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1940 (Jun 12) Plain envelope by airmail to Poona bearing Eire 1/- & 3d tied Ain Luain cds with violet unframed “No Airmail Service /By This Route at Present ” hand stamp + red on white Arms 60C /Opened By Censor label tied triangular Passed /By /Censor / Crown /C 11 with on reverse Poona /dely (2 Aug) arrival cds …….. Italy declared war on Britain on 10 June 1940 two days before this posted thus the Imperial Airways route was severed so this item was diverted to the newly established Horseshoe Route by sea to Durban and onwards by Air …Nice item