Los 3429

1918, from LIVERPOOL to Illinois, USA, endorsed A.E.F. and Soldier's Mail, handwritten sender info American Red Cross Military Relief Station, Liverpool, struck with MUSSLEY HILL LIVERPOOL 12 MR 18 circular datestamp, large black OPENED BY CENSOR label on reverse, uncensored by American military but passed through British civil censorship, postage-free under AEF military mail privilege, rural routing R R 1, homefront correspondence during final year of World War I, routed from the vital transatlantic embarkation port of Liverpool, key logistical hub for American Expeditionary Forces, British censorship at this late war stage often concentrated in major cities due to escalating U-boat threat and increased flow of repatriation and demobilization mail, MUSSLEY HILL post office served suburban London area—likely interim routing node prior to transatlantic dispatch, sender listed from American Red Cross Military Relief Station, part of humanitarian infrastructure supporting AEF troops and volunteers in transit, possibly linked to YMCA and Salvation Army auxiliary efforts under Commission for Training Camp Activities, posted shortly before the German Spring Offensive of March 1918, under General Erich Ludendorff, mail reflects continued morale-boosting home contact despite uncertainty of war's outcome, illustrates intersection of military, civil, and humanitarian networks during final phase of global conflict, exceptionally well-preserved example of wartime postal history, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 200€.