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Cwiakala Auctions Sale - 2601

Censored Covers

Bermuda
Lot Symbol Descrip Cat. Value or Suggested Bid (S.B.)
1 C image6 AUGUST 1914 / A scarce First Day of War usage of the Ludington CM11 postal card, sent from Hamilton, Bermuda to New York and addressed to Miss Holmes. Franked with a ½d (SG 45) and neatly tied by twin ‘HAMILTON / 6 AUG 1914 / BERMUDA’ cds, two days after Britain declared war on Germany. Censored with the distinctive ‘PASSED J.P.H. / CENSOR BERMUDA / 1914’ (CM11) handstamp, bearing the initials of censor John Pierce Hand within the marking.

The reverse features a charming illustration of the Overlook estate in Paget. A remarkable and historically resonant card marking the outbreak of World War I. Fine to Very Fine. Est $300-$350 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$75.00
Will close during Public Auction
2 C image6 NOVEMBER 1942 / Bermuda OHMS Censor Cover to New York. Stampless On His Majesty’s Service cover from the ‘Chief Censor, Bermuda’ to New York City, showing the earliest recorded date of use with red triple “PASSED BY CENSOR / 41 / BERMUDA” handstamp and black ‘HAMILTON/ 6 Nov 42 / BERMUDA’ cds.

A scarce and historically significant WWII censorship item from Bermuda. Fine to Very Fine. Est $400-$450 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3 C image20 OCTOBER 1916 / 2½d (SG 48) cover to Pennsylvania, cancelled by ‘HAMILTON / 20 OCT 16 / BERMUDA’ Ludington machine cancel Type M1. It bears the red Postal Censor Type CM15 ‘P.C. / BERMUDA’ handstamp, introduced in 1916 and used briefly during the early period of World War I censorship before being replaced by later violet and blue strikes.

The red ink is particularly scarce, as most examples from this period were applied in dull violet or grey-blue. A fine and appealing Bermuda World War I censored cover, combining an early machine cancel with a rare red censor marking. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$10.00
Will close during Public Auction
4 C image29 SEPTEMBER 1916 / Official stampless cover to Spanish Point endorsed ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ and marked ‘Colonial Secretary, Bermuda’ Cancelled with ‘HAMILTON / 29 SEP 16 / BERMUDA’ machine cancel Type M1 and struck with the violet CM15 ‘P.C. / BERMUDA’ censor handstamp. Official mail was not subject to postage but remained open to censorship during World War I, particularly correspondence from government offices.

Spanish Point wasn’t a major hub, so mail addressed there, especially official government correspondence like OHMS covers, is relatively scarce. Fine to Very Fine. Est $80-$90 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$20.00
Will close during Public Auction
5 C image3 FEBRUARY 1916 / Inbound cover from British Guiana, franked with a pair of 2c (SG 260) and carried by the R.M.S.P. Chignecto. The vessel arrived in Bermuda on 18 February 1916 from the West Indies before continuing north to St. John’s, New Brunswick the following day. Mail from the Caribbean to Bermuda during this period is not commonly encountered, particularly with identifiable ship carriage.

A fine example of intercolonial mail routed via the Royal Mail Steam Packet service during World War I. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$10.00
Will close during Public Auction
6 C image2 MARCH 1917 / Cover from Bermuda to Boston, Massachusetts, carried on the S.S. Bermudian and franked with a 2½d (SG 48) tied by Ludington H9 cancel and struck with a purple, CM15 ‘P.C. / BERMUDA’ censor handstamp applied during World War I. Mail carried on the Bermudian, the island’s principal mail and passenger vessel to North America, is seldom seen with censorship markings, making this a desirable example of early transatlantic wartime mail from Bermuda. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$10.00
Will close during Public Auction
7 C image10 OCTOBER 1939 / Hamilton, Bermuda, to Chicago, Illinois. Airmail cover franked with 6d (SG 104), tied by Hamilton circular datestamp and struck with the scarce green Type CM21 ‘PASSED BY / 8 / BERMUDA’ censor handstamp. This marking was among the earliest used by Bermuda’s Censorship Office, introduced within weeks of the outbreak of World War II in September 1939.

