SWEDISH AMBULANCE BARGE; Range on annotated leaves of PPC's ...

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SWEDISH AMBULANCE BARGE; Range on annotated leaves of PPC's depicting the Swedish Ambulance at the Haparanda-Tornea border (to repatriate German, Austrian & Hungarian soldiers) inc. 1917 card captioned 'Invalidfarjor pa Tornealv' (2 - one used to Paris and redirected franked Russia 4k with Russian two-line censor mark "No 145" on front), unused real-photo type (2) depicting the troops, some on crutches, another depicting an ambulance train at the port captioned 'Haparanda Invalidtagens ankomst', 1917 card captioned 'Haparanda sedd fran Tornea' used to Norway (stamp removed), unused card depicting male & female medical staff & hospital train at Haparanda and unused captioned 'Haparanda'. Invalider till farjan. Finland i bakgrunden' plus a few reprinted photos depicting war-wounded troops (8 cards) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FINLAND, RUSSIA

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Auction Date:
2nd Mar 22 at 11am GMT

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