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1943-44 Printed Air Mail envelope to Melbourne from US soldier at G.H.Q, Advance Echelon APO 929 located Port Moresby N.G. bearing Australian GV1 3d & Elizabeth 1d tied mute Security with location & date removed canceller & with black 37 x 25mm boxed oval 17298 /Passed By / US / Army Examiner hand stamp …………………………….Helbock in “Passed By Army Censor” 2006 states page 194 “The author is aware of very few instances of use of the boxed oval censor mark…..Both Papua & New Guinea were Governed & Administered by Australia until 1975