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Lot# 1768 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 1768 Austria

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    Austrian Field Post Offices 1852/1918: - Collection in an album starting with letter written and signed by Marshall Graf Radetzky in the Headquarter in Verona (1852), letter written by Emperor Franz Joseph's own hand (1858), 'K.u.K. Fieldpostoffices', two envelopes addresed to the Emperor 'Hofsekretariat Sr. K.u.K. Hoheit des Durchl. Herrn Erzherzog Friederich' (Commander in Chief), further stamps and covers/cards (20) of the Polish Legion, Foreign Legion in Ukraine (4) and Romania (4), Turkish Corps and Turkish Army in Poland (6) and Bucharest (2), Austrian Army in Turkey (5), F.P.O. 451 and 452 of  Austrian Field Post Office in the Levant with usages in Palestine (8), Austrian Occupation of Odessa with superb Russian franked card, Ukraine (7), a special section of Austrian Air Force with 'K.u.K. Luftschifferabteilung' (2). 'K.u.K Luftfahrtruppen' (6), Ballon-Kompagnie (3), 'Isonzo Armee' (3), Fliegerkompagnie Nr. 28 in Italy (3), Balloon-Units, etc. as well as from the Imperial Navy 'K.u.K. Kriegsmarine (6). All neatly mounted on album pages and illustrated with many photographs. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF