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1944 – 45 Pair of Active Service Honour envelopes both to Blackburn from F. Heyman, RASC, British Army & both bearing Trinidad 24c & 2c ……. [1] 1944 (May 9) A.F. W 3078 J.D. & Co., Apsley Honour envelope endorsed “By Air to New York” cancelled Port of Spain /Trinidad cds & with violet Crown over circle Passed By Censor /No /8798 & [2] 1945 (Feb 20) A.F. W 3078 P.A. & Co. Ltd., London Honour envelope endorsed “Air Via New York” tied Newtown/Trinidad & with on reverse Port of Spain /Trinidad transit cds partly overlaid by PC90 continuous Crowns /Opened By /Examiner /2482 label with the certificate signed F. Heyman, RASC, British Army ………….A nice pair, the majority of mail seen is addressed via Field Censor (Home) and censored by the Military & in a small number of cases also by the Civil censors in Trinidad this [2] is outside of the normal being clearly Censored by the Civil authorities in the UK…perhaps because of the manuscript RASC, British Army…………2 items
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1941 (Oct 4) Form I.O. 17 Prisoner of War Post Free printed letter sheet to Vancouver from 1080 Bruno Girardi interned in Petawawa Camp cancelled Petawawa /Ont (6 Oct) date stamp & with red circular Canada Crown Int. Op. /5 /Censored hand stamp…………
For the history of Bruno See: file:///C:/Users/acer/Downloads/special%20covers% 20POW.pdf
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1942(Oct ??) Airmail envelope with horizontal crease to Elwood, Victoria bearing KUT 50c + South Africa block 4 x 20c on 6d overprinted K.U.T. tied EA APO 69 located Gilgil & with violet Passed /By Military /Censor /EA 11-3 (Daynes EA 4A) partly overlaid by red on white 3 Opened By Censor label tied violet boxed 3 /Passed/By /Censor /374 hand stamp……………………Scarce item censored by both Military & Civil censors..
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1918 (Dec?) Stampless post card entitled “Gibraltar-General Elliott’s Monument” to Yanagawa Town, Ogi-Gun, Fukuoka Prefecture from Japanese sailor Mituo Shoji aboard Destroyer “Yanagi” 2nd Special Flotilla wishing addressee a Happy New Year & cancelled in transit Kobe (11.1.8 = 11.1.19) & with red unframed Military Mail / Censored hand stamp ……………………………………………………….The Japanese provided the allies with destroyer flotilla’s based out of Malta during 1917-18 engaged on escort convoy duties throughout the Meditterreanean & mail is rare…
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1939(Jul 24)[24.7.14] Plain envelope (Roughly opened right side) to Kiyotaka Sakaeda, Room No 2, 4th Building of Saga Army Hospital, Saga Prefecture. & forwarded to Musashi Sub-Hospital at Futukaichi from Hiroshi Koga, Room No 9, 4th Building of Hospital, Hoshina Party, Okamura Party, Central China Dispatch bearing 1st Showa issue 30s tied Japanese vernacular FPO 60 located Hankow with boxed Censor h/s in red & censored by Takie Kinoshita, Surgeon Lieut., Hiroshi Hara Unit…………..[Written just after the serious battle in Central China with scarce use of envelope via airmail from Hospital to Hospital……………..very scarce use]
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1916 (Mar 9)[5.3.9.] Coloured picture postcard entitled “A Bell in Daibutsu” endorsed Service des Prisonniers de Guerre to Stettin from German POW in Narashino Camp cancelled vernacular cds & with scarcer red oval Narashino Camp + alongside circular orange censors chop of Dena + unframed violet vernacular Censored hand stamps
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1940(Jul 4)Plain uncensored envelope by airmail to Woori Yalloch, Victoria endorsed Per Trans-Tasman Airways bearing Centenary of British Sovereignty pairs 1½d & 2½d making 8d rate tied Dannevinke/NZ d/s
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1943 (Oct 12) USA 6c Airmail printed stationary envelope to Calgary Alberta from Capt. J. Spark, 1st Bn. Cdn Fusiliers cancelled C.A.P.O. 51 d/s & with circular Passed By / Base / US / 1721 / Army /Examiner h/s in blue…………….[1st Battalion The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) were part of 13 Canadian Infantry Brigade & part of the American Task Force sent to attack and repel the Japanese forces on the Aluetian Islands off Alaska with mail censored through the US facilities]
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1915(Nov 4) Mazuy Mills, Patterson NJ printed uncensored env registered to Lyon c/w letter bearing single 15c tied oval Patterson/NJ cancel & w/unframed Registered h/s in violet w/3401 h/s in blue below & w/on rev Patterson NJ?Registered [4 Nov] d/s of origin oval New York/Rec’d (17) For’gn [4 Nov] transit d/s & Lyon [19 Nov] arrival d/s
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1919 (Feb 8) Notification to Family of Present Location printed stampless stationary card to Clinton Iowa from Cpl. J. Wagner.349 Inf. M.G. Co., notifying now stationed at St. Amend (Meuse) France cancelled US Army Post Office / M.P.E.S. / duplex with unreadable number & with circular A.E.F. Passed As Censored / 2709 h/s in violet
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