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In 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbour; U.S.A. enters the War; first 'Land Lease' shipment of
food to Britain; Plutonium isolated; Orson Welles' Citizen Kane released; Bob Dylan born.
At the RPSL: Librarian Percy de Worms dies; staff member Miss Titford takes on librarian
duties to add to the numerous positions she was filling during the War years.
RPSL President was J. Hall Baron. Patron H.M. King George VI. Members 556.
COVER BLOCKED BY
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR
From the collection of Richard Beit h FRPSL.
Member since 2008. Lives in Scotland.
f. d. (3 Ii- I 2- .
This air mail cover was posted in New York on 2nd December 1941, addressed to South Africa at the
$1.10 rate for carriage trans-Pacific to Hong Kong or Singapore and then onward by BOAC to Cairo. It
left San Francisco on the Anzac Clipper on 6th December. One hour out of Honolulu the Captain was
told of the attack on Pearl Harbour and diverted to Hilo. The letter was censored in Hawaii (ICB
censor handstamp on reverse} and returned to the USA. Eventually it crossed the Atlantic and bears a
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, transit c.d.s. for 13th April 1942.
