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1944 | Belgian Congo

Ref: DR18864
  • £275.00

Belgian Congo. (Aden). 1944. Envelope addressed to 'The East Africa & Rhodesia, Somerset' bearing Belgian Congo 1f brown and 2f 50 carmine tied by Elisabethville date stamp, hand-stamped 'Censure Congo Belge' on face, routed via the Gulf with 'P.C. 90 Opened By Examiner F/ (180) in m/s crayon and UK '(Crown) Opened By Examiner/ 2211 P.C. 90' label applied on arrival.

Lovely item of triple censored mail, most unusual routing via Aden and The Gulf.
The Aden censor label not seen by Little/ Morenweiser with m/s censor number.