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U.S. Covers
During WWII
Featuring the collection of Steven Roth
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Contents
· Unusual Censor Actions
· Service Suspended-To Asia, Africa
· Service Suspended-To Europe
· Non-Europe Destinations, FAM22-Via Atlantic
· Airmail to the Middle East
· Airmail to Europe (not England, France or Germany)
· Airmail to England, France or Germany
· Airmail to China, Hong Kong
· Air To Asia, Africa
· To The Western Hemisphere
· To/From: POWs, Internees, Clandestine Matters
· Surface to Europe
· Surface to Asia, Africa
· In Search of Servicemen
· End of WWII
Unusual Censor Actions
Chicago to Leningrad under siege, 1943, dramatic use!, View, Reference
“Released…District Postal Censor”; From Brazil: “U.S. censor is not responsible for the mutilation…” View
Boxed: “Released by censor”, #634,804; black bordered: “US Examiner..” View
Air to GB: “RTS by Censor”; broad red striped h/s View
To POW in Germany, address incorrect, content View
1940 registry to Amsterdam, “Released”, returned 1946 View
UY6m,#860 to Serbia, “Red Cross Service”, RTS, View
C20,27, Air, NJ to Rumania, “Through USSR”, RTS form 2911 View
HI provisional censor: “Released by I.C.B.”, to MA,1/28/42 View
Service Suspended-To Asia, Africa
By Surface:
#805, NYC to Rangoon, Burma on wrapper View
#810, CT to Foochow, China, 11/6/41; #807 on 3ct entire, Portland, OR to Shanghai, WX105, 11/26/41 View
#899(pair),901, Fall River Mills, CA to Swatow, China View
#804a(pair),807a, Billings, MT to Java, 12/5/42 View
#804(5), Seattle to Philippines, 12/31/41 View
#810, NYC to Java, 1/3/42 View
#825, registry, Centralia, IL to Singapore, registry, 10/27/41 View
By Air (Service Suspended, to Asia, Africa):
1/8/42; #825(pair),831, NYC to Hong Kong, 12/16/41 View
#825,831, NYC to Java, 1/3/42; C21,22, NJ to Java, 12/29/41 View
Service Suspended-To Europe
By Surface:
#805, Wrapper to Greece View
#805, Wrapper to Rumania View
#810, DC to Tassin, France, 6/25/42 View
#810, Annapolis to Holland, 12/18/41 View
NYC to Denmark, w/ WX105, 7/28/42 View
NYC to France: #806,857, 9/5/40 View
Two to France: #882 censored, 11/16/40 & #872 uncensored, 11/16/40; #810, Mt Vernon, NY to France, 5/1/40 View
#810, Sacramento to Germany, 3/6/42 View
807,899(2), NYC to Paris, 9/16/42 View
#805 to Bulgaria, on wrapper; #807a,900, Los Angeles to Norway, 11/30/41 View
By Air (Service Suspended, to Europe):
C24(2), NYC to Paris View
To France: #906(5),841-2, Topeka, 9/1/42; C24, Portland, OR, 7/25/40 View
#815,C29 to Italy, Benicia, CA, 1/11/42; #830(pair) to Switz., NYC, 11/16/42 View
Mixed issues on 3ct entire, Keyes, CA to Holland, 11/25/41 View
#820(pair), Baltimore to Italy, 12/5/41 View
NYC To Switz.: C30, 2/3/43; #905,C30, 3/1/43 View
Non-Europe Destinations, FAM22-Via Atlantic
C30(2), Montclair, NJ to Congo, 6/8/42 View
To South Africa: #810(2),C22, San Francisco View
Airmail to Palestine:
C27,30(2), Chicago, 3/10/42 View
C29,31, Spokane, WA to Herslia; View
#807(2), C24, NYC to Jerusalem, 7/3/40 View
Airmail to Turkey (all Istanbul):
