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Lot# 4370 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 4370 Poland

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    Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug. 14): Envelope sent within Warsaw to Bednarska Str. 24 W 14, bearing on reverse circular handstamp 'HARCERSKA -POCZTA'  handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) and on front boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet type 1, both handstamps in violet with greyish arrival mark ' 14 SIERP 1944 (type 1). Rare usage of a complete envelope with full content: "Ich bin gesund und unverletzt, bin bei Tanten, habe keine Nachricht von Wieslaw. Sei hoffnungsvoll und mache Dir keine Sorgen...", 'Tadeusz-Andzej Sliwak' owner's handstamp on reverse, cert. Petriuk (2021).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF