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4 APRIL 1940 / Antigua to Glastonbury, Connecticut. A cover distinguished by its fine penmanship and wartime censorship markings. The reverse bears a large double-circle ‘ANTIGUA / PASSED BY CENSOR’ a type used in Antigua and several other colonies, but not in Bermuda, and censor’s number ‘6’ in crayon tying the tape. Franked to the overseas rate with a pair of 3d (SG 103), 1d (SG 99), 2½d (SG 102), and 6d (SG 104). A striking, well-franked example of Antigua censorship. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image)
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8 AUGUST 1943 / St. Eustatius to Curaçao. Letter from the small Dutch island, dominated by the Quill volcano, censored en route at Antigua with ‘EXAMINER 1B/493’ P.C.90 label. Reverse bears Curaçao cds with the misspelling Willlmstad instead of Willemstad. Franked with 20c (Scott 203), tied by clear ‘ST. EUSTATIUS’ bridge cancel. An appealing Dutch Caribbean cover, combining wartime censorship with a scarce postmark variety. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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Bahamas
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Lot No: 34
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22 FEBRUARY 1943 / Nassau, Bahamas, to Toronto, Canada. A scarce Bahamas censorship item bearing the rare P.C. 90 label, used only briefly and recorded so far solely on mail to Canada, the U.K., and British Guiana. Franked with 1492 LANDFALL OF COLUMBUS 1942 Type 25 overprints: four ½d (SG 162), one 1d (SG 163), two 1½d (SG 164, floating slightly), along with 1938 4d (SG 158).
Reverse shows the ironic machine slogan ‘COME TO NASSAU / BAHAMAS / IDEAL TOURIST RESORT’ boldly struck on this wartime censored letter. An unusual and desirable Bahamas rarity. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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11 DECEMBER 1939 / Nassau, Bahamas to Lyme, CT: Attractive mixed-franking cover with 3c U.S. envelope (Scott U436, Die I) uprated by 2½d (SG 148), both tied by Nassau bridge cancels. Sealed with an early Bahama censor’s tape, showing a faint ‘CENSOR’ handstamp. This type of handstamp was used prior to the introduction of standardized printed forms.
Though roughly opened, this does not detract from the cover’s significance as an early example of Bahamian wartime censorship. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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Barbados
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Lot No: 24
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15 NOVEMBER 1943 / Bridgetown, Barbados, to St. George’s, Bermuda. An unusual double-censored cover, first opened in Barbados with Examiner H/26 and again at St. George’s, Bermuda C/8131. Sent by surface mail, it required seven weeks in transit. Franked with a pair of 1938 ½d (SG 248c) and 1d (SG 249b), with ‘ST. GEORGES / 15 NOV 1943 / BERMUDA’ arrival cds on reverse. A scarce example of dual island censorship within the Caribbean. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image)
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9 FEBRUARY 1945 / Registered cover from Barbados to Nova Scotia. By 1945 Barbados was issuing its own standardized printed censor tapes, as seen on this attractive registered cover examined by Censor ‘H/3631’. Franked with 1d, 2d, 6d, and 1s (SG 249b, 250d, 254 & 255), all tied by ‘BARBADOS / 9 FEB 1945 / R.L.O.’ cds. The reverse is particularly eye-catching, sealed with a homemade red cross label surrounded by a sequence of transit and arrival marks: purple double-circle ‘MIAMI / 16 FEB / 1945,’ ‘MONTREAL / A.M.F. / PO,’ and finally ‘MONCTON / FE 18 45 / N.B.’ arrival. A cover full of character, combining wartime censorship with a remarkable transatlantic journey. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image)
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1942 / Barbados to the Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. Censored with Barbados tape bearing printed code ‘H/’ completed in manuscript as Examiner ‘25’. Franked with 6d and 1s (SG 254 & 255) on front. This Barbados tape could be used by any censor by entering his number in manuscript. A fine example of Barbados’ flexible wartime censorship system, combined with an attractive high-value franking. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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Bermuda
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6 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)
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6 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)
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20 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)
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29 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)
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3 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)
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2 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)
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10 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)
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2 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)
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31 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)
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11 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)
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2 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)
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8 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)
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17 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)
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12 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)
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3 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)
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31 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)
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DATE 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)
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19 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)
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DATE 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)
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1941 / 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)
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British Guiana
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Lot No: 29
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19 FEBRUARY 1943 / Georgetown, British Guiana, to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Airmail cover franked with 6c, 12c, and 24c (SG 311, 293 & 312), tied by Georgetown G.P.O. airmail cds. Despite wear and showing evidence of stamp removal in the upper right, confirmed by pencil notation on front, it bears the scarce British Guiana printed censor label ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER I/11’.
