WWI UNUSUAL CENSOR, POW CAMPS, DELAYED MAILS, ETC.: 1914-18 ...

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WWI UNUSUAL CENSOR, POW CAMPS, DELAYED MAILS, ETC.: 1914-18 selection inc. c.1915 Service des Prisonniers de Guerre printed env. from German Lt. Meyer captured in New Guinea to Oakland California, with Lt Col Holman signature and stamped German Concentration Camp Liverpool NSW, etc.; 1916 printed in red PRISONERS OF WAR-LETTER env. Ahmednagar to Calcutta; 1916 env Jamaica to USA opened and resealed by label with lilac typed "Opened by an Officer / of the Post Office by / Express Warrant of / THE GOVERNOR"; 1915 green env. France to Dorchester opened by Censor as unsigned with red boxed THIS LETTER HAS BEEN DELAYED AS / THE CERTIFICATE WAS UNSIGNED AND / SPECIAL EXAMINATION WAS NECESSARY hs; 1917 PC Leeuwarden Netherlands to Buenos Aires with boxed red RELEASED BY THE / BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES hs; 1915 POW env. Frith Hill, Frimley to London with fine double oval PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU hs, etc. (14 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, INDIA, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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4th Jun 24 at 11am BST

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