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Unusual stampless British civilian WWI mail from Egypt: 20 AUG 1915 postmarked color picture postcard (Cairo Citadel) sent from CAIRO to Reverend at STURMINSTER NEWTON (Dorset); bearing no military unit cachets or "on active duty" endorsement & uncensored, simply endorsed "postage free" by the sender & mailed at the Egyptian civilian post office CAIRO-B unfranked and without sanction. At this time, prior to the establishment of the British army's Egyptian Expeditionary Force in March 1916, Firebrace observes that instances of unpaid and short paid mail was sent through the posts to the UK and sometime untaxed for postage dues on arrival - as here.
