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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Barbados
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 25
Symbol: C
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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Bermuda
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 1
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 2
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 4
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 5
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 10
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 13
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 16
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 17
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 18
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 20
Symbol: C
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
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 31
Symbol: C
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 Virgin Islands
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 28
Symbol: C
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
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 21
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 22
Symbol: C
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
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 27
Symbol: C
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
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 57
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 58
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 59
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 60
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 61
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 62
Symbol: C
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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Closed..Feb-12-2026, 11:22:02 EST
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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 63
Symbol: C
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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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 66
Symbol: C
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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Martinique
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 23
Symbol: C
19 AUGUST 1941 / Martinique to Chicago, Illinois. An uncommon transatlantic cover from the French island to the U.S.A., intercepted and censored by the British, likely at Antigua, and sealed with ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER 4719’ P.C. 90 label. Cross-colonial censorship of French mail is notably scarcer, and the additional French handstamp on reverse, likely a censor’s mark, further enhances its rarity.
Franked with 5fr (Scott 170) and 1.50fr (Scott 162), tied by purple ‘FORT-DE-FRANCE / 9 AOU 41 / MARTINIQUE’ cds. A desirable French Caribbean wartime censorship item. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$80 (Image)
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Montserrat
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 55
Symbol: C
4 JUNE 1943 / Covers censored in Montserrat with code ‘AA/’ are scarce, reflecting the island’s small, largely agricultural population. This example, addressed to New York City and routed via Antigua, is franked with 1938 1½d (SG 103) and 1s (SG 108a). It was not censored at Antigua but sealed with P.C. 90 tape inscribed ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER AA/150’, which folds over from the front and joins to the ‘ST. JOHN / A JU 4 43 / MONTSERAT’ double-circle cds.
A desirable wartime usage from one of the harder British Caribbean colonies. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image)
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Closed..Feb-12-2026, 11:18:44 EST
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St. Kitts-Nevis
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 44
Symbol: C
DATE UNKNOWN / Anguilla to Montreal, Canada. Boldly sealed with ‘OPENED BY CENSOR / Examined in connection with Finance Regulations / ST. KITTS-NEVIS’ this cover makes no secret of its surveillance. Opened in St. Kitts by the postal censor for both financial and security reasons, with the Anguilla origin faintly visible through the resealing tape. Franked with a single 1938 2d (SG 71). A striking example of censorship extending beyond security into monetary regulation. Fine to Very Fine. Est $50-$60 (Image)
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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 47
Symbol: C
1938 / You can’t miss the bold red double-circle ‘ST. KITTS / PASSED BY CENSOR 2’ prominently struck on the front of this cover to The Quaker Oats Company. Franked with a 1938 3d (SG 73). The sender, Emile S. Delisle, was already one of St. Kitts’ largest shipping and general merchants by 1857, adding extra historical interest to this attractive censorship item. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 48
Symbol: C
8 AUGUST 1943 / St. Eustatius, Curaçao, to New York City. Well-franked airmail cover with four 2c, 5c, pair of 6c, and 25c (Scott 166, 168, 169 & C21). Opened in transit at St. Kitts, examined by Censor #14 (marked with blue ‘14’), and sealed with ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER BB/1’ tape, likely continued via Antigua, the main Pan Am hub for the region. A fine to very fine Dutch Caribbean cover illustrating layered wartime routing and censorship of transatlantic airmail. Est $50-$60 (Image)
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Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 49
Symbol: C
9 SEPTEMBER 1943 / St. Eustatius to Curaçao. Cover censored in transit at St. Kitts with code ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER BB/3’ and blue censor ‘42’, then routed onward via Antigua. Franked with 20c (Scott C20). An appealing example of the complex wartime handling of inter-island Dutch Caribbean mail under British censorship. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image)
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St. Lucia
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 51
Symbol: C
16 MARCH 1945 / St. Lucia to Port of Spain. Locally censored covers from St. Lucia are scarce, and this is an especially fine example. Sealed with P.C. 90 tape bearing ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER’ and manuscript code ‘ITT/3, a format believed to have been used only by Censor #3 and only late in the war. Franked with 2½d (SG 132), tied by double-circle ‘CASTRIES / 16 MR 45 / ST. LUCIA’ cds, with ‘PORT OF SPAIN / MR 19 45’ arrival cds on reverse. A desirable St. Lucia censorship usage. Fine to Very Fine. Est $80-$100 (Image)
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Turks & Caicos
Sale No: 2601
Lot No: 50
Symbol: C
10 AUGUST 1944 / Turks & Caicos to New Haven, Connecticut (front only). Registered ‘ON HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE’ cover franked with vertical pairs of 1½d (SG 197) and 2½d (SG 199), tied by ‘GRAND TURK / 10 AU 44 / TURKS ISLANDS’ cds. Censorship from the Turks & Caicos Islands is very scarce; this example bears Jamaican code ‘D’ with Censor #43 handstamp, indicating passage without opening, a courtesy often extended to official mail. A difficult island censorship to acquire, even as a front. Fine to Very Fine. Est $80-$90 (Image)
