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III. 1918 - 21 N orperforce NP Fused for
Caucasus/ Persia policing purposes
still war-theater 19 18-1920/21
The expedition to Baku
A photo from a British magazine of the period showing the Staffordshire regiment invading Baku
Unrecorded British censor #555 used in Persia

Company of the Staffordshire fRegiment at rf!alc.
FPO #76 used in Kazvin Aug ( 19) 19
Addressed to Bedford. UK

British Field Post no 81, used in Baku in May 1919 and military censor no 541
At the end of WWI British forces replaced the Turkish forces and remained in Azarbadjan u n til the Bolsheviks took
over again in April 1920. Very elusive censor

British
support to
the new
Government
0.A.S. letter
from Baku
11 May 1919
as per FPO
no 8 1 cancel
addressed
to Bombay
arriving
10 June 1919
Free of charge
Consessionary
rate