Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918

Censorship in Finland during WW1

Wasa - Vaasa - Nikolaistad

October 1914 - March 1917

Only neutral tapes were used at Nikolaistad - both type A and type B were used


Censortape type A and censorstamp type 5 on cover used October 1915


Censortape type B and censorstamp type 17 on cover used November 1916





24 different censor stamps found used at Wasa, here are examples:



Wasa censorstamp type 3 used October 1914


Wasa censorstamp type 12 used June 1916



Nikolaistad Censor Wax seal


with letters A 2