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From Military Post to Scheveningen in 1918



This cover was sent from a soldier in the Belgian Army to Scheveningen (in The Netherlands) on 7 April 1918. It was subjected to military censure before reaching its destination on 29 May 1918.

Characteristics:
  • 1c+1c and 2c+2c, plus 20c definitive of 1915
  • Total franking = 23c (exact franking?)
  • Ambulant Military Post
  • Military censure (24)
  • Foreign destination
  • Cancel of arrival on reverse side, with other cancel showing passage in Gravenhage (The Hague) 4 days earlier
  • Silver wax seal on reverse
Estimated value: $70
[Auctioned on delcampe.com in June 2005]