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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 363

Sierra Leone World War One - 1914-1918 Censor Mail 1918 (23 June) and (16 Sept.) unstamped picture postcards (Freetown and Law Courts, Freetown) to South Africa and Liverpool respectively, both marked "On Active Service", the former marked "Censored" and initialled in manuscript, the latter with rare framed "passed censor" and initials. An interesting pair. Photo for latter. Estimate £ 200-250 literature: "British Naval Posts and Censor Marks of W.W.I", by Gould, page 135

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