Lot 823 Norway

1943 (Aug) Censored letter and original contents from Kirkenes to Vichy, France via an exceptional wartime route from the extreme far North of occupied Norway (on the Arctic frontline) near the Soviet border. Mail sent by a French labourer stationed there, routed all the way down through Berlin and across unoccupied Vichy France being a scarce and complex wartime path. Original letter shows blue wash from chemical testing by the censor to reveal any secret invisible writing. Bearing 12pf red Hitler defin tied German Feldpost cancel (13606), manuscript uber Leftgaupostamt Berlin ( via Berlin air district post office).