British Commonwealth 1942/1943 - 第二次世界大戦中、RAF西アフリカ（ガンビア）1942–1943、軍事検閲郵便物収集

WWII RAF West Africa (Gambia) 1942–1943, Military Censor Mail Collection

analysis of postal covers
1. item-by-item detailed analysis
lot gmb 21
• file names: lot gmb 21 front.jpg, lot gmb 21 verso.jpg
• item type: 航空郵便・軍用封筒（wwii raf 検閲済みカバー）
• language & translation: 英語。手書き注記：「on active service」、「via pan-american」、「s. guthrie」。
• stamps analysis:
o franked with a strip/multiple of 7 x great britain king george vi 6d purple-brown definitives (overpaying / satisfying airmail transit rates).
o postmarked with field post office / 109 double-ring circular datestamps dated 20 mr 43 (20 march 1943).
• sender & recipient data:
o sender (verso): f/o guthrie, s.f., j-15408 (r.c.a.f.), west african forces #2 (flying officer s.f. guthrie, royal canadian air force deployed with west african forces / raf station bathurst, gambia).
o recipient (front): mr. h. fraser guthrie, 775 champagneur ave., outremont, quebec, canada.
• postal & censor markings:
o rectangular boxed r.a.f. censor 90 handstamp in blue-black.
o octagonal passed nn/3 censorship mark in blue.
o verso transit/arrival circular postmark: bathurst / gambia dated 22 mr 43 (22 march 1943).
lot gmb 22
• file names: lot gmb 22 front.jpg, lot gmb 22 verso.jpg
• item type: military cover / oas surface-air enclosure envelope with censor sealing tape
• language & translation: 英語。annotations: "on active service", "s. guthrie".
• stamps analysis:
o stampless military mail (oas concession rate).
o cancelled/postmarked top-right with field post office / 109 postmark (code a) dated 20 no 42 (20 november 1942).
• sender & recipient data:
o sender (verso): p/o guthrie s.f., j-15408, w.a.f. (pilot officer s.f. guthrie, west african forces, gambia).
o recipient (front): mr. h. fraser guthrie, 775 champagneur ave., outremont, quebec, canada.
• postal & censor markings:
o examiner 1240 / p.c. 90 / opened by civil/military censor resealing tape along the left edge.
o square r.a.f. censor 90 framed cachet.
lot gmb 23
• file names: lot gmb 23 front.jpg, lot gmb 23 verso.jpg
• item type: active service cover (free concession military mail)
• language & translation: 英語。annotations: "on active service".
• stamps analysis:
o stampless. features a circular postage paid machine/hand postmark and wave lines.
• sender & recipient data:
o sender (verso): 1451273. l.a.c. butterworth. r.t. / r.a.f. (leading aircraftman butterworth, royal air force).
o recipient (front): the school of accountancy, 64, regent house, glasgow, c.2., scotland.
• postal & censor markings:
o square boxed r.a.f. censor 321 cachet in violet.
lot gmb 24
• file names: lot gmb 24 front.jpg, lot gmb 24 verso.jpg
• item type: maritime mail cover (on active service mail)
• language & translation: 英語。annotations: "o.a.s." (on active service).
• stamps analysis:
o stampless military cover.
o circular red post office mark accompanied by large red block handstamp maritime mail.
• sender & recipient data:
o sender (verso): 1119789 cpl. walker w.p. - r.a.f. (corporal w.p. walker, royal air force).
o recipient (front): mrs. a. walker, c/o a. & b. cooper, 101 king st., stretford, manchester, u.k.
• postal & censor markings:
o framed r.a.f. censor 256 mark in purple-blue ink with officer signature.
lot gmb 25
• file names: lot gmb 25 front.jpg, lot gmb 25 verso.jpg
• item type: wwii raf air letter / aerogramme (army form w.3077)
• language & translation: 英語。printed text: "by air mail / air letter / if anything is enclosed this letter will be sent by ordinary mail." handscript: "on active service".
• stamps analysis:
o franked with a single great britain 3d violet king george vi definitive stamp.
o postmarked with a circular field post office cancellation.
• sender & recipient data:
o sender (verso): 1233105. l.a.c. walker w.p., r.a.f. (leading aircraftman w.p. walker, royal air force).
o recipient (front): mrs. a. harper, littleworth, downley, high wycombe, bucks, england.
• postal & censor markings:
o boxed r.a.f. censor 342 mark in blue with censor officer's initialing at the bottom corner.
lot gmb 26 (front & verso)
• file names: lot gmb 26 front.jpg, lot gmb 26 verso.jpg
• item type: commercial registered cover sent from bathurst to paris, france (july 1920)
• stamps / indicia:
o block of 4 plus 1 single (total 5 stamps) of the $1 d$ carmine-red king george v gambia postage stamps (total postage rate $5 d$).
o handstamped framed registration marker: r / bathurst / no [315].
o large circular strike r and blue crayon routing/rate marks.
o backstamp on flap: paris étranger / chargements dated 27 -7 / 20.
• translation / text:
o printed sender header: "mohammed benani, bathurst, r. g., w. c. a." (river gambia, west coast africa).
o french address: messieurs compagnie générale des établissements pathé frères, 30 boulevard des italiens, paris, france.
• sender & recipient data:
o sender: mohammed benani (trader in bathurst, gambia).
o recipient: pathé frères (pioneering french film & gramophone company), paris, france.

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Lot Gmb 21-30