Lot 202 Used to Poland via Tran-Siberian Railroad:1940 letter bearing 1938 1c Washington green (2 copies) and 1938 3c Jefferson light violet
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Lot 202 Used to Poland via Tran-Siberian Railroad:1940 letter bearing 1938 1c Washington green (2 copies) and 1938 3c Jefferson light violet
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Used to Poland via Tran-Siberian Railroad:1940 letter bearing 1938 1c Washington green (2 copies) and 1938 3c Jefferson light violet ,tied by READING PA. AUG 28 1940 duplex on envelope to a professor in Warsaw, manuscript Via German Governed Poland, manuscript Received 12/31/40, red manuscript Retour Reading Pa. followed by 25/5-/2 in pencil, red manuscript line through Warsaw, small green and black multilingual label indicating addressee had left without leaving a forwarding address, on reverse German censor tape with printed purple Obercommando der Wehrmacht, three similar but larger purple handstamps, small purple boxed 285 (2x) and 272. (Scott 804807 ) Est. Cash Val. $400 – 600
On August 29, 1940, the day after this envelope was posted, a post office notice was published stating that mail for Poland and Germany would be routed via the west coast, Yokohama, Japan and the Trans-Siberian railway. Mail was sent by closed pouch and the envelope received no transit markings except for the German censor marking on the reverse. Addressee had left with no forwarding address and the mail was returned on the same route. The round trip took over 4 months. An outstanding 5c surface rate envelope.
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