1916 cover with pre-printed "Hilfsaktion fur Deutsche u Osterr-Ungar. Gefangene in Siberien,Tientsin, Nord China" (Help activities for Germany and Austrian-Hungarian prisoners in Siberia) on backflap, sent by a Hungarian POW in Siberia to a point in Hungary, registered from German Post Office in Tientsin (1.4.16), returned unclaimed, with a myriad of markings on both sides, including U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, New York and Seattle registry pmks, Moukden, Manchuria and Chinese Post Office Tientsin. In addition, there are Hungarian and English censor labels and handstamps applied in Emmerich, Germany and Budapest, Hungary, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1916 (7 Jan) registered Money Letter (sending 25r), pre-printed "Service des prisonniers de guerre", Tientsin Russian Post Office Registry label, franked on reverse with block of 4x7k overprinted "Kitai", with transit postmark of "Tientsin I.J.P.O", arriving in Verhnoudinsk (1.2.16), wax seals removed, usual cover wear, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1916 (1 Apr) registered "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover from Tientsin to Hungary, with "Opened by Censor" label on back, sent via New York, with transit and Hungarian arrival pmks, returned back to Tientsin, fine and scarce usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1916-18 selection of 12 postal cards, some pre-printed in Cyrillic, German, Hungarian and French, sent from Khabarovsk, Chita ("Zabajkalsk, Ostsibirien"), Nikolsk Ussuryjsk to a German POW in Chita, others to Germany, Austria, Denmark, with censor markings, usual wear, mostly fine or better (Image)

Est.US$250

1916-18 selection of 13 postal cards from Tashkent, Itchinsk, Berezovka, Chita, Nikolsk Ussuryjsk to Germany, Japan, Austria, others incoming to German POWs in Chita and other camps, various censor markings, usual wear, mostly fine or better (Image)

Est.US$250