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1945 (Apr 5) Plain Post Card to Gand from Belgian sailor Jaeques de Henau, H.M. b. ROYAL ARTHUR, Top Division B 10, c/o GPO London bearing GB GV1 definitive 1d & 1½d tied Skegness (6 Apr) machine date stamp & with violet losenge CROWN over PASSED P.247 with blue crayon 1340 inserted…H.M.B. Royal Athur was a Naval Shore Base at Ingoldwells near Skegness, the Admiralty having requisitioned the Butlins Holiday Camp & commissioned it 22 Sep 1939 as a training centre for training Signalmen, Telegraphists, Coders & Radio Operators