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A Postal History Historical and Special Study about: Mail Connection with Swedish Military Personnel in SWEDISH MILITARIES & VOLUNTEERS IN WAR Active Service at Foreign Destinations 1914-1947 OR IN ACTIVE SERVICE ABROAD 1914 - 1947 Part of domestic Money Order from Foreign Swedish Military or War support... 1. ...during World War I (1914-1918)... HMS Fylgia in Tripoli, Libya... 1.1 ...at the Entente & its Allies Forces in Europe & Africa 1.2 ...in the Central Powers´ Forces in Europe & Asia 1.3 ...in the Persian Police Force -1921 1.4 ...to the White Forces in the Finnish Liberation War 1918 1.5 ...by the Swedish Army’s Intervention in the Finnish Liberation War 1918 2. ...in the events caused by World War I as... 2.1 ...the Estonian-Russian War 1919 2.2 ...Demilitarization of Åland, Finland 1919 2.3 ...the Russian Civil War in 1919 3. ...in the Inter War Era, 1920-39, in... 3.1 ...the Belgian Congo with Sw. officers 1920-22 3.2 ...the League of Nations Observer Group Greece-Bulgaria 1926-27 3.3 ...Abyssinia with Sw. military and Red Cross ambulances 1934-36 …of 11 crowns and 60 öre with 25 öre, F234A+F235A, 3.4 ...the League of Nations Plebiscite Observation in Saar 1934-35 postmark “FYLGIA Örlogs- Domestic Money Order 3.5 ...the Spanish Civil War 1936-39 post” (Warship Mail) February 5.01-50.00 crowns Oct. 5, 1933 and arrival postmark 1, 1924 - Mar. 31,. 1948. 4. ...during WW II and its aftermath in… 4.1 ...the Finnish Winter War 1940 “Kristianstad” February 1933. 4.2 ...the Allied Forces 4.3 ...the German Forces 4.4 ...the Finnish Continuation War 1941-1944 No recorded complete Domestic Money Order from. 4.5 ...Swedish Operations Abroad 4.6 ...International Organizations Operations 4.7 ...the Imperial Ethiopian Forces 1946- 5. Contemporary World Wide Swedish Navy Operations (WWI - WWII)... 5.1 ...during World War I 5.2 ...Inter War Era 1920-39 5.3 ...during World War II and its aftermath Field post letter by British Field Post, France - Bo (Stockholm), Sweden... ...with British postmark “FPO 68” Septem- ber 4, 1915 and on stamps “FPO 68” Septem- ber 6, 1915 to an island in the Stockholm archipelago. Notation “On Active Service” and red triangular censor cancel “Passed Censor 2023”. Arrival cds Bo September 14, 1915 and forward back to Stockholm with arrival September 18, 1915. 3 pence, Empire letter rate –1½oz. Dec. 25, 1898 - Jun. 2, 1918. The sender, the Swede Lieutenant-Colonel Ivar Thord-Gray (original Ivar Thord Hallström) served in the Northumberland-fusiliers Regiment and was probably the volunteer who had been in most different armies, reached the highest military rank of all, US and Russian (Koltjak´s Army) Major-General and British Colonel. He started with British service in southern Africa 1897- of British-American Brigade in “Theodore Roosevelt” 1906 and later in the campaigns in Tonkin 1909, Tripoli Division, and later the Canadian Expeditionary forces. 1911, China 1912, Mexican Army 1913-1914, 1914-1916 From February 1919 deputy commander of the Siberian at Northumberland-Fusiliers Regiment, 1917 commander Storm Division (Koltjak´s Government).