Page 90 - Russo-Persian Postal Relations

II. 1914 - 18 Russian re-occupation of Kurdistan Western Persia under
WWI. Entente against the opposition, the
Central Powers Military & Russia
Second occupation: 2nd March 1917 - April 1918
Combination of same bi-lingual black and blue military censors again only applied at Hamadan
The only recorded usage of the same type together

Bi-lingual
censor
Black
Double
registered
letter
from
Hamadan
30 v 17
to
Teheran
arriving
5 VI 17
Rate 6 chahi
Double
Registration
Fee 24 chahi
Scan of Blue
bi-lingular
censor 70%

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Mail from UK put in diplomatic bag to Teheran then forwarded by the post
Censored in UK and censored again at Hamadan. Addressed to the famous philatelist Colonel Napier

Letter via the
Foreign Office
(Teheran Bag)
London, to its
Mission in
Teheran
Forwarded via
Persian mail
6 ch rate
single letter
on 23 V to
Hamadan Consul
arriving 27 V 17
Again forwarded
To Gulahek
Suburb to
Tehean
Arriving
2 VI 17
"Postal censor"
in UK
and censored
in Hamadan
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