Page 5 - Russo-Persian Postal Relations

I.A. 1 Austrian Routes for Persia
Turkey in Asia or Asia Minor

Organised routes for mail packets go this area have existed in various
forms for centuries

To reach Persia mail would be taken from Trebizonde by ship to Batum, Russian territory in
Caucasus. Transiting via Tiflis through Armenia and
Djulfa at the Persian border

This printed information was published 1862 in England but the route
existed already

LETTE R S ~:

FOR
PERSIA, TURKEY IN ASIA, OR

ASIA MINOR,
·.FORWARDED BY AUSTRIAN MAIL PACKETS.

INFORMATION h as b een received from.
.the Austrian ·Pqst Office · t hat Letters fo.r
-Erzeroum; and other parts of the interior , of
Armenia, or for Persia, intended for trans-
mission by the Austrian Packets, should .. be
sent to the care of some Agent at Samsoun
,_o_r ai ~ebizQnd, who -will forward them
"to tlieir destination; and that an· Letter~
addressed .to those places in ·Turkey in "'·Asia
and Asia Minor lliwhich there are no Austrian
Post Offices, should be addressed to the care~ of
an Agent residing in the nearest· po~r at
which an Austrian Post Office haa·;beeri:
established. · . )fu;. ·!
·When not atldressed ·to the -~~re . 6D.i~"':n.
Agent, the po~tage of such Letters as raF· as
the port of disembarkation MUST BE PAID
IN ADV ANOE ; but, even in that case~°!tthe
further transml.ssion of these Letters cai:iriot
be depended upon. .:'.!i~ff.~:-
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By Comi:nand of the Postmaster-General: ;:r~:; .~:.
. ROWLAND . HILL··.
GENER.AL POST OFFICE, Secretary .. : -~c~'.ri{·
29th November, 1862. ·., -~ · • r
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