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Prisoner of War , Internment Camps and Gibraltar Camp , Jamaica.
Further cover bearing GCU 2A, also censored and handstamped as above but with PC 3 ,
No. 26. The reversed is franked at 2/2d the stamps also being cancelled by Kingston
GC 1 daters of the 25~ March, 1942 . It bears Gibraltar receiving dater of the 15 ~
April, 1942. Like many of these daters the double rings appear as a thick singl e ring
due to usage .
VIA AIR MAIL
GCU 2B. GIBRALTAR CAMP.
At first sight this appears to be the same as GCU 2A, being the same size and format ,
although, as mentioned, the double lined circles appear to be a thick single line circle .
However, the wording is less widely spaced and heavier than in GCU 2 and GCU 2A, and the
distance between the G and the last R of GIBRALTAR is 25mm.
EKD: April 1941 LKD: April 1944