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Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 722

(x) Pitcairn Island
Issued Stamps
1944 (2 Aug.) envelope from R.P. Clark to U.S.A., bearing 1940 2d. green and brown (2) cancelled with double-ring datestamps and showing, on reverse, "h.m.s. bounty/pitcairn island"/hands across the sea" illustrated cachet, the flap sealed with stamp margin tape and with white censor label with roneo printed "opened by examiner/pitcairn island." initialled "DS". Very rare. Photo

Note: During June-August 1944 there was a small covert force of U.S. and New Zealand personnel on the island and mail was subject to censorship using a label as offered above. Only a small number of covers are known with this censorship

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200