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1916 Unfranked Picture Postcard postmarked Elisavetgrad, to a Prisoner of War at the P.O.W.Camp in Halle Salle, Germany. redirected to Mainz, Germany and then to Weilburg, Germany. TIFLIS Censorship:violet 2 line marking (57 mm/55 mm) reading

Russia & Soviet Union / Russian Empire (1857-1917)
1916 Unfranked Picture Postcard postmarked Elisavetgrad, to a Prisoner of War at the P.O.W.Camp in Halle Salle, Germany. redirected to Mainz, Germany and then to Weilburg, Germany. TIFLIS Censorship: violet 2 line marking (57 mm/ 55 mm) reading With Weilburg Arrival Postmark. Additional markings: Censorship: German dark violet circle (33 mm) reading top to bottom officers prisoner of war camp /Mainz/-7.7.16/ mail censorship office, German red circle (38 mm) with Imperial Crest in centre, reading, outside to centre *Censorship office of the officers prisoner of war camp Mainz / examined a.(nd) released German dark violet circle (33 mm) with Imperial Crest in centre reading, outside to centre Censorship office of the * officers prisoner of war camp Weilburg / examined and released
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Russian Postal History
Auction 41
December 10 - 13, 2024
United States 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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