SIERRA LEONE

Ref: 11780
  • £175.00

1942 censored Airletter was diagonal Red Cross from Brigadier T.W.R. Haycroft addressed to his brother in Devon. Franked Great Britain 1/2d & 2 1/2d adhesives tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE 41' c.d.s. '3 SP 42' Crown miliary censor '3159' struck in violet, stated to be the only recorded example from Sierra Leone. The airletter was made available to West African forces in 1942 from surplus stock issued to Gibraltar.