Austro-Hungarian Field Post 1914-1918

Last edited April 7, 2000

During World War I, Czech territory had not become a front region. The operation of regular Austrian and Hungarian (and maybe German ?) field post offices could be only temporal (during the first days of activation before their leave for the front or during transport from one front to another) and has not been documented so far. The only field post markings relating to Czech territory are therefore those of special offices, such as travelling field post offices, field post sorting offices, etc.

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Basic postmark types

field post
sorting offices
 

field post
collecting offices

 
travelling field post
collecting offices

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Example

Postcard sent (most probably) by a post officer working at the Field post sorting office in Prague. The franking is tied by the bilingual circular date stamp of the Prague sorting office.

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Reference

H. Rainer: Stempel-Handbuch der k. u. k. Feldpost in Österreich-Ungarn 1914-1918. Graz-Wien 1995. (Postmark-Handbook of the k. u. k. Field Post in Austria-Hungaria 1914-1918) (In German)

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