Censored Mail Covers & Markings – Historical Postal & Military Censorship

Welcome to the specialized Censored Mail section at NOBIS24.com. Whether you are searching for rare censor postmarks and resealing tapes from German Foreign Letter Examination Offices (ABP), Allied control markings from the post-war era, or inspected international wartime covers – specialist philatelists and historians will find verified originals here.

Children in traditional costume Postal censorship Checked by the Wehrmacht High Command o Debrecen2 June 23, 1940
9,00 EUR
Fentsch Kr. Diedenhofen Censorship stamp
9,00 EUR
Flower Photochromy Series 595 No 969 Verified K.u.K. Letter censorship in Prague around 1918
9,00 EUR
Lindau Lake Constance Censorship Stamp Tested by the Konstanz Monitoring Office on March 14, 1918
9,00 EUR
Constance from Münster Censorship Stamp Tested Surveillance o July 15, 1915
9,00 EUR
Artillery Regiment No143 II Company Pr Replacement Battalion Tested 4th Company o Oberehnheim November 15, 1916
9,00 EUR
Vienna Schonbrunn Austrian Censorship Office 445 Z1 o September 19, 1949
9,00 EUR
Flenish Cottage Homes Tucks Oilette Censorship Stamp Prison Camp Half o 25.9.1915
9,00 EUR
Slovensko Bratislava with Slovakotour 20h Censorship stamp Tested by the Wehrmacht High Command o March 7, 1941
9,00 EUR
Vysoke Tatry with Slovakotour 20h censorship stamp Tested by the Wehrmacht High Command o October 5th, 1941
9,00 EUR
Montreux Clarens censorship stamp tested by the Wehrmacht High Command o September 16, 1942
9,00 EUR
Charleroi Theater Censorship Stamp Checked Charleroi Monitoring Office September 28, 1916
9,00 EUR
Schaffhausen iron shop Censorship stamp Tested by the Wehrmacht High Command o April 8, 1944
9,00 EUR
Romania postal stationery CENZURAI Checked by the Wehrmacht High Command o December 12, 1941
9,00 EUR
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Compelling Artifacts of Postal & Contemporary History
During times of war and political crisis, cross-border and military correspondence was subject to strict inspection. Every examination left visible traces on the cover – from distinctive handstamps and examiner numbers to specialized resealing tapes. At NOBIS24.com, you will find a curated selection of documented covers:
  • WWI & WWII (German & International Censorship): Discover inspected letters and postcards bearing postmarks and resealing tapes from German examination offices (such as ABP Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, and Vienna) as well as Allied and neutral censors.
  • Post-War Era & Occupation Zones (from 1945): Browse historical covers of Allied postal censorship across the four occupation zones of Germany, as well as Berlin and Austria.
  • Postmark Types, Examiner Numbers & Specialties: Find intriguing details such as chemical censorship, transit censorship, currency control markings, and rare routing handstamps.
(Note: Related historical covers can also be found in our specialized Field Post and Prisoner of War Mail categories.)

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