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1943 (Jun 30) Plain stampless envelope endorsed F.M. to a Sergeant Major with the Vichy Naval Port Battalion at Marseille cancelled Nice /Pl Grimaldi date stamp without any censorship despite Nice being under Italian occupation & Marseille under German control at this time………………………………..
Italy occupied parts of South Eastern France from 11 November 1942 until September 1943 & Germany was in total control from 8 November 1942 until wars end…………..