Show & Tell - February 2002 Three Prexies Clipper Mail to China 90c paid 70c 1/2 oz rate to China Plus 20c for International Registration Mailed at El Paso, Texas (January 8, 1942) via New York City (January 10, 1942), Miami (January 11, 1942) across the Atlantic and Africa. Censored by British Imperial censorship in India (brown label on right with wax seal). Because it was marked "Service Suspended / Return to Sender" it was returned to sender via San Francisco (July 6, 1942) arriving in El Paso (July 14, 1942). Comment please by email to Webmaster or mail to Editor. Prize Court item intended for Poland A rerely seen registered reply paid postal stationary postcard was sent from New York on May 8, 1941 by airmail to German-occupied Poland. Seized by the British (who were already at war with Germany). The card was held until the Prize Court released the card in 1946. The card arrived at its Polish destination on 15 April, 1946 but the addressee was unknown so it was returned to New York where it arrived on June 5, 1946. The reality of WWII is brought to the fore with this cover - the message was inquiring if a bundle of clothes and food had been delivered - the addresses had most likely been exterminated by the time the card arrived. Comment please by email to Webmaster or mail to Editor.

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