£140 - £200
RAILWAYS OF ALSACE DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION: An album containing an 1873-c.1941 range of cards & covers detailing the cancellations used on mail sent by rail during the 2 periods of occupation inc. an attractive 1873 EL to Paris with stamps cancelled by a partial "MULHOUSE/848/BELFORT" HS; an 1885 "CHEMINS DE FER DE PARIS A LYON ET A LA MEDITERRANEE" EL from Marseille to Belfort via Lyon; a 1940 registered env. franked with 50pf + 4pf stamps tied by violet s/l "Lauterburg" provisional hs's; a large set of covers from the early 1940s with various temporary railway cancellations on optd. Hindenburg stamps; etc. All in fine condition with fine cancellations. (32 cards/covers) Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES
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