#808,C21,24, Bloomington, IN, 8/12/40 View
C24, Prouts Neck, ME, 10/13/41
C27,30(2), Thetford, VT, 10/18/44 View
#815(2),831, Boston 1/31/42; C27(strip3), NYC, 11/18/41 View
#825,875,900,C23, NYC, 11/6/41 View
Airmail to Europe (not England, France or Germany)
To Czech: #808,25,C23, Cleveland, OH, 9/11/40; View
To Prague: #892(2),C23(2)+, Portland, OR, 11/4/40; C30, Chicago, 10/20/41 View
C24, Akron, OH to Prague, 7/16/40 View
To Denmark: #700, Ridgefield, CT, 8/1/39; #817(2) on 6ct air entire, Chicago, 7/10/40 View
#830, NYC to Denmark, 10/16/40 View
To Denmark: C24, Pittsburgh, 2/10/41; #825,C7, Hoboken, NJ, 5/17/40 View
To Denmark: #817(2) on 6ct air entire, two covers: NYC 6/21/40 & Metuchen, NJ 7/12/40 View
DC to Sweden, forwarded to Finland on multi-franked cover, 1/6/44 View
To Greece: #636, 799, composite rate, 1937, View
C7(2),23,24, Blue Point, NY to Holland, 6/14/41 View
To Italy: #815,C21, NYC, 6/25/40 View
To Italy: #817,885,6,7(2),898, Larchmont, NY, 9/19/40; #796,C19, Los Angeles, scarce rate, 9/2/38 View
8/28/39; #830, Detroit to Poland, WX130 on rev., 12/23/40 View
To Lisbon: C24, NYC, 1/2/41; #825(2),900 on 3ct entire, NYC, 1/22/41, “Maidenform Brassiere” c/c View
To Spain: C25,6,prexies, NYC to Spain, registry, 10/30/44, View
To Spain: C24, Elgin, IL, 9/20/40, View
To Sweden: #810,829, Oakland, CA, 12/4/42; C24, Westerly, RI, 7/23/41 View
To Sweden: C24, Denver, Mourning Cover, 5/25/42, View
To Sweden: C24(pair), WX105(pr) on rev, Albany, NY, 12/13/41 View
To Switzerland: C7,9, Cornwall, NY, 7/18/40; #744,C20, NYC, 12/13/40 View
To Switzerland: C24, NYC, 12/22/41; #813-4,899,C23(2), NYC, 12/13/41 View
Prexies to Switzerland: #815,825(3), NYC, 9/14/42, View
To Switzerland: #815,825(4), E. Orange, NJ, 6/8/40; C24, Dekalb, IL, 12/6/40 View
Airmail to England, France or Germany
#805(2),6(2),7(3),862,872,879, Cicero, IL to “Vienna Germany”, 5/9/41 View
“Phony War” mail: #806,810(5),856, NYC to England, 9/6/39 View
“Phony War” mail to Germany: #640,806,815,794(2), Chicago, 12/11/39 View
C25(blk+sgl), Fort Sheridan, IL(boxed killer) to England, 7/15/41 View
To England: C25,27,28, Franklin, MA, 9/11/41 View
To England: #699,810, Seattle, 12/10/40 View
To England: #685,825C23, Annapolis, MD, 6/5/40; #807a(4),905(6), Boston View
To England: #830, NYC, View
To England: C24, Pittsburgh, PA, 12/16/40; C24, Chicago, 7/17/40 View
To France: #815,20, NYC, 4/25/41, Vichy censor View
To France: C24, Punta Gorda, FL, 7/8/41, Vichy censor View
To France: C24, NYC, 5/2/42 View
To Germany: #632,698,807,C23,C24, Chicago, View
To Germany: #815(3) on UX27, Middleboro, MA, 9/4/40; C24 on UX27, Union City, NJ, 11/13/40 View
To Germany during period of no Allied censor: #808,C21 on 6ct air entire, Chicago, 7/1/40 View
To Germany: C8(pair), San Benito, TX, 10/26/40; #820(2); Effingham Falls, NH, 6/16/41 View
To Germany: #807(3),842(5),879(2),882, Chicago, 9/1/40 View
To Germany: #637,810,872(3), NYC, 7/10/40, very unusual franking View
To Germany: C20,23, Newark, NJ, 11/15/41 View
Airmail to China, Hong Kong
To China:
