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1945 (Jan 11) CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA COMITATO DELL’ ERITREA printed Red Cross Family Message form from Pietro Piatti, Asmara, Eritrea to Rina Piatti, Pavia, Italy with blue 34mm circular CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA / C.L.N. / OFFICIO PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRE alongside red standard Red Cross cachet of Geneva & rare violet lozenge ERITREA PASSED BY EXAMINER 10 (CCSG IX) & with circular Red Cross DELEGATION LE CAIRE transit with unframed 12 Feb 1945 handstamp below…..

CCSG IX is only recorded on Red Cross forms from 27 Jul ’44 to — Jan ’45 with this now giving a proving latest recorded date of 11 Jan 1945..Ex Dann Mayo exhibit collection