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1942 Canadian Cover To International Red Cross With German Postmark

 
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Posted 03/19/2019   7:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add kscannons to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I Believe this is worth a little more than most regular cover's No

Just got some covers from Canada and I really didn't they really meant to show any pictures of the back of the one I think it's probably worth a little bit more than the normal cover it was the International Red Cross committee Geneva Switzerland

And the back of the one is postmark with the swastika why would it have gone through Switzerland and have a German postmark on it or is it a German postmark do they use that postmark in Switzerland really unexpected

And it's dated 1942 and so is the other and these were sent just over a year after we got involved I believe 1941

I like the Peace River postmark




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In 1942 you would have to go through, or fly over axis-occupied territory to reach Switzerland.

The "y" on the censor stamp indicates that the mail was examined in Bordeaux, France.

Source: "Mail Surveillance Under The Third Reich", R.J. Houston, Third Reich Study Group, Germany Philatelic Society, U.S.A.
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Edited by bookbndrbob - 03/19/2019 7:33 pm
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Hi & Thanks
So they opened it twice then correct but the other one I geuss went around it was inspected but no German Stamp marks just the sticker Thanks Austin
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The white sealing paper appears to be British or Canadian.
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Hi I was told these were for the POW's mail
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