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Image and Description of Lot #929 of Auction #94

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JUDAICA

France

 

Lot # 929   |    cover   |   Scott # 440

1942, pre-printed cover from National Rail Road Society addressed to the Union Generale des Israelites de France (U.G.I.F.), franked by Marshal Petain 1.50fr red brown, archival pinholes, still VF, U.G.I.F. was an anti-Semitic organization under Vichy regime, it was created by Nazis order for the discovery and classification of Jews in France and following isolation them. However these goals were not realized and leaders of the Organization were deported from Paris to the Auschwitz concentration camp, Est. $150-$200 .

 

 

 

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