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1942 (Oct 31) Plain envelope with small spike filinng hole top central top to International Red Cross, Geneva bearing India GV1 1r + 1a + 4a + ½ a making 1r 5½a rate tied faint Elgin House /Calcutta cds & with 2 red Jusqu’a lines cancelling out Air Mail over PC 90 Opened by Examiner label (CCSG 13A) tied violet losenge Crown /Passed /DHA 4 & on back violet unframed DHA 66 mostly below PC90 label & Geoffnet /Obercommando der Wehrmacht /Eagle Swastika code X label (Riemer X-50) tied violet circular OKW /Eagle Swastika /X hand stamp……The German label appears misprinted with one Eagle partially missing & Riemer does not appear to record the use of the hand stamp prior to 1943 …