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JAMAICA POSTAL CENSORSHIP

Imperial Censorship Labels: Provisional ID Type

Ouring 1942 labels inscribed either "O" or "10" were used by members of the Imperial Censorship
Service, andin some cases the coding was altered manually- in this case from "O" to "10". The

significance of the two different codes remains unknown.

1942 (101h July)
Transit Airmail Cover from Barranquilla, Colombia, to Philadelphia, USA

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lbrica de RAYON-VISCOSA, Limitada

HILAZAS OE SEDA ARTIFICIAL
APARTADOS:

Aereo No. 142. Naclonal No. 288
Barranquilla. Colombia

?IATIONAL AMMONIA DIVISION.
E.I. DU PONT DE MEMOURS & COMPANY.

FRANKFORD POST-OFFICE.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.

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A tt T.F.Craggs. Jr.

UL P c 90

OPENED BY

EXAMINER
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ID/8807

lntercepted in Jamaica, this letter was opened by Censor No.8807 of the Imperial Censorship Service
and resealed using a JL50 type of label with the manuscript addition of a letter "I" to convert the code

to "10" (type JL50A). Handstamped (OS1) with the date of 121h July 1942.

The Colombian "BUZON" handstamp indicates the letter was collected from a postbox.