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1940 (Feb 7) Pictorial envelope opened 3 sides & a bit rough on right showing soldier courting female & on back another 4 military scenes to Liverpool bearing 1940 Red Cross Fund 2m + 20p & 3½m + 35p tied Lahti machine datestamp & with violet boxed bi-lingual Examined by War Censorship No 38 handstamp …..On 30 Nov 1939 the Russians invaded Finland without warning or declaration of war & volunteers from various countries went to the aid of Finland who capitulated to the Russian army on 12 March 1940