As most British Guiana mail is found with U.S. censorship, this locally censored example is a much harder-to-find piece. Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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2 (?) SEPTEMBER 1942 / Danielstown, British Guiana, to Springfield, Massachusetts. Addressed to the ‘G & C Merriam Company’ (later Merriam-Webster, Inc.), franked with three 2c stamps (SG 309) tied by ‘DANIELSTOWN / (?) / SP 42 / BRITISH GUIANA’ cds. Left edge folded on reverse, sealed with ‘EXAMINED BY 6703’ tape, representing a British Guiana cover intercepted and censored by U.S. authorities, a scarcer form of censorship than local handling. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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17 NOVEMBER 1941 / British Guiana cover to New York City, franked to the 6c overseas rate with a pair of 2c Coronation (SG 305) and 2c (SG 274), tied on front. Sealed with the scarce ‘Officially Opened and Resealed / BY CENSOR’ label, annotated in pencil ‘25’ Reverse bears red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 11’ handstamp.
The label was in use in British Guiana for only about nine months, while the handstamp with censor number remained in service for more than three years, both alone and in combination with tapes. An unusual and desirable British Guiana censorship usage. Fine to Very Fine. Est $80-$100 (Image)
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British Honduras
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Lot No: 36
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28 JUNE 1943 / British Honduras to Springfield, Massachusetts. Locally censored covers from this colony are scarce, identified by code letter ‘J’. This example bears prominent P.C.90 ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER J/8173’ labels on both front and reverse. Franked with 1c (SG 150) and vertical pair of 10c (SG 155), with additional purple ‘RECEIVED JUN 28 1943’ handstamp. A desirable and uncommon example of British Honduras wartime censorship. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$80 (Image)
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British Virgin Islands
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Lot No: 28
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23 SEPTEMBER 1940 / Road Town, British Virgin Islands, to Hillsboro, North Carolina. Exceptionally rare BVI censorship, showing purple ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / V. Is.’ on reverse, struck partly across the flap. This was the first reported example of the marking, with only one other (incomplete) strike subsequently recorded. Though likely philatelic, it is a highly desirable rarity of BVI censorship.
Franked with ½d, 1d, and 1½d (SG 86, 107 & 108), all tied by dual ‘ROAD-TOWN / SE 23 40 / TORTOLA’ cds. Fine to Very Fine. Est $125-$150 (Image)
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Dominica
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Lot No: 21
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1940 / Roseau, Dominica, to New York. Franked with 1d (SG 100) and 2½d (SG 103), tied by ‘ROSEAU / 26 JU / 40’ cds. Struck with purple ‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ handstamp. Censored covers from Dominica are notably scarcer than from most other British Caribbean colonies, and this example is especially desirable as its date predates the earliest previously recorded use of this marking by six and a half months. Fine to Very Fine. Est $100-$125 (Image)
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1942 / Roseau, Dominica, to New York. Franked with 1s (SG 106) and 2d (SG 102), tied by indistinct cds, with ‘ANTIGUA / AU 11 / 1942’ double circle cds and blue ‘TREASURER’S DEPT’ and ‘AUG 19 / 8:53 AM / 1942’ marks on reverse. In transit, the cover was intercepted and censored at Antigua, bearing Examiner label 4113 with ‘B’ code and Censor’s number “2” (a type also used by Censors #3 and #4).
