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.

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
US Postage 5 Cents via Milano Vertivicato Censura nach Luzern 29.9.1916
9,00 EUR
Children's Card Postal Censorship Tested Monitoring Center Konstanz XIV.A.K. o February 26, 1918
9,00 EUR
Torino Piazza S. Carlo Censorship stamp Tested by the Wehrmacht High Command o February 14, 1940
9,00 EUR
A. Setkowicz artist card censorship stamp Censured o June 30, 1916
9,00 EUR
Romania Censorship Banderole Opened by the High Command of the Wehrmacht on January 18, 1940 in Dresden
9,00 EUR
Romania postal stationery CENZURAI Checked by the Wehrmacht High Command o December 12, 1941
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
Montreux Clarens censorship stamp tested by the Wehrmacht High Command o September 16, 1942
9,00 EUR
Strasbourg Alsace Münster Censorship stamp Tested and to be transported P.K. b o June 6, 1916
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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