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1945 (Feb 18) GB 2½d bi-lingual Prisoner of War Post Air Mail printed letter sheet with creases to right side to Sergt Robert Cass 139430, A.R.B., K.D.O. 7001 Stalag X1 B, Germany cancelled Cowes /Isle of Wight (19 Feb) date stamp & with red losenge Crown /Passed /P.W. 1720 & blue crayon X deleting address with on reverse violet framed Returned From /Continent in /Undelivered Mails & below Undelivered For Reason Stated /Return to Sender hand stamp.
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Stalag X1 B located at Fallingbostel was liberated by British troops on 16 April 1945 with this item undoubtedly caught up in the rapid allied advance towards the end of the war in Europe