Army in Albania
Post Offices in Albania
From 1916 to 1918 the northern part of Albania was occupied by Austrian forces. The Austrian Military Post operated 12 ETAPPENPOSTAMT post offices (base offices, not at the military front) during the Austrian occupation of Albania:
ALESSIO (LESCH) (also wrongly spelled ALLESSIO in 1917, and called simply LESCH in 1916-17)
BAZAR SJAK (rare)
DURAZZO (DURZ) (called simply DURZ in 1916)
DZURI
ELBASSAN
KAVAJA
KULA LUMS
LESCH (see Alessio)
MAMURAS
OROSHI
PUKA
SCHKODRA (called SCUTARI (SCHKODRA) in 1918
TIRANA
Additionally, a number of FELDPOSTAMT military offices operated in mobile positions near the front.
Further reading : "Stempel-Handbuch der K.u.k. Feldpost in Osterreich-Ungarn 1914-1918" by Herwig Rainer
ALBANIA - TIRANA (025398)
- Price
- £20.00
- Stock Code
- 025398
ALBANIA - TIRANA (025398)
cover with KuK ETAPPENPOST / TIRANA cds, "KuK Bezirkskommando Tirana" control cachet, to Prague, 1918
ALBANIA - SCUTARI (025399)
- Price
- £20.00
- Stock Code
- 025399
ALBANIA - SCUTARI (025399)
cover with KuK ETAPPENPOST / SCUTARI (SCHKODRA) cds, two control cachets, to Brux, unusually dated 1919