£280
WWII - 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' COVER TO BELGIUM RETURNED TO ICELAND FROM G.B.; Unusual 5 June 1940 long env. (filled file-holes clear of stamp & marks) to Brussels franked by Iceland 'Geysir' 45a Blue tied by a light "REYKJAVIK" cds and the edge of a very fine purple boxed London "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" mark; censored (2 labels; brown tape + "4094" label), and unusually annotated (at the time?) "French capitulation 4th June 1940". Rare returned mail from the early months of the war with an unusual place of origin. [Ex Cavendish 'Angus Parker' auction, Apr. 2009; lot 1401, realised £180+BP.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - SPANISH CIVIL WAR, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, BELGIUM
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