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1940 (Jun 9) Plain envelope to 117th R. Infanterie, C.A.B. 3 Secteur 14355 forwarded to Secteur 390 bearing GV1 2½d tied Sidcup/Kent cds & with address panel crossed out & with black unframed French language “Cannot be Delivered” instructional & boxed Retour / L’Envoyeur hand stamps & on reverse Lisbon (5 Oct) transit for return to UK with on arrival PC90 / Opened By / Examiner 1871 label applied ……………. Following the fall of France in June 1940 mail services were severly disrupted with many military units captured or disbanded & mail that could not be delivered was returned to sender