The green ink was employed only briefly before being replaced by the more familiar purple and black strikes, making early examples particularly desirable. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$10.00
Will close during Public Auction
8 C image2 OCTOBER 1939 / Hamilton, Bermuda, to Loring Lane Co., New York City. Commercial cover from Master’s Hardware Co., franked with 2½d (SG 113) tied by a Hamilton cds, and struck with the green Type CM21 ‘PASSED BY / 8 / BERMUDA’ censor handstamp. Sent just a month after the outbreak of World War II, this is an early example of Bermuda’s censorship in operation, green ink was used only during the initial weeks before purple and black became standard.

Business correspondence from this period is notably scarce, as censorship was still being organized under the newly established Imperial Censorship Detachment in Hamilton. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$60 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$10.00
Will close during Public Auction
9 C image31 DECEMBER 1940 / Registered letter No. 0745 from St. George’s, Bermuda, to Montreal, Canada. Sent on a ‘BERMUDA REGISTRATION / 3 PENCE’ envelope and franked with two ½d on 1d black surcharge Type 30 blocks-of-four (SG 122), all tied by clear ‘ST. GEORGES / 31 DEC 40 / BERMUDA’ circular datestamps. The cover bears the green circular ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 23 / BERMUDA’ marking, one of the less common censor handstamps used during the height of Bermuda’s wartime censorship operations. The front also shows a purple ‘NATIONAL REVENUE POSTAL BRANCH / 5 / 3 JAN 1941 / En française de Droit / DUTY FREE / MONTREAL P.Q.’ marking applied upon arrival.

Reverse with ‘NEW YORK N.Y. / 1-2 1941 / REG’Y. DIV.’ and ‘NOTRE DAME DE GRACE STATION / JA 3 41 / MONTREAL’ datestamps. A remarkable transatlantic registered letter combining censorship, customs, and postal markings from three jurisdictions: Bermuda, the United States, and Canada. Fine to Very Fine. Est $200-$250 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$75.00
Will close during Public Auction
10 C image11 JANUARY 1941 / St. George’s, Bermuda, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ½d postal card H&G 16, uprated with 1d (SG 110) and ½d (SG 122). Struck with green ‘PASSED BY / 35 / BERMUDA’ CM35 censor handstamp and M6 cancellation. A very fine example of Bermuda wartime censorship on uprated postal stationery. Fine to Very Fine. BCS $400. Est $300-$400 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$75.00
Will close during Public Auction
11 C image2 SEPTEMBER 1939 / Illustrated Sightseeing in Bermuda postal card to Greenwich, Connecticut, franked with 1½d (SG 111). Struck with ‘PASSED BY / 2 / BERMUDA’ CM2 censor handstamp, one of the earliest Bermuda censorship markings recorded, dated just one day before Britain declared war on Germany.

Numbers 1–50 were issued, most commonly seen in green though other colors are known. Fine to Very Fine. Est $150-$200 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
12 C image8 AUGUST 1942 / Zurich, Switzerland, to Holyoke, Massachusetts. Posted in 1942 and censored by EXAMINER 4319, this letter was detained by the Bermuda censor for nearly four years. Released only after the war, it was finally forwarded to the U.S.A., bearing purple ‘HELD BY BRITISH CENSORS / RELEASED JANUARY 1946’ handstamp.

Also shows circle ‘T’ and ‘DUE 10 CENTS’ postage due markings with ‘NEW YORK, N.Y.’ cds. Slight tears on top and right side. British examiners retained their assigned numbers as they moved from station to station, adding interest to this long-delayed transatlantic cover. Fine to Very Fine. Est $150-$200 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
13 C image17 AUGUST 1941 / Hamilton, Bermuda, to the Colonial Treasurer, Grenada. Franked with 2½d (SG 113a), tied by ‘HAMILTON / 16 JUL 41 / BERMUDA’ cds. Struck with red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 6 / BERMUDA’ CM6 handstamp, with manuscript note ‘Arrived by mail 18/8/41’.

