1940 (Oct 19) Cover from London W1 to London SE27 with 1d Paid machine, and violet "DELAYED BY / ENEMY ACTION", also 1940 (Dec 19) cover with "London S.W Tempy Office" machine. A scarce 'Delayed' cachet, posted in London during the Blitz. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

1941 Cover from Devon to London E.C.2 with violet cachet "Moorgate Post Office / has Re-opened at / 33, Eldon St., E.C.2", used after the Post Office was destroyed in the Blitz. Also a 1940 O.H.M.S card concerning war damage to a property in London. (2). Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

c.1941 and 1942 Covers from India to England, both waterstained with the stamps washed off, probably damaged after arriving in England, handstamped violet "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION" or "DAMAGED BY / ENEMY ACTION". (2).

1942 (May 22) Cover from Weymouth to a naval officer at H.M.M.S 1087 c/o G.P.O London, returned to the sender in Weymouth, water damaged and a little singed with the stamp soaked off, backstamped "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION" and the very scarce "DELAYED BY / ENEMY ACTION" with a Bomb. A scarce genuine example of the "Bomb" cachet (most examples being forged) and very unusual in combination with the second cachet. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

1943 (May 3/10) Stampless O.A.S covers with dated H.M Ship censor cachets, the first to Sussex with minor water staining, officially sealed in the London Returned Letter Section and backstamped "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION"; the second cover from H.M.S "Frisky" to Scotland, soiled and singed with a large portion torn away, backstamped "DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION", both covers believed to have been damaged by a German air raid on Manchester. (2).