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1943 Airmail env registered to Arthur Harold Mountford, River Plate Commitee, River Plate Ho., 70 Finsbury circus, London & forwarded to 1808570 AC2 Mountford c/o Post Office RAF Stn. Bicester Oxon then forwarded again w/RAF Form No 1674 tied by Bicester/Oxon [12 Apr] transit d/s to 460 Sqn Breighton Nr Selby, bearing 1p & 20c tied incomplete Argentine d/s & w/black on white R. Argentina/Parana provisional registration label w/R No 70945 h/s in black inserted & w/transparent Examined By/5165 tape & on opp. side PC90 Opened By/Examiner 6225 label & w/on rev New York [15 Mar] & oval Moorgate/4/Registered/B.O. E.C 2 [undated] transit d/s………………….River Plate Ho. was the undercover address for volunteers from South America serving with British forces