Resealed with additional American censor tape before resuming its journey. Fine to Very Fine. Est $50-$60 (Image)
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Grenada
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12 MARCH 1942 / St. George’s, Grenada, to The Fuller Brush Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Scarce early-war Grenada censorship: roughly printed label introduced at the outbreak of WWII and used for only about two and a half years. This cover bears censor’s number 7 in red crayon tying the label to the front, with 2d, 3d, and 1s (SG 156, 158 & 160) on reverse. A desirable example of Grenada’s short-lived first censorship issue. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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Jamaica
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Lot No: 56
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7 MARCH 1940 / Kingston, Jamaica, to Springfield, Massachusetts. Franked with 1d (SG 122) and 9d (SG 129), tied by double-circle ‘KINGSTON / JAMAICA’ cds. The cover bears a characteristic Jamaican censor label ‘OPENED BY CENSOR’ confirming local censorship, despite lacking code letter or number. Such unnumbered Jamaican censorship is scarcer, offering an appealing variation in the study of British Caribbean wartime censorship. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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11 NOVEMBER 1940 / Kingston, Jamaica, to Springfield, Massachusetts. Censored in Jamaica with a typical local ‘OPENED BY CENSOR’ label. This cover also bears a bold patriotic handstamp ‘BUY BRITISH GOODS’ with crown motif tying a pair of 1½d (SG 123). Additional markings include purple circular ‘28’ and purple ‘RECEIVED NOV 22 1940’ handstamps.
The ‘BUY BRITISH GOODS’ slogan was used in various parts of the British Empire, including the Caribbean, during the late 1930s and World War II. A fine example combining censorship with wartime patriotic propaganda. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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17 MARCH 1943 / Jamaica to Teutopolis, Illinois. Stampless Prisoner of War cover with purple octagonal, crown, ‘PASSED D/39’ on front, indicating no further postal censorship required. Reverse shows purple oval ‘INTERNMENT A.P. of W. CAMP / 17 MAR 1943 / JAMAICA’ handstamp. ‘A.P. of W. CAMP’ refers to the Alien Prisoner of War Camp, one of Jamaica’s WWII internment facilities where enemy aliens and POWs were detained.
Mail was typically read and approved within the camp before release. A scarce and evocative glimpse into wartime internment postal history. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$80 (Image)
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3 JUNE 1941 / Kingston, Jamaica, to Spillville, Iowa. Cover from the U.S. Army Engineer’s Jamaica District office, based at Vernam Field and Fort Simonds (Clarendon Parish). Struck with ‘Charles M. Baer / Captain / Signal Corps / Chief Military Censor’ and red ‘WAR DEPARTMENT / U.S. ENGINEERS / JAMAICA DISTRICT / CENSORED’ handstamp.
Outgoing mail from this office was initially routed through civilian postal channels and franked with Jamaican issues, here 1s (SG 130) tied by Kingston G.P.O. cds. Mail showing the distinctive Baer censor is seldom seen. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $100-$125 (Image)
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17 NOVEMBER 1941 / After the U.S. A.P.O. 804 opened at Vernam Field and Fort Simonds (Clarendon Parish) on 17 November 1941, it used only one type of datestamp during its operation. This U.S. 1c and 2c (SC 899 & 900) franked cover to Cincinnati, Ohio, bears both a black U.S. ‘102 / ARMY EXAMINER’ marking and a scarcer red circular ‘Charles M. Baer / Captain / Signal Corps / Chief Military Censor / War Department / U.S. Engineers / Jamaica District / CENSORED’ handstamp.
Mail showing the distinctive Baer censor is seldom seen and provides a direct link to the earliest U.S. Army postal operations in Jamaica under the 1940 Destroyers-for-Bases Agreement. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $200-$250 (Image)
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24 OCTOBER 1942 / A form Acknowledging Card from Internee No. 35, Franz Berner, to the ‘American Aid for German War Prisoners’ in Buffalo, New York, thanking the sender for the successful delivery of clothing and other supplies. Bearing both the oval, violet internment postal censorship handstamp ‘INTERNMENT & P. of W. CAMP / 24 OCT 1942 / JAMAICA’ and the octagonal ‘H2 / D5’ wartime censor marking.
A poignant glimpse of life behind barbed wire, combined with scarce internment postal history. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $250-$300 (Image)
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17 NOVEMBER 1941 / Acknowledging Card from Internee No. 283 (name undecipherable) to Buffalo, New York, expressing thanks for the safe delivery of a gift parcel. Struck with violet oval internment handstamp ‘INTERNMENT & P. of W. CAMP / 17 NOV 1941 / JAMAICA’ and the earliest Jamaican postal censorship marking, ‘POSTAL CENSOR / JAMAICA / PASSED / 6.’
