FPO 291 in 1944

[Marc Parren]

This scrubby cover is posted 14 OC 1944 at FPO 291 which Gould, Robert W. & Edward B. Proud (1982). History of British Army Postal Service Volume III. 1927-1963. state to be in Italy between 11.9.44 - 13.10.44 and used by the FPO GK 3 8th Army. I presume that it concerns the Greek Third Mountain Brigade, that arrived in Athens on 9th November 1944 from the Italian front. So the cover extends the date of use of FPO 291 by one day at least. Can anybody confirm that it was indeed in use by the Greek Third Mountain Brigade. What is also of interest is that at the back it has an Athens arrival postmark of 18th November 1944 so a week after the unit arrived there as well.