1944(Oct 26) envelope headed from Fort Crampel, A.E.F. to Denver, bearing A.E.F. 10c, 50c, 1.40f & 2f making 4f rate & tied faint cds with Controle Postal / A.E.F./ Commission E & similar Cameroun Commission A together with Postal Controle label tied pointed oval Ouvert / Par /L’Autorite Militaire, on reverse Douala Cameroun (22 Nov) transit & forwarded on arrival Denver with violet UNKNOWN AT ADDRESS.
1944(Jul 31) Airmail envelope from Hotel Windsor, Hastings a small village in Christ Church province, bearing badge issue 2d, 1/- & 2 x 6d making 2/2 rate tied Circulation Branch/GPO Barbados cds & with PC90 White paper Examiner H/16. Flown across the Atlantic to Cap St. Mary, Gambia & on reverse Bathhurst (29 Aug) arrival cds …..A rare Origin & Destination
1919(Jan 10) Pre addressed printed envelope Registered to Aubonne bearing Italy 10c & 40c tied Trieste/3G cds with matching black on Yellow Trieste 1/1469 registered label & unframed black (51) VERIFICATO/PER CENSURA & on reverse Milano-Posta Estera cds & Aubonne (22 Jan) arrival cds…
1940(Jun 1) JUGO-PETROL A.D. ZAGREB printed envelope by airmail to Berlin bearing 1937 issue Air issue 10d tied Zagreb /23 cds & with Geoffnet OWK code g label applied Vienna 7 tied by red hooded circular Gepruft & on reverse bi-lingual Zemun 5 Aeroport slogan transit dated 3 Jun
1941(Jul 10) Lloyd Triestno crested envelope via Registered Express out of Tripoli to Italy that has suffered dramatic water damage washing away the text on the back & address panel. Censored by Italians & bearing Libyan Sibyl 2 lire & Colonie Italiane Espresso Poste-Libia 1.25 lire on 60c (Gibbons type E 11)in black & a rare stamp tied Tripoli Succ. No 6 cds…
1945(Feb 20) Printed Par Avion envelope to Bathurst bearing Senegal 65c Surcharged in red 5fr. 50 tied Dakar cds & with A over 2 within circle, brown CONTROLE POSTAL reclosing label in Italics tied by pointed oval Ouvert /DR/Par les Autorites Du Controle applied at Dahomey & with on reverse Bathurst /Gambia (9 Mar) arrival cds
1943 (Apr 24) A. Besse, Mogadishu printed envelope Express Transport Co. Ltd., Mombasa bearing GB GV1 2d & 3d overprinted E.A.F. tied belted Mogadiscio cds & with violet losenge Crown / Passed /YY with manuscript 1 inserted ……Scarcer item
1943 (Feb 16) Italian printed Vinceremo Military Patriotic 30c stationary postcard uprated with additional Julius Caesar 20c tied Conda / Via Milano cds to Berlin with Italian 81 over II censor & multiple German Censors & Examiners markings……….
1917 (Aug 31) Coloured Comic PPC to Vouzella, Portugal bearing GV 1d tied Capetown cds with alongside 24mm red circular PASSED CENSOR with C. 6 over 99 in centre & Vouzella (15 Oct) arrival cds
1953 (Oct 26) Plain envelope by airmail to Tel-Aviv from J. Meyer P.O. Box 616, Nicosia bearing pair 2p tied Nicosia cds & with red on white Israeli Censor label tied violet framed Hebrew Censor………The uneasy truce of Jan 1949 was broken in 1951 with sporadi attacks & Killings upunil 1953 and beyond with tensions that continues to this day. On 16 Oct 1953 Israeli Unit 101 commanded by Ariel Sharon carried out the Qibya massacre when they raided the village killing at least 60 individuals, this being from that period see; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict#1948%E2%80%931966
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