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Austria Fieldpost World War I continued...

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3881

1917, from Čačak to Wien XVII, Feldpostkarte sent from the K.u.k. Militärverwaltung Materi(al) – Verpflegsbezirkskommando Čačak, handstamped and manuscript unit designation at top and left margin, black circular postmark K.U.K. ETAPPENPOSTAMT ČAČAK dated 2.X.17, addressed to GRAZ, complete message in pencil, rare usage from rear Austro-Hungarian military supply district during occupation of Serbia, illustrates structure of local military administration and logistical command in the field, ex Kugel, XF! Schätzpreis 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3882

1917, from Krusevac to Wien IV, Feldpostkorrespondenzkarte from a soldier of the k.u.k. Dragonerregiment Nr. 14, Windischgrätz, 1st Eskadron, violet unit cachet on left margin, black circular postmark K.U.K. ETAPPENPOSTAMT KRUSEVAC dated 2.I.17, addressed to Fräulein Helene von Zeileissere, Wien IV, message in pencil, mailed during Austro-Hungarian military occupation of Serbia, cavalry unit stationed behind the front in logistical or reserve role, rare use of dragoon regiment cachet in field postal context in the Balkans, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3883

1917, from Cetinje to Etappenpostamt 197, military fieldpost card sent during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Montenegro, black circular postmark K.U.K. FELDPOSTAMT CETINJE dated 6.XII.17, violet boxed handstamp K.U.K. FELDGENDARMERIEKOMMANDO DES KREISES CETINJE, address and message in German, internal military correspondence between occupied Balkan territory and rear-area postal command, scarce example of Feldgendarmerie dispatch using official post with clearly struck occupation and unit cachets, significant for documentation of Austro-Hungarian administrative structure in Montenegro post-1916, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3888

1918, from CONSTANTINOPLE to BUDAPEST, official military postcard depicting Egyptian ruins, dispatch cancel KUK FELDPOSTAMT 45 24 V 8, manuscript feldpost, blue military unit cachet KUK 15 CM HB. BT. I. D. TÜRKEI, addressed to Hungarian recipient, attractive and scarce usage from the Austro-Hungarian military presence in Turkey during World War I, sent from the Ottoman capital CONSTANTINOPLE, strategic center of the Ottoman Empire and key Axis power, home to the Sublime Porte and military command coordinating joint Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman operations, KUK FELDPOSTAMT 45 served the Austro-Hungarian units stationed in the Levantine front, the sender belonging to the KUK 15 CM HB. BT. I. D. TÜRKEI, a heavy howitzer battalion deployed in support of Ottoman-German campaigns against British and Arab forces, particularly along the Sinai-Palestine front, this card exemplifies the multinational dimension of the Central Powers’ war effort in the Middle East, its passage from a frontline post office in CONSTANTINOPLE to BUDAPEST reflects military logistics and morale communication with the home front, notable for the visual motif of Egyptian ruins symbolizing the regional theatre of conflict, possibly referencing campaigns around Gaza and the Suez, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 360€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 360

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3889

1918, from k.u.k. Notreservespital Szeged/-1 – Bukarest to Scheibbs, Lower Austria, feldpost envelope without franking, sent through FELDPOSTAMT 346 dated 3.1.18, large violet cachet L.K.u.K. NOTRESERVESPITAL Szeged/-1 – Bukarest on front, addressed to a pharmacist, official military medical correspondence during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Romania, rare documented mail from a Bukarest-based field hospital unit, Feldpostamt 346 served the Austro-Hungarian military administration in occupied Romania, operating postal services in Bucharest and surrounding medical facilities, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3890

1918, from Romania to Wien XVIII, postcard sent from a member of the Austro-Hungarian military administration in occupied Romania, addressed to Alfred F. Wurst, Kutschkergasse 1, Wien XVIII, printed fieldpost card Feldpostkorrespondenzkarte, black circular postmark K.U.K. FELDPOSTAMT 264 dated 17.II.18, sender identified as Albert Wurst, Zgf. k.u.k. Etappensanitätskompanie 40, handwritten message in German, usage from the Austro-Hungarian occupation zone in Romania following the defeat of Romanian forces and the Treaty of Bucharest negotiations, example of late-war communication from Etappen medical personnel to home front, historically significant for occupation military mail, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3891

