Second World War: 1944 (Feb. 18) Registered Remittance cover from Vichy France to Geneva, Switzerland Municipal Industrial Services franked with 5fr Petain single and two 70c singles tied by 'St. Julien en Genevois / Haute Savois' postmarks. German Wehrmacht Censor's tape on reverse tied by circular cachet. 'Geneve l' arrival backstamp (Feb. 28). Insignificant staple holes at top-right

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Haute Savois was a major center of the French Resistance movement. St. Julien en Genevois, located on the Swiss border, was only seven miles from Geneva, but the German censors needed an indeterminate amount of time to hold the cover for examination; therefore a total transit of ten days.

Extremely rare surviving example of a remittance cover from Vichy, which ceased to exist in August 1944, following the Allied invasions of France.

Estimate $300

Catalog: Scott 434, 450

Condition: Used.

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