** WWII DETAINED/SERVICE SUSPENDED/VIOLATED MAIL: 1940-51 gr...

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** WWII DETAINED/SERVICE SUSPENDED/VIOLATED MAIL: 1940-51 group of covers inc. pair of remarkable, scarce 1940 philatelically franked envs. (faults & sellotape due to censor treatment) to Eindhoven ex USA via Bermuda or airmail express env. to USA ex Amsterdam returned via NY but held in Bermuda, both with typed labels on rear "AFTER CONFISCATION BY THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES THIS PIECE WAS HANDED OVER THROUGH THE INTERVENTION OF COVAL IN AMSTERDAM" tied by Amsterdam arrival cds's of 1951 when eventually released by a prize court and returned - ; plus others to/from USA, Paraguay, Batavia, Belgium, or Germany. (12 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL

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4th Jun 24 at 11am BST

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