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1942(Jul 12) Sepia coloured picture postcard entitled “A Roadside Confectioner” showing natives selling nuts & seeds by airmail to Lewes Sussex bearing GV1 2 x ½d + 1a tied Calcuuta [14 Jul] d/s & with losenge Crown / Passed / DHA 18 h/s in black overlaid by circular Headquarters No 224 Group / RAF h/s in violet[similar to Colley & Garrard R/44 but with Calcutta removed……………………Colley & Garrard record one example dated June 1942 of R/44 but do not mention this variety with Calcutta removed