oliverl wrote:Can anyone tell me anything about the PC5 label on the reverse of this cover? I am a bit perplexed also by the HS Ship Tombstone censor on a cover being sent to a person with the same last name in New Jersey. Its dated 3/12/43, noted to be maritime mail. Where would the PC5 label have been applied? I also thought the free franking privilege only applied to surface mail, and air mail required a stamp - could the air mail surcharge have been paid in cash? Thanks, Larry Oliver
Good evening,
Dear Oliverl.
Here we have two notes about this P.C.5 [Enclosed] Memoranda label and one about the so-called "Tombstone" mark.
1 - P.C.5 - Trinidad and Tobago. Known circa January 1944 "[...] to be inserted into censored items before re-sealing." (1)
2 - P.C.5 - Trinidad and Tobago. Known from 3 December 1943 to January 1944. (2)
3 - "Tombstone" mark - It seems to be the N107 (3)
(1) - WIKE (1993).
British Empire Civil Censorship Devices World War II Trinidad and Tobago. [...]
(2) - BURROWS (Edited by) (2016).
British Empire Civil Censorship Devices World War II Trinidad and Tobago Section 6 British West Indies & Falkland Islands [...].
(3) - COLLEY (2016).
World War Two Censor Marks. Forces Postal History Society, 2nd Ed.