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Egypt. 1941-44 Forms (69) sent between L.A.C Stanley A. Brouard and his wife, parents or other relatives in Guernsey, the extensive lot comprising Swiss Red Cross (number "61") forms sent from England to Guernsey in 1940 (4, July 31 - Nov. 7), the first three without any message seeking any news of the addressees (replies sent 17 Jan. - 4 Mar. 1941), all giving Brouard's address as "R.A.F c/o Channel I Committee"; British forms from England (4) with a fifth similar form sent in 1942 from R.C.M.B in Manchester when Brouard was actually in the Middle East; Swiss Red Cross forms (6) and Egyptian Red Cross forms (23, three types) all sent from Egypt with Cairo C.I.C.R and Postal or Field Censor cachets, many with part senders address excised, all with replies on reverse; and German forms from Guernsey (32) mostly addressed to R.A.F c/o G.P.O or War Office but ten addressed to Cairo and four others addressed "late Cairo" or "late Iraq", ten with Cairo C.I.R.C and/or Egyptian censor cachets, six with "NOT TO BE USED FOR REPLY" cachets on reverse, also three related B.R.C.S or Egyptian Red Cross letters. An exceptional and rare correspondence. (72).
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