Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co KG Sale: 2012
Stamps Censored Mail
Sale No: 2012
Lot No:2244
Symbol:b
Cat No:France Yv. 432
1940, France, 1 F green "Iris", single franking on cover with full content, sent from ST.HILAIRE TOUVET, 3-9 40, to Tonkin in French Indochina. The cover has been seized by british forces, due to the closed Suez Canal shipped around Africa and censored in South Africa with S.A. censortape (U.C.8. small), arrival mark HANOI/TONKIN, 12-2 41 (more than 5 months after departure) on reverse. Envelope roughly opened and partly uneven at right, else fine condition. Scarce delayed censor mail! Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)