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1945 (Aug) Australian Red Cross Society, Incorporated by Royal Charter, N.S.W. Division, If not delivered within 14 days Please Readdress to Bureau for Wounded, Missing & POW, Ocens House, 34 Martin Place, Sydney printed envelope by airmail to Red Cross Geneva bearing Hermes 1/6 for the restored Empire Route tied Sydney date stamp & with 2 Opened By Censor label (CCSG L2 – 8a) tied violet framed 2 / /Passed /By /Censor /517 (CCSG H2 – 8a) & with Jusqu’a red vertical lines through airmail etiquette applied at office of exchange.
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In September 1944 tthe allied advances allowed the restoration of the Empire Route that utilised much of the old Horseshoe route Aust – Ceylon – Karachi – Cairo then various routes to UK.