POST WW 2 BELGIUM ENVELOPE CUT FROM U.S.WW2 MAP USED AND READDRESSED, O.A.S.

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POST WW 2 BELGIUM ENVELOPE CUT FROM U.S.WW2 MAP USED AND READDRESSED, O.A.S.:
$29.50

A RATHER UNIQUE ITEM. THIS ENVELOPE IS MADE FROM A U.S.MILITARY MAP COVERING THE AREA OF DRESDEN, GERMANY. PRINTED IN 1944. ONE OF MAIN TOWNS WAS GOMMERSDORF, NOW A COMMUNE IN THE HAUT RHIN DEPARTMENT IN ALSACE NORTH EAST FRANCE. THE ENVELOPE IS ADDRESSED TO A BRITISH COLONEL PENFOLD. ORIGINAL ADDRESS IS OBLITERATED BUT THE FINAL LINE IS \"B.A.O.R.\" ORIGINALLY MAILED IN BRUSSELS BELGIUM ON 9 MARCH 46, AT SOME POINT PASSED THROUGH BRITISH FIELD POST OFFICE(CANCEL NOT CLEAR).COVER WAS FORWARDED FROM ORIGINAL ADDRESS TO THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN LONDON WHERE IT WAS READDRESSED BY THE BANK USING THEIR LABEL TO ROOM 422 MOUNT ROYAL MARBLE ARCH , W.1. LONDON. THE BACKSTAMP SHOWS ARRIVAL THERE ON 4 APR 1946. THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF THIS STORY IS THE ENVELOPE ITSELF. IT WAS NOT HOMEMADE. APPARENTLY THE MAP REMAINDERS BECAME A SOURCE OF PAPER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR AND THIS ENVELOPE WAS CUT BY MACHINE FROM SUCH A MAP! CONDITION IS VF USED. THE ENVELOPE WAS OPENED TO SHOW THE INSIDE.