Postmark on Maltese censor cover

[Tommy Samuelsson]

Hi!

I wonder if anyone knows anything about the dumb cancellation on this RAF type R1 censor cover, which I recently bought for my collection. Any information is most appreciated.


Best Regards Tommy Samuelsson

[Frank Schofield]

Tommy

This looks like a reversed datestamp handle too me. quite common in WW1

Frank Schofield

[Nick Colley]

But not nearly so common in WW2. A nice item, Tommy. I wonder where the mark was applied. Did it miss being postmarked in Malta and the mark we see was applied on arrival in the UK ? Wherever it was applied, I wonder why it was considered necessary/appropriate to apply such an anonymous mark ?

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[Tommy Samuelsson]

Frank and Nick, thank you both for making me a little wiser!


Best Regards Tommy Samuelsson