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WW2 - Db On Censor Labels

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Posted 08/30/2017 08:47 am

Does anyone know what the significance of the letters DB on censor labels used in WW2 is.

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Posted 08/30/2017 10:13 am

DB identified Canadian censorship.

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Posted 08/30/2017 10:43 am

Thank you. I was really wondering what the initials stood for if anything.

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Posted 08/30/2017 1:36 pm

For a rather complete list of these initials for Britain and British Colonies,and other related information about censored covers from other areas during WW2, check out the following website

http://o.lafarge.free.fr/php/accueil_eng.php

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Posted 08/31/2017 5:18 pm

Thank you that link was very useful. It makes it clead that these are nothing other than code letters with no other significance than to identify the country.

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