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Jamaica Defence: World War II: Gibraltar Camp.

            First opened to house evacuees from Gibraltar, Gibraltar Camp housed many nations.
                                Registered cover to Argentina, 1943.

                                                                                             From Emil Neruda,
                                                                                             Jamaica, Camp Gibraltar 2.

                                                                                             Written in German.

                                                                                             Single airmail rate 2s 1d +
                                                                                             3d registration = 2s 4d
                                                                                             franked on reverse.

                                                                                             Civil Censor label P.C.90
                                                                                             ID/6386 (Farrimond
                                                                                             JL54A).

                                                                                             Gibraltar Camp registration
                                                                                             label (Farrimond GCRL1).

                                                                                             Gibraltar Camp (Farrimond
                                                                                             type GC2):
                                                                                               22 June 43.

                                                                                             Kingston registered:
                                                                                               23 June 43.
                                                                                             Buenos Aries:
                                                                                               7 July 43.



                Registered cover from a Dutch camp resident to the Royal Dutch Forces in Great Britain, 1943.

            From Chs. van der Wieken, Camp Gibraltar 2. Written in Dutch. Double censored: in Jamaica with Civil Censor

                          label P.C.90 ID/622 (Farrimond type JL38B); in Britain with label P.C.90 999.
            Camp          Single airmail rate 8d + 3d registration = 11d franked on reverse.
            Gibraltar
            registration
            label
            (Farrimond
            GCRL2).

            Gibraltar
            Camp
            (Farrimond
            type GC2):
            27 October
            43.

            Kingston
            registered:
            27 October
            43.

            New York:
            31 October
            43.
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