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Judaica Synagogue Czech 1924 HRADCE KRALOVE RPPC 40h Stamp
Original PPC from Bohemia / Czechoslovakia / the Czech Republic showing the Synagogue in Hradce Kralove franked with 40h Chainbreaker stamp. Slightly worn, good used condition.

$49.00

Judaica Synagogue Austria 1890s Czech Teplitz Schonau PPC
Original PPC from Bohemia / Czechoslovakia / the Czech Republic (at this time part of the Austrian Empire) showing the Synagogue in Teplitz-Schonau, franked with 2Kr Franz Joseph stamp canceled a1890s (1899?)

$49.00

Judaica Synagogue Czech Gruss aus Teplitz PPC Jewish Temple
Original ca 1900 PPC from Bohemia / Czechoslovakia / the Czech Republic (at this time part of the Austrian Empire) showing the Synagogue in Teplitz-Schonau. In top condition.

$49.00

Austria 1916 WWI Navy Torpedoboat SM Boot SMB16 Pola KuK Feldpost Card
Austrian WWI Kriegsmarine Torpedoboot / Torpedoboat Marine feldpost card, used from member aboard Navy ship SMB16. Slightly worn, as per scans. With ship hand stamp cachet. A bit worn, as per scans.

$79.00

Austria 1915 WWI Navy Ship SMS Cyclops Feldpost Montenegro Teodo
Color view postcard of Hercegovni / Castelnuovo, Montenegro used as a Marine Feldpost / military, soldier-sailor's mail from WWI Austrian Navy warship SMS Cyklops. A bit worn, as per scan, Bedarfserhaltung / Commercially used condition. Teodo (naval base) cancel and SMS Cyklops ship's cachet.

$69.00

Austria 1915 WWI Navy Ship SMS Cyclops Feldpost Kotor Cattaro Teodo Cover
Color view postcard of Kotor / Cattaro used as a Marine Feldpost / military, soldier-sailor's mail from WWI Austrian Navy warship SMS Cyklops. A bit worn, as per scan, Bedarfserhaltung / Commercially used condition. Tivoli / Teodo (naval base) cancel and scarce oval SMS Cyklops ship's cachet.

$69.00

Austria 1916 WWI Navy Ship SMS Pola Feldpost Cover
Color view postcard of Pola, Austria (now Croatia) used as a Marine Feldpost / military, soldier-sailor's mail from WWI Austrian Navy warship SMS Pola. A bit worn, as per scan, Bedarfserhaltung / Commercially used condition. With KuK Marinefeldpost Pola CDS and the SMS Pola ship cachet.

$49.00

Austria 1917 WWI Navy Ship SMS Pola Feldpost Cover San Stefano Montenegro
Color view postcard of San Stefano Budua (now Montengro) used as a Marine Feldpost / military, soldier-sailor's mail from WWI Austrian Navy warship SMS Pola. A bit worn, as per scan, Bedarfserhaltung / Commercially used condition. With KuK Marinefeldpost Pola CDS and the SMS Pola ship cachet.

$49.00

Austria 1916 WWI Navy Ship SMS Pola Feldpost Cover Arbe Rab Croatia
Color view postcard of Arbe / Rab (now Croatia) used as a Marine Feldpost / military, soldier-sailor's mail from WWI Austrian Navy warship SMS Pola. A bit worn, as per scan, Bedarfserhaltung / Commercially used condition. With KuK Marinefeldpost Pola CDS and the SMS Pola ship cachet.

$49.00

Austria 1913 Steamer Vapore Dalla Dalmazia Ed Istria Steamship Cover
Grado, Italy postcard with cancel VAPORE DALLA DALMAZIA ED ISTRIA / [by] Steamer [from] Dalmazia, Istria. Slightly worn, excellent condition, as per scans.

$99.00

Austrian 1918 Czech Legion Executions by Hanging in Oderz Italy Real Photo RPPC
Real Photo of Czechs being executed in Oderz, Italy ; Czech patriots often changed sides and fought for the Allies in WWI, hoping (successfully, in the event) for an independent country if Austria were to be defeated. Austrians, however, considered Czechs fighting for the Allies as committing treason and those captured were treated as such. Top unused condition.

$129.00

Austria WWI Kaiser Karl Franz Joseph Successor Wife Zita Real Photo RPPC
KuK Oesterreichisches / Imperial Austria Real Photo Postcard showing Kaiser Karl I, the successor of Kaiser Franz Joseph in 1916, Karl's wife (the Empress Zita), and their son Otto. Very slightly worn, excellent condition, as per scans.

$59.00

Austria WWI Kaiser Franz Joseph Funeral Leichenzug Coffin Real Photo RPPC
KuK Oesterreichisches / Imperial Austria Real Photo Postcard showing the transportation of the coffin of Kaiser Franz Josep. Unused, slightly worn, in excellent condition, as per scans.

$49.00

Austria WWI Kaiser Franz Joseph Funeral Leichenzug Coffin Real Photo RPPC
KuK Oesterreichisches / Imperial Austria Real Photo Postcard showing the transportation of the coffin of Kaiser Franz Josep. Unused, slightly worn, in excellent condition, as per scans.

$49.00

Austria 1902 China Embassy Guard Gesandtschafts Wach PEKING Document
Document from the KuK Gesandschafts Wach Detachement in Peking / Imperial and Royal Embassy Guard detachment in Peking, China, in 1902, shortly after the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in 1901. Reciept for the sending of 1000K in Gold from the SMS Maria Theresia ship. Completely separated along the fold in the middle.

$199.00

Austria 1914 WWI China Marine Detachment Tientsin Document
Document for cleaning disbursement from the KuK Marinedetachement Tientsin. Folded, with detachment commander signature at bottom. Used after the start of WWI!

