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1942(Feb 14) Plain env to Ismailia marked Active Service AIF bearing 12½p, 50c & pair 1p tied just readable skeleton Aus FPO 37 [9th Div HQ in Beirut Only used 18.01.42-26.06.42] & w/Crown over circ Passed By Censor/No 221 h/s in violet, hexagonal Palestine/Passed By/Censor/T 2 h/s in violet plus 28 within circle h/s in violet & Circular Deputy Chief Field Censor h/s in violet alongside Egypt bi-lingual M/Censorship Dept h/s in black & w/red on white AFW 3312/Examined/By/Base Censor [Imprint Wt.38052 / 1894. 3,000,000. 12/39. S.J.F. 51-5531] label & on reverse Cairo [20 Feb[ transit d/s & Ismailia [21 Feb] arrival d/s ……………………….A very attractive item censored by the Military Unit & Base Office plus the civil authorities in Palestine & Egypt