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1945 (Mar 24) Pinted airmail envelope roughly opened left side & vertical crease to Bon Jesus do Norte cancelled bold Estaeao Postal No 1 / F.E.B. (26 Mar) cds &S with framed F.E.B. / (47) / CENSURADA cachet with on reverse F.E.B (26 Mar) cds & partial (5 Apr) transit & (8 Apr) arrival cds…….Forca Epedicionaria Brasileira (F.E.B.) of Brazil was the oonly South American country to provide ground troops to fight alongside Allied forces in the Medirerranean Theatre of WW2. They fought in Italy from Septembr 1944 to May 1945 were involved at the Gothic line & in the 1945 final offensive taking 20,573 Axis prisoners including 2 Generals & 92 other Officers.