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Mozambique * 1914/18 – World War I. German prisoner-of-war camp in Lourenço Marques. Cover sent from Lourenço Marques addressed to the Portuguese Prisoner of War Commission for Flemsburg / Germany, transiting through Geneva (14.11.17), postmarked with a rate exemption stamp “PROVINCIA DE MOÇAMBIQUE / SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / LOURENÇO MARQUES” and a censorship stamp “1.º DEPOSITO DE PRISIONEIROS DE GUERRA / LOURENÇO MARQUES / CENSURA”, both stamped in blue + rectangular violet stamp “DÉLÉGATION PROVINCIAL / DE LA / CROIX ROUGE / FRANC DE PORT / PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / LOURENÇO MARQUES” + violet stamp “COMMISSION PORTUGAISE / DES / PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE” + stamps applied in Geneva, stamped in red “COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE / ”GENÈVE / AGENCE DES PRISIONNIERS DE GUERRE” and ”FRANCE OF THE PORT”. Sent by prisoner Catherine Jessen.