Postmarks of Austria-Hungary

Cancellations or Postmarks stamped during the 1867-1918 period within the borders of the former Austria-Hungary territory. The postmark should be clearly identifiable, so that the current country can be identified (in brackets). The 24 provinces and districts (as of 1850) are used as structure.

Cisleithania

In German: Österreichische Reichshälfte.

Bohemia

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of the Czech lands.

Bukovina - Bukowina

Northern part

The Northern part of the Bukovina province (districts of Czernowitz, Kotzman, Storozynetz and Wiznitz) is now in Ukraine.

1874 issue (year removed), fingerhut NOWOSELITZA Novoselytsia

Southern part

The Southern part of the Bukovina province (districts of Gurahumora, Kimpolung, Radautz, Sereth and Suczawa) is now in Romania.

1873 fingerhut RADAUTZ (Rădăuţi)
1877 ITZKANY Bahnhof (Suceava District)
1878 GURAHUMORA Correspondenz Karte (Gura Humorului)
1890 ca DORNA WATRA
1897 FRASSIN bei RADAUTZ (Frasin)
1900 ca ARBORA Arbore

Carinthia - Kärnten

The Austrian part

5 kr issue 1867, cancelled S.VEIT. Late use of a linear postmark (Klein type aL).
5 kr issue 1874, fingerhut cancelled OBERVELLACH in 1879, Klein type ff
5 kr issue 1890, cancelled ST. STEPHAN IM GAILTHALE
50 kreuzer issue 1890, cancelled at GMÜND in KÄRNTEN in 1896. Klein type gDj
50 heller issue 1899, cancelled at KÖTSCHACH in 1902. Klein type Schraffen
25 heller issue 1910, cancelled at MEISELDING bei Treibach

The Italian part

The Malborghet region (South of the Villach district) was attributed to Italy after WWI.

10 kr issue 1874, linear cancelled at TARVIS

Carniola - Krain

5 kr Radmannsdorf Radovljica blue ink (Slovenia)
5 kr cancelled RAČACH (Ratschach) Radeče (Slovenia)
50 kr cancelled at LAIBACH in 1882 for money-transfer (Slovenia)
15 kr bilingual cancelled 1891 in Laibach (Slovenia)
1 kr Tax bilingual cancelled Tschernembl 1897 Černomiel (Slovenia)
12 kr bilingual cancelled 1899 in Rieg Kočevje municipality (Slovenia)
10 h bilingual cancelled Sairach 1911 Žiri (Slovenia)

Coastal Province (Austrian Littoral)

The Croatian part

5 kr Pisino 1883 issue (Pazin)
3 kr Veglia 1885 fingerhut (Krk (town))
10 kr Pola 1888 (Pula )
2 kr 1899 Jčici (Ičici)
20 h bilingual 1900 Matulje (Opatija) station

The Italian part

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region.

Folded letter sent to RAGUSA (Dubrovnik) on 1822-08-31. Linear postmark V.TRIEST
Folded letter sent from TRIEST to RAGUSA on 1837-04-07. Blue linear postmark V.TRIEST in oval, still in use in 1850 (Mueller type RO)
Folded letter, red linear cancelled at GÖRZ on 1847-09-27, sent to Citta e Porto franco di TRIESTE.
Script at Romans
10 kreuzer issue 1863 (perforated 14), cancelled at TRIEST
5 kreuzer issue 1863, cancelled at MONFALCONE (province of Gorizia)
5 kreuzer issue 1864, cancelled at CORMONS (province of Gorizia)
5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at SAGRADO (province of Gorizia)
5 kr, bilingual cancelled at the TRIEST (Stadt) post-office in 1880
2 kr, bilingual cancelled at the TRIEST TERGESTEO post-office in 1889
5 kr pair, bilingual cancelled at the TRIEST BARRIERA-VECCHIA post-office in 1897

Dalmatia (Kingdom)

5 kr Sebenico 1870 Sibenik (Croatia)
Postal card from Zara-Zadar to Belgium via a ship to Triest in 1884
1 kr Tax 1894 Ragusa Dubrovnik (Croatia)
1 kr Pago 1895 Pag (Croatia)
2 gulden 1890 Zadar (Croatia)
First tax issue in heller 1900, Lastovo -Lagosta (Croatia)
60 h 1903 Gravoza Gruž (Croatia)

Galicia - Galizien

This large province has been split after WWI between Poland and Ukraine. See the main galleries Postmarks of Ukraine, 1850-1919 and Postmarks of Poland, 1850-1919.

Lower Austria - Niederösterreich

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria, sections Lower Austria and Vienna.

Moravia

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of the Czech lands.

Salzburg

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria

Austrian Silesia - Schlesien

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of the Czech lands for the part in Czechoslovakia.

