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Lot 6069

Undercover Mail via P.O. Box 506: 1942, 1.8., cover sent from "KØBENHAVN -1.8.42" to Gerda Johanne Bonnevie, PO. Box 506 in Lisbon, with German censor label of Munich and boxed "Zurück an den Absender" and "Retour" alongside. The letter is sent by the mother Sofie Jørgensen, the letter never reached Lisbon and was returned because the undercover routes had been suspended. The Germans stopped all mail from Denmark to this undercover address and returned it. A very attractive and rare cover. In Addition Red Cross Message Form sent from Gerda Bonnevie to daugther Sofie Jørgensen.  Reference: “DAKA GF 10 - Faroe Island Stamps and Postal History”