In November - December 1916 German troups occupied parts of Romania. From the 24/2 1917
the Army operated the "Deutschen Landespost in Rumänien". From the 1/7 1917
this operated in the western parts of Romania. Excluded was the areas controlled by the
"Operations- und Etappengebiet der 9. Armee" and also Dobrogea. These were
included from the 1/3 1918. Censorship was at first performed by the German
"Kommendatur" in Bucharest, and from spring 1918 by censors in more western
Romanian towns.
More info: Dan Grecu: German
Military Administration in Romania
1R = First row 2R= Second row A= Antiqua G= Grotesk R= Month in Roman
Frame: 53:30 Colour: red Use: June 1917 1R: 42:4 G 2R: 6mm high A 3R: 42:4,5mm A |
Frame: 51:27 Colour: green, violet, red Use: Aug-Dec 1917 1R: 39:4 G 2R: 5,5mm high A 3R: 40:5mm A |
Frame: 52:28 Colour: red Use: September 1917 1R: 28:4 G 2R: 5,5mm high A 3R: 41:5mm A |
Frame: 61:36 Colour: red, blue, dark violet Use: August 17 - March 18 1R: 33:5 G 2R: 5,5mm high A, R 3R: 51:6mm A |
Frame: 61:36 Colour: red, green Use: Nov 17- Apr 18 1R: 39:4 G 2R: 5,5mm high R 3R: 54:6mm A |
Frame: 61:36 Colour: violet Use: Dec 17 - Mar 18 1R: 43:5 A 2R: 5,5mm high A 3R: 50:6mm A |
Frame: 61:36 Colour: red, blue, green, violet Use: November 17 - November 18 1R: 35:5 A 2R: 5,5mm high A, R 3R: 50:6mm A |
Frame: 61:36 Colour: black, red Use: Feb - Jun 18 (in June also without date) 1R: 38:5 A 2R: 5,5mm high A 3R: 48:6mm A |
Frame: 54:32,5 Colour: black, green, blue Use: March - May 1918 1R: 5mm high G 2R: 4mm high G 3R: 4,5mm G |
Frame: 49:20,5 Colour: blue, black, green Use: June - November 1918 1R: 40:6 G 2R: 46:5,5mm G |
Frame: 48:20,5 Colour: violet, dark blue Use: July - September 1918 1R: 37:5,5 G 2R: 45:5,5mm G |
48:17 Colour: violet Use: January 1918 1R: 28:3 G 2R: 3mm high G 3R: 48:3mm A |
38:22 Colour: black, bluegreen, violet Use: February - June 1918 1R: 38:5,5 G 2R: 6,5mm high A 3R: 38:5,5mm A |
49:17 Colour: blue, violet, dark violet Use: June - July 1918 1R: 41:5 G 2R: 4mm high G 3R: 49:3,5mm A |
45:24 Colour: blue Use: August 1918 1R: 45:5 G 2R: 5mm high A 3R: 43:6,5mm A |
38:17,5 Colour: violet Use: August 1918 1R: 38:5 G 2R: 3,7mm high G 3R: 36:4mm A |
Frame: 28:13 Colour: black Use: March 1918 1R: 20:4 A 2R: 24:4/3mm A From areas controlled by the 9th Army after inclusion into the "Deutschen Landespost" |
Bank censhorship
Business Post from Banks were censored by internal control - proven by control
cancellation.
Such Post could be controlled once again by the Bucharest Censors.
Censor numbers
Many letters and cards have an additional cancel with censor number, a square 7:7mm:
Censor number could also be hand written
Military cancellations
Sometimes military cancellations were used as a sign of censorship - when used on civilian
post directed through the Field Post.
Forgeries