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India - UN Forces in the Congo Dec 10, 2013 4:11:04 GMT rod222, classicalstamps, and 1 more like this

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Post by huckles888 on Dec 10, 2013 4:11:04 GMT

From August 1960 till June 1964, India provided a large quota of forces to the operations etc of the United Nations forces in Congo and these had their own postal system

A number (6) of Military Postal Offices/Field Post Offices (FPOs) were established to run the postal system and were issued with overprinted Indian postage stamps on 15 January 1962

This is an example of a postally used cover incorporating some of these stamps

Last Edit: Jul 24, 2017 19:06:42 GMT by tomiseksj

Mick Member Site Supporter Posts: 930 What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera. Member is Online	India - UN Forces in the Congo Feb 17, 2014 3:38:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Mick on Feb 17, 2014 3:38:43 GMT What a fantastic cover! Do you have a bigger scan of it? Do you know if any other UN peacekeeping countries maintained post offices in the Congo?
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India - UN Forces in the Congo

Post by huckles888 on Dec 10, 2013 4:11:04 GMT

Post by Mick on Feb 17, 2014 3:38:43 GMT