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1917 (Jun 27) Picture postcard, showing Cairo street seller, with nasty cracking, creases & rother faults to Italy cancelled in transit through British forces BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / T cds with red framed VERIFICATO /PER CENSURA, unframed CENSORE No 1 & 38mm circular Distaccahimento Italiano di Palestina / COMANDO & faint Columano / Ferrara (10 Jul ) arrival cds….An Italian detachment of 500 was formed in Naples on 1 May 1917 & embarked 6 May reaching Port Said, Egypt on 10th where a Base was formed to serve the troops moving forward who reached Rafa, Palestine between 13th – 15th June 1917