Item type.........................: Cover / envelope
Size approx in mm..............: 150 x 88
Period..............................: mid 20thC
Item Condition...................: good for period and place, some wear, see scans
Front................................: good,
Back.................................: good,
18mm wide strip bottom is cut away - presumably to open by the recipient
Corners.............................: good, some rounding
Edges................................: good, top is seemingly opened but still closed with small threads of paper holding the font & back together.
Franking / adhesive..............: 9d, war bantams 3d + 6d singles
Cancellation........................:
COLENSO 10 APR 43, c.d.s.
Other postal marks...............:
Etiquettes / instructions........:
air mail h/s in violet
South Africa OPENED BY CENSOR LABEL at left + VIOLET COAT OF ARMS on reverse
Portion of Italian official censor mark in black. This tied a label (torn away, tiny portion of base paper remaining).
Blurb..................................:
A letter to Copl. Pansegrouw, a South African soldier interned in an Italian Prisoner of War Camp
Adhesives are neatly cancelled with good strikes of the c.d.s.
Franked 9d,
Several pencil & crayon m/s alterations to address - possibly due to prisoner being moved or incorrect address.
On reverse m/s in pencil 30/7/43 = probably date of receipt.
Covers from servicemen overseas to their people back home are relatively common. Covers to servicemen overseas are far more scarce.
Contents - a short letter, neatly written in Afrikaans.
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