1917, from Bukarest to Wien, brown K u K Feldpostkarte mixed bilingual header Feldpostkarte Tábori‑Levelezőlap, violet large double‑circle unit seal K U K STATIONSKOMMANDO BUKAREST with imperial eagle at lower right, matching circular K.K FELDPOSTAMT/346/25. I. 17 alongside, no postage required as military mail, written in pencil and addressed to a medical officer via Mödling/Viennese regimental office, card sent during Central Powers occupation of the Romanian capital six weeks after its fall in December 1916, reflects Austro‑Hungarian administrative integration of captured territory and continued medical‑logistics communication with Vienna under wartime censorship, scarce frontline occupation postal usage from Romania, ex Kugel, XF! Schätzpreis 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3892

1916, from Njegusi (Montenegro) to Vienna, Hungarian-language field post card issued for military use, cancelled K.U.K. FELDPOSTAMT/NJEGUSI 6.X.16, large violet unit cachet SEILBAHN-DET. 20. b. DER K. U. K. EISENBAHN-TRUPPE, sender's address added in pencil and ink, rare usage from a specialist detachment responsible for mountain cable transport (Seilbahn), postal usage from occupied Montengrian territory during World War I, postal usage from occupied Montenegro shortly after Austro-Hungarian invasion in January 1916, Njegusi was a strategic location on the mountainous Kotor–Cetinje road, very scarce field post with this exceedingly rare strike of NJEGUSI, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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3893

1918, from Pljevlja (Montenegro) to Vienna, standard K.u.K. Feldpostkarte with printed K.u.K. KREISKOMMANDO PLEVLYE cachet in violet, cancelled K.U.K. ETAPPENPOSTAMT PLEVLYE 29.III.18, military post used during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Montenegro (1916–1918), Plevlje (modern-day Pljevlja) served as an important base in the Etappen- and occupation zone, addressed to a civilian in Vienna, cleanly struck military postmark, feldpost card of the Austro-Hungarian army, sent during the final phase of World War I from the occupied Montenegrin territory, Plevlje then part of the Austro-Hungarian military administrative zone following the occupation of Montenegro in early 1916, card documents the established postal and administrative control in the region shortly before the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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3894

1916, from Belgrad to Wien X, postcard franked with 5 Heller green K.u.k. Feldpost stamp, tied by black circular postmark BELGRAD 17.VI (year indistinct, likely 1917), message in violet pencil, upper left with large violet two-line cachet K.U.K. KURIERPOSTEN AOK. ABT. BELGRAD and imperial crest, printed card Budapest 1916, rare usage from Austro-Hungarian occupation Serbia, reflects internal army courier network within Generalgouvernement structure, military communication bypassing regular postal system, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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3895

1918, 21. 08. from Belgrad to unknown destination, cover from the K.k. priv. Wiener Bank-Verein branch in Belgrad, franked with horizontal pair of 5 heller green K.u.K. Feldpost issue (Franz Joseph I), tied by circular double-ring K.u.K.ETAPPENPOSTAMT / BELGRAD (scarce usage from occupied Serbia), additional boxed violet cachet ZENSURIERT / ZENSURSTELLE BELGRAD, small violet handstamp BLACAJNA II and pencil notation lower left with date reference, cover likely from the World War I period during Austro-Hungarian military administration in Serbia, good example of postal censorship during wartime occupation, F-VF. Estimate 150€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 150

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3896

1918, from Radom to Konśka, parcel accompaniment form (Post-Begleitadresse) from the General Government of Warsaw, franked with two standard K.u.K. FELDPOST stamps: 40 heller olive and 60 heller blue Emperor Karl definitives, alongside a 10 heller blue/rose fiscal stamp with imprint K.u.K. / MILITÄR / VERWALTUNG, not valid for postal use, all tied by K.U.K. FELDPOSTAMT RADOM 4 X 18 CDS, double arrival mark K.U.K. FELDPOSTAMT KONSKA 5 X 18 on reverse, form printed bilingually (German/Polish), declared parcel weight 3.20 kg, fiscal stamp likely accepted due to shortage of low-denomination postal adhesives in late 1918, very scarce example of tolerated military revenue stamp usage on fieldpost parcel form in occupied Poland, ex Kugel, XF! Schätzpreis 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

