Following Allied intervention across the Adriatic into the Balkans in late 1944 and early 1945, postal services were disrupted and fell into the control of Allied Military Liaison Headquarters, part of the Middle East Command. In November 1944, the Controller of Civil Posts BMA Dodecanese reported that arrangements had been made in the Balkans for urgent civilians posts to be accepted for disposal through the Director Middle East Censorship (part of the British MEF) and Cairo, then the Egyptian Postal Services. Only a few examples of such mail are known.
Letter sent from Vrgorac Croatia to Chermside Queensland Australia (addressed Ducensland), most likely in early 1945. The letter was censored five times: 1) by a military censor in Vrgorac, 2) by a civil censor in Makarska, 3) by Allied Transadriatic Censorship in south Italy, 4) by Egyptian M63 and 5) by Australian civilian censors. A scarce example of such mail.
The violet cachet of Makarska censor (No. 18) hiding behind the "Examined by Allied / Transadriatic Censorship" label.
