File:Opened by censor.jpg

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English: Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department worker checks the content of a letter. During the Second World War personal correspondence was routinely censored.
This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
Date circa 1939
date QS:P,+1939-40-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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Source Flickr: Opened by censor
Author The National Archives UK
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