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Home › Forums › Allied Intervention in Russia › British censor in Omsk 1919
Regarding the 24 March 1919 cover from Quartermaster Captain Boulton of the 25th Battalion Middlesex Regt (Die-Hards) in Omsk: Has anyone seen the boxed “Postal Censor” handstamp before?
Is it not a British censor in England, is it?
It may have been applied in England. I don’t know whether the English post office was censoring incoming mail from Russia after WWI ended.
Or it may have been applied in Omsk by the British forces.
I am hoping someone knows.
I also wonder why someone put on that purple “T”. 30k was the correct rate at the time.
Myself, I doubt the presence of British censors in Omsk. The “T” marking on this cover is not understandable for me too.
Remember that soldier’s mail from British troops in Arkhangelsk and Murmansk was censored locally by British officers.
Yes, it is true. However, a considerable number of troops was quartered and a British FPOs system created in North Russia. On the other part, as far as I know, there were in Omsk almost no or a negligible quantity of British troops with a few representative acting officers.
I found a 1918 cover from France to London with the Postal Censor mark, so it was definitely applied in London, not in Omsk.
“Regarding the 24 March 1919 cover from Quartermaster Captain Boulton of the 25th Battalion Middlesex Regt (Die-Hards) in Omsk: Has anyone seen the boxed “Postal Censor” handstamp before?”
I have read just that there had actually quartered that battalion in Omsk. Thus, contrary to my previous opinion, it is higly possible that this boxed censormark was applied there.