Page 79 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1944: Bretton Woods Conference; Battle of the Bulge; V2, first true missile developed by

Germany; D.N.A. isolated; George Lucas, Diana Ross, Frank Oz and Jerry Springer born.

At the RPSL: Duke of Gloucester makes final Mansion House Philatelic appeal. In all £60,000

is raised for the Red Cross and St John Fund. John Lea elected as a member and still is today.

RPSL President was J. Hall Baron. Patron H.M. King George VI. Membership 567.

RETURNED BRITISH P.O.W. MAIL

DAMAGED BY ALLIED BOMBING RAID

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A Prisoner of War air

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by fire as a result of an

Allied bombing raid at

Stuttgart Airport

during September

1944. The Deutsche
KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST

SERV CE OES GUERRE Lufthansa Junkers

AIR MAIL Ju. V321-30 aircraft

D-URE was parked at
PAR AVION

the airport, after flying
RANK & NAME : ...... ~~£ .. S,_,~:-,_-:._:_::4 ... .... G..~/.XL. in with the mails for

•SURNAM E IN BLOCK LETTCRSI .~ •,.--< " ' B 't. h f . f w
;. . • ri 1s ., nsoner o ar P.O.W.'s, as Stuttgart
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CAMP NAME & No.: .. ~ ~~'1'\P'\J..R.•£f?. ....... Vll.I .8 .. centre for all P.O.W.

llNCLUDING SUBSIDIARY mail. They were all
NU .. oERING OR LETTERING £ 7~
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