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1943 (Mar 29) envelope roughly opened & torn top left to Petty Officer, HMS Z8, c/o GPO London bearing USA Defence 2 x 1c & 3c tied Philadelphia Buy War Bonds slogan & with PC90 OPENED BY / EXAMINER 6195 imprinted 51 / 22191, D.P. Label… In Oct 1942 the Royal Navy took over the vessel and it served out of the US base until scrapped in 1944…