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1940 (May 8) Germany 5pf Stationary card to Keene NH uprated with addiitional 10pf tied Remscheid with circular Gepruft /Obercommando der Wehrmacht /Eagle Swastika hand stamp diverted & Intercepted in Gibraltar with rare unframed Passed By Censor /Crown/No 3 hand stamp (CCSG H10B) with manuscript 6019 below……The Gibraltar Censor Station was greatly reduced in size upon the entry of Italy into the war in June 1940 as the effectiveness as a base in which to intercept mail was greatly reduced & most of the examiners were transferred elsewhere