1943. This envelope contained a letter sent home by a Jerusalem soldier on active service with the British Army in 1943. The letters "O.A.S" on the front stood for "ON ACTIVE SERVICE", so no stamp was required. The blue mark is a censor 's stamp. And second O.A.S. acover send from a soldier in Egypt to Palestine Kfar-Haim via Tel Aviv, Passed by censor.