Afternoon Team
Having moved into a new area of WWI in the East and currently a novice with this material I show something new,
Post Card of Switzerland Cancelled Geneva 26 VII 16, pencil note Received? 26/IX, a month later.
Triangular Hand-stamp in Red ZENSUR ASTEILUNG . WEIN. Austrain Censor?
Addressed to Beogzad (Belgrade)
Government General de Belgrade Serbia Hand-stamp in Violet
CROIX ROUGE SERBE Bureau Renseignomets GENEVE Hand-stamp = Information Office
On the reverse is a Red Cross and threee Line Cachet which I cannot read,
Any help appreciated. I presume its written in Serbo-Croat?
Chris
Hi Chris
here is an exhibit showing a number of items with the triangular mark of the "Gemeinsames Nachweisbüro Wien". The organisation was apparently called Gemeinsames Zentralnachweisbüro (GZNB) and was responsible for censorship of POW mail in Austria-Hungary.
best regards, Peter
and here is a similar item related to this
best regards, Peter
Hi Peter
Very nice Card. No link to the exhibit you mention however.
Chris
Chris,
The handstamp on back reads:
Correspondence is allowed only via this address
GZNB Information Bureau for POWs in Vienna.
Cheers,
Howard
Thanks Howard
Appreciated.
Chris
hmm, was probably too tired 8)
http://www.exponet.info/exhibit.php?exhibit_ID=1364&lng=EN
best regards, Peter
Thanks Peter
Have had a look at this exhibit, brilliant. A wealth of information.
Thank You
Chris