WORLD WAR TWO POSTAL HISTORY World War Two Postal History
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 422
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G.B. 1939-44 Covers and cards including circular "POSTAL CENSORSHIP / AIR MAIL / LONDON", cachets of "Postal & Censorship Dept Permit Branch" (4, one with "Returned To Sender By The Censor" label) or similar "Secretariat" cachet, cover with enclosed letter from the Editor of the Postal Censorship Magazine "Personalities", War Dept. Urgent Train Letter label, censored telegrams (5, one with War Office c.d.s and "DELAYED IN TRANSIT" cachet), internal censorship, security cancels, patriotic envelopes, Red Cross Message Forms to Guernsey (2, one of May 1944 delivered after the war in May 1945), also a Poland postcard to a Portugal undercover address with cachet of Polish Naval Headquarters in London, etc. (61).
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Sep-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 423
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Civil Censorship. 1939-47 Covers all with censor labels or cachets including 1940 cover from Brazil to Egypt with scarce printed "GIBRALTAR" censor seal, New Guinea covers (3, two with differing boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR" cachets), airmail covers to or from the USA censored in Hong Kong (4), also Madagascar, Malta, Belgian Congo, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Southern Rhodesia, Zanzibar, Sarawak (2), Sudan, Mauritius, etc. (331).
Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Sep-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 424
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Postage Due Mail. 1939-45 Covers and cards with postage due stamps or handstamps, including postage dues of Malayan Postal Union (2 covers) and Palestine, also "Insufficiently Paid for Air Mail" handstamps (5, one from Indian F.P.O 90 in Eritrea, one from Ireland), South Africa cover with a 1/- revenue stamp disallowed, Gold Coast censor cachets (2), etc. (17).
