The U.S. army post offices (APO) operated in Western Bohemia since May 1945 for a few months, before the military control of the territory was overtaken by Czechoslovak military units.
Last edited April 19, 2000
| field post office | |
|---|---|
| censor mark | |
| APO # | unit (2) | major subunits (2) | operating in Bohemia (3) | location(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ID 2 | IR: 9, 23, 38 FAB: 12, 15, 37, 38 |
12.5.1945-8.6.1945 8.6.1945-11.6.1945 |
Plzen Domazlice |
| 5 | ID 5 | IR: 2, 10, 11 FAB: 19, 21, 46, 50 TB737, TDB803 |
11.5.1945-21.5.1945 | Vimperk |
| 26 | ID 26 | IR: 101, 104, 328 FAB: 101, 102, 180, 263 TB778, TDB818 |
29.5.1945-15.8.1945 | Volary |
| 79 | ID 79 | IR: 313, 314, 315 FAB: 310, 311, 312, 904 |
4.6.1945-14.6.1945 14.6.1945-13.7.1945 13.7.1945-10.8.1945 |
Cheb As Frantiskovy Lazne |
| 80 | ID 80 | IR: 316, 317, 319 FAB: 313, 314, 315, 905 |
25.9.1945-?.12.1945 | Marianske Lazne |
| 94 | ID 94 | IR: 301, 302, 376 FAB: 301, 356, 390, 919 |
11.6.1945-5.7.1945 5.7.1945-28.7.1945 28.7.1945-?.12.1945 |
Strakonice Susice Prachatice |
| 137 | ? | - | 11.5.1945-3.10.1945 | Plzen |
| 205 | ? | - | ?.8.1945-20.9.1945 | Plzen |
| 254 | AD 4 | ? | 11.5.1945-14.6.1945 | Susice |
| 258 | AD 8 | ? | 11.6.1945-?.7.1945 ?.7.1945-25.9.1945 |
Rokycany Holysov |
| 305 | AC 5 | - | 11.5.1945-?.1.1946 | Plzen |
| 412 | AD 16 | ? | 16.5.1945-15.9.1945 | Plana u Tachova |
| 445 | ID 97 | ? | 11.5.1945-13.5.1945 13.5.1945-19.5.1945 |
Konstantinovy Lazne Tachov |
(1) Only APOs located on Czechoslovak territory are
listed. Many U.S. units operating in Bohemia used the services of APOs located outside.
(2) AC - army corps, AD - armed division, ID - infantry
division, IR - infantry regiment, FAB - field artillery battailon, TB - tank battailon,
TDB - tank destroyer battailon
(3) Some sources list other limiting dates of presence on
Czechoslovak territory (see list of references).
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Airmail letter to the U.S.A. (franked 6c) from a member of the 38th Infantry Rgt (ID 2)
mailed on May 15, 1945 through APO 2 of the HQ of ID 2 located in Pilsen/Plzen at that
time. The cover shows the APO date stamp and examiner´s censor mark.
E.J. Benchik: U.S. Army post offices in Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak Specialist, February 1988, p. 9. (data from this paper are used in the above Table of APOs).
V. Drazan: Americke polni posty v Cechach. Filatelie Vol. 37 (1987), Nr. 11, p. 297. (U.S. APOs in Bohemia) (In Czech).
J. Forte, R.W. Helbrock: A price guide to U.S. A.P.O. cancels of the second world war. La Posta Publications, Lake Oswego, OR, 1996. and the on-line version of this catalogue.
John Miskevich, Clifton, NJ