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1940(Apr 12) Airmail envelope to Port Said & forwarded to Cap St. Jacques bearing pair 2.5f tied Maiseilles cds with circular Egyptian Passed Censor /54 h/s in violet overlaid by bi-lingual Egyptian Censorship label & with manuscript S/S Joffre, Hostellerie, Cap St. Jacques with S/S Joffre deleted with Port Said (?? Apr) cds & on back unframed Agence de Port Said /Apres Passage du Navire h/s in red & dated 18.4.40 +Cairo (7 May) + Saigon (15 Jan 41) transit + Cap St. Jaques (25 Jan) arrival cds ……..Very unusual item forwarded during wartime