#699,701 on 5ct entire, NYC to Meihsien, 3/26/36; C20(strip3, pl#), Berkeley, CA to Kwangtung, 3/23/37 View
C20,22, Jersey City, NJ to Shanghai, 4/2/37 View
C9,20,22, Lincoln, NE to Ningpo, Registered w/ r-receipt, Forwarded, 11/15/37 View
#815,25(3), Glendale (sanitarium cc) to Shanghai, 7/8/40 View
#694,696(3),817, San Francisco to Shanghai, 12/2/40; C9(2)24(3)27, double rate, NYC to Shanghai View
C9,22(2), Los Angeles to Shanghai, 1/6/41 View
#898,910(3),C23(3), (incorrect rate) NYC to Shanghai, 9/14/41 View
Air To Hong Kong:
#637,C20, Hanover, PA, 8/2/37; #642(2),701, Wilmington, DE, 7/23/38 View
Air To Asia, Africa (no China/H-Kong):
To Australia: C6, 632,634(2), 3 domestic zones + sea, NYC, 11/29/24; #634,C19, Coconut Grove, FL, composite rate, 3/24/38 View
Forwarded from N.Z.: #812,C9(2),C22 on 3ct entire, San Francisco, 10/15/41, Auckland transit View
To N. Zealand: #815,829(pairs), N. Orleans to Wellington, 8/9/41, View
#825,831, NYC to Cameroun, 6/26/42 View
C22,27, Marshfield, WI to Cameroun, 2/16/42 View
C30(2), St Louis to Congo, forwarded, searched, RTS, 6/3/44; C30(4), Ithaca, NY to Cameroun, 3/16/42 View
C21(pair), Guam to CT, 3/25/40 View
FAM14 first flight (San Francisco-Honolulu-Macao), 4/21/35; C22, Honolulu/Philippine Mil. Br, to LA, 11/17/38 View
C21: HI to IL, 2/3/39; Palo Alto to HI, “ping-pong”, 8/8/38 View
From Honolulu to Philadelphia: C21(2), 6/24/40; C21, 3/6/41, ‘Savings Bonds “S.O.N. View
From/To Honolulu: #825, San Francisco, 6/9/42; #901(4),C21, HI to Manila, 5/8/41; #823,C29, Registry, 9/7/43 View
To India: #825,831, Mount Kisco, NY, 9/27/40 View
To India: C23,24 + prexies, South Boston, MA View
To India: #825,831, Wilmington, DE, 2/21/41 View
To Java: #815, 825(3), Van Buren, IN, 3/18/41 View
To Morocco: #806,7,C24(2) on 3ct entire, Boston, View
C9,C22, Boston to Nigeria, 3/18/41 View
C22, Paterson, NJ to Niger, 11/30/42; #639, C22(2) on 1ct entire, Lakeside, CA to Manila, 6/6/39 View
To Philippines: C20(strip3), Kansas City, MO, 1/13/36; C22, Los Angeles, 11/23/37 View
To Philippines: C20(3), San Francisco, 1/28/37; #632,720(3),C21, Honolulu, 4/23/39 View
To South Africa: C30(2), Greenville, SC, ca 1941 View
#701, Saint Paul, MN to Manila, 7/20 View
To The Western Hemisphere
To Argentina: Two similar covers: h/s: “Written in Yiddish”, NYC, 1944, Prexies View
#824+ 5 different Famous Americans, to Cosquin, NYC, 12/17/41 View
To Buenos Aires: #810,C9(3)C21, NYC registry, 12/1/39; C21(2), Wilkes-Barre, 12/12/41 View
C21(2), Berkeley, CA to San Martin, Argentina, 8/6/40 View
Other Americas
#914(pair), Springfield, MA to Bahamas, 3/11/45; C21(pair), NYC, View
#806,825,C23, Lincoln, NE, registry to CZ View
To Canal Zone: #807,C23(2), Circleville, OH, 7/5/39; #645,827,C23, to United Fruit, 3/39 View
To Canal Zone: #825, Tampa to United Fruit, 10/23/42; C28, Pittsburgh, 3/13/42 View
C22, Newark, NJ to Havana, 5 X rate, 4/24/42; #804,901,C23, Bridgewater, NH to Mexico, 8/22/41 View
#804,807,C23, Lecompte, LA to Jamaica, 1/18/41; C27, NYC to Saba, 3/25/43 View
C27, Vieques, PR to NYC, 10/4/42 View
To/From: POWs, Internees, Clandestine Matters
Airmail:
