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Lot# 941 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 941 Austria

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    1914/18: Collection of Fieldpost covers/cards (125) with accompanying illustrations, largely concentrating on units of Field Artillery and Mortar Batteries from many different fronts of the War, including Dec 1914 card from Metz with "30.5 cm. M. 11 Mörser Batt. No. 3" in violet, card to Switzerland with 5 h. green pair tied by "K.u.k. Artillerie Korps 12" in violet (Romanian front), cards from Mortar Batteries 1, 7, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21 with cachets mostly in violet and range of different FPO cds's, Anti-Aircraft unit cachets from Hungarian FPO 91 and Austrian FPO 130 and 374, 1916 card from an Anti-Balloon artillery unit, FPO 452 card from Aleppo with "Kanonbatterie No. 20" bilingual cachet in blue, 1917 card with "K.u.k. China-Gebirgskanonenbatterie Nr. 3" cachet in violet (Guns originally ordered by China but never delivered due to outbreak of the War); together with a more general volume of Field Post Office usages incl. a scarce stamped 1916 Money Letter. Generally fine, an interesting lot. Ex collectcion Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 250.00 CHF