1916 (Jun 5) Plain home made wrapper to Rome bearing ½d tied Johannesburg cds with alongside unframed PASSED CENSOR…An unusual destination
1916 SOUTH AFRICA – ITALY…CENSORED WRAPPER.. [21411]
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1940 SWITZERLAND…TRANSIT CENSORED in GIBRALTAR.. [21405]
1940 (May 13) Window envelope cancelled 30c Vevey meter with OPENED BY /EXAMINER label (CCSG T13 A) with handstruck violet 6059 applied at Gibraltar…I speculate that the destination was probably USA, it was mailed just one month before Italy entered the war (10 Jun 40) & just 5 weeks after (4/5 Apr 40) the delayed decision of (14 Feb 40 ex P.O. Archives) was made to examine Westward Outgoing Neutral mails……pity that it is a window envelope
1943 BERMUDA – CURACAO…O.H.M.S. NAVAL REGISTERED CENSORED AIRMAIL… [21385]
1943 (Nov 23) Larger 250 x 125 mm printed O.H.M.S. envelope with vertical crease to right side registered airmail to The Senior British Naval Officer, Curacao, N.W.I. bearing 3d, 6d & pair 2/- making 4/9 rate tied Hamilton cds & with violet framed Hamilton registered handstamp & blue oval SENIOR BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER / 23 NOV 1943 / WESTERN ATLANTIC with alongside circular red PASSED BY CENSOR / 6 / BERMUDA & on reverse oval New York with date obscured by Wax seal across flaps, circular Miami (29 Nov) transit & Curacao Willemstad (3 Dec) arrival…
1941 BERMUDA – CURACAO…O.H.M.S. NAVAL & CENSORED … [21386]
1941 (Jun 6) Longer 215 x 96 mm printed Admiralty House Bermuda O.H.M.S. envelope with 3 x vertical crease & roughly opened to left side to The Senior British Naval Officer, British Navy Office, Curacao, N.W.I. bearing 1½d tied unclear Hamilton cds & with circular red PASSED BY CENSOR / 6 / BERMUDA & GEZIEN /CURACAO / CENSUUR transit & Curacao Willemstad (17 Jun) arrival…
1941 BERMUDA – IRELAND…REGISTERED TRIPLE CENSORED AIRMAIL to EIRE.. [21379]
1941 Printed airmail envelope registered to Gerald Mooney Ltd., Dublin from I. Mooney, c/o Bank of Bermuda bearing 1/6 & 6d tied Hamilton cds censored at origin with blue on white label in transit at London & again in Ireland & with on reverse London transit (29 Jan) ….As well as being a visually colourful item, it potentially smells of something of interest to censorship with the origin and destination address’s
1943 BERMUDA – GB…WW2 REGISTERED CENSORED AIRMAIL of PERMIT MAIL.. [21391]
1943 (Jul 15) Printed On Postal Service, Philatelic Branch, General Post Office, Bermuda envelope by registered airmail to British Philatelic Society, London bearing 6d & 1/6 tied Hamilton cds & with red typed British Permit No 6413, violet framed Registration & circular PASSED BY CENSOR / 3 / BERMUDA (CM 21)..Common censor but a very visual & attractive item of Permit mail ..
1942 BERMUDA – GB…WW2-CENSORED TRANS-ATLANTIC AIRMAIL.. [21390]
1942 (Jan 13) Plain envelope by Airmail to Camborne, Cornwall bearing pairs 7½d & 2½d plus single 1d making 1/9 rate tied Hamilton cds & with very scarce blue on white B.C. 1 OPENED BY / EXAMINER / 733 label (CL 3)…The CCSG record very few of these labels (CL 3) & give it the highest valuation level of 10/10 ..
1941 BERMUDA – USA…WW2-CENSORED AIRMAIL.. [21389]
1941 (May 25) Plain envelope by Airmail to Washington D.C. bearing 1½d & 6d tied St. Georges cds & with blue on white B.C. 1 / OPENED BY / EXAMINER / 625 label (CL 4)…625 is the highest number recorded for this label..
1339|1943 BERMUDA -GB-INDIA…..WW2 CENSORED…. [21400]
WW2 envelope front from St. Georges (13 Sep 39) to Chartered Bank of India, London & forwarded in red ink to Bombay together with coloured picture postcard cancelled Hamilton slogan, both items with adhesives missing & both with green circular CM21 number 8 or scarce number 39 … Despite missing adhesives these are interesting and unusual..
1939 BERMUDA – USA…WW2 PAIR CENSORED COVERS with CM 21 NUMBER 9.. [21398]
1939 (Oct 14 & Nov 24 ) pair censored envelopes both by airmail to New York or Philadelphia bearing 3d & 6d tied Hamilton slogan, second bearing solo 1/- tied Hamilton cds & both with green circular PASSED BY CENSOR / 9 / BERMUDA (CM 21) … CM 21 / 9 is common yet pair shows differing rates to USA
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