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21/4/1910 - GERMANY REICH - a 1.000 mark banknote (Cat. World Paper Money 45), about FdS, about uncirculated - (we supply the example photographed or another of equal quality) - Lotto/41561

31/12/1914 - MALTA - A cover to Milan franked on the reverse with 5 stamps of 1/2 d. (Cat. Unificato 43 x5), with the British censor mark " N°1084" - Lotto/41872

5/2/1916 - EGYPT - A cover from Cairo to Switzerland (Lugano) bearing a handstamp and a censor tape of the British control office type, " Passed Censor 11" - Lotto/41875

7/6/1858 KINGDOM OF NAPLES - 2 gr. rose, 2nd plate (Cat. Sassone 6), cancelled, plus the oval Bari handstamp in red and "7 Giugno", on a folded letter to Naples - Lotto/42185 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/2/1853 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 45 cent. blue, 1st type (Cat. Sassone 10) on a cover from Venice to Florence (Cat. Sassone Euro 450.00) - Lotto/42441

6/12/1943 - ARGENTINA - A cover from Necochea B.A. to Switzerland (Campascio) with an American censor tape and, on the reverse, German censorship applied to incoming mail - Lotto/42442

10/12/1943 - GERMANY - A cover from Wittemberg Ludenstadt 1 to Campascio in Switzerland with a postal censor tape applied at Munich, a Zurich transit postmark and a Campascio arrival postmark - Lotto/42443

16/12/1943 - GERMANY - An airmail cover from BEUTHEN OBERSCHL to Campascio (Switzerland) with a postal censorship resealing label applied at Munich and a red (Ad) handstamp - Campascio arrival postmark - Lotto/42444

10/1/1944 - GERMANY - A cover from Leipzig to Campascio (Switzerland) with a postal censorship resealing label applied at Munich and a red (d) handstamp - Campascio arrival postmark - Lotto/42445

27/6/1846 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - A pre-stamp letter from Milan to Mortara (Kingdom of Sardinia) with the large double-circle postmark with a lower ornament, of Austrian issue (1843); its use ceased in 1848, but it went on being used occasionally. Handstamp in red, ARE (Arrivo Raggio Esterno, arrival in the outer zone), applied by the sorting office at Novara - excellent condition - Lotto/42697

3/1/1850 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - A posting receipt for registered correspondence from Brescia to Verona (the pre-philatelic period) - excellent condition - Lotto/42700

1945 - ARGENTINA - A registered letter sent to Switzerland (Lugaggia), with the control of the military commission over civilian correspondence in transit through the occupied territories in Europe. Coloured strips have been applied to it in order to censor any writing in invisible ink - Lotto/42712

8/6/1945 - FRANCE - A cover from Nice to Campascio in Switzerland, opened by the French military authorities to check the contents and any transfer of currency - Lotto/42713

18/7/1945 - UNITED STATES - cover from San Francisco to Switzerland, examined by the censor - Lotto/42714

18/9/1945 - SPAIN - A cover sent from Spain to Switzerland with censor marks and a tape, " Censura Gubernativa Barcelona", and a control number - Lotto/42715

7/12/1946 - AUSTRIA - A registered cover from Graz to Italy, opened by the Austrian censorship in the British zone of occupation for a currency check - Lotto/42716

29/4/1947 GERMANY, OCCUPATION ZONE - Cover from Horn (Lippe) to Italy, franked with stamps of the common issues for the occupation zones, checked by the British naval censorship, which applied a numeral handstamp reading "British censorship 2426 Germany". Uncommon - Lotto/42717

20/5/1947 DUTCH EAST INDIES - Registered airmail cover, Batavia to Rome, with a franking of the Dutch colonies and a Dutch customs check of the contents for currency control. Very attractive and uncommon - Lotto/42718

26/2/1948 - ROMANIA - A card from Ploiesti to Italy (Como), examined for censorship by the military authorities - Lotto/42719

1/12/1948 - EGYPT - A cover from Cairo to Italy with the military censorship of the Egyptian authorities during the 1948 war in Palestine - Lotto/42720