WWII SERVICE SUSPENDED, RETURNED, PRESUMED DEAD, ETC.: 1940-...

Hammer

£220

WWII SERVICE SUSPENDED, RETURNED, PRESUMED DEAD, ETC.: 1940-47 inc. 1941 env. Westminster Bank Berks. to RN Lt Cdr. on HMS Galatea sunk in December 1941 with large red ADMIRALTY hs and "RETURN TO SENDER / It is with the deepest regret that / you are informed that the addressee is / missing presumed killed on active service" label; 1941 env. airmail Windsor to Budapest with dual language Censor tape and lilac Passed Censor double diamond plus boxed NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER hs; 1941 env. + content London to APO 1310 (Singapore?) with RTS hs plus purple "Addressee / Reported Missing / WHW" hs; 1942 env. airmail Norwich to Bombay with large lilac boxed IT IS REGRETTED THAT / THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE / DELIVERED AT THE / ADDRESS STATED hs; c.1944 blue Airmail Letter form HMS Goshawk, Trinidad to Shoreham, Sussex with Passed Censor and RECEIVED FROM / H.M. SHIPS hs, etc. (7 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, HUNGARY