1916 Russian Postcards used as P.O.W. Cards, postmarked Field Post Office No. 22, with Transit Cancellation of Return Field Post Office at Minsk, to Prosen, Cechy, Austria. MINSK Censorship: violet 2 line marking (28 mm/ 52 mm) reading

Russia & Soviet Union / Russian Empire (1857-1917)

1916 Russian Postcards used as P.O.W. Cards, postmarked Field Post Office No. 22, with Transit Cancellation of Return Field Post Office at Minsk, to Prosen, Cechy, Austria. MINSK Censorship: violet 2 line marking (28 mm/ 52 mm) reading

Condition: Used.

Censorship, Censor Postal History

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Russian Postal History

Auction 41

December 10 - 13, 2024

United States , Black Mountain , NC

Ten sessions of Russian postal history: airmail, Odessa Red Cross covers, steamship mail, offices abroad, the Russo-Japanese War, foreign armies and the Czechoslovak Legion. World War I is covered in depth through censorship, medical military covers, mute covers and caricature propaganda postcards.

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Russian & Worldwide Airmail

Lots 1 - 162

Closed on Dec 10

Odessa Postal History & Red Cross Covers

Lots 163 - 320

Closed on Dec 10

Russian Postal History & Mute Covers in WWI

Lots 321 - 564

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Russian Civil War, Foreign Armies in Russia & Czechoslovak Legion

Lots 565 - 835

Closed on Dec 11

Russian Offices Abroad & Steamship Mail

Lots 836 - 1120

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Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905

Lots 1121 - 1248

Closed on Dec 11

Russian Medical Military Covers in WWI

Lots 1249 - 1683

Closed on Dec 12

Russian & European Caricature Propaganda Postcards in WWI

Lots 1684 - 2073

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Russian Censorship in WWI, Part 1

Lots 2074 - 2417

Closed on Dec 13

Russian Censorship in WWI, Part 2

Lots 2418 - 3039

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