LJP, Letter to France

I have a nice foreign letter travelled with several TPO's ...

Letter, franked with 1.25 Lire definitive and rare 2.50 Lire express delivery stamp, sent from Ljubljana (12.1.42) to Saint Rémy de Provence in France, in transit over several travelling post offices, twice censored by Italians and Germans. 

From the postmarks, we can identify the following journey:

1. 12.1.42 - Post office LUBIANA 1 / LJUBLJANA 1
2. 13.1.42 - Railway post office MESS. LUBIANA - TRIESTE / TURNO 17
3. 13.1.42 - Railway post office AMB. TRIESTE - VENEZIA 345
4. 13 or 14.1.42 - Railway post office MESS. VENEZIA - MILANO
5. 14.1.42 - Railway receiving office MILANO FERR. CORRISP.
6. 14 or 15.1.41 - Italian censorship UFFICIO CENSURA POSTA ESTERA / III
7. 15.1.42 - Post office for abroad POSTA ESTERA / MILANO
8. German censorship
9. Delivery to the addressee

LJP, Post office Krmelj

The Germans occupied the Krmelj in April 1941. During this first German occupation, the post office operated. They used an old one-line KARMEL seal and a newly made German two-circle KARMEL (STEIERM) postmark with counter code A. On October 8, 1941, the Germans left Krmelj to the Italians. The post office continued to operate until the late summer of 1942, when it was closed. It was reopened on January 1, 1943, until August 14, 1943, when it was finally closed. The Italian administration used a two-circle Italian postmark with the inscription KRMELJ / (LUBIANA). During the second German occupation (autumn 1943 - May 1945), the post office Krmelj remained closed.

German two-circle KARMEL (STEIERM) postmark with counter code A used on 4.8.41 during the first German occupation. Very rare.

1941 MEĐIMURJE, Double overprint

Double overprints are very rare and known for values of 0.25 and 4 Din only...

1941 Međimurje local issue, 0.25 Din horizontal se-tenant pair with types "a" and "b" of coat-of-arms from the second printing with double overprint. Position 3,4. Certificate Marinšek.

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