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1944 (Jun 27) Pre printed & addressed parcel card with horizontal crease to Rua do Moinho de Vento 12, Caldas Da Rainha bearing Germany Hitler Head 15pf tied Kattowitz cds & with red circular Gepruft /Obercommando der Wehrmacht /Eagle Swastika + boxed 2535 & black § German censorship marks plus Lisbon (4 Jul) transit + C.T.T. /Caldas de Rainha (5 Jul)arrival date stamps & red framed W. Kartotece D.J.W. W.B. /Referat R. Wojsk /Nie Figuruje with ink date 17/X1 44 roughly translating as “Name not registered in D.J.W.W.B. files with on reverse violet framed Polskik Mitet /Delegatura W. Caldas da Rainha /M.O.S.W. /Lista No….. No… with red ink 86 & 737 inserted & dated 20 Jul 1944 translates roughly as Polish Committee Delegation at Caldas da Rainha …………………………………………………………………………………..
The office at Caldas da Rainha acted as the Polish Welfare Committee for the transmission of parcels between Poland and Polish forces in GB