Serbia 1917 (Sep) registered cover/ France 50c/BITOLJ VOJNA POSHTA cancel

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1917 (Sep 25) registered (POSTE ROY. SERBE boxed "R" handstamp) blue cover to Salonica (partial VOJNA POSHTA--9 bkstp) f.w. France 50c tied by sharp BITOLJ VOJNA POSHTA bilingual circular datestamp,
a line of Turkish ms. at top (remarkable thus), file folds and some tone spotting,
Fine.
The Serbian forces, previously driven from their homeland, had retaken a small area surrounding Bitolj in December 1916. As no Serbian stamps were available, those of France, Britain or Greece were used as available.
An extraordinarily rare registered usage from this reoccupied area.
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