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1940 (Feb 14) Plain flimsy envelope by airmail to Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Willington, Delaware bearing King Leopold pair 2f + strip 3 x 10f & single 75c making 34.75f rate tied Brussels cds. Intercepted by British censors in Bermuda & with red on white PC 102 OPENED BY / CENSOR. /59 label (Type CL 2) & on reverse violet toothed oval OFFICE DES COLORANTS D’AFFAIRES / O.C.A + C.W. within small oval & clock style DUPONT /MAR 1 1940 arrival …..These P.C. 102 labels are scarce & Flynn in Intercepted in Bermuda records 9 items of Examiner 59 used between 8 January – 22 July 1940.