Light stain at lower front and reverse, not detracting. A scarce and evocative item of Jamaican internment mail. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $250-$300 (Image)
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22 FEBRUARY 1943 / Acknowledging Card from Internee No. 293, Robert Weinschenk, to Buffalo, New York, thanking the sender for received correspondence. Struck with violet oval internment handstamp ‘INTERNMENT & P. of W. CAMP / 22 FEB 1943 / JAMAICA’ alongside British censor handstamp with Imperial Crown ‘PASSED D/35’ and U.S. censorship mark ‘EXAMINED / By 196’
A scarce triple-censored internment item, combining Jamaican, British, and American oversight. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $300-$350 (Image)
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DATE UNKNOWN / Cover from Kingston, Jamaica, to Congress Park (Brookfield), Illinois, franked with a 1938 3d (SG 126). Sealed with resealing tape showing purple circle Examiner’s Number ‘6’ (4mm), an example of Jamaica’s scarce Type I censor tape. These early provisional labels, inscribed in two lines ‘OPENED BY / CENSOR’ in orange or red on white or azure paper, were used before the standardized P.C. 90 labels arrived.
Employed from September 1939 until about July 1942, they represent the first stage of Jamaica’s wartime censorship system. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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? JUNE 1940 / Kingston, Jamaica, to New York City. Franked with 1938 3d (SG 122) and 9d (SG 129), sealed with an early Jamaican Type I censor label. These first labels carried no printed examiner numbers; instead, numbers were hand stamped separately on the cover in purple or violet ink, enclosed within small circles, recorded up to ‘27.’
This example shows purple Examiner’s Number ‘8’ (4mm). Used prior to the introduction of standardized P.C. 90 tapes, these provisional labels are scarce and highly desirable censorship varieties. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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1 JUNE 1940 / Kingston, Jamaica, to Chicago, Illinois. Early censorship with Jamaican Type I label, handstamped with Examiner’s Number ‘10’ (4mm). Franked with 1938 3d (SG 126), tied and enhanced by a bold patriotic ‘BUY BRITISH GOODS’ strike and by ‘KINGSTON / 1 JNE / 1-PM / 1940’ cds. A scarce and desirable example of Jamaica’s provisional censorship combined with wartime propaganda. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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7 APRIL 1941 / Crossroads, Jamaica, to Ottawa, Ontario. Censored with Jamaican Type I label, handstamped in purple with Examiner's Number ‘13’ (4mm). Franked with 4d (SG 127) and 6d (SG 128), tied by Kingston cds. Small tear at top left corner, otherwise fine. A fine example of Jamaica’s early provisional censorship on overseas mail. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $40-$50 (Image)
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24 SEPTEMBER 1942 / Kingston, Jamaica, to Montclair, New Jersey. Censored with Jamaican Type I (Examiner Label Type IId), showing purple examiner’s number ‘14’ (4mm). Franked with 1938 1s (SG 130), tied by a socked-on-the-nose Kingston cds. A fine and desirable example of Jamaica’s early censorship on transatlantic mail. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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20 OCTOBER 1940 / Half Way Tree, Jamaica, to Brooklyn, New York. Censored with Jamaican Type I label, handstamped in purple with Examiner’s Number ‘15’ (4mm). Franked with a vertical pair of 1½d (SG 123), tied by ‘HALF WAY TREE’ cds. Missing corner on reverse. Examiner #15 is recorded among the earliest group of Jamaican censors, active during the first phase of the island’s wartime censorship before the arrival of standardized P.C. 90 labels. A scarce and appealing provisional censorship usage. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $50-$60 (Image)
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18 AUGUST 1942 / Kingston, Jamaica to Chicago, Illinois, censored with Jamaican Type 1 label, showing purple Examiner's Number '15' (4mm). Franked with 1938 1s (SG 130), tied by Kingston cds. Sent by Grace Kennedy & Co. Limited, one of the Caribbean's largest conglomerates with diversified holdings across the region, Europe, and North America. A fine example linking wartime censorship with commercial correspondence. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$60 (Image)
