1919, from APO H Poland to Holland, then redirected to Helensburgh,
Switzerland, cover sent via MILITARY POST with no franking
required,
1919, from APO H Poland to Holland, then redirected to Helensburgh,
Switzerland, cover sent via MILITARY POST with no franking
required, pencil note 5 to 50, sender affiliation noted as Mission
de la Société des Amis (French branch of the Society of Friends
Relief Mission), double-ring cachet in violet on front and back,
handwritten address initially to Mrs Buchanan, Dean House,
Dumbartonshire, Holland, then redirected to Helensburgh,
Switzerland, early Quaker relief mail during immediate post-WWI
humanitarian efforts in Poland under Allied control, historical
context includes the involvement of Anglo-American Quaker relief
workers such as RUFUS M. JONES and EDWARD GRUBB who led
post-conflict humanitarian missions throughout Central and Eastern
Europe, this specific dispatch likely originated from the Quaker
relief station in Warsaw established in 1919, a period marked by
geopolitical upheaval including the Polish-Soviet War and civil
unrest in newly reconstituted Poland, reverse with Stowarzyszenia
Przyjaciół Misja lilac cachet, indicating coordination with local
Polish Quaker allies, rare example of redirected civilian
correspondence under military postal conditions, use of APO H
(American Expeditionary Forces Postal Office H) during the
transition from wartime to peacetime operations adds
military-postal historical depth, combination of international
Quaker operations and scarce destination enhances philatelic and
historical value, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 1.200€.
