Austro-Hungarian (Austria-Hungary) Empire Postmarks

The first looks like OLMÜTZ present day Olomouc in the Czech Republic.

On your second one Barb the postmark is STADT which means town or
city in German.

Could be Wiener Neustadt which is in present day Austria.

These are pretty early I think...c 1861.

This must fit as it is same stamp as earlier post.

I believe that is BUDEJOVICE or BUDWEIS in German also in the
Czech Republic.

Nice going Barb

Not sure but the date looks like 1876 ?

Been a long time since World History ... ouch. but glad to know I'm on target.

Not to confuse you, I was referring to the first two you posted.

Here are a few Czech Republic locales:
Deschney:



Rumburg (railway station)



This one seems to be Pilsen, but based on the orientation of the center numbers, there has to be something to the left...not an RPO/TPO, is it?


[edit: anyone think that is a "1" to the left of the blob/fleuron?]

Here are a few which should be late 1880's -1890... some numbers if you can. Thanks!

bfranton, the cancel on the first of your stamps is Franz Josefs Quai, Wien.

It must be common, as I've got half a dozen with the same cancel.

Presumably, it was a post office in the government district of Vienna.

Thanks Jim for figuring out the Franz Josefs Quai postmark on
Barb's stamp.

I was wracking my brain but couldn't even get close.

This is the place itself:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ien_1900.jpg

Nice postcard Jim. Old Vienna must have been a fascinating place
before WWI.

Newspaper stamp pair with bilingual ZNOJMO (Czech) and ZNAIM (German)
cancel.
This Czech town in Southern Moravia (Czech --> Jihomoravský, German --> Süd - Mähren )
is just a few Km from the Austrian border.

Very nice pair! I've never seen a pair of these before.

Very nice cancels everyone!

The second one by Barb, Fischern, is also now in the Czech Republic, called Rybare or Myto.

Here is an 1894 Iglau, (Jihlava in Czech Republic). Jimjam already showed a WWII Iglau on a cover.


Linz, Upper Austria, the bottom says "newspaper" in German


A very tiny bullseye from Pram in Upper Austria, Dec 31, 1883, the last day of the year!


I am not sure what this is, ending in RHAC or RKAC, or perhaps an O at the end?