ENCHERES COTE D'OPALE - DEBACKER & RICHMOND
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GENERAL DE GAULLE – F.F.I. SPECIAL POST OFFICE – LIBERATION …
See original version (French)
131
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GENERAL DE GAULLE – F.F.I. SPECIAL POST OFFICE – LIBERATION …
See original version (French)
Estimate €100
Voluntary lot
Description
GENERAL DE GAULLE – F.F.I. SPECIAL POST OFFICE – LIBERATION OF PARIS.
During the interruption to the postal service between 19 and 26 August 1944, the French Forces of the Interior used envelopes for their messages to administrative groups within Paris, bearing a 1 F50 ‘Marshal Pétain de Bersier’ stamp overlaid with a large Lorraine cross and a blue label bearing theportrayal of General de Gaulle and the letters M.L.N. (National Liberation Movement); both labels bore a date stamp from August 1944 reading ‘poste spéciale F.F.I.’ - The envelopes exist in two variants: WITH (much rarer) a framed hand-stamped ‘PARIS LIBERE’ and without this stamp.
COLLECTION OF SIX ENVELOPES with various addresses, some WITH THE MARK (4) and some without the mark (2) – Envelopes listed by Yvert under the heading ‘Liberation of Paris and the Paris region’ under numbers 2 A and 2 B.
See original version (French)
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