The autonomous town of Bielitz has been attributed to Poland after WWI

Styria - Steiermark

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria

The Austrian part

15 kr Leibnitz 1870
15 kr Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark 1883
25 heller Wörschach 1900
60 h Graz Elisabethstrasse 1916 Jubilee issue

The Slovenian part

The southern districts (Bezirkshauptmannschaften) Cilli, Luttenberg, Marburg, Pettau, Rann and Windisch-Graz were attributed to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after WWI. See the article List of historical German names for places in Slovenia in Wikipedia for more precise data.

5 kr Trifail 1874 issue
10 kr bilingual Schönstein-Šoštan 1883
2 kr Marburg Bahnhof 1888
5 kr Windisch Feistritz 1889
24 kr Gonobitz 1891
80 heller, bilingual LAUFEN IN STEIERMARK 1917

Tyrol - Tirol

The Austrian part

Only 8 of the 21 Tiroler Bezirkshaupfmannschaften joined the Republic of Austria after WWI.

5 kr issue 1874, cancelled at FÜGEN
30 heller, cancelled INNSBRUCK STADT in 1900

The Italian part (South Tyrol) - Südtirol

5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at LAVIS (near Trento).
3 kr issue 1874, cancelled at ARCO, in 1880.
12 kr issue 1890, cancelled at CEMBRA, in 1897.
15 kr issue 1890, Schraffen cancelled at CLES, in 1897.
25 heller, cancelled at RIVA, in 1900.
60 heller, cancelled at ST.MICHAEL a.d. ETSCH, District Trient, in 1907.

Upper Austria - Oberösterreich

See the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria

Vorarlberg

5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at DORNBIRN
5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at HARD
10 kr, cancelled with year at AU in 1880

Transleithania

In German: Ungarische Reichshälfte.

Hungary (Kingdom)

Includes the 2 Military Frontier (Border) Districts since 1871, and the Mur Island.

Sorted by cancellation date

Postmarks of postoffices opened before the creation of Hungarian stamps in 1871. Based on the Müller 1930 catalog.

Direction Igazgatosag of PEST

Central Hungary in 1930

KK Franz Joseph issue 1867 used before first Hungarian issue

5 kreuzer, BUDA before 1871
5 kr, PEST-LIPOTVAROS Lipótváros in 1869

Stamps of the Kingdom of Hungary (Pest)

10 kr, engraved, ESZTERGOM
10 kr issue 1881, Laczáza in 1888.
8 kr, BUDAPEST KÖZPONT in 1888
8 kr, Abony in 1894.
15 kr, Szeged in 1895.
4 fillér issue 1900, Mezőtúr in 1900.
35 fillér, issue 1908, Túrkeve in 1912

Direction of OEDENBURG

Western Hungary in 1930.

KK Franz Joseph issue 1867 used before first Hungarian issue

5 kr, bilingual SOPRON-OEDENBURG (Mueller 20x2 points)
10 kreuzer, used at ESZTERHAZA (castle) (Mueller 60 points)
5 kr, GYÖR in 1868 (early indication of year)

Stamps of the Kingdom of Hungary (Sopron)

5 kr Postal stationery, RUM (Vas comitat) in 1878
20 kr, issue 1881, late TOLNA Tolna, Hungary in 1895
10 kr, issue 1898, Villány in 1900
8 kr, VAISZLO Vajszló (Baranya) in 1894.
60 fillér, issue 1900, Sásd in 1904
3 fillér, issue 1904, Vasvár in 1907
60 fillér, issue 1908, Veszprém in 1913
3 + 2 fillér issue 1913, for help to flood victims, Kaposvár in 1915
5 + 2 fillér, issue 1913, Pápa in 1916
Issue 1916, 40 + 2 fillér for help to war victims, DEVECSER in 1917
Issue 1916, 2 korona, GYÖR in 1918

Direction of GROSSWARDEIN (Nagy Varad)

Eastern Hungary in 1930.

10 kr, issue 1874, Battonya
5 kr, Orosháza, in 1893
5 fillér pair, issue 1900, BERETTYO-UJFALU, in 1901
10 fillér issue 1900, PÜSPÖK-LADANY in 1902
10 fillér issue1900, NYIREGYHAZA in 1901
2 korona issue 1900, DEBRECZEN in 1901
6 fillér, issue 1913, Tótkomlós in 1914
60 fillér, issue 1913, Mándok in 1917.

