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1943(Nov 8)Envelope to New York bearing K.U.T. 1/- & 30c tied Koja Kampala /Uganda cds censored in transit at Nairobi with Censors label N/ 125 & blue crayon T1/116c & on arrival violet Postage Due 24 cents /Foreign Sect. N.Y. 24c Due applied……In 1942 Stalin released many Poles whotravelled with wives & families through Persia, from here the able men were formed into Military units and wives & children assisted by the allies continued towards the Middle East where they were mainly settled into Refugee Settlement camps in East Africa, Rhodesia, Tanganyika, Uganda. A total of 22 Camps existed some of which were very small. With children making up the vast majority of refugees mail is understandably scarce & from many camps still awaiting discovery..