1915, from Valjevo to Wien, prisoner of war cover from K.u.k.
Kriegsgefangenen-Arbeiter-Abteilung Nr. 209 B, violet unit cachet K
u k Kgl
1915, from Valjevo to Wien, prisoner of war cover from K.u.k.
Kriegsgefangenen-Arbeiter-Abteilung Nr. 209 B, violet unit cachet K
u k Kgl Arbeiter Abt Nr 209 B at upper left, straight-line unit
handstamp at right, full strike of circular green CENSOR STAMP K U
K ETAPPENPOSTAMT U ZENSURSTELLE VALJEVO 10 V 16, addressed to
Siegfried Neuwirth in Wien II, no postage required as POW mail,
clean and complete, scarce early WWI POW labor unit mail from
occupied Serbia, sent during the Austro-Hungarian military
occupation following the 1915 Serbian campaign when Valjevo served
as a regional center of military administration and internment, the
use of POW labor units reflects the Monarchy’s increasing reliance
on forced labor due to manpower shortages on the Eastern and Balkan
fronts, this cover illustrates the complex structure of wartime
logistics and the bureaucratic control of prisoner correspondence
under strict censorship regulations, XF! Estimate 400€.
