1941 France Internment Camp de Recebedou Prisoner Cover Red Cross

Item Specifics

Country

France

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Grade: Ungraded
Up for auction is a beautiful stampless cover from the internment concentration detention camp in Recebedou from a prisoner named S. Mein to the international red cross in Switzerland. In excellent condition. Priced to sell. Postmarked October 24, 1941. Shipping will be a flat $2.00 within the continental U.S. for USPS mail. Overseas airmail shipping is $14.00. Questions? Please contact me at: azteccollectables at hotmail.com. Check out my other online auctions of rare and vintage stamps. My e bay store, Aztec Collectables, has a fine and growing selection of unique covers, stamps and postcards. Please make pay arrangements within 72 hours of winning the auction. I will combine shipping on multiple wins, if you want combined shipping wait until I invoice you. About the camp, Located in the Toulouse suburbs, the CAMP OF RECEBEDOU was created in July 1940 as reception centre for refugees and evacuated. It was arranged in hospital-camp in February 1941 and was planned for a manpower of 1,400 people. It comprised 87 brick buildings and offered suitable living conditions to the internees. Three houses had been arranged in infirmaries, one for the seriously sick men, one for the women and another for the tuberculous ones. The camp was equipped with a purification plant and the disinfection was ensured by sulphurization of clothing and covers. There was moreover shower cabins and a cold storage for the conservation of the perishable goods. Originally, visits were authorized twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday, and some internees could obtain the authorization to go a few hours to TOULOUSE.

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