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Bahamas Censored Mail

• 1942 Cover with OPENED BY EXAMINER type CL1b (Roses BEL1b) label.
• 1942 Cover showing OPENED BY EXAMINER label.

There are two known types of World War I handstamps dated 1918. Seven different types of World War II handstamps are recorded. They date from 5th September 1939 (two days after war declared by Britain) to 13th December 1944. There are six types of censor and examiner labels dating from 23rd April 1940 to 11th July 1945. Covers from Canadian troops stationed in Nassau received Canadian Army censorship markings.

Bibliography

• Augustinovic, Horst. "An Interesting Pair of Bahamas-to-Bermuda Covers."
• Black, H. Moreton. "Censored Covers."
• Black, H. Moreton. "War Time Censored Covers of the Bahamas."
• Davis, Trevor. "1941 Provisional Postcard."
• Doyle, Alan F. "Bahamas (1942) 'Chief Censor' Handstamp."
• Gosney, Harold G. and Raymond, Gale J. "Canadian Troops in the Bahamas in World War II."
• "Canadian Troops in the Bahamas in World War II - Update."
• Twedell, Edward T. "World War II Civil Censorship in Bahamas."
• Watts, Malcolm D. and Black, H. Moreton. "Postal Censorship in the Bahamas."

Related Sites

• Steen Hogfeldt's Censored Mail Web Site
• Karl Winkelmann's Censored and Military Postal History Web Site

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