Worldwide & Great Britain - Mar. 2025, Lot 239

AIRMAILS - RARE 1943 PARIS AIRMAIL EXPOSITION COVER TO ARGENTINA HELD AT SAN JUAN: 15 Oct. 1943 registered env. from Paris to Argentina franked 15f + 10f + 3f all tied by fine large purple "EXPON PHILQUE PARIS/[plane]/15 OCT. 43/LA POSTE AERIENNE" ds's, resealed with "EXAMINED BY/64174" cellophane, with v. fine red (over stamped) "THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD/BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP" cachet applied at bottom front. Returned to sender Sept. 1945 arriving back in Paris Jan. 1946 with corresponding Buenos Aires and Paris cds's on back. A group of 12 of these covers are thought to have been posted to Argentina as a 'fishing' exercise to assess allied censorship routines (see page 146 of "Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Airmail" by Wilson & Walton.) Fine and rare exhibition item. Cross Reference : FRANCE, ARGENTINA