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MILITARY Cf!NSORSHIP HANDSTAMPS
OF 'I'f-IE BRITISH ARMY.
rosier - M-AC3.

The £irst o£ the handsiamps io be used during the Second
World War was £or a unit censor handstamp consisting o£ a
single circl.e of' 2.91Dm diameter surmounted by a crown with -the

words "PASSED BY CEflSOR". This was ihe siandard hanrlstatnp
issued ~o al1 units of ~he ~ri~ish Army and each handstamp had
its own number, being the. "censorship'' number allocated -to the

unit. The bands-tamp is known s-hucl< in a varie-ty of
colo~red inks and ihe bandsiamp is also known used by so~e

canadian Army units .
Ii should be added at ihis point ibat the earlier
designations within this section, M-ACl and H-Ac~. have been

allotted io Army ~rkings of ~be First World War, such
markings not :fortning part o:f -this particular sec-tion.

'I'o date i:be £ol1.owing numbers are known in respect of
these handstamps, nall\ely; 5667, 5839, 5'870, 5956, 6071, 60ff7,
8364, A~d> 3727,

E.l<D : 22/ 4/194a. LKD: ?.."Z;/3/ 19LJ 4