January 25, 2024
Siberia China TIENTSIN 1918 Japan USA Austria 3x censor ! POW cover Transylvania
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Siberia China TIENTSIN Japan United States USA & Austria censored 1918 POW cover to Hungary Transylvania. Letter with en-tete AGENCE DES PRISONIERS DE GUERRE , and on backside flap Hülfsaktion für Deutsche und Österrer-Ungarr. Gefangene in Sibirien TIENTSIN (this is Frau von Hanneken agency), addressed to the Red Cross in Copenhaga, Denmark, via Siberia, to be then forwarded to Nagyszeben, Transylvania. 2 different Chinese cancellation TIENTSIN (one under the flap with a date from June 1918). Due to the military situation, with Russian postal links suspended due to the civil war, the cover took a long detour via the United States, so it was censored by USA, probably in New York, with the round handstamp PASSED BY CENSOR 342 on adhesive label OPENED BY CENSOR No., Then Austrian POW censorship in Vienna (triangular violet handstamp) on an rare adhesive label GESCHLOSSEN von d.Zensur d. GZNB (rarely seen), a very fine circulation The seller is member of: The Austrian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, The Hungarian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, the ArGe Feldpost 1914-1918 (Austria), the ArGe Deutsche Feldpost 1939-1945 (Germany), AICPM - Assoc.Italiana Collezionisti Posta Militare (Italy), The Civil Censorship Study Group, Military Postal History Society (USA). Shipping and handling fees : Shipping ONLY AS REGISTERED for
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