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1942 (Sep 28) Plain envelope by airmail to Cheltenham from P/O C.H. Boutflower, A.H.Q. Bengal Command bearing India GV1 6a & 3½a tied Barrackpore cds & with black losenge Crown /Passed /DHA & violet framed small boxed R.A.F. /CENSOR/8 hand stamps (type R 16) with ink signature of Boutflower below ………………Type 16 RAF censor is uncommon with numbers 7 – 98 recorded with big gaps & Colley only recording 46 examples using 27 different censor numbers during the second half of 1942 only.