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1940 (Jun 3) Airmail envelope to Italian at St. Kilda, Melbourne bearing Italy 1.25 lira & 2 x 1.75 lira making 4.75 lira rate tied Lipari /Messina cds & with violet boxed Passed By /Censor /V 55 handstamp tied by red on white Opened By Censor /3 dot label ……Postmarked just 7 days before Italy declared war against the allies on 10 June this would have arrived very close to that date