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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2649

(x) Channel Islands
Guernsey, Wartime Covers
1944 envelope franked 25pf. carried by favour of a German soldier to a civilian worker at Equerirdreville, Normandy after the closure of the Feldpost office, showing "Bei Der Feldpost/Eingeliefert" handstamp and posted in the French Feldpost system, censored in Paris and showing manuscript "Parti sans adresse" on reverse, apparently captured by Liberation Forces and with French Controle censor tape, two "retour/a l'envoyeur" handstamps and "relations postales suspendues" handstamp in violet with light "no service/return to sender" boxed cachet on reverse; a fascinating item full of character. Photo

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Sold for
£220