1940-44 Covers all damaged in transit including 1944 V-Mail lettersheet handstamped "NOT SUITABLE / FOR FILMING" and "THIS V MAIL COULD NOT BE PHOTOGRAPHED / WET WHEN RECEIVED"; 1944 (May 26) cover from Ceylon to G.B endorsed "Found among ........ letters" with "Delivered on / 14th Apl, 1944" cachet"; 1944 cover from Lisbon to New York censored in Bermuda, signs of scorching with four stamps washed off, handstamped "Received in Wet Condition / New York P.O", etc. (10).

Sierra Leone / G.B. 1943 (Jan 5) Air letter from Norfolk to No. 3 Transit Camp W.A.F, franked 6d, handstamped "NO AIRMAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE", fire damaged with a violet "DAMAGED BY FIRE" cachet, enclosed within a Post Office ambulance envelope with violet "HOME POSTAL CENTRE R.E / A.P.O" c.d.s (March 1, this format of rubber c.d.s not recorded by Proud), inscribed "Recd at Freetown S. Leone 25/3/43". An unusual item, probably damaged in the U.K.

Belgium. 1945 G.B 2d Postcard from London (Feb 7) to Ghent with Brussels arrival c.d.s (Feb 20), and an air mail cover from Lulubourg, Belgian Congo, to Viveguis Les Liege, both with the same Brussels datestamp (Feb 22) and boxed "PARVENU ENDOMMAGE / BESCHADIGD TOEGEKOMEN". Probably both from the same war related incident in Belgium, although Nierinck records several damaged January 1945 covers from Belgian Congo to Belgium, which he surmised were possibly recovered from a shot down aircraft. (2).

Delayed Mail. 1940-44 Covers all delayed in transit including V-Mail form handstamped "March 10 1943 / V-Mail Delayed / Being Investigated", 1940 (June) cover from Holland to Java delivered seven months later, 1941 (Nov.) cover from Philippines to USA delivered three months later, 1943 cover from Austria to Argentina with enclosed German censor slip "name and address of sender and recipient required on each page", etc. (10).

Delayed Mail - Papua / China. 1941 (June 17) Registered cover from Port Moresby (but with a N.S.W return address) to Shanghai franked 1/-, censored in Australia, backstamped at Brisbane and Shanghai (26 Feb. & 2 Apr 1942), handstamped "RETOUR / RETURN" and "Inconnu / Unknown" and returned to Australia. Detained until 1946 with light "THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD BY / POST & TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP" and boxed "PASCHOR" cachets, backstamped at Melbourne (11 Jan & 25 Apr 1946), Sydney (12 Jan & 26 Apr) and Dead Letter Office Sydney (Apr 26), very unusual.