Polish Forces WW2 P/56
I have received the following enquiry:
I have a cover addressed to "2/Lt L. Czyznoski Polish Forces, P/56" sent from "St. Albans, Herts." on 9th March 1944. Would any of your members know where "P/56" was or any other information regarding tis cover?
Can anyone provide an answer please?
Additionally, I thought I have seen a publication on Allied forces FPOs during WW2 but cannot remember what it was - does anyone know of any such publication (I may even have a copy hidden away somewhere!).
Thanks, Mike
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Peter
Thanks for your comments. However, you have gone from Polish to Czech! It is clearly Polish. I also do not believe that the address P/56 relates to 56th Division. I have now obtained an image of the front of the cover (on the reverse only a Registered St. Albans. Herts. cancel dated 9th March 1944). The person making the enquiry states: "I have asked the Polish Embassy, The National Archive at Kew, The Post Office Archive but nobody seems not to know or does not want to know about my cover".
I have found the publication I was looking for: "Billig's Handbook on Postmarks Volume 11: Allied Forces in Great Britain 1940-46" by Norman Hill; no publication date but c.1950's. Unfortunately there is no listing of Polish P numbers.
I have also looked through our Journal index and again I have found no reference to Polish P numbers - does anyone know of such a listing please?