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m. 1918 · 1921 The Turks fight for the Baku Oil The Turks battling
WWI soon to end butj the Briti~h in bot~
the fight for oil AzarbadJan & Persia
'lie Turks wants to reach Baku before the British in the quest for oil
Turkish censor "censor edilmistir = has been censored applied

Opened for
controle by
The Turks
Sent from
Tabriz
15 VIII 18
to Isfahan
via Teheran
Mail was
exchanged
between
occupied and
I Government
\ areas as usual
I

"PASSED BY BRITISH MILITARY CENSOR" in circle used in Hamadan
In black. Also found in violet

From Zenjan
6 June 1918
arriving
two daya
later to
Hamadan
A sunduq,
mail box,
mark of
Zenjan
Applied
Censor in
Violet
elusive