File:1916 Linz disinfected POW mail.jpg

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English: 7 Sep 1916 cancel on envelope from the Prisoner of War camp at Wegscheid bei Linz, Austria, sent by an interred Russian soldier, to the Russian POW Committee in Copenhagen, Denmark. Large straightline “Desinfizirt” marking (42 x 7mm) in the same color ink as the departure cancel. Sent via Vienna, with red triangle censor hand-stamp. Probably disinfected against Spanish Influenza,
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Source HR Harmer Auction #3001 Spring 2012 Lot #5129 http://www.hrharmer.com/images/inventory/130/z/195926_01.jpg linked from this webpage
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current18:29, 24 May 2012Thumbnail for version as of 18:29, 24 May 20121,600 × 1,033 (162 KB)Ww2censor (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|7 Sep 1916 cancel on envelope from the Prisoner of War camp at Wegscheid bei Linz, Austria, sent by an interred Russian soldier, to the Russian POW Committee in Copenhagen, Denmark. Large straightline “Desinfizirt” m...

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