WORLD WAR II - "FRENCH STATE", VICHY regime. Marshal PETAIN, FRANCHISE of the HEAD OF STATE. Letterhead of the Marshal's Documentation Office in PARIS with official franking stamp of the Head of State's private secretariat + cursive Franchise stamp in blue 85 mm "Le Chef de l'État" + continuous R.B.V. type stamp "UN BON de SOLIDARITÉ NE SE REFUSE PAS" - Date stamp "PARIS 22 / RUE TAITBOUT / 20H / 30 novembre 1943".