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1942 (Mar 17) Black & white picture postcard showing full length picture of native Kanak to New York city bearing 1928 local motives issue Capt. Cook & Ship 1.50f tied Noumea /Nouvelle Caledonie cds & US APO 502 with violet circular Examined Force Censor /1 /U.S. Army hand stamp.
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Helbock lists this U.S. censor as type A1 with ERD of 1 Apr 42. APO 502 was established on 13 Mar 42 so we have a very early date of the APO & a new ERD of type A1 censor.