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MILl TARY CE:NSORSliiP .H ANDSTAMPS.

Within this heading is included handstamps of the Royal
Navy as well as those of the Army-, the word ·~Mili iary" being

used to clistinguish the censorship carried out by ihe Armed
Services from that of t.he civilian Postal Censorship.

For tbe First World war only one Royal Navy item has
been identified -to date, th.e "Passed by N"a'lal Censor''
handstamp, M-RNC 1. Two items are recorded £or 1he Army

:for t~is 'War, the general ''Passed by Field Censor'' handst-arnp,
l't-A.C 1 , and M-AC 2., a censorship marl<ing on what would

o1herwise be a Unii hands*amp.
Two iiems h8ve been recorded for the Royal Navy for ihe
Second World War , the general 'l.From H.M. Sbip" censor

nandstamp, M-RNC 2, and M-RNC 3, shown below.
The ma.in i terns shown are therefore the Army Censorsnip
handstamps of the Second World War .