#807(3),835(7), Bronx to Jewish woman in Berlin, 7/31/40 View
C28(2), Glouster City, NJ to Camp Maloney, Switz., internee “escaped”, 11/16/44 View
C25, Long Beach, CA to soldier/APO 34, “POW” h/s, 1/9/43 View
Surface:
Heart Mountain, WY, Japanese relo. 3/29/43 View
Japanese relo center: #925, (patriotic) Hunt, ID, 3/23/45 View
To POW in Germany via Red Cross, “offensive” stamp (like #905) removed, 1944 View
(Free), Chicago, 11/26/41 to Polish POW in Germany View
(Free), Card to POW in Mukden, NYC, 1944; Card, SLC to POW, Germany, ‘45 View
(Free), From POW at Ft. Devens, MA to NYC View
(Free) from GI at Camp: McClean, TX POW camp, 1943 View
Surface to the Middle East
#806,7, Waco TX to Beirut, 6/7/40, View
#810, Chicago to Egypt, content in Greek, 10/29/41 View
#807, 899(2), Paterson, NJ to Iran, 5/10/41 View
#810, Miles City, MT to Turkey, 11/24/41; #877, Boston to Istanbul, 7/12/40 View
#806,7, NYC to Beirut View
#887, Alameda, CA to Iraq, 2/4/41; #806,7, NYC to Tel-Aviv, 7/7/40 View
Surface to Europe
#842, NYC to Holland, 10/15/40, great PPC; #805, Printed matter, NYC to Switz., 1940 View
To Czech: #810, Cambridge, MA, 11/20/40; #861,864(2), Oakland, CA, 3/25/40 View
#887, Bronxville, NY to Brussels, 11/5/40 View
To Denmark: #867, Cambridge, MA, 3/26/40; #804(2),874, Madison, WI, PPC, 5/22/40 View
#810, NYC (neat c/c), 8/8/39 to Paris; #806 on 3ct entire to Greece, 11/26/40 View
#908(blk + sgl), Cleveland to London w/ Czech philatelic content & h/s, 4/6/43 View
#806,858, Detroit to Hungary, 1/1/40; #810, patriotic c/c, Charlotte, NC to Italy, 7/7/41 View
#804,905,908, Pittsfield, MA to Latvia, 3/12/45; #803 on UX27, printed matter to Lisbon, 1941 View
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Surface to Asia, Africa
#900,905, Chicago to Leningrad under siege, View, Reference info
#790,653, Seattle to Somalia, 3rd class, 1940 View
#822,24+, New Bedford, MA to Brazzaville, 1942, RTS, but original enclosures, including a check was cashed at French PTT View
#803,842 on 1 1/2ct entire, Mount Vernon, NY to Cape Town, 10/9/44 View
#882, L.A. to Japan, 1/15/41 View
#804(2)807, Syracuse to Shanghai, Forwarded, 4/10/40; #856,806, Mount Kisco, NY to Ceylon, 8/25/39 View
#869,70,75, Wakeeney, KS to Capetown, 5/9/40, DLOs from there and U.S. View
#862, interesting early censor, to Australia View
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In Search of Servicemen
#804(2),905(2), State College, PA, “No Record”, etc, 9/22/44; #905(2), Pottstown, PA, “…APO not Attached to PO at Miami”7/43 View
C25, 2 covers, both w/ “Missing” h/s: Rehobeth Beach, DE, 7/44 & Boston, 1/45 View
C25, 2 covers, both w/ “Missing” ms.: Tacoma, WA, 11/43 & Plainfield, NJ, 7/44 View
#807, US/Canada patriotic c/c, Seattle, 3/45, “Missing” h/s; Charlotte, NC, 7/44, “Missing” (typed label) View
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End of WWII
#830, Chicago to Czech, 12/27/45, service resumed View
“This Unit Dissolved/FPO San Francisco”, Navy/10/2/45 View
#810, NYC to France, 4/19/45 View
#810, Mohegan Lake, NY to Switz, 1/13/45 View
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