German 10th Army In WWI

Just received these in the mail today.

In 1918, the German Tenth Army was occupying the area of the Eastern Front around Poland and Belorussia (modern Belarus). As was always the case with occupations, the Germans had to decide how to replace the local postal system.

On 19 July 1918, the decision was made by the Commanding Officer, General der Infanterie Erich von Falkenhayn, to create local postage for use by civilians in the area occupied by Tenth Army. This postage was not for use by military personnel, as they had access to the free Feldpost system.

Two stamps were primarily used. A third stamp, an overprint, came into use later but is rarely seen.

The stamps are simple white paper with a 14mm-wide control mark. The 30 Pf value was for postcards sent within the occupied area, and the 60 Pf was for letters sent within the same.

Always something rare and exotic,
when you dine with the PostmasterGS.

Fascinating.

Is is surprising to see a comb perf at that time?

Finally got my hands on the third and final value in this set -- the much rarer 40 kopek overprint (MiNr 3) of the 30 Pfennig value (MiNr 1).

Congratulations!

It's always nice to complete a set. Especially when the last one is elusive :-)

Thanks Postmaster. These aren't catalogued in Gibbons, so I assume Michel deals with them? Philangles have a couple in their latest sale (lots 2361, 2362) including the 40 k on 30 pf, and I was trying to find out some more about them.

First of all Congratulations to PostmasterGS. really nice.

PostmasterGS already descibed some background

Landesboten post as found in the Michel catalogue of 2001(my more recent copy is on loan to a friend).

As you understand it is in German and catalogue value are from 17 years ago, new information may also be available, but this gives some additional background.

From Rauhut auction in Germany

Johan, thanks for the Michel information. Exactly what I need.

Here's the listing from the 2018 Michel. Click to enlarge.

Why do I have these stamps listed for Latvia and Lithuania occupation ? There were Germany communities all across the Eastern Front .They needed a civilian mail service to do business and family contacts with most mail going back to the mother country.