April 1915 Card from NICHE

[Chris Grimshaw]

Afternoon Team

The Serbian study is progressing well, Wife keeps asking about all the letters arriving from foreign destinations.. 

Thailand, USA, Serbia, Italy, France, Germany and even a couple from the UK.

This card shown on the scan stumps me.  I have literature covering the 1916 - 18 period but very little information on the 1914 - 15 period.

Scan shows a Glamour style PPC cancelled NICHE 4 4 15, with an unclear receiving cancel for 8 4 15

Two line Serbian Censor hand-stamp which = Examined by Military Censure I believe.

The middle word second line defeats me as does the letters on the third line.  Does anyone have any information on these early Censor cachets?

Chris

[Howard Weinert]

Chris,

The receiving cancel is Beograd and the censor mark reads: Inspected/Chief Military Censor/Nish

Cheers,

Howard

[Chris Grimshaw]

Howard

Thank You.  You're a STAR 

Appreciated.

Chris

[Peter Gassmann]

well, if you find something on these early censor marks I'm interested too :-)

best wishes, Peter

[Chris Grimshaw]

Hi Peter

Very nice card.  My studies so far reveal that following the retreat through Albania and evac to Corfu there was a major reorganization of the Serbian Army Postal System and censorship.

There was limited use of the 1914 / 15 censor cachets prior to there replacement in early 1916.

I'm wondering if we need to be looking at the 1912 /13 Balkan War period for information on the earlier marks.  Food for thought, not sure if anything has been published on this period.  Will keep searching.

Chris