1943 censored cover to the U S A with a 2Rs, a strip of three 2a and a pair of 9ps tied by BAHRAIN AIR, PERSIAN GULF 10 OC 43 datestamps. An AIR MAIL h/s has been crossed through with two red lines, indicating the cover did not go air mail but by surface mail. A boxed ‘Passed By Censor / Bahrain’ cachet is on the back of the cover.