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U. S. ARMY CENSORSHIP

~ANDSTAMPS AN] J>OSTMARKS.
Foster - M-USA 2A.
This aa-ter is a variant on M-USA 2, being the sarne dater

bui with the A.P.O. Number S61 blocked out with a me1al
filling, giving rise to a short bar afier the letters "A.P.O".

__ln later examples of this strike -t'he marl< of -the "bar 11
has disappeared, and it is assumed tha1 the meial filling
came out and the number was perma.nehtly erased as occurred
in the case of other wartime daters .

EK~: 23/ll/JS42 LKD: ;0/4/1~4)

Cover from ~amaica bearing the sender's unit number and

par-ticulars and -the endorsetnent, "A.P.O . 861 - c/o Post master
New York" addressed to the U. S. A. The cover bea);:"s M-USA 2A
daier of ihe 23rd November, 1942, the date and time plugs

being -transposed. The cover also beal!"s M-USAC 4, Number
112., struck in red, which would be applied at For-t:. Simond.s.