$299.00

Austria 1906 Vienna Mayor Karl Lueger AUTOGRAPH Group Photo 5H Stamp RPPC
Original, period Real Photo RPPC of famous Wien Buergermeister / Vienna Mayor Karl Lueger and friends, with his autographs and others of the group. Lueger served as mayor under Emperor Franz Joseph (and against the Kaiser's wishes). Now noted as much for his intolerant, Anti-Semitic views as for his leadership in a decisive period of Austrian history. Slightly worn, good condition. Rare form: a genuinely used RPPC with Franz Joseph franking.

$299.00

Austria Wien Vienna Local Brief Marke 10 Heller Cover
Unusual local Austrian Brief Marke ___ Heller local with hand written 10H value.

$99.00

Austria 1918 WWI U-2 Submarine Unterseeboot U-Boot Feldpost KuK Pola
Original WWI feldpost card from a submariner aboard Unterseeboot / Tauchboot / U-Boat / Submarine U2 with KuK Marinefeldpostamt Pola CDS, SM Unterseeboot 2 handstamp, and datelined SM "U2" at upper right. A bit worn, genuine wartime usage, as per scans. Rare.

$999.00

Austria 1918 WWI U-32 Submarine Unterseeboot U-Boot Feldpost KuK Pola
Original WWI feldpost card from a submariner aboard Unterseeboot / Tauchboot / U-Boat / Submarine U32 with KuK Etappenpostamt 267 CDS, SM Unterseeboot 32 handstamp, and datelined SM "Ub32" at upper right. A bit worn, genuine wartime usage, as per scans. Rare.

$999.00

Austria 1917 WWI U-5 Submarine Unterseeboot U-Boot Feldpost Pola Von Trapp
Original WWI feldpost CARD from a Czech submariner aboard Unterseeboot / Tauchboot / U-Boat / Submarine U5 with KuK Marinefeldpostamt Pola CDS and SM Unterseeboot 5 handstamp. A bit worn, genuine wartime usage, as per scans. Rare.

$999.00

Austria 1918 WWI U-10 UX Submarine Unterseeboot U-Boot Feldpost Pola
Original WWI feldpost card from a submariner aboard Unterseeboot / Tauchboot / U-Boat / Submarine U10 (or U X) with KuK Marinefeldpostamt CDS, SM Unterseebootstation, and datelined Telegraphenmeister SM Unterseeboot X at upper left. A bit worn, genuine wartime usage, as per scans. Rare.

$499.00

Austria 1646 Czech 30 Years War Bishop Olomouc Colonel Empire Troops Letter
Letter written at Budweis, Bohemia (then part of the Austrian Empire) on January 6, 1646 during the Thirty Year's War by the Bishop of Olomouc and Passau, Colonel of Imperial Troops, Leopold Wilhelm. Orders the citizens of Eger, Bohemia to oppose the Swedes who had been invading/occupying Imperial lands for decades at this point. Decorative letter with royal seal; a genuine piece of Hapsburg - Austrian - European history that really belongs in a museum.

$1499.00

Austria Hungary 1596 Emperor Kaiser Matthias I Letter Autograph Signed
Original letter from Matthias I in 1596 (as Archduke of Austria, before he became Emperor) to the Duke of Herzogburg with his signature 'Matthias'. With original ducal paper and wax seal - Schnoerkelbrief mit papiergedecktem Siegel und eigenhaendiger Unterschrift vom Kaiser (1612-1619) adressiert: "Dem Ersamen Geistlichen unserem lieben Andaechtig ... Probsten des Gotteshaus Herzogburg" datiert 20. Juni 1596, betitelt: "Mathias von Gottes gnaden Erzherzog zu Oesterreich, Herzog zu Burgund ... zu Tyrol".

$1199.00

Austria 1634 30 Years War Graf von Suys Autograph Letter ALS Piccolomini
Original letter from Graf von Suys, Frieherr (Baron) von Turpadel, to General Piccolomini during the Thirty Years War, including content on the prosecution of the war. Written in Italian.

$599.00

Austria 1642 30 Years War Graf von Suys Autographed Letter Piccolomini
Original letter from Graf von Suys, Frieherr (Baron) von Turpadel to a council including General Piccolomini during the Thirty Years War, with autograph signature 'Suys' and ed wax seal. Also includes a period portrait of the Count with a description of his accomplishments -- sort of a 17th century Who's-Who.

$699.00

Austria 1640 30 Years War Graf Johann Ludwig von Kuefstein Autographed Letter
Original letter from Graf (Count) Johann Ludwig von Kuefstein in Austria during the Thirty Year's War. The Graf was an author with several published works as well as a member of the Austrian nobility. Worn, separating along some folds.

$179.00

Austria 1905 Navy SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth Crew List Tsingtau Kiautschou China
Original officer crew list for the Austrian SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class Cruiser (Kreuzer) for the month of October 1905. The date of assignment to the ship, and date of release of the crewmen are noted on each line. The Kaiserin Elisabeth was scuttled by its crew during WWI, in the bay of Tsingtau, Kiautschou, China Nov 3, 1914.

$899.00

Austria WWI 1918 Navy SM Unterseeboot 31 UBoot Submarine Crew Promotion
Original notice to the Harbor Admirality for the promotion of a Machinist to Machinist Quartermaster on the Austrian UBoot / Submarine SMU 31. Rare WWI Austrian submarine document. With the oval cachet of the boat (also quite rare).

$899.00

Austria WWI 1918 Navy SM Unterseeboot 27 UBoot Submarine Extra Wine Tea
Original notice giving the list of extra rations for Wein und Tee / Wine And Tea aboard the Austrian UBoot / Submarine SMU 27. Rare WWI Austrian submarine document.

$499.00