Peter, sorry to disagree. there never WAS a Republique Algerienne (not
until after independence in 1962). The six (?) provinces on the
Mediterranean Sea were considered an integral art of France.

Tony

"Peter" wrote in message
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TL schrieb:
Here is a heavily censored postmark by US Army censor but the same
postmark on the upper 2 stamps is partly visible ending in "R. P." and
on the bottom it looks like it ends in "Y". Can anyone tell from these
letters what the origin of the letter is. I can put up a larger scan
if necessary.
Thanks,
TL


http://cover.home.mindspring.com/11-28/algiers001.jpg

hi
the postmark on the top two stamps ends clearly in R A and not RP. RA
stand for République algérienne.
the mark on the left bottom stamps, looks like a big X, to mark that the
letter has NOT been transported by air mail - this is my explanation.
regards
peter


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