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Lot# 1467 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 1467 Madagascar

    Inter-Zone & Red Cross Mail 1940/44: The small collection on Exhibit leaves with mail between Madagascar and Vichy France and vice-versa, with April 1941 Iris 90 c. brown card (Type 1) from Madagascar to France, 90 c. brown (Type II) used from the Vosges to Madagascar, Nov 1941 Pétain 80 c. brown card to Madagascar, 1942 and 1944 Pétain 1 fr. 20 c. brown cards to Madagascar; together with Red Cross message form unused and a used example with 'Invisible Ink' stripe in blue - these last illustrated in "The Red Cross Postal Message Scheme of the French Red Cross" by David Trapnell on pages 54 and 55. Ex collection Colin Spong FRPSL.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF