Last edited April 19, 2000
The 1st Czechoslovak Armored Brigade from Great Britain arrived in liberated
Czechoslovakia on 18.5.1945. The Czechoslovak Field Post Office was located in Nemcice u
Klatov and served especially for postal contact with the Czechoslovak civil post (mail
from/to abroad went through U.S. army post offices: incoming mail through APO 655 and
outgoing mail through APO 305). Since 1.6.1945 mail was no longer censored (the censor
mark was placed on covers without censorīs signature). Since 20.7.1945, units could
establish contact with the nearest civil post office. On 12.10.1945 the Czechoslovak Field
Post Office moved to Plzen and on 19.1.1946 to Moravska Trebova where it was closed on
22.1.1946.
| field post office | |
|---|---|
| censor mark | |
| Censor # | unit |
|---|---|
| 11688 | Brigade HQ |
| 11689 | Tank Battalion 1 |
| 11690 | Tank Battalion 2 |
| 11691 | Motorized Infantry Battalion |
| 11692 | Artillery Regiment |
| 11693 | Engineer Company |
| 11694 | Transport Battalion |
| 11695 | Antitank Artillery Battalion |
| 11696 | Heavy Repair Company |
| 12715 | Motorized Reconnaissance Battalion |
| 12716 | Signal Company |
| 12717 | Antiaircraft Company |
| 12719 | Light Field Ambulance |
| 12720 | Brigade HQ Company |
| 12736 | Artillery Regiment |
| 12737 | Artillery Regiment |
| 12738 | Provision Company |
 |
Letter from a member of the Transport Battailonīs 4th company, 1st Czechoslovak Armored Corps (Pilsen), sent on July 13, 1945 to Prague. Unfranked, postmarked "CSPP", censor mark # 11694 without censorīs signature.
K. Blaha: Cenzura a cenzurni razitka zasilek polni posty 1. CsSOB (anglicke) v letech 1940-1945. In: Celostatni vystava postovnich znamek Brno 74., Katalog, Vol. 3, p. 60. (Censorship and censor marks od field post of the 1st Czechoslovak-British Armored Brigade 1940-1945) (In Czech).
V. Palkoska: Ceskoslovenska polni posta v zapadnich Cechach. In: Sbornik prednasek IX. Dnu postovni historie, Klatovy 1986, p. 59. (Czechoslovak field post in western Bohemia) (In Czech).