Description
WWII Greek postal link with Palestine during the Italian invasion (Greco-Italian War): 29 NOV 1940 surface mailed commercial cover on business postal stationary, sent from ATHENS to HAIFA, franked 9 Drachma & tied by single strike of the local postmark + 2 different handstamps of the Athens Censorship (ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ); subsequently opened & resealed by the Palestine censor H32 in Haifa using red/white PC22 label (Sach #Q10) numbered 71/8833. Manuscript docketed arrival date of 2 DEC 1940. The Italian invasion of Greece began a month before the posting, on 28 October with the Greek Army counter-attacking on 14 November; the Germans invaded on 6 April 1941.