Posted on March 9, 2022 by Mike White -
1939 (Sep 6 & 26 ) pair censored items first coloured picture postcard of Pink Beach to Philadelphia bearing 1½d & other(26 Sep) is On His Majesty’s Service, Post Office, Bermuda longer printed envelope registered to New Haven with blue crayon R 808 by airmail bearing 1/- with on reverse New York (28 Oct) transit & New Haven (29 Oct) arrival, both tied Hamilton cds & both with green circular PASSED BY CENSOR / 8 / BERMUDA (CM 21) … CM 21 / 8 is fairly common yet September dates are not & rather difficult..
Posted on March 4, 2022 by Mike White -
1918 (Jun 4) Plain envelope registered to Cairo bearing on reverse India GV definitive pair ½a & single 1a Overprinted I.E.F. tied Indian F.P.O. 14 cds located Tel Asur area recorded 30 May – 8 Sep with alongside British F.P.O. 29 (4 Jun) also located Tel Asur recorded 9 Mar – 14 Jul & with blue on face blue on white R 17 with F.P.O. No. 14 handstamp inserted alongside blue/violet lozenge PASSED BY CENSOR 1054 with pencil 70 over 4.6.18……Some creasing and soils but scarce use
Posted on March 4, 2022 by Mike White -
1917 (Aug 23) Plain envelope registered to Cairo bearing India GV definitive 2a tied Indian F.P.O. 83 cds located Ludd Railhead & with blue on white R 17 with F.P.O. No. 83 handstamp inserted alongside violet circular PASSED BY CENSOR / INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 82 & on reverse partial skeleton A.P.O. with unclear number (23 Aug) transit & scarce divided circle ARMY POST OFFICE / S.Z. 10 (25 Aug) arrival at Dier el Belah
Posted on November 24, 2021 by Mike White -
1919 (Jan 16) Picture postcard showing camel train to Toulouse bearing on face female drummer pair 2f (One damaged) & with oval OUVERT / 304 / PAR AUTORITE MILITAIRE with on picture side pair 1f pus single 4 f and 5 f all tied Cote des Somalis / Djibouti cds
Posted on July 24, 2021 by paperst -
1942 (Sep 2) Plain envelope by registered airmail to Greek Consulate in New York endorsed Written in Greek & with blue crayon Via Pan American Clipper bearing GB GV1 3d & 2 x 1/- tied FPO 149 cds (According to Proud located Egypt 4 Aug – 18 Oct 1942) Red on white A.F.W. 3122 / EXAMINED / BY / BASE CENSOR label imprinted Wt. 38052 / 1894. 3,000,000. 12/39, S.J.F. 1-5531 tied violet double rimmed 70 within circle & with circular DEPUTY CHIEF FIELD CENSOR plus Crown over circular PASSED BY CENSOR / 811, small 10 within frame & on reverse FPO 149 (2 Sep) Despatch cds, FPO 154 (10 Sep) located Palestine & oval REGISTERED / JERUSALEM (10 Sep), Miami (2 Oct), New York NY / Regy Div (3 Oct) transits & New York N.Y. (Sta G.) (5 Oct) arrival………The routing of Egypt – Palestine the back to Egypt to traverse Africa in order to fly to Miami makes no sense to me, Prouds allocation that FPO 149 was in Egypt on 2 Sep I believe to be incorrect, logically it was still in Palestine where it is recorded earlier & this mail went Palestine – Egypt – Lagos — Miami – New York.
Posted on July 22, 2021 by Mike White -
1944 (Oct 1) Printed Eever Brothers (Ceylon) Ltd., envelope by airmail to Glasgow bearing 2 x Wild Elephants 50c tie Colombo cds & with black on Buff OPENED BY / EXAMINER / L 22 reclosing label
Posted on July 22, 2021 by Mike White -
1944 (Nov 13) plain envelope by airmail to New York from F/Sgt Griffits 1323944 bear pair Temple of the Truth 25c tied RAF POST / COLOMBO cds (Proud D13 recorded 8 Aug – 14 Dec 1944) & with Wings / R.A.F. / CENSOR / 459 (Type R 17)..
Posted on May 31, 2021 by Mike White -
1917 (May 31) Plain blue paper envelope to Italian Commercial Agency, Karen, Eritrea bearing USA Washington 5c tied New York N.Y. /D datestamp & with violet cogwheel PASSED CENSOR ADEN / No A 156 (M.A.M. Graham type 10) & black unframed COLONIA ERITREA CENSURA No 1 & on reverse unframed violet OPENED BY CENSOR (M.A.M. Graham type 5)plus Aden (12 Jul), Asmara Eritrea (7 Aug) & Cheren Eritrea (8 Aug) transit cds then clearly returned to sender with Brooklyn N.Y. / 1.C. (30 Oct) arrival…A fascinating & remarkably rare cover, the monograph of M.A.M. Graham states OPENED BY CENSOR (Type 5) the first Opened by Censor stamp used in Aden was used only for a very short time at the commencement of the war….this somewhat defies & certainly extends the date of that statement
Posted on May 31, 2021 by Mike White -
1941 (Aug 17) Coloured picture postcard entitled P. & O. St. Nav. Co’s and M. M. Co’s Houses and Offices, Regimental Barracks Steamer Point, Aden with corner crease bottom left to Johannesburg bearing 1a & ½a tied Aden cds & with violet framed PASSED BY CENSOR No 4 ADEN (CCSG H 1) black 19mm circle with “T” inside alongside 26mm circle with T / 1d inside & South Africa 1d Postage Due tied Rosettenville (13 Sep) cds ……….. Attractive & very visual
Posted on March 27, 2021 by Mike White -
(1939 (Aug 29) A. De Oliveira Fernandes, Import & Export, Bissau printed envelope by airmail to Regal Typewriter Company, New York bearing Portuguese Guinea 1.75$ tied belted Bissau cds intercepted by French & with plain brown resealing label tied red violet pointed oval OUVERT PAR L’AUTORITE MILITAIRE & circular CONTROLE POSTAL / AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE / Commission A …Attractive early WW2 censorship
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