- £550.00
French Colonies. (Oceania - Bermuda - French Congo). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to French Equatorial Africa bearing Oceania 'France Libre' Yvert 140, 3f green and brown and Yvert 167, 10f brown tied by Papeete date stamp with 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label tied by circular 'Control Postal/ Etablissments/ Francais/ De L' Oceanie' with oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire', endorsed 'Air Mail via New York and Buenos Aires' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 5637' label endorsed 'I.C.' of Bermuda and 'Controle Postal/ Commission F/ Afrique Equatoriale/ Francaise' in violet on face with Brazzaville/ Moyen Congo transit and Fort Archambauli/ Tchad (A.E.F.) arrival on reverse. Remarkable destination and routing down to New Zealand and across the Pacific to Argentina and up to New York for Trans-Atlantic flight via Lisbon but intercepted in Bermuda and censored with No 5637 listed by Burrows and then Trans Africa.
Exhibition item.
