Italy, Italian States and Colonies Foreign Occupations of Italian Territories or U... German Occupation of Montenegro
Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20392
Symbol: F
Cat No: 5
German Occupation of Montenegro. 1944 (June 9) Registered cover from Vir sent to the Red Cross Committee in Geneva, correctly franked -according to the 3.11.43 tariff- with marginal pair of 4L on 3d, tied by bilingual Vir cds, showing three strikes of the registration marking below, censorship closing label with accompanying German "Geprüft!/Postprüfstelle/Selbst. Feld-Kdtr. 1040 Montenegro" three-line cachet in purple at left (this "Kommandantur" having the H.Q. in Cettigne and a detachment in Bar); Vir was a small locality with few hundred inhabitants. One of the very few non-philatelic covers recorded paying the correct rate. (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 500.00
Closed..Jun-13-2022, 11:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20396
Symbol: F
Italian Partisans: 1945 (Jan 5) Italian folded military postage-free cover sent to Leghorn by a member of the "Garibaldi" Division in Montenegro, carried by allied airplanes with rare "Examined by Allied/Transadriatic censorship" label applied in Italy over the Bari transit cds; very interesting contents including "Our motto is 'antifascism' and we will fight until the extreme (last) breath to defeat that which is still 'nazifascism', to not fall again into the ruin of nowadays, the ruin of our homeland, homes and families, immense catastrophe". (Image)
