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POST-WWII MILITARY MIX: 1946-57 display collection mainly from foreign locations or ships inc. 1946 env. (missing flap) sent airmail to USA franked 9d + pair 3d tied by "YATTENDON/A/22 JY/46/BERKS" double-ring cds addressed to Group Capt. W.H. Kyle redirected back to UK as he was attending the atomic bomb test on Bikini Atoll with violet "R.A.F./POST ROOM/BRACKNELL/BERKS" hs on front and Washington & RAF receiving ds's on back; 1953 air mail env. franked pair 9d addressed to "U.K. Staff, Box 1391-K" ('The Black Vault') in South Australia to an individual working on weapons development at Woomera; 1956/7 air mail envs. (2) franked QEII 2½d or 3d tied by FPO cds's ex Gilbert & Ellice Islands or South Australia (Air Task Group 'Antler') both associated with atomic weapon trials; plus others ex Malaya, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Cyprus, various ships in UK or abroad (some with 'Return to Sender' hs's), or to service men in China or Hong Kong. (29 items)
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