1921, 5 Aug. Russia postcard with 20K franking from Tangarog (in 1921 part of Ukraine, Soviet Union) addressed to Genova, Italy and sent through the International Red Cross, Narwa, Estonia, with Narwa 8.9 1921 transit postmark; from there sent by the Narva Red Cross diplomatic mail pouch to Berlin where it was franked by Deutsches Reich 80 pfg Germania, cancelled by Berlin 15.9 1921 and onwards to final destination in Italy.
Narwa, Estonia was an important repatriation route for WWI P.O.W.s from the former Central Powers being held in the Russian Empire. In the correspondence, the writer expresses his serious concern for not having received any letter from his father in Italy in over a year, and asks for a reply to be sent via the Red Cross in Narwa. An extremely rare Russia-Germany mixed franking which travelled through the Estonian Red Criss courier post. A rarity of Estonian postal history.
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