Ref: DR19737
- £125.00
Albania. (British Contingent at Scutari). 1919. Stamp-less picture post card of 'View of Shkodra and Market' addressed to England cancelled by 'Field Post Office/ S 110' date stamp 'July 22 1919.'
On 19th February 1919 the 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (which had served in Italy in 144th Brigade) was sent to Scutari to emphasis the Allied character of control in Albania. Only a small detachment of troops remained from May 1919.
Mail from the Troops in Albania was passed through Army Post Office S100 at Taranto, Italy, mail can be identified by the Battalion's censor hand-stamp 'No 433' which was used for part of the time in Albania. View cards such as this item of Shkodra (Scutari) also help identification.
