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1944 (Sep 2) A.F.W. 3078 On Active Service East African green on buff Honour envelope 145 x 90mm imprinted D.P. & S.S – 6507 – 10/43 – 28,000 (Daynes EAE 4) by airmail using captured Italian air mail etiquette to Rochdale bearing KUT 1/- & 30c tied E.A. / A.P.O. 2 cds & with Opened By Censor label + Crown over Shield Passed By /Censor /279 Unit censor & framed Deputy Chief Field Censor /Received from A.P.O. /2 Sep 1944 /Returned to A.P.O. (Daynes EA F3) + Passed By Base Censor /E.A. No.II / 91 (Daynes EA B4) & on reverse & O/21 within 13mm circle (Daynes unrecorded) handstamps.
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Locally printed honour envelopes are difficult & had relatively small print runs, this 28,000