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U. S. NAVY AND ~NE CORPS CENSORSHIP
HANDSTAMPS AND POSTMARKS .

cases the dater Type~ can be ~ound on mail to and from the
island prior to the 20~h February, 1943, but such dater was

applied ouiside the island by a different Maval Post Office.
Also included in this sec~ion are two Gther u.s. Maval
u censor" markings, which were applied on the. island a a they
exist on "internal" mail. The se two markings have been

allocated the provisiona~ designaiions M-USNC 3 and M-USNC 4·
Both indicate whether or not the letter has been censored

and may have been appliett a~ unit level, the Naval Post
Office or indeed, the Fleet Post Office.
In the case of some of the types re:ferred: to above -there

are variations in the basic iype of han&stamp or dater,
giving Tise to sub-groups. There is incluJed what ~ay ba

a naval post o£fice direction handsistnp, with the provisional
designation M-USNC 5, as again this appears on internal ~ail
and so must have been applied on -the islaNd.

For obvious reasons mos-t of the exis±ing lfl.aterial
ralati~ io ~his section 0~ censorship ~arkings, and naval
pos~marks, is in ihe Unitea states and much research is still

to be carried ou~ once i~ is possible ~o record details and
dates.
Finally, to round of£ ~e section, especially as· ~any of

these appear on -the covers incl.uded. in this section, examples
unit handst~ps have been included. Such handstamps appear
on both inward and outward mail, and have been allocaied the

provisional designation M-USNU, marine bandstamps being
included wi1.hin -this grouping.