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Items
1945 (Feb) Registered cover from 'BLA' to GB with d/r. FPO 483 p/m. and shield censor 11859 h/s. Candian Force British Liberation Army. Ref: 313-132.
1945 Registered cover from LEBANON to USA with s/r. BEYROUTH p/m. and Free French censor h/s. Also tied surcharged FISCAL stamp to rear and NEW YORK receipt p/m. Ref: 310-129.
1945 (Oct) Registered cover from USA to Red Cross, Washington with oval dumb p/m. From 'Italian QM Service Co., Camp KILMER, New Brunswick, New Jersey'. Also d/r. US ARMY p/m. to rear. Ref: 302-084.
1945 (July) Registered Letter from BLA to GB with s/r. FPO 440 p/m. and shield censor 12478 h/s. Also Opened for Customs label [OE 22] with s/r. LONDON 7 PARCEL SECTION p/m. Ref: 302-044.
1945 (March) uprated Air Mail Registered Letter from CYPRUS to Rhodesia with d/r. FPO 164 p/m. and censor 5340 h/s. Also with d/r. BULAWAYO and SALISBURY p/m's to rear. Ref: 302-057.
1945 (Feb) uprated Registered Letter from ITALY to South Africa with d/r. FPO 746 p/m. and RAF censor R15/3 h/s. [Dates Recorded: 25/9/44 to 5/12/44] Also d/r. APO-U-MPK 29A transit p/m. From 'Sgt McEwan. EW, SAAF'. South African Air Force. Late usage. Ref: 304-117.
1945 uprated Registered Letter [3d. + 7d.] from SIERRA LEONE to GB with s/r. LUNSAR p/m. and weak censor h/s. From 'Morampa Mines, Lunsar'. Ref: 310-150.
1945 (Dec) Travel Permit 'A' / Work Permit with oval 994 Docks Operating Coy. / No. 1 Docks Group, RE h/s. Boxed SERVICE SAER Tram No. 5 FF SS Bari. Also in Italian. Ref: 313-116.
![1945-46 real photos [5 No] RAF personel '3 Squadron + 6004 S.E. Berlin' and 'VE +3. DAY'](https://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/T/xctmppMDTUf.jpg)
1945-46 real photos [5 No] RAF personel endorsed to rear '3 Squadron + 6004 S.E. Berlin. April 1946' [GATOW Tempest V's] and 'VE +3. DAY'. 170 x 120 mm. max. Ref: 311-020.
