£190
WWI SUSPENDED SERVICES: Group of envs. & cards ex GB inc. 23 Oct. 1912 env. to Turkey ex London returned due to the war in Macedonia, franked KEVII 2½d cancelled by "LONDON F.S." machine cancel, with poor blue boxed "RETOUR" hs & "CAUSE DE GUERRE" hs over address arriving back in London on 16 Dec.; 4 Aug. 1914 env. to Germany ex Inverness-shire with purple "UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.S." hs on front, returned to sender in a London Returned Letter Section envelope; 1 Dec. 1915 env. to Lodz posted on the London & Holyhead TPO Night Down, franked KGV ½d + 2d cancelled by London & Holyhead TPO cds's, with censor tape applied over flap tied by boxed "UNDELIVERABLE/ENEMY COUNTRY/RETURNED TO SENDER" hs overlapped by purple "Retour./Livraiso impossible/cause de la guerre" hs, with further blue "RETURN TO SENDER" censor tape applied over address; plus other similar examples. (22) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED
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