Former Military Frontier - Militärgrenze

5 kr engraved issue, 1874 fingerhut in Vinkovci (Slavonia Military Border, Croatia)
Issue 1871 engraved, 10 kr cancelled in 1873 at MITROVICA Sremska Mitrovica(Mg, Serbia)
Issues 1871 25 kr at SEMLIN (Zemun) (Mg, Serbia)
5 kr issue 1881, cancelled Hungarian PÉTERVÁRAD (Petrovaradin) in 1891 (Mg, Serbia)
12 kr, issue 1888, ZENGG in frame Senj (Military Border, Croatia)
24 kr issue 1888, cancelled at Glogonj in 1890
50 kr, issue 1888, bilingual cancelled MITROWICZ - MITROVICA Sremska Mitrovica in 1893 (Military Border, Serbia)
5 kr Gospić 1896 (Military Border, Croatia)
10 f Perušić 1900 (Military Border, Croatia)
10 filler issue 1904, cancelled ORIOVAC Oriovac, Slavonia Military Frontier, Croatia)
2 korona issue 1908, cancelled PANCSOVA (Pančevo) in 1909 (Mg, Serbia)

Mur Island - Murinsel

12 filler special 1913 issue for flood victims, cancelled in 1915 at CSAKTORNYA Čakovec, Mur Island, Croatia).

Slovakia

Northern part of the Kingdom, attributed to Czechoslovakia after WWI. See the exhaustive gallery in Postmarks of Slovakia.

Attributed to (the Great) Romania after WWI

Not part of the Transylvania province

Pankota Pâncota (Arad County)
Nagy Varad Oradea
Er-Mihalyfalva 1871 Valea lui Mihai (Bihor County)
Borosjenő 1892 Ineu (Bihor County)
Belényes 1892 Beius (Bihor County)
Brasso 1895 Brașov (Brașov County)
Arad 1902 (?) Arad (Arad County)
Nagy Banya 1907 Baia Mare (Maramures County)
2 filler issue 1913, Maros Vasarrely in 1916
30 filler issue 1913, cancelled BEREND, part of Odoreu in 1916 (Satu Mare County)

Attributed to Austria after WWI

Burgenland.

Kittsee in 1861 (German name in use)
Güssing in 1911 (Hungarian name in use)

Croatia-Slavonia (Kingdom)

Includes Syrmia.

Sorted by cancellation date

5 kr First (litho) 1871 Hungary issue, FIUME, time in Italian P.M. Rijeka (Croatia)
5 kr engraved issue, bilingual (Croat-German) 1873 in Osijek (Croatia)
3 kr Varaždin bilingual Varasd issue 1881 (Croatia)
Zagreb bilingual in 1887, was AGRAM until 1869 (Croatia)
24 kr issue 1888 stamp, cancelled VERÖCE Virovitica, (Croatia).
50 f Essegg Unterstadt bilingual in 1900 (Croatia)
Issue 1900 stamp, 5 filler, bilingual cancelled ZAGARD-ZAGREB in 1900 (Croatia)
Issue 1900 stamp, 10 filler, cancelled FIUME Rijeka in 1900 (Croatia)
35 filler issue 1904, cancelled PAKRAC Pakrac (Croatia)
20 fillér, issue 1904, IRIG Irig, Serbia in 1907 (Irregh, Syrmia, Serbia)
Issue 1908 stamp, 10 filler, cancelled SUŠAK Sušak in 1908 (Croatia)
2 kor Nuštar in 1911 (Syrmia, Croatia))
50 fillér, issue 1913, IRIG Irig, Serbia in 1916 (Irregh, Syrmia, Serbia)

Military Frontier (until 1871) - Militärgrenze

Complete Hungarians sovereignty on January 1, 1871.

5 kr Alt Gradiska 1867 issue Stara Gradiška (Croatia)

Temes District - Temeser Banat

Split between Serbia and Romania.

Austrian KK issue 1867, cancelled at TORONTÁL-SZECSAN in January 1871 (Banat, Serbia)
Issue 1871 lithographed 10 kr, cancelled at NAGY BECSKEREK Zrenjanin (Banat, Serbia)
Lugos 1889 Lugoj (Timis County) (Romania)
NAGY SZ-MIKLOS 1895, issue 1888, Sânnicolau Mare, Banat (Romania)
20 kr issue 1881, cancelled Hungarian HÓDSÁGH Odžaci in 1895 (Banat, Serbia)
1 kr Journal issue 1881, cancelled at ZOMBOR Sombor in 1893 (Banat, Serbia)
2 kr issue 1890 (regraved), cancelled at VERSECZ Vršac in 1897 (Banat, Serbia)
5 fillér issue 1900, cancelled Hungarian PÁRDÁNY Međa (Žitište) in 1900 (Banat, Romania before 1924)
Nagy Jecsa 1901 Iecea Mare (Timis County) (Romania)
Bobda 1904 Cenei (Timis County) (Romania)
30 fillér, issue 1913, Hungarian cancelled TÖRÖK BECSE Novi Bečej in 1916 (Banat, Serbia)
1 korona, issue 1913, NAGY KIKINDA Kikinda in 1915 (Banat, Serbia)