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tJ. S. tfAVY AN.D MARINE CORPS CENSORSHIP
HANDSTAMPS AND POSTMARKS.
Foster - M-USM 1.

Reference has been •ade earlier to the Marine De~a~hment
at Poriland Bight, which was e~ablished from the 15th March,
1941 . Ho\llever, ihis uni-t did not receive its own date s-\amE

until the 18~h duly, 1941, which consisted of a single
circle dater 34 mm in diameier with three ebli~raiing bars

on the right hand side.
There are three stages of this dater recordea, but al1
have the wording ''MAR. D"&. PORTLAND BI GHT/J"AMAI CA ER"

in the circle and ~he date in three lines.
As previous~y ~entioned most of ihe mail recorded is

ot a philatelic nature and there are three variants o~
M-USM 1. The dates referred to below are overall dates
for the three sub-groups.

EKD: 18/7/ 1941. LKD: 23/2/1943