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World War I Censorship

Resealing Tape Type 1 with Type 1C Handstamp

30 November 1914 - Kunso to New York, USA.
Adhesive cancelled at Freetown (3 Dec). No American arrival marks.

Resealing tape from back and front of envelope (75%)

This letter is the earliest recorded usage of a resealing tape in Sierra Leone during World War I. The tape
was handstamped with the serifed Type 1C ‘Opened by Censor’ mark. This cover also has a small set of initials
applied in blue crayon, potentially by the censor.
Kunso is a very small and remote mission station in northern Sierra Leone, staffed mostly by Americans.