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;) | 1916 Ponce, Puerto Rico STEAMBOAT h/s (Hoskings 2457) on cover from Dominican Republic to France with 5c tied by Ponce duplexand with French censor label and h/s. Fine. | £40.00 |
;) ;) | 1918 (9 MAR) Bermuda postcard used to U.S.A. with triangular 'PASSED POSTAL CENSOR BERMUDA' (CM13) in purple. | £7.00 |
;) | 1939 (23 Dec) Berrmuda airmail cover to U.S.A. with 1/- tied by Hamilton cds. Circular 'PASSED BY CENSOR BERMUDA 8' h/s in green (CM21). | £15.00 |
;) | 1939 (11 Dec) PASSED BY CENSOR 9 BERMUDA circular h/s (CM21) on airmail cover to New York. Minor creases. | £9.00 |
;) | 1940 PASSED BY CENSOR in green on Bahamas cover to U.S.A. (CH2) also very scarce two line 'AIR MAIL PAQUEBOT' h/s (Hoskings 1999). Endorsement by censor below h/s, 'to P.A.A. 31-5-40 A.W.' It is believed that the AIR MAIL PAQUEBOT h/s was applied at the airport in Nassau to mail which was received from the ship after the Post Office had closed. This practice was halted at the behest of the censors. Hoskings however ascribes the mark to Miami. | £60.00 |
;) ;) | 1940 (29 Aug) 'Geopend door de censuur' Suriname censor label on cover to Demerara tied by '290840' h/s number. | £12.00 |
;) | 1940 Cuba airmail cover to England with 46c franking. Endorsed 'Clipper' and with U.K. censor label. | £4.00 |
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;) | 1941 (16 Sep) Bahamas censored cover to U.S.A. with 10d franking. Bahamas 'OPENED BY CENSOR' tape at left. Cover opened at sides without loss. | £35.00 |
;) ;) | 1941 (27 Oct) airmail cover with Bermuda and France censor tapes. 'OPENED BY EXAMINER 2013' tape with m/s 'I.C' applied in Bermuda. | £10.00 |
;) ;) | 1941 Bermuda 1938-52 7½d (SG114b) on F.D.C. with special cachet also Bermuda censor label. | £8.00 |
;) ;) | 1941 (21 Feb) 'HELD BY BRITISH CENSOR R'LD JAN 1945' h/s on registered airmail cover from France to U.S.A. with Trinidad censor label plus remnants of pink label. | £85.00 |
;) ;) | 1941 Dominican Republic censored cover to Saba with 'British Red Cross in the Dominican Republic Red Cross We Need Your Help' label on reverse and Curacao censor label and h/s's. St Kitts and Saba cds b/stamps. Fine. | £50.00 |
;) | 1941 MANZANILLA TRINIDAD village cds on censored cover to U.S.A. Trinidad plain brown tape tied by straightl line 'OPENED BY CENSOR No. 6' h/s. Clean. | £20.00 |
;) | 1941 (8 Mar) Singapore cover with brown tape tied by 'PASSED BY CENSOR 165 A' h/s in purple. Roughly opened at top. | £9.00 |
;) | 1941 (circa) PASSED BY CENSOR 44 BERMUDA h/s in violet (CM21) on undated cover to Scotland. Endorsed 'Atlantic Ferry Service.' Fine. Sent by a serviceman flying the supply route to Africa. Note dumb machine cancel and lack of franking. | £200.00 |
;) ;) | 1942 (25 May) Cuban F/S size cover to Switzerland with 45c franking. 'Comision De Examen De Correspondencia' label at left tied by censor cachet No 1 also U.S. censor tape. Very crease. | £12.00 |
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;) ;) | 1942 (Apr) airmail censored cover from France to U.S.A. via Bermuda with French and Bermuda censor tapes (CL5-10). Roughly opened. | £10.00 |
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LITTLE John and TORRANCE A.R. & MORENWEISER K. British Empire Civil Censorship Devices. World War II. Colonies and Occupied Territories in the Mediteranean Sea and Middle East C.C.S.G. 2004 164 large pp 3rd revised ed., fine in card covers. Illustrating all known handstamps and censor labels.
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LITTLE John and TORRANCE A.R. & MORENWEISER K. British Empire Civil Censorship Devices. World War II. Colonies and Occupied Territories in the Mediteranean Sea and Middle East C.C.S.G. 2004 164 large pp 3rd revised ed., fine in card covers. Illustrating all known handstamps and censor labels.
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