Page 62 - Russo-Persian Postal Relations

Mail to and from
II. 1914 - 18 Censors and Propaganda Persia censored in
WWI. Entente against
Russia and in Persia
Central Powers
As soon as the Great War broke out Russia and India introduced censorship at exchange offices affecting mail from and to
Persia. Russian censorship in Caucasus and Trans-Caspian areas were set up at Tiflis, Julfa, Baku and Ashkabad and
probably some other places. The British set up censorship in India in Bombay, Karachi and Quetta in Baluchistan. In
addition there were Russian, British, Turkish, Persian Government and oppositional groups censorship in Persia itself.
Censors/propaganda labels, civil or military, in use during WWI (part II) and from WWI to the 1920's (part III-VJ
- Russian cenors in Russia, near to Persian border 1915 - 18 - British censors & field post 1915 - 20
- British censors used in the South 1915 - 18 - Jangali, Gilan, nationalist movement 1916 - '2 1
- Russian censors and field post in Persia 1916 - 17 - Russian, British & Pro-government censors 1918 - 20
- ·Local & Opposition groups censors 1915 - 20 - Persian Governments censors/cachets 1919 - 20
- German "Sonder-Mission P" field post cachets 1916 - 17 - Reza Khan (future Shah) related censors 1921 - 24
- Ottoman censors 1916 - 19 - Reza Shah related censors 1926 - 27
Tiflis and Julfa (Russian) .censors. The more scarce examples

The Julfa censor
Not recorded in
Speekaert
Persian ppc sent
From Tabriz m / s
17 mars 1915 to
Petrograd
3ch/ 1914
surcharged
on 26ch due to
shortage of low
values.
Rate Sch (2ch
at back) '
Po st card rate
To abroad

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Tifliz censor
Speekaert type 9
Kaukasnaya
Boyennaya
Tzensura etc,
Tifliz
From Tabriz
19 7 17
via Tillis
to Stockholm
12 1 17 via Tifliz
Rate 12 ch
(4ch tom away)

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