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1919(Mar 27) Repubique Francaise 10c Postal Stationary Post card uprated with additional Sower 5c to Nurnberg (Bayen) cancelled Neudorf / Strassbourg Dresden with red Star within 18mm circle that has been obliterated by smudging it out & with below censored with German circular Post-Uberwachungsstelle /Gepruft 12 / Karlsruhe … Alsace Lorraine was ceded to Germany by the Treaty of Frankfurt in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war, with the French remaining resentful of this throughout the years. No opportunity was lost & the 1st Feb 1915 French occupied and took Military control of several areas starting with the French P.O.s at Moosch & Wesselring with more to follow. After the defeat of Germany & under the aspises of the Treaty of Versailles Alsace Lorraine was reunited & ceded back to France in 1920.