British censor label on Calcutta to Karachi cover

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British censor label on Calcutta to Karachi cover

Postby viswakumar » Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:21 am

Can anyone help me to decipher what happened in this case please?
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Re: British censor label on Calcutta to Karachi cover

Postby dannmayo » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:38 pm

Hi Viswa,

The best I can do is a couple of guesses.

At worst, someone has added a censor tape to a cover to make it more collectible.

Better, since this involved mail to an Imperial Airways Captain (presumably pilot), he had it in his pocket when he got to GB and it was treated to Travelers' Censorship.

I note that 3521 is not recorded in Konrad's 12/16 PC66/90 listing. I also note stat numbers in the 3500-3526 sequence have a high percentage of examiners who were handling more sensitive -- Allied forces, POWs and Irish -- mails. TC mail being much scarcer than regular mail, I could see 3521 not having shownp u until now because it was assigned to a TC examiner.

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Re: British censor label on Calcutta to Karachi cover

Postby viswakumar » Sun Aug 21, 2016 4:41 am

Dan,
Thanks for the reply. We can rule out a fabrication. I paid all of $9.7 in the ebay few weeks back and I do not think any fabricator will sell it that cheap.

I think you have the right answer and this is traveler censorship.

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