3897

1918, LETZTTAG DER ARMEE DER HABSBURGERMONARCHIE, von Feldpostamt 435/74. Ungarische Honvéd-Infanteriedivision an zunächst Feldpostamt 379, später handschriftlich umadressiert nach Wien 46, militärischer R-Brief mit schwarzem Einkreisstempel FELDPOST 435 vom 2.XI.18, ohne Frankatur gemäß gebührenfreier Beförderung durch die k.u.k. Feldpost, handschriftlicher Registriervermerk Nr. 62, oberer Absenderstempel in ungarischer Sprache verweist auf das k.u.k. Feldpostamt der 74. Honved-Infanteriedivision, postalisch registriertes Dokument vom Vorabend des Zusammenbruchs der Monarchie, seltener Spätverwendungsbeleg aus der Endphase des Ersten Weltkriegs, belegt die faktische Auflösung der militärischen Poststruktur bei fortbestehender nomineller Funktion, philatelistisch und postgeschichtlich hochrelevant, VF-XF! Schätzpreis 900€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 900

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Closing..Oct-08, 01:00 AM

Austria Military Stamps

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2241

1918, WITHOUT VALUE in tablet, LPOG, fresh and desirable set, VF-XF! Estimate 600€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 600

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Closing..Oct-07, 02:00 AM

Austria Navy and Ship Mail

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2303

1844, From Venice to Piräus/Athens, prepaid letter to the border dated 10./22. May 1844, red oval dispatch marking VENEZIA / 22 MAG. alongside VENEZIA FRANCO, routing directive Col vapore Lloyd AUSTRIA (ship name on the route from Venice to Constantinopel), Greek inland postage due marked with manuscript 20 lepta in gred crayon, reverse with arrival postmark of Piräus and prepaid rate notation 6 + 18/24 (kr. CM), small defect at lower edge is invisible and just mentioned for full accuracy, scarce early Lloyd steamer mail to Greece, XF! Estimate 900€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 900

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2304

1861, shipmail Lloyd letter from ZAKYNTHOS to CONSTANTINOPLE, cancelled with blue ZAKYNOOE 1861 and blue company cachet, m/s Par le Vapeur Austriche at top left and red crayon cross indicating letter was prepaid, taxed with 9kr, reverse with CONSTANTINOPLE arrival cancel, very fresh and desirable letter, XF! Estimate 900€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 900

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2305

1858, shipmail Lloyd letter from ZAKYNTHOS to TRIESTE, cancelled with blue ZAKYNOOE 1861 and blue company cachet, taxed with 9kr, reverse with red TRIEST arrival cancel, very fresh and desirable letter, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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2306

1854, letter from PIRAEUS to TRIEST, blue PIRAEUS cancel, front with 2kr local rate to TRIEST, reverse with 145 Lepta paid in advance, a fresh and desirable letter, XF! Estimate 600€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 600

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2307

1854, entire letter from Beyrouth to Athens, carried via Austrian Lloyd, with large oval sender's cachet THEODORE SCRINI & Co. BEYROUTH and central strike of official AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO BERUTTI handstamp, addressed to the Greek merchant Stamati Decosi Vuro in Athens, front with red manuscript charge 15 (Lepta) and horizontal disinfection slit, reverse with large double-circle transit PHYREUS 17 SEPT. 1854 and small blue ATHENS arrival dated 17 SEPT. 1854, taxed 24kr on delivery, scarce and attractive early Lloyd Levant maritime mail with full routing and disinfection, VF! Estimate 6.000€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 6000

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2308

1844, Odessa to Cephalonia, letter carried by Austrian Lloyd steamer via Constantinople and Zante, dated 9.11.1844, routed through Zante with clear ZANTE on front as part of final British P.O. handling, Austrian Lloyd ships did not call Cephalonia until 1853, Zante agency served as forwarding office for Ionian Islands mail, letter charge with 3/1/4 (d) and handled by British postal authorities for final delivery, rare early Austro-British maritime postal collaboration in eastern Mediterranean, VF! Estimate 900€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 900

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Closing..Oct-07, 02:00 AM