The Thirty-cent Prexie
Early war years in Europe
A cover sent to Bucharest in 1940 to Leland Stone, who had moved on to Sofia, Bulgaria. The letter was not censored by any country.
This cover was mailed to Paris in 1940, but the Nazi occupation was not allowing mail from the U.S. to reach that part of France, so it was returned to sender.
Mail to the Norwegian Merchant Marine in exile in London in July of 1941. By this time mail from the U.S. to Europe was censored by one of the British censors, usually at Bermuda, as this cover was. The initials on the censor label ar usually I.C. for Bermuda, but these appear to be A.A.W. If anyone knows what this signifies, please let me know.
While it was not possible to make a direct connection to occupied France by letter, it was possible to correspond to Vichy France until well into 1942. This letter went to Montpelier, "France no occupied," in September of 1941. It was censored by the British in Bermuda, and the Germans.
It was still possible to send airmail to Italy almost until the U.S. entered the war. This cover was sent in September of 1941.
A cover sent to Belgium in October of 1941. There is German censor tape on the back.
A cover sent to "Holland" in November of 1941. German censorship is evident.
