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.

Vienna Franzensring Postal Censorship Checked Vienna1 o June 19, 1915
9,00 EUR
Austrian Postal stationery with K.u.K. Censorship office in Prague o October 11, 1916
9,00 EUR
K.u.K. 2nd Regiment of T.K.J. 2nd replacement company censorship stamp Prague military service free postage o July 9, 1916
9,00 EUR
San Sebastian Censorado censorship stamp November 3, 1940
9,00 EUR
Bucuresti Gare du Nord Censorship Tested by the Wehrmacht High Command on July 28, 1942
9,00 EUR
Willy Moralt artist card from Riga via Petrograd Censorship stamp half o July 24, 1915
9,00 EUR
Cornwall Cottages at Gillan Tucks Oilette from Riga via Petrograd Censorship stamp half o 20.7.1915
9,00 EUR
Currency reform band imprint and net imprint on R-letter Dusseldorf Heerdt August 27, 1948 censorship stamp 5160
9,00 EUR
Control Council issue Michel 951 on cover o Dresden A46 February 25, 1948 to Neuss with censorship stamp 5139
9,00 EUR
Belgium 5 and 10 centimes on Germania Michel 2 and 3 on cover Turnhout surveillance office 7.8.1916
9,00 EUR
Belgium 5 centimes and 10 cents on Germania Michel 2 and 14 on cover Liège surveillance office o May 20, 1917
9,00 EUR
Prague artist card Post Zenzur o 8.7.1915
9,00 EUR
Field post WW1, handwritten censorship note Stages-Fuhrpark-Kolonne, 20.3.1918 on Calcken postcard
-11%
Only 8,00 EUR
Salzburg censorship stamp verified on May 26, 1915
9,00 EUR
Sztrecsnovar From the army in the field Censorship stamp Checked Budapest 34 o 24.9.1915
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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