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1944(Dec 5) Envelope from Tananarive to Hotel Francois Diego Suarez by internal airmail bearing Zebus team 1e tied Tananarive cds & with scarce MADAGASCAR ET DEPENDANCES / POSTES AERIENNE – TANANARIVE R.P. / Taxe Percue 2fr 50c & censored on arrival with BRITISH CENSORSHIP label (CCSG BLIVa) tied by lozenge Crown / PASSED ZB/3 & on reverse Tananarive RP (10 Dec) cds of despatch presumably after Taxe Percue was paid & Diego Suarez (11 Dec) arrival cds…A very unusual item that is not mentioned by either the CCSG or in the France & Colonies 2020 monograph Censorship of Civil Mails in Madagascar during WW2 by John Parmente, Alain Hurpet, Colin Spong, Joh Groenewald & Etienne Core