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1942 | French Colonies

Ref: DR11302
  • £150.00

French Colonies. (Camerouns - Nigeria). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing French Cameroun Yvert 130, 5f brown and grey and Yvert 229, 2f50 lilac tied by Garoua/ Cameroun date stamp with circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission B/ Territoire du Cameroun' censor, routed via Afique Equatoriale Francaise with 'Controle Postal Militaire' label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L'AutoriteMilitaire' with 'Nigeria/ Opened by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed by Censor/Nigeria/ 11' censor cachet in carmine and 'Opened by Examiner/3042' label, underpaid with 'T/ 0, 20c' hand-stamp and bearing Swiss postage due Yvert 71, 25c carmine applied and tied by Geneva date stamp '10th Aug 42' on reverse.
Lovely item with six different censor marks and labels and Red vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchange.