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Morocco.—Following upon the proclamation of Egypt as a British Protectorate, it was announced that Great Britain has recognised the French Protectorate in Morocco and has adhered to the Franco-Moroccan Treaty of March 30, 1912. The French stamps for Morocco (Fig. 403) have now been overprinted "PROTECTORAT-FRANCAIS", as may be seen by comparing this 10 centimes value with the same denomination utilised for Red Cross stamp purposes ([Fig. 153]). The change in the status of Morocco may render the British postal agencies there unnecessary, in which case the series of British stamps overprinted "MOROCCO AGENCIES" ([Figs. 404, 405]) may be rendered obsolete.
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Postcards and Postmarks. The remaining illustrations, added as this work is being sent to press, supplement the philatelic records of the present war, as already outlined in the earlier chapters. [Fig. 406] is the original issue of the French military postcard, on thin green card. [Fig. 407] is also French, printed on a thicker Silurian card. [Fig. 408] is a German field postcard (medium white) despatched by a British prisoner of war in the English Lager at Sennelager. A few additional naval postmarks are also shown ([Figs. 409-413]). [Fig. 409] appears to be in the design of an "Iron Cross" (!) [Fig. 414] is a mark used by the censor in handling registered mail, and [415] is on correspondence originating at a depot for convalescent horses. [Figs. 416-420] are various types of censor marks, No. [419] being a Dutch one on a letter posted at Maastricht. At the time of going to press we have noted British military censor marks up to No. 1739. We are also able to state definitely that [Fig. 85B] (Chapter II.) is a field postmark of the Indian Expeditionary Force in France.