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1950(Apr 19) Printed airmail envelope to Export Finders Bureau, New York bearing GB GV1 B. A. Eritrea overprints strip 3 x 40c on 5d & single 30c on 3d tied Asmara/Eritrea d/s & with manuscript 51097 within circular h/s in red & unframed Apr 24 1950 arrival d/s…….[According to S. Gibbons the administration was handed back to the Italians on 1 April 1950 however no new currency stamps were yet available & British overprints continued to be used during this short interim period]