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Post by jamesw on Nov 3, 2014 0:02:38 GMT
Another acquisition from todays journey down into the big city. A 1941 censored airmail cover postmarked September 15 1941 in New York destined of Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies barely three months before the US entered the war. The red stamp (which also appears on the back) is a censors mark.  Can anyone tell me what the A in the circle and the 9 might mean? |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Nov 3, 2014 7:40:54 GMT
Can anyone tell me what the A in the circle and the 9 might mean? Guess: Aanesneden: (Neth.) cut into. (opened) by censor #9 |
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Post by jamesw on Nov 4, 2014 4:00:56 GMT
Brilliant Rod! How do you know so much? Do you wear cotton in your ears so it doesn't leak out?
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Post by jamesw on Oct 9, 2017 15:15:10 GMT
On a rainy Thanksgiving (Canada) weekend, I'm digging into my box of covers. Revisiting this one, I'm wondering if anyone has anything to add to what our friend Rodney (come back to us!) had to say.
Censored 1941 air mail to Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) sent from New York. Can anyone tell me what SIA.N on the postmark means? Interestingly the obliterator has an N, rather than the usual number.
Thoughts?
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Oct 9, 2017 15:52:08 GMT
... Can anyone tell me what SIA.N on the postmark means? Interestingly the obliterator has an N, rather than the usual number. Thoughts? My thought (unverified) is that the letters are "STA.N" and represent "Station N." |
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Post by jamesw on Oct 9, 2017 16:28:42 GMT
Good thought Steve, thanks. But the second letter, in both incidences of the postmark, definitely looks like an uppercase 'I' to me. Neither show any indication of a cross stroke to make it a T. Though that could be a defect in the hammer. Station N makes the most sense.
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