Type IA4 Purple Censor Mark

Used only in Cebu province.


Cebu City to Manila official mail from the Office of the Governor,
5c single domestic rate franking tied with June 13, 1943 duplex.

1943 MARCH 6: TAGBILARAN, BOHOL to MANILA
Directed to Cebu for the required censorship.

Postmark two months earlier than the published  May 19, 1943
re-opening date of the Tagbilaran Post Office.


Type IA5a
Without English Inscriptions 

ONE OF THREE KNOWN COVER
FROM TAGBILARAN CENSORED
IN CEBU