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1944 (Mar 7) Plain envelope by airmail to International red Cross, Geneva bearing GB GV1 1/- + 1d + 2½d Overprinted M.E.F. tied Asmara Centro cds & with black circular bi-lingual Censorship /Dept 87 applied in Egypt + red Ax within circle applied by the Germans in Paris plus on reverse PC 90 Opened By Examiner /ZZ 37571 label (CCSG IVb) tied Asmara Ferrovia cds & Lisbon (5 Apr) transit + unframed violet 2841 hand stamp ………………………………………………………..
The PC 90 label with number ZZ 37571 is not recorded by the CCSG as at 2000 & the earliest recorded date of any type IVb label is 8 Jul 44 This is 4 months earlier