Ballston Philatelics

Military / Censored Mail
1921 - 1949


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Item No. War/Conflict Country Item Description Price US $
X2221 World War II Sierra Leone 1940 (10 July) Registered from Freetown, Sierra Leone to New York, with Censor tape, Type 1E (recorded Jan-Nov 1940) and Wax Censor Seal, Type W1, of which the earliest date recorded is 1 Feb 1941. Examples on this cover were used 7 months earlier. Rare. $175.00
X0212 World War II Northern Rhodesia 1940 (22 June) Mufulira, No. Rhodesia to U.S., with Type 1A Cesnor hstp and Type III Censor label (unrecorded use of initials instead of Censor Number). $100.00
X3324 World War II U.S. U.S.-New Zealand - Australia Mixed Franking Airmail Censored Combination. U.S. and New Zealand franking on censored cover to Australia, Sept 1940. $125.00
X5229 World War II Bermuda 1940 (13 Nov) Sea Mail U.S.- France via Bermuda & Returned. 5 Cents surface rate to Paris, via Bermuda, PC 90, Ex. 818 censor tape. German censored on arrival & French & U.S. Service Suspended markings. Rec'd back in U.S. on 23 Sep 1941 after 11 months. $125.00
X4343 World War II Italy 1941 POW Correspondence, RHODES - SWITZERLAND. 1941 (24 Nov) Airmail to Geneva, cancelled: POSTA AEREA / RODI (EGEO), opened and resealed at Rhodes, with scarce censor tape and handstamp. $250.00
X1118 World War II Netherlands (Colony) Dutch Indies - 1941 Undercover Mail from Dutch Red Cross in England to Royal Dutch Naval Vessel in England. Forwarded undercover to Dutch Indies, via New York. Very unusual! $125.00
X5192 World War II Hong Kong 1941 (30 June) Hong Kong censored cover to U.S. with two 15c GVI, No. 171 (SG 166) with scarce Type 4C sealing tape (recorded 26 Apr 41 - 16 Jun 41), with violet Examiner's no. 47. $150.00
X5152 World War II U.S. 1941 (3 Dec) Service Suspended to Slovakia, 5c PREXIE Solo surface rate, Santa Barbara, CA; returned to sender by censor label, and enclosed Form OC-12. $125.00
X4350 World War II Chile CHILE Red Cross to CANADA Red Cross Special Red Cross env from Santiago to Toronto with Red Cross handstamp on reverse. Seldom seen from Chile. $125.00
X4252 World War II Italy Italian P.O.W. in JAMAICA P.O.W. 1942 (25 May) sent by Prisoner Oswald Ricci, No. 837 at "Up Park Camp" to Jamaica, NY. $150.00
X5200 World War II Northern Rhodesia 1942 (Sep) Belgian Congo to U.S. via Northern Rhodesia. 3F 75c surface rate from Elisabethville, Censored in transit in N. Rhodesia, with Type IV tape (black printing unlisted) and Type IIB handstamp, Examiner no. 4 (unlisted for this type). Scarce. $150.00
X5102 World War II U.S. 1942 (28 Feb) Scarce Provisional Military Censor. Alaska - Fort Richardson, with A.D.C. Censor tape and Scarce Blue Negatiive Provisional Censor handstamp, and "Don't bother me, I'm fighting a war!" label on reverse. $150.00
X5150 World War II Great Britain 1943 (17 May) British RAF Soldier in Japanese POW Camp from Slough, UK to British POW, sent via Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo with UK Censor, Ex. 3660 and Japanese censor's chop. $250.00
X5101 World War II U.S. 1943 (29 April) Scarce Provisional Military Censor. Alaska - APO 938 (Ladd Field, Fairbanks, ALCAN Highway) highly unusual oval censor: CENSORED / J.F.M. / 1st LT. ORD. DEPT. $175.00
X0178 World War II Nyassaland 1945 (27 May) - Registered from Limbe, Nyassaland to Saskatoon, Canada., sent by Canadian Marine Corps officer, with Nyassaland Passed Q/6 censor marking, Type II, RF=8. Latest known date recorded is 5 May 1944. $125.00