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II. 1914-18 Russian Consular Post Office Russian Consular
WWI. Entente against P 0 a t Maku opened
Central Powers in 1914
Maku, Azarbadjan province. 1914 - 1 7
During 1913-18 four Russian consular post offices opened or re-opened (Tabriz) in Persia. The new ones
were Ardebil Maku and Kho1. Only mail from Tabriz and Maku are hitherto recorded
The only recorded Russian postal item franked Maku
Sent from Maku to Poste Russe Harbin in China 1916

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Tiflis. Cathedrale Alexandro-Nevsky.

Rate: 3 kopek
Route: Maku 11 2 16 via Transiberien Railway to Kharbin(Manchuria) 25 2 16
Marking: Rectangular censor at Irkutsk

Free franking at Maku
The free-frank hand stamp reads "1st Company of 3rd Caucasian Army Military Railway Detachment"

Railway
The Russian had
for long planned
to construct a
railway between
Tiflis and Tabriz
in Azarbadjan.
When the WWI
began the Russi-
ans quickly
completed it for
logistical purposes.
Turkish troops
invaded north
western Azarbadjan
causing the Russians
to also construct a
narrow-gauge
military railway
between Maku and T1t0bI RaBKa13a. - p n3H1•' <-
Shakhtakhty (on the cyurna apMSrHCIUIX'b lt:IKapOH'h.
Tiflis-Djulfa line). 'Cypes du Caucase.
fabrication et sechage des )vfaccaronis.
Only five items
known cancelled
at Maku

Rate: Free for soldiers
Route: Ppc sent from Ma ku 1 3 19 16 to Nikolaev, Kherson province (Ukraina) in ea rly 19 16