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FRENCH STATE – The so-called ‘Vichy’ regime & Liberated Fran…
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158
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FRENCH STATE – The so-called ‘Vichy’ regime & Liberated Fran…
See original version (French)
Estimate €25
Voluntary lot
Description
FRENCH STATE – The so-called ‘Vichy’ regime & Liberated France – SUPPLY SERVICE – 4 letters and a postcard sent with stamps:
- provisional registered post, postage 1F50 Pétain de Bersier (517), postmark ‘Official Mail Service’ Paris 19 August 1942 + stamp featuring the seated Republic, printed in purple, “Ministry of Supply – Central Mail Office” –
- letter posted from Valence on 20 November 1942 with an official administrative stamp, in red, from the “Drôme Regional Flour Distribution Group”.
Postage: 1F50 blue ‘Marshal Pétain de Bersier’ stamp with a +50 overprint for the National Relief Fund (552)
- Registered letter posted from Limoges on 3 November 1942. Postage: 4F50, comprising five assorted Pétain and Mercure stamps.
- Postcard questionnaire for the issue of a ration card. Sent under the heading ‘general supplies’ for Claivaux Town Hall / Vienne. Control form for Lucie Babin, a farmer. Postage with the special service stamp created specifically for this card. Cancelled 30 August 1946.
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