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1939(Aug 28) Airmail envelope to Abidjan, Ivory Coast bearing Algeria 40c, 1f & 2f tied Rovigo / Alger cds & with CONTROLE & D over 2 within 17mm circle applied on arrival & on reverse Alger -Gare (28 Aug) & Oran R.P. (29 Aug) cds transit cancels……………………………………………………………………………………………………El Biar is a suburb of Algiers & Postal town, Rovigo is not a City, Suburb, Town, Village or Hamlet in Algeria, however apparently sometimes a Rovigo postmark is applied to mail in honour of Duc de Rovigo who was Commander in Chief of the French Army in Algeria from Dec 1831 – Apr 1833..