1915, cover from "ROERMOND 26.VI.15" to Bruges/Belgium, endorsed "via Deutschland", not delivered with two corresponding instruction marks (in French and in Dutch) alongside, returned to Roermond and backstamped 16.VIII.15. Germany prevented communication from neutral countries to occupied territories. Mail was often endorsed, as this was, "via Deutschland" in an attempt to get mail delivered via Germany. (Image)

R-Brief (Auslandsgeldbrief) über 1100.- Gulden aus Amsterdam nach Gmunden in Oberösterreich, rückseitig fünffach gesiegelt, interessanter Beleg an die Schatullen Verwaltung I.K.H. Prinzessin Olga von Hannover, Herzogin zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg in Gmunden.