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Post by dosamaniac on Jul 7, 2024 9:18:09 GMT
Prima facie, this USA 1944 6c die 2c Sc UC5N airmail postal stationery envelope to Pasadena, USA, redirected to San Diego, USA in 1945, with USA 1944 13c Sc E17 special delivery stamp with Pasadena 1 duplex cancel, appears that it has got nothing to do with India but actually it is part of Indian postal history.
The cover, sent on Jan 17,1945, was posted from Feni (23.03508°N 91.39366°E), now in Feni district, Chattagram division, where US APO 390 was located between Jul 10,1944 to Jun 10,1945, serving the 10 Air Force 12 Bombardment Group of Air Force Reserve Command USAF which was deployed in the Myanmar theater of war.
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Post by paul1 on Jul 7, 2024 10:21:41 GMT
some good detective work there - knowing nothing about this scenario, do we take it that this omission of any reference to Feni was part of obligatory WW II instructions to service personnel that origin of posted material must not be shown? What does the 'Care of P.M. New York, New York' imply?
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Post by dosamaniac on Jul 7, 2024 15:10:12 GMT
some good detective work there - knowing nothing about this scenario, do we take it that this omission of any reference to Feni was part of obligatory WW II instructions to service personnel that origin of posted material must not be shown? What does the 'Care of P.M. New York, New York' imply?
Care of P.M. New York, New York annotation (P.M. means Postmaster) indicates the permanent home address of the US APOs functioning in a particular theater of war. US APOs in India in WW2 came under the domain of New York. There were 6 more home bases (Miami, Minneapolis, New Orléans, Presque I, San Francisco & Seattle) for APOs in other locations.
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Post by paul1 on Jul 7, 2024 15:21:24 GMT
thanks for that dosamaniac - very interesting and helps the understanding of these items.
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