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1940 (Sep 19) Rua Marques da Fronteira printed envelope to Paris bearing 1140-1940 Independence 1.75 Esc tied Lisboa cds & with scarcer black unframed RETOUR /A L’ENVOYEUR /726 & large thick black line just above address panel, red framed 6208 & 262 German Examiners hand stamps & on reverse Geoffnet /Obercommmando der Wehrmacht label (Riemer D – 53) tied black circular Eagle Swastika (Riemer D – 7 hand stamp ….The Germans were extremely strict regarding mail entering or leaving the Occupied Zone…the significance of the thick line is unknown to me…