British Navy, GB 3d registered letter (size G) to Hornsea, E. Yorks. [now, East Riding of Yorkshire], England. Franked with red circular cachet ‘POST OFFICE MARITIME MAIL’ and registered label ‘R.M.M. 1192 No 0567’ plus boxed cachet ‘passed by 2734 naval censor’ & censor’s signature dated 14/2/45 stamped ‘FEE PAID’.
Sender’s details on reverse: S/PO J.E. Clayton RNVR, Box 507 “Mosquito” (HMS Mosquito). Ms annotation on cover (reverse): ‘SYROS Fleet Mail Office (Greek Aegean Islands)’.
[HMS "Mosquito" Royal Navy coastal forces was a base at Alexandria, Egypt during World War II, operational from 1942 to 1945.]
Enclosed letter, dated 14 February 1945, shows sender was “in a hell of a rush because all men are leaving at 17”.
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