Lot 20282 – 1941 The only mixed franking recorded on non-philatelic mail

1942 (Jan 12) Cover from Zakyntos to Volos, franked at single rate with “Isole Jonie” overprinted 50c, in mixed franking with charity “Beneficenza” 50L, the latter rarely applied on correspondence only during the Easter and New Year’s festivities to collect money for the antituberculosis campaign for postal employees, both tied by dispatch cds (Astolfi fig. 3, p. 7), alongside with “3” censor’s mark of Corfu, and reverse two strikes of framed “Ufficio Censura/Z82P” on departure, Kerkyra and Volos backstamps. The only mixed franking “Zante-Isole Jonie” recorded on non-philatelic mail according to Astolfi, further enhanced by the rare censorship.