[FRANCE] Interesting set of 9 letters and postcards among which n°354/355 "Samothrace", n°638 "1Fr 20 Marianne d'Alger" only, Postal stationary 1Fr20 "Semeuse lignée" (with additional postage), 1 card in F.M. of the "Camp of the British internees of St Denis (German postmark) and 1 card of Istanbul year 1941 from the Embassy of France and various postmarks including German and French (interrupted communications) for Paris "Besetztes gebeit via Deutshland (occupied zones via Germany). 2 of the 3 letters are airplane crashes (1925 and 1969), the 3rd is in F.M. by Airplane, British censorship, 2nd world war. Finally, we have 4 "France libre" n°6, a whole new sheet ** Luxe of n° 7 and 1 strip of 10 of the P.A. n° 1 (of France libre)

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