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1943 (Jan 21) envelope with vertical crease by airmail to Pay Lieutenant W.S. Jessop R.N.V.R., Naval Party 612, GPO London bearing USA 30c Winged Globe tied Chicago / Stock Yards St. 7 wavy lined machine with pencil Hannibal 22 & with transparent cellophane EXAMINED BY / 8427 tape …Naval Party 612 is believed to be HMS Hannibal a Shore Based establishment commissioned in early 1943 at Algiers & paid off in 1945 only to be recommissioned again later in 1945 prio to final de-commissioning sometime in 1946…