£50
** SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURNED MAIL TO EUROPE INC. WRECK COVER: 1940-45 quartet of fine covers inc. 1940 3c meter-franked env. to Paris ex Montreal with framed "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER", "SERVICE SUSPENDED" and "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs on front; 1940 censored taxed env. to Rotterdam franked KGVI 3c with framed "4/CENTS/DUE" h.s. and bilingual (English/French) "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED" hs and 1945 censor mark on rear when finally released; 1943 POW lettersheet to Chemnitz franked Canada 20c + 10c with "EXAMINED BY..." hs and "BY AIR MAIL MAIL" hs on front and contents page with framed German-language "The Foreign Powers Censors responsible for the blacked out text"; and 1943 airmail env. to Hamburg franked 10c (3) tied by "P.O.W" cds with framed "Zuruck/Empfanger nicht ermitten" hs on front. (4 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, GERMANY
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