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1941 (Jan 22) Plain envelope with 50% of back flap gone to Baildon, Shipley, Yorkshire bearing GVI 2d tied Sydney Telegrams slogan alongside uncancelled strip 3 x Queen Elizabeth 1d subequently cancelled with a Perth cds & with violet framed PASSED BY / CENSOR 3 (H5-1) with ink annotation “America” overlaid by red on white 5 Opened by Censor label (L5 – 7b) & sent Sea mail from Perth…Very unusual, 5d only pays for Australian internal airmail & with scarcer Perth label that only had a recorded life of 7 months from 6 Jan – 11 Aug 1941 together with the two cancellations, Sydney & Perth gives this item some character.