£140
WORLDWIDE DETAINED/INTERRUPTED MAILS - SOUTH AFRICA, SERBIA, BULGARIA, RUSSIA, ROMANIA, FINLAND & KUWAIT WAR, ETC.: A group of envs./cards inc. 21 Aug. 1941 Prisoner of War PC to Serbia ex Oflag XIII B, Nuremberg, with purple "Retour ! Service suspendu" hs highlighted in blue crayon over address; 8 Apr. 1916 PPC to Austria ex Russia, with purple "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED/BY GERMANS AND [DELAYED]" hs's (2 - one over address and one on reverse); 6 Jan. 1915 American 2c P. Stat. env. to Morogoro, German East Africa ex Minneapolis, with purple/blue Registration hs on front and blue "Retour" (2) and "UNDELIVERABLE - WAR./ONBESTELBAAR - OORLOO." hs of Cape Town on front; and 26 July 1914 env. to Belgium ex Sofia, Bulgaria with ms "Via Constantinople" in bottom left corner, with red "Hadiallapot miatt nem tovabbithato./Benvoye a cause de guerre" hs over address; plus other related examples from the same period up to 1990s. (14)Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED
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