P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - "B1", "B2" (2), "B4" & "B5" TRIANGULAR ...

Hammer

£700

P.O. BOX 1000 MAIL - "B1", "B2" (2), "B4" & "B5" TRIANGULAR CENSORS ON MAIL TO SWEDEN/SWITZERLAND/GB; Fine group of 1941-45 mail from Internees at the Beau Bassin Camp to Europe; 1941 pair at 20c rate to Sweden or Switzerland with mainly v. fine triangular "PASSED BY/CENSOR/MAURITIUS" cachets with central codes "B1" or "B2" (latter with British transit censor label); plus 1944 env. at 12c rate with "B2" triangle censor to a Lieut. at "PO B[ox] 226" in London (with v. fine Czech FPO cds on the front and red 4-line "The original address...incorrect...Please inform your correspondent" cachet, and 1942/5 pair registered at 32c-rate to the same London addressee with "B5" or "B4" triangle censors. Rare group. (5 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, JUDAICA