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Provisional Irish oval censor handstamp in English only - used September 1939

The site now hosts an array of Civil Censorship and Military Mail information mostly related to World War II but adding material from other periods as collectors provide covers to show and as other information comes to hand.

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The British based Civil Censorship Study Group is now the foremost group studying civil censorship since it was started in 1972. It was founded to fill the gap between the two societies dealing with military mail and the AGZ that studied both military and civil mails

A wide range of examples are here for you to see the censorship and military mail items collectors like to included in their collection

Current displays include WWI Finland, WWII Germany & DEI

These examples have been made available by the generosity of some dedicated collectors who want to share their material with others - thank you

POW - WWII

NATO

Korean War 1950-1953

Suez Crisis 1956

St Lucia Censorship

CCSG Bulletin Index

The more than 350 members of the British based Forces Postal History Society study all aspect of worldwide military mail since it was founded in 1952

Civil censorship is the censorship of mail, that can include opening, reading or marking of mail emanating from or sent to civilians primarily during war time or periods of unrest though occasionally during other times too

The Dublin Censor Office

The Military Postal History Society, previously the War Covers Club, is based in the United States and concentrated on US military mail but now has a worldwide outlook

Mail from military forces can include mail during war time or during military campaigns as well as regular military postal markings as applied at APO's and FPO's onto mail to and from of military personnel, as well as Peacekeeping Missions of the United Nations, and does not always include censorship by opening or reading of the mail

This section has covers sent in by collectors who need like help to identify the markings

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