Passed by censor no. 2414 - Iceland ?

[Per Ronberg]

Dear Friends.

Attached a scan of an undated OAS cover with framed army unit censor type A1 no. 2152 (Recorded used on Iceland on covers from FPO 2 in Reykjavik) and a strange red WW1 censorship marking No. 2414 to Scotland.
Does anyone have information about the red army censorship marking? I haven't seen it before on mail connected to the British forces on Iceland.
Have seen it on a cover descripted as being send during transport on "Aquitania" in august 1940 - not that it help much.

Best Regards
Per Rønberg

[akennedy]

A number of the octangular WW1 type censor marks numbered aboye 2000 (higher than issued in WW1) were used by the  censorship (civil or military?) in WW2, many as telegraph censors.
I think the circumstances of this cover would be that the sender of this letter enclosed this, and possibly others, in a green honour  envelope addressed to the Base Censor, as was permitted. The cover bears the unit censor stamp type 1 but no censoring officer's signature, therfore was not examined at unt level. On opening at the base censor's office (In Iceland or I think more likely in UK) the letter was opened and examined, the WW1 type applied as a base examiner's stamp. then sealed with the Censor label and fowarded by post to destination (unusually not receiving a security postmark of any sort)

Alistair.

[Per Ronberg]

Dear Alistair.

Thanks for the useful reply. The "enclosed in green honour envelope to base censor"-theory sounds likely.
It would be nice if anyone had input to locate the Base Censor to either Iceland or UK. And possibly give a time-frame of use.
My guess is summer 1940, as I have a cover from same sender dated June 7 1940.

Regards
Per