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Lot
1496
Philippines, Free Philippines Guerrilla Postal Service, 1943, 2c blue, tied by purple "Posted in the Free Philippines, Mindanao Guerilla Area, 6 Dec, 1944" oval datestamp legal-size cover from Col. Wendell Fertig to Maj. Gen. S.B. Akin, C ig O, GHQ, matching purple "By Officer Courier" straightline at bottom right; reduced at left and filing holes, Fine and rare, only 500 stamps issued and 36 covers recorded. Estimate $500 - 750.
Col. Wendell Fertig was an engineer who organized and led the guerrilla war against the Japanese on Mindanao in World War 2.
Realized: $1,600