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I have a similar letter. Sender in Hamburg and cover bearing both German and British censor marks. Franked and forwarded from Switzerland by the International Peace Bureau. It is little known but all belligerants in times of war maintain PO tht are resaponsible for the forwarding of mail to all countries, be they at war with each other or not.
Typically can be found;
a)Non-belligerent to non belligerent passing through a belligerent state.
b)Non-belligerent to Belligerent
c)Belligerent to non-belligerent
b & c equally can be found going across belligerent and/or non-belligerent states.
As your cover bears British censorship ultimately it will have travelled by British ship to South Africa
During WWII offices were maintained in London, Haarlem, and Emmerich (Holland) Ebsbjerg (Denmark) and of course Lisbon. Effectively each of these offices contradicted the law in force which prohibited assisting an enemy state in time of war.
Largely these offices dealt with the forwarding of mail from non-beligerent to belligerent states.
All mail that passed through London was censored and often deliberately delayed for a period.
Mention is made from time to time in phiatelic literature, but as far as I am aware there is no one book that deals with it as a subject.
regards, Nigel
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