The Colonial Treasurer served as Grenada’s chief financial officer, managing revenue, expenditures, and accounts, and played a central role in postage and revenue issues, his authority often noted in ledgers, notices, and overprints. Fine to Very Fine. BSC Est $150 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
14 C image12 DECEMBER 1940 / Cover from A.B. Woody, U.S. Engineering Office – Bermuda Survey, St. George’s, Bermuda, to Mrs. A.B. Woody in Norton, Virginia. Franked with 1½d (SG 111a) and 6d (SG 104), tied by ‘ST. GEORGES / 12 DEC 40 / BERMUDA’ cds H12 (I) cancellation. Censored with green ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 23 / BERMUDA’ handstamp. Rough opening at left, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. A scarce personal correspondence from a U.S. engineer attached to the Bermuda Survey. Est $100-$125 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$24.00
Will close during Public Auction
15 C image3 JULY 1944 / Hamilton, Bermuda to Birmingham, England. Transatlantic cover ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER C/8135’, CL6 censor label. Franked with ½d (SG 98), 2½d (SG 113a), and 5s (SG 118), all tied by Ludington HII Hamilton cds. A clean, well-franked example of commercial use cover. Fine to Very Fine. BCS $625 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
16 C image31 MAY 1941 / Monaco to Denver, Colorado. A remarkable registered cover with an extraordinary history: posted from Monaco to the U.S.A., it was seized by the Bermuda Prize Court in May 1941 and held for nearly nine years. Finally released in February 1950, it re-entered the mail at Hamilton, remarkably without passing through civil censorship, before completing its journey.

Franked with 1939–46 Monaco issues, 45c (Scott 164), 2fr (Scott 169), 2.50fr (Scott 171), 5fr (Scott 173), and 20fr (Scott 175), tied by 1941 ‘MONTE CARLO / PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO’ cds. Backstamped ‘HAMILTON / 3 FEB 1950 / BERMUDA’ ‘NEW YORK / 2-10 / 1950’ and purple ‘DENVER / COLO. / FEB 11 1950’ arrival cds, with black ‘Released by Prize Court’ handstamp on reverse. A fascinating survivor of wartime seizure and delayed delivery. Fine to Very Fine. Est $200-$250 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$75.00
Will close during Public Auction
17 C imageDATE UNKNOWN / St. George’s, Bermuda to Buffalo, New York. Cover from Ruth-Ellen Buchler, St. George’s Barracks, addressed to the ‘American Aid for German War Prisoners’ in Buffalo, enclosing a POW’s letter and marked ‘Letter in English.’ Sent stampless, as was permitted for prisoner mail, and struck front and back with green ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 22 / BERMUDA’ handstamps.

Green Bermuda censor marks are far less common than the standard purple or red strikes, and were applied only during a limited period. A scarce example of Bermuda POW correspondence showing the unusual green censor ink. Fine to Very Fine. BSC Est: $150-$200 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
18 C image19 MARCH 1945 / Armed Forces Air Letter from Bermuda to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Censored with P.C. 90 tape ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER / C8170’, applied by Bermuda’s wartime censorship office. Military-origin mail from Bermuda is notably scarce, as the island’s role was primarily as a naval and transatlantic air base rather than a large troop posting. A fine and uncommon example of Bermuda’s World War II military postal usage. Fine to Very Fine. Est $150-$200 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
19 C imageDATE UNKNOWN / Bermuda newspaper wrapper from the Bermuda Trade Development Board. Struck with red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 39 / BERMUDA’ handstamp. During both World Wars, even printed matter such as newspapers and promotional circulars was subject to censorship, though surviving examples are far scarcer than censored envelopes.

Commercial and government-issued wrappers like this one were often examined only sporadically, making identifiable censor-marked specimens from Bermuda an uncommon find. Fine to Very Fine. BSC Est: $400 (Image)


Selling for...US$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
20 C image1941 / Hamilton to Lincoln, Nebraska. Commercial correspondence from the International Match Realization Co., franked with 3d (SG 114a) and struck in red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 41 / BERMUDA’. Examiner 41 is one of the higher, less frequently seen numbers, and red censor strikes are notably scarcer than the usual purple impressions.

The International Match Realization Co. was part of the global match and finance empire founded by Swedish industrialist Ivar Kreuger, whose operations spanned multiple continents prior to World War II. Fine to Very Fine. Est. $200-$225 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Selling for...US$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

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