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The second card presented (image 4) is a whole, meant for international communication issued in 1910 (Vukovic no. 66), sent from Zajecar (postmark dated August 15, 1915) to St. Radegonde, France and redirected to another address in the same place. Card was validated twice with a violet tWO-rOW stamp “VOJNOM KONTROLOM PREGLEDANO”, with two initials ofthe validator in blue and grey/ black. There is a violet round-shaped mark of Marseille “MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE / CONTROLE POSTAL MILITAIRE” and the arrival stamp of Radegonde (September 13. 1915). The lower left corner carries the violet two-row stamp of the French Medical Mission slantwise “MISSION MEDICALE FRANCAISE / EN SERBIE”, as well as the signature of the French doctor (unfortunately unknown).

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The third example (image 5). presents a Serbian postcard “CEREMONIAL ENTRY OF H. E. KING PETER IN SKOPJE”. used as military postcard (“Franchise militaire”, written on the left side of the postcard) and sent by the French doctor, captain by rank (upper right corner “Le Capitaine + signature) to Castelnaudary, France. The card was marked with the mark ofthe High Command (June 14, 1915) and was twice validated with two different violet two-row stamps “VOJNOM KONTROLOM PREGLEDANO”. with the controller's initials in red. In the middle of the card, there is a barely visible indication of the double round mark of the French mission (image 6) covered partly by the stamp of the High Command and partly by the stamp ofthe validator, where under both marks one can read visibly *... EN SERBIE”"., presented on the following object and given as an illustration and a proof. As it is evident on the mark, it says “MISSION MEDICALE EN SERBIE/ Sector de Belgrade”.

A better print of this mark is found on the following example (image 7). The card was sent from Petrovac (June 19, 1915. from the text on the card, due to unreadable date on the postmark) to Mailly

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