Lot 1318 SOLD | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - POSTAL HISTORY [ View this Category ]
| Estimate: $50 | Realised Price : $38 |
1942 (16 Dec) meter cover from Commercial Bank of Australia (Melbourne), 1944 (22 Sep) meter cover from Bank of New South Wales (Sydney), and 1944 (20 Dec) cover with 3½d KGVI from Bank of New South Wales (Melbourne), each addressed to Philadelphia and with handstamp in purple or red applied on arrival 'SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF/EXECUTIVE ORDER 8389 AS AMENDED'. This Executive Order was signed by President Roosevelt on 10th April 1940 for the Protection of Funds of the Victims of Aggression following the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway. Unusual (3 covers)
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