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1945 (Jul 9) Longer Australian Red Cross Society, Headquarters Administration, 122 – 128 Flinders St., Melbourne printed envelope to Red Cross Geneva bearing 3 x Kookaburra 6d making 1/6 rate for the restored Empire Route tied Melbourne cds & with 3 Opened By Censor label (CCSG L3 -8a) tied violet framed 3 / /Passed /By /Censor /122 (CCSG H3 -8a) & with red O.A.T. applied in London hand stamps.
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In September 1944 tthe allied advances allowed the restoration of the Empire Air Route that utilised much of the old Horseshoe route Aust – Ceylon – Karachi – Cairo then various routes to UK.