World War 2
Civil censorship, RAF censors
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1943 (Dec) POW l/s. from ALGERIA to Italy with 'BOGHAR II / 2' h/s. Located Northern Algeria. Ref: 305-078.
1943 (Dec) POW l/s. from Southern RHODESIA to Italy with Crown PASSED DE/30 h/s. From. Camp No. 5 - Fort Victoria. Internment Camp. Ref: 302-043.
1943 (Feb) Booklet of 'Postage Stamps issued by The Vatican City State' 14 pages. All 14 adhesives canc. with d/r. CITIA del VATICANO / POSTE p/m. [Postage stamps issued by the Vatican City State : in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the opening of the Sacred Council of Trent (1545-1945)] Ref: 306-087.
1943 (Feb) cover from AUSTRALIA to GB [1d. RATE] with tied 3 OBC label and boxed CONCESSION POSTAL RATE h/s. From 'Chaplin the Rev. HH Perrottel, Cowra Military Camp, NSW'. [Cowra was purpose-built to house prisoners of war, mostly Italians, brought to Australia from overseas. The Cowra Military Training Camp for the Australian Imperial Force housed 80,000 to 100,000 soldiers between 1940 and 1947] Ref: 307-012.
1943 (June) Air Mail cover from SPAIN to Switzerland and censored. Regarding Spanish Blue Division soldier taken POW in Russia. 372 members of the Blue Division, they were taken prisoner by the victorious Red Army. Ref: 310-100.
1943 (June) Letter Card 'HMS Alderman' to GB. FPO 186 p/m. tomb censor h/s. From 'Lionel Taylor. [Aldenham was a part of an allied blockade off Cap Bon in May 1943 and escorted landing craft during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July. On 14 Dec. 1944, Aldenham was sunk by a naval mine in the Adriatic Sea off Pag Island] Ref: 312-009.
1943 (June) POW PC from ALGERIA to Italy and censored. From Depot: 'Boghar'. [a town and commune in Médéa Province] Ref: 302-030.
1943 (June) Registered Letter from GB to 'Sgt. JF Clayton P/JX 262997, HMS Hydrangea, c/o GPO London'. Ref: 312-010.
1943 (March) cover from AUSTRALIA with boxed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE / ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE / CONCESSION POSTAL RATE' h/s. Also s/r. PETERBOROUGH receipt p/m. to rear. Ref: 303-151.
1943 (March) cover from GB to Switzerland and returned with ZURICH receipt pm. and 3 censor labels. PC 90 OBE 6685, Geoffnet label over and PC 90 OBE 5196 label. Folded. Ref: 308-015.
1943 (May) Air Mail cover from AUSTRALIA to 'Sgt. Pilot Daly, V.P., Lambert, Larbert Military Base Hospital, Scotland' with part tied 3 OBC label and RAAF BASE PO No. 4 slogan m/c. (4d. RATE) [Sgt Vincent Patrick Daly a survivor, flew Spitfire P8276. On 16th. Jan. 1943 while returning from an unsuccessful search for a British Motor Torpedo Boat reported to be under attack by several German gunboats, the squadron encountered bad weather and heavy fog. Three aircraft, Vin's and those of two Canadian Pilots, crashed into the snow-covered mountains near the England-Scotland border. Vin survived the landing and after two days, during part of which he dragged one of the Canadians along with him before realising the man was dead, was found by a shepherd and his dog searching for lost sheep. His nose was crushed, his mouth torn and his feet severly frostbitten. After some time in Larpent hospital, Scotland, he was sent to Hoylake where he became a member of the Guinea Pig Club, as plastic surgery patients of Sir Reginald McIndoe were known] Roughly opened. Ref: 311-030.
1943 (Nov) cover from MAURITIUS to USA [20 cent RATE] with s/r. GENERAL POST OFFICE p/m. and PC 90 OBE EE/3 label. [Type V - early new recording] From 'Civil Hospital'. [Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of the Africa] Roughly opened. Ref: 312-139.
1943 (Oct) cover from the FALKLAND Islands to GB with OFFICIAL PAID m/c. and circ. censor 4428 h/s. Known correspondance from 'Pte. Robinson, A Coy, 11th West Yorkshire Regt.'. NB: Flap missing. Ref: 305-105.
1943 (July) Air Letter from CEYLON to GB with part circ. No. 9 ADVANCED BASE PO p/m. and INDIA censor h/s's. From 'Mne. Heppinstall R, R.M. 9c, Force Overt, c/o FMO, Colombo'. Royal Marines. Ref: 310-119.
1943 Air Letter from EGYPT to GB with s/r. EPP 17 p/m. and RAF censor R11/2 h/s. From 'F/Lt. Binns, APO S.241'. Ref: 313-056.
1943 Air Letter from GB to 'Major BCA Napier, 5/41 Gordon Highlanders, 8th Army, TRIPOLI'. Edge nick. Ref: 312-077.
1943 (July) Air Letter from GB to 'S/Ld. RW Toft 90968, RAF, 298 Wing HQ, West African Forces'. [Squadron Leader] Ref: 309-070.
1943 Air Mail cover from INDIA to GB with s/r. 'CO' h/s. and boxed PASSED BY CENSOR / HM NAVAL OFFICE h/s. (Ceylon) Also OPENED BY CENSOR label. From 'Sub. Lt. Ebery RINVR' based at RIN Landing Craft School, Versovia, Mandapan, India. ['HAMLA' Landing Craft Wing: heavily engaged in the Burma landings] Ref: 306-052.
1943 Air Mail cover from ITALY to 'POW, Fort George G Meade Camp, New York, USA' with Red Cross h/s. Faults. Ref: 314-086.
1943 Air Mail cover from LEBANON to GB [10d. RATE] with d/r. FPO 552 p/m. and tied BASE CENSOR label. Folded. Ref: 309-091.
