Reply cover mailed free of charge from Post Office of Germiades (Lasithi) to Athens addressed to CARE, with 4-line handstamp “ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / ΤΑΧ. ΓΡΑΦΕΙΟΝ ΤΖΕΡΜΙΑΔΩΝ / ΛΑΣΗΘΙΟΥ / Αριθ. Πρωτ. 58059 (χειρόγραφο)”, (Kingdom of Greece, Post Office of Germiades - Lasithi, Protocol Number 58059), franked with 2 different type cancels of Post Office of Germiades, “ΤΖΕΡΜΙΑΔΩΝ* 16 ΔΕΚ 957” and “ΤΖΕΡΜΙΑΔΕΣ* 16 ΔΕΚ. 957”, plus manuscript Επί Αποδείξει (against receipt) and original signature. On reverse “ΤΖΕΡΜΙΑΔΩΝ* 11 ΔΕΚ 957” and “ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝ* 17 ΔΕΚ 957” postmarks plus sealed with special information handstamp, for the returning of the parcel receipt, according the Circular of Ministry of Postal Services, Telegraphs and Telephones (TTT). VF and R.
NOTE
CARE, an acronym for Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, which was modified in 1953 to Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, was established on 27.11.1945, initially as a provisional cooperative of 22 political, religious, agricultural cooperatives and American workers’ philanthropic organizations. Its target was to send food to European populations which were starving after the end of the WWII. (Philotelia, 714, January - February 2019, “The humanitarian mission CARE”, by Nikos Mallouchos)