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Ill. 1914 - 18 Russian occupa'tion of northe~n Persia Russian Field Post
Fights between Turkish Mobile Medical
and Russian troops units
Khoi. American Red Cross Mobile Field Hospital attached to a Russian Mobile unit. Etape 201
Between December 1915 until end August 1916 this unit was at Khoi, Kermanshah a nd Hamadan. Mail from Khoi and
Hamadan are recorded. Special war rate 4 kopek. All dates in Julian as all marks are Russian
Dated m/s
Khoi 18/6/ 16
addressed to
New York
Transited via
Petrograd •
1 t · carries a
Red Cross
cachet a nd a
rectangular
censor from
Petrograd and
postmarked
POLEVOYE
ETAPNOYE
OTDYELENYE
201
(Etape Field
Post Branch
201)
The Red Cross
cachet reads:
North American
United States
Branch Russian
Red Cross Society
Ramadan. 1st occupation. American Red Cross unit
During the first occupation of Hamadan, an American Red Cross Mobile Field Hospital was attached to a Russian military
unit which also visited Khoi and Kermanchah. Reduced war rate of 4 kopek applied

Dated m/ s
Hamadan,
Persia
July 18 1916
sent to USA
It carries a
hospital
cachet and
a Baku
censor
Postmarked
........ ,..t •• . .... .,,.. .. . .. . . - "-.:. . ,_ POL. POCHT .
KRA. GL.
KB. L.K.
~ ....

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