Asia / Overseas Auction #42 Day 3

Ruanda-Urundi - Belgische Besetzung Deutsch-Ostafrika: 1917, INCOMING MAIL, France, horizontal pair
1917, INCOMING MAIL, France, horizontal pair 5 C green, tied by machine slogan cancel Paris, 23.1.1917, multiple franking to pay the civilian rate on illustrated french forces postcard, adressed with full message on reverse to an officer at the General Headquarters of the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Africa. On the frontside blue arrival mark KIGOMA, 7 AP 1917, but undeliverable at this address and returned along with single-line pmk "REBUT" and boxed "RETOUR A L'EXPEDITEUR" via transit BOMA, 1 JUIN 1917, to Paris. Very rare and unusual WWI mail!
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