Austro-Hungarian (Austria-Hungary) Empire Postmarks

Thanks, Nigelc. It is funny... some of my ancestors are from Novi Sad, and I also lived there short time 20 years ago... it still is not so faraway from me now... maybe 200 miles or so.

But, I got this stamp from Australia :)

Any ideas on the town name of this cancel "...VISINAL..." I just got.



Thanks.

Bee, I assume you have Visinale, northeast of Treviso, currently in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Thanks, Cjd. I could find very little on Visnale in Wiki, but did find it on Google maps.

Since it was in Lombardy Venetia at the time and they had their own currency and stamps, I wonder why an Austria Empire stamp was used.

Googling Bodenbach mostly returns the German municipality in Rhineland Palatinate, but I assume this Bodenbach must be the Czech town of Podmokly, now incorporated into the town of D#283;#269;ín.



(Yes he could use a bath.)

Podmokly was across the Elbe from D#283;#269;ín, more or less at the confluence of two rivers.

Am I on the right trail?

I think you are correct Cjd.

Schuttenhofen, which is now Susice, Czech Republic. It has the complete date, 29 April 1884.

Not sure if I can add anything here,
I am out of my comfort zone, but I'll try.

Tarvis Now Tarvisio (Italy)
A town in the Province of Udine, in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli–Venezia Giulia region in Italy.

It is characterized by its location at the tripoint of Latin, Germanic and Slavic Europe.

In the middle `Znaim`- guess it`s Znojmo, now Czech Republic. Other two know not for sure...yet, when I look at the last one, all comes to my mind is an `ischler` cake. Maybe it`s `Ischl`? First `Leoben` (?)

I think you are correct with the first and last, Wadmalatz.

Leoben is in Styria, Austria, located by the Mur river

Ischl, also known as Bad Ischl is a spa town in Upper Austria.

Nice cancel Rod. Tarvis was part of Austrian Carinthia at that time.

The inherent problem I see with Hungary is that Town names are often repeated. Very often you have the same name in different Districts. For example part of my family is from Nadudvar. At that time their were 3 Nadudvar's in 2 different districts of the Empire.

Interesting thread. While I do not collect postmarks on individual stamps, I do collect Austro-Hungarian items on postal stationery.
Here is a scan of one of them.
Postmarked in Pisino August 30, 1874 (now in Croatia - mapped as Pazin) to Trieste (now Italy), received on August 31, 1874.
I am always amazed that the mail was pretty much anywhere in Europe in 1 day (2 days tops)back then. They could teach the current postal agencies something (if only they would listen).

If this type of cancel, does not fit in the thread, I will not post any further ones here. If it does, I can always find a few more to share.

Bob

Very nice piece PoStat4evR! As long as there is a postmark, it is most welcome. Keep posting!

OK. Glad you liked it. Here is another.
Trient (trento) Italy mailed September 23, 1890 to
Bolzano (Italy)(Receiver postmark: Bozen (german spelling of Bolzano)
September 24, 1890). Enjoy.

Bob

I could go for days, but won't this is my next to last for now.

Here is a piece of postal histry that was sent from a Austrian Military camp (#10) resulting in a "Feidpost" cancellation, posted September 6, 1894 and sent to Prag (then Czechoslovakia) with a receiving postmark of September 7, 1894.
The location of the camp I do not know, perhaps we have someone out there that could shed light on it.
Enjoy.
Bob