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Auction: 168 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 741

September 1939 Provisional Irish oval censor handstamp; Aug. 18, 1939 envelope from St. Vincent to Dublin, bearing 1½d tied by Colonarie village c.d.s., showing stupendous strike of the "Passed By/Censor" oval handstamp, applied provisionally in September 1939 after the outbreak of the WWII; during the journey of this cover, the War outbreak occured, making this a fascinating usage, the most significant of only three covers recorded bearing this handstamp.

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