.
1917 (Oct) printed 'Graphic' The Active Service PC from FRANCE to New Zealand with d/r. APO S.W.Z p/m. and censor h/s. From 'Len Gill'. Ref: 309-067.
1917 real photo PPC from GERMANY to GB with London Paid m/c. and Camp censor h/s. From 'Herbert Longbottom, RND., Doberitz Camp'. Ref: 311-008.
1917 real photo PPC from GERMANY to GB with London Paid m/c. and Camp censor h/s. From 'Pte. WC Geoging 6295, 2nd. Suffolk Regt., Doberitz Camp'. Ref: 311-008.
1917 (Nov) Australian Red Cross cover with RFHMS m/c. to 'Pte. Meddings, 6 Light Trench Mortar, 2nd Division, AIF, France' with d/r. AUSTRALIAN IMP. FORCE / BASE POST OFFICE p/m. and CENSOR / A7 2? h/s. Signature 'WE Chapman'. [The censor mark looks like an Aussie Transport number A72. (SS Beltana) Emery's sailiing lists do not give a good match with the arrival in London or the letter. A possibility is that a Austrlian bound transport met a UK bound ship somewhere en route and they swapped mails] Redirected to England. Ref: 311-160.
1917 Registered cover from AUSTRIA to Steyr with d/r. KuK FP 511 p/m. and weak Luftfahrtruppen, Fliegerkompagnie Nr. 3 - 3rd. Flying Company h/s. Ref: 311-018.
1917 Registered Letter from PALESTINE to Egypt with s/r. APO SZ 27 p/m. and censor 7/755 h/s. Also d/r. BAPO Z and circ. MILITARY / POST OFFICE / ALEXANDRIA receipt p/m. Ref: 302-124.
1917 Registered Letter from South AFRICA to Germany with PRISONER OF WAR h/s. and boxed HOSTILE COUNTRIES' CENSOR / SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON h/s. Also OPENED BY CENSOR label and PASSED BY CENSOR h/s. From 'Camp I, Fort Napier, P. Maritzburg'. Ref: 302-123.
1917 uprated Registered Letter from MALTA to GB with tri. 4175 censor h/s. and Opened under Martial Law label. Worn and spike holes. Ref: 306-108.
1917 YMCA cover from GB to Australia endorsed 'AIF on Active Service' with d/r. CAMP / SALISBURY p/m. and circ. CL1 Crown PASSED BY CENSOR h/s. of Tasmania. Ref: 302-137.
1917 (Oct) YMCA cover from HMS "Orion" with RFHMS m/c. and d/r. PASSED / SHIP'S CENSOR h/s. 43mm. [Dreadnought battleship consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea during WW1] Roughly opened. Ref: 307-100.
1917-18 'Flags' PC's with d/r. POSTA MILITARE / N. 86 p/m. and PM N. 81 p/m. to Italy and VERIFICATO PER CENSURA h/s. Regimento 1414 Comp. Ref: 303-044.
1917-18 'Flags' PC's with d/r. POSTA MILITARE / 45th. DIVISIONE p/m. to Italy and s/l. VERIFICATO PER CENSURA h/s. Squadron "Fiat". Ref: 303-042.
1917-18 Certificates for Registered Post [2 No.] from EGYPT to 'Arabia' and 'Fiji Islands' with d/r. BAPO Z p/m. Certificate of Posting of a Registered Postal Packet. Ref: 303-100.
1917-18 different 'Xmas' PPC's from MESOPOTAMIA to GB and one with d/r. Indian FPO 83 p/m. [Iraq] Ref: 312-048.
1918 'Flags' PC's with d/r. POSTA MILITARE / N. 86 p/m. to Italy and s/l. VERIFICATO PER CENSURA h/s. Squadron "Fiat". Ref: 303-043.
