Postal History – BalkanPhila

1900 Austria Hotel Greif Bozen cover to Istanbul

Kemal Giray — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:35:46 +0000

Austria: 1900 (28.5.) colour printed Franz Staffler, Hotel Greif, Bozen envelope with content letter similarly illustrated addressed to a Hermann Freitag, c/o Capt Whitehouse, c/o B.J. Stevens, Trafalgar Square, London, franked 25h tied Bozen BHF date stamp, arriving in London on MY 30 and forwarded from there with B.F. Stevens Despatch Agent handstamp to “Yacht
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1917 Austrian Civilian Internee from Istanbul to Cellule Puy-de-Dome

Kemal Giray — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:42:28 +0000

France – Austria – Türkiye: 1917 (21 June). Commercial cover from Istanbul to Austrian civilian internee at Cellule, Puy-de-Dome Austro-German Concentration Camp struck by Istanbul and French Military censor cachets. Reverse depart cds’s.

1913 Austria Lloyd Palace perfin LA Trieste Alexandria TPO to London

Kemal Giray — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:37:09 +0000

Austria: 1913 (31 October). Postcard titled ‘Trieste. Palazzo del Lloyd’ to England franked with perfin L.A. 10h and tied by TRIEST – ALEXANDRIEN travelling post office datestamp.

1910 Austria Brindisi on board ss Cleopatra to Vienna

Kemal Giray — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 10:26:20 +0000

Austria: 1910 (15 February). Postcard of Castello, Brindisi to Vienna franked with 5h internal rate posted on board tied by S.S.CLEOPATRA datestamp.

1900 Austria Trieste Quarantine Lazzaretto Lloyd Cleopatra

Kemal Giray — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 10:02:05 +0000

Austria: 1900 (24 September). Company postcard of S.S. Cleopatra Trieste franked with 5h internal rate from San Bartolemeo Lazaretto, where the passengers were quarantined tied by TRIEST SEE-LAZARETH / TRIESTE LAZZARETTO datestamp and arrival cds. This postmark known only between June and December 1900

1904 Austria Lloyd ss CLEOPATRA to Wiesbaden

Kemal Giray — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 09:27:15 +0000

Austria: 1904 (25 July).Company postcard of S.S. Cleopatra showing the flags of ports of call to Germany franked with 10h and tied by CLEOPATRA OE. LLOYD datestamp and 28 July Wiesbaden arrival cds.

1911 Austria LLoyd ss Semiramis to Beziers

Kemal Giray — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:33:55 +0000

Egypt: 1911 (10 January). S.S. Semiramis company postcard to Beziers, France franked with 5h SEMIRAMIS OE. LLOYD datestamp.

1933 Austria Dentistry Subject Postcard

Kemal Giray — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:56:06 +0000

Austria: (Dentistry) 1933 postcard to Switzerland with stamps cancelled by two fine strikes of ‘IX Internationaler Zahnarttiefkongress Wien’ with a similar three-line handstamp to left; fine condition.

1905 Austria Dentistry Private Stationery Cover

Kemal Giray — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:54:41 +0000

Austria: (Dentistry) 1905 3h. private postal stationery envelope from Wien to Wiesbaden with printed heading ‘Zahnarztlich Zahntechnisches Jahrbuch’, a Dental Yearbook, without backstamps.

1932 Austria Crocodile Illustrated Oil Company Cover

Kemal Giray — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:52:53 +0000

Austria: 1932 colour ‘Crocodile’ illustrated card for a Viennese American Oil Importer, reverse with a different advert from same company for Hinges and Brackets; fine colour advertising, used from Vienna.