U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 20-21, 2018

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Lot #439
FRENCH COLONIES Algeria
1899 (3 Apr) picture postcard written in Naples, franked with Italian 10c red brown, used in combination with Great Britain 1/2p orange, tied by Alger 5 Apr 99 cds and sent to Berlin, fine and interesting item, with arrival pmk
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Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #440
FRENCH COLONIES Algeria
1940 cover from Laghouat Internment camp (mailing address c/o U.S. Consul, Algiers), at the edge of the Sahara Desert, administered by the Vichy French and supervised by the Italo-German Armistice Commission, with "Opened by Examiner 445" label, French hs and Laghouat, Alger cds, fine. This camp held mostly RAF airmen shot down over the Mediterranean; sender of this cover, Capt. A.R. Cooper, was apparently a secret agent with SOE (Special Operations Executive), arrested by the Vichy, who later escaped. An interesting item
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Price Realized
$230.00

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