Mike_H Posted 3 December , 2014 Share Posted 3 December , 2014 Please can anyone translate the attached postmark? It is from an envelope sent by an Austro-Hungarian officer PoW from the camp at Dauria, Siberia. Thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 3 December , 2014 Share Posted 3 December , 2014 The inside ring says "Military censor nr 4" ( военный цензоръ ) the outer ring reads : "the Irkutsk Post office" ( при иркчтской поутовой конторъ ) Dauria is a region near the Baikal Sea in Siberia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transbaikal JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnumbellum Posted 3 December , 2014 Share Posted 3 December , 2014 "Military^ could be said to be a euphemism. The literal translation is "War censor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted 3 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2014 Many thanks for that, just the information I needed Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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