1918 (15 Aug) Prisoner of War stationery card from a German POW in Pervaya Retchka to New York, censored first by "Eastern Czech Detachment/Control Office" (in Cyrillic), Russian "For Prisoners of War, through the Royal Danish Vice-Consulate in Vladivostok" and finally on back with "Passed British Military Control Vladivostok E W" struck in oval. A remarkable combination of markings on POW correspondence (before the arrival of Allied forces, the Czech Legion administered the POW camps. British Troops arrived in Vladivostok on August 3, 1918) (Image)

Est.$500