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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68570| Title: | Malta green crosses World War II |
| Authors: | Fryer, Gavin |
| Keywords: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Malta World War, 1939-1945 -- Postal service Air mail service -- History |
| Issue Date: | 2012-04 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Fryer, G. (2012). Malta green crosses World War II. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 41(1), 6-8. |
| Abstract: | Priority was given to correspondence of servicemen on Malta to their families in the UK and to Allied Forces serving in Malta. To assist with identification of mail in the British Post Office so that priority could, indeed, be given to this mail, the concept of marking letters with a 'Green Cross' was conceived. About three examples are recorded of letters sent from Britain to servicemen on Malta on which a manuscript 'Green Cross was hand-drawn. One of these was addressed from Ilford in Essex on 14 July 1941 to Bounsell serving with the 7th Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, shown at Fig. 1. This was censored and resealed with P. C. 90 label. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68570 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2012 - 41(1) |
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