Ref: DR16170
- £175.00
British Occupation of Italian Colonies. (Eritrea). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Alexandria bearing Middle East Forces SG M11, 1d pale scarlet, SG M13, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine and SG M18, 1s bistre tied by Asmara Centro double ring '24th Nov' with PC 90/ Opened by Examiner/ ZZ/ 37881' label with framed 'By Air Mail' with triangular '4' and '6' censor with circular 'Censorship Dept' applied on arrival.
Nice item addressed to the wife of Capt Maxwell Setton (who after the war produced more than 15 hit Hollywood films). Major Maxwell was Chief Censor to the Occupied Territory Administration in Asmara, Eritrea and also in Cyrenaica.
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