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.
In German: Österreichische Reichshälfte.
Bohemia
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of the Czech lands.
Bukovina - Bukowina
editNorthern part
editThe Northern part of the Bukovina province (districts of Czernowitz, Kotzman, Storozynetz and Wiznitz) is now in Ukraine.
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1874 issue (year removed), fingerhut NOWOSELITZA Novoselytsia
Southern part
editThe Southern part of the Bukovina province (districts of Gurahumora, Kimpolung, Radautz, Sereth and Suczawa) is now in Romania.
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1873 fingerhut RADAUTZ (Rădăuţi)
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1877 ITZKANY Bahnhof (Suceava District)
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1878 GURAHUMORA Correspondenz Karte (Gura Humorului)
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1890 ca DORNA WATRA
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1897 FRASSIN bei RADAUTZ (Frasin)
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1900 ca ARBORA Arbore
Carinthia - Kärnten
editThe Austrian part
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5 kr issue 1867, cancelled S.VEIT. Late use of a linear postmark (Klein type aL).
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5 kr issue 1874, fingerhut cancelled OBERVELLACH in 1879, Klein type ff
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5 kr issue 1890, cancelled ST. STEPHAN IM GAILTHALE
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50 kreuzer issue 1890, cancelled at GMÜND in KÄRNTEN in 1896. Klein type gDj
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50 heller issue 1899, cancelled at KÖTSCHACH in 1902. Klein type Schraffen
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25 heller issue 1910, cancelled at MEISELDING bei Treibach
The Italian part
editThe Malborghet region (South of the Villach district) was attributed to Italy after WWI.
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10 kr issue 1874, linear cancelled at TARVIS
Carniola - Krain
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5 kr Radmannsdorf Radovljica blue ink (Slovenia)
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5 kr cancelled RAČACH (Ratschach) Radeče (Slovenia)
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50 kr cancelled at LAIBACH in 1882 for money-transfer (Slovenia)
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15 kr bilingual cancelled 1891 in Laibach (Slovenia)
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1 kr Tax bilingual cancelled Tschernembl 1897 Černomiel (Slovenia)
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12 kr bilingual cancelled 1899 in Rieg Kočevje municipality (Slovenia)
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10 h bilingual cancelled Sairach 1911 Žiri (Slovenia)
Coastal Province (Austrian Littoral)
editThe Croatian part
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5 kr Pisino 1883 issue (Pazin)
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3 kr Veglia 1885 fingerhut (Krk (town))
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10 kr Pola 1888 (Pula )
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2 kr 1899 Jčici (Ičici)
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20 h bilingual 1900 Matulje (Opatija) station
The Italian part
editFriuli-Venezia Giulia Region.
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Folded letter sent to RAGUSA (Dubrovnik) on 1822-08-31. Linear postmark V.TRIEST
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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)
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Folded letter, red linear cancelled at GÖRZ on 1847-09-27, sent to Citta e Porto franco di TRIESTE.
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Script at Romans
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10 kreuzer issue 1863 (perforated 14), cancelled at TRIEST
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5 kreuzer issue 1863, cancelled at MONFALCONE (province of Gorizia)
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5 kreuzer issue 1864, cancelled at CORMONS (province of Gorizia)
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5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at SAGRADO (province of Gorizia)
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5 kr, bilingual cancelled at the TRIEST (Stadt) post-office in 1880
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2 kr, bilingual cancelled at the TRIEST TERGESTEO post-office in 1889
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5 kr pair, bilingual cancelled at the TRIEST BARRIERA-VECCHIA post-office in 1897
Dalmatia (Kingdom)
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5 kr Sebenico 1870 Sibenik (Croatia)
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Postal card from Zara-Zadar to Belgium via a ship to Triest in 1884
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1 kr Tax 1894 Ragusa Dubrovnik (Croatia)
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1 kr Pago 1895 Pag (Croatia)
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2 gulden 1890 Zadar (Croatia)
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First tax issue in heller 1900, Lastovo -Lagosta (Croatia)
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60 h 1903 Gravoza Gruž (Croatia)
Galicia - Galizien
editThis 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
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria, sections Lower Austria and Vienna.
Moravia
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of the Czech lands.
Salzburg
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria
Austrian Silesia - Schlesien
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of the Czech lands for the part in Czechoslovakia.
Styria - Steiermark
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria
The Austrian part
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15 kr Leibnitz 1870
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15 kr