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1940 S.Manessis, Lisboa printed Airmail envelope to Michael Lentakis, Esq., Messrs. George Nicolaou Ltd., Caversham, Reading bearing Galleons 2 x 1.75e tied poor Lisbon cds & with PC90 Opened By / Examiner 800 label…Later in April 1941 German forces invaded Greece & within a month mainland Greece was under Occupation suffering 400,000 casualties & with most of the Jewish community exterminated during the holocaust. Liberated in October 1944 the contribution by the Greek Free Navy & Merchant Marine during the German occupation was of immense value to the Allies