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Graf Spee Internees. 1940-46 Covers to or from internees from the "Graf Spee", scuttled off Uruguay after the Battle of the River Plate. The fine lot comprising covers sent from internees in Argentina held at Martin Garcia (4, one stampless with "Franchise Postale" cachet), Santa Fe, San Juan, or Sierra de la Ventana (3); covers to internees sent via the German Embassy in Buenos Ayres (5) or to Martin Garcia (a stampless Feldpost cover), Mendosa (3), Cordoba, Santa Fe or San Juan (2); a lettersheet from a Graf Spee P.O.W held in G.B; a 1946 cover from an internee being repatriated on the M.V "Highland Monarch", and a picture postcard published in Port Stanley commemorating the ships destruction. A very scarce group. (25). Photo on Page 107.
Suggested price: £ 1,000-1,200