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U. S. ARMY CENSORSHIP
HANDSTAMPS AI'ID POSTMARKS.

Foster - 'M-USk 1.
This dater consists of a single line circle, }2 mm in
diameter, worded around the top, "AMERICAN "BASE FORCES A.P.~

804 11 in sans serif typer 2! Mm high. The centre comprises
an abbrev-i--ated mon-th,. day, -time (expressed as "AM 11 or "PM 11 )
and the yeay; (e.xpres$ed in :four figures). These :four plugs

are also known transposed, being in sans serif type 2t mm
high, except £or -the "day 11 plug which is in serif -type.

The dater· was used by Army Post Office 804 at fort
Simonds, and like tha rest of the Army daters this dater is
oNly reo~rded struck in black. ' 1as-t "Day" strikes are
1
reco~rded £or- this dat~r, and later in the war this same
dater appears rrom Amiens (Prance) and San Francisco (U.S.A.),

The cla-ter has a se-t of' :four obli teraiing bars to the right,
2t - Z? mm x 2 ~m.
Bl<D: 17 /) 1/ 1941 LXD: 5/ 5/ 1942..