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1941(Jul 6) Plain stampless envelope folded in four & with other faults from a member of the Cyprus Volunteer Regt., during the North African campaign cancelled Egypt 72 / Postage Prepaid cds & with scarcer framed violet Censor 229 & Deputy Chief Field Censor of Egypt with on arrival Cyprus circular Censor 34 & resealing label L-3a with unequal arms of letter E …..At this time the British were under siege at Tobruk (April – November 1941) while Rommel’s German forces were pushing eastwards towards Egypt, although there were thousands of Cypriots who volunteered to fight for the British surviving mail is seldom encountered.