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1948 (Jun 17) Plain envelope registered airmail to Addis Ababa bearing Queen Wilhelmina pair 1 gld & single 45c on 60c Surcharge tied Batavia Centruum cds & with R 564 registration label, Intercepted in Egypt & with dirty blue oval vernacular censors handstamp & on reverse typed label translated to Released for shipment abroad to Batavia 1948.Do wnd. directour of the Dutch Netherlandish Deviezon Institute Namons doze with dates inserted tied by blue green Foreign Cairo Delivery (21 Jul) transit & Addis Abeba /Corrispondeize arrival cds ……Still using the Italian datestamp 7 years after the liberation to a Rare destination sent during the Arab – Israeli war 15 May 48 – 7 Feb 49