Hello All,
An honour envelope in Hindi I think with this mark I have not come across before MAIL AGENCY/ No.3. The only reference I have is from A priced checklist of Indian Base & Field Post Offices 1914-1924 edited by Charles Entwistle 1999.
It is listed as being in Tanganyika in 1917. Does anyone know the location or anything about Mail Agency No 3.
Cheers
Chris
These are very scarce hand stamps. Mail Agency 1 was used on civil post at Amani, Tanganyika; No 3 at not known and No. 5 at Dodoma area all from June to Aug 1917. Postal Agencies were used on an emergency basis by FPOs. Also one is mentioned at Port Amelia in Portuguese East Africa. Source: Proud's History of the Indian Army Postal Service Vol . II.