| CEYLON - 1944 'FREE XMAS MAIL-GREETINGS AIR MAIL' (ship) censored letter card to UK.
1944 (circa) dark blue GREETINGS/AIR MAIL LETTER CARD (I.A.F.F.-1083 Naval Personnel)
sheet with illustration of 'ship' on front and 'Greetings' on inside addressed to UK marked from
HMS Redpole which was stationed outside Colombo and handstamped in dark red FREE/
X'MAS/MAIL and with 'M.I.P.-3289-2-A-G 1671-22-9-44-7,50,000' imprint on flap edge.
Struck on the front by violet tomb stone type FROM H.M.SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR h/s.
A very rare use of this 'X'Mas' free stationery used in Ceylon. Kessler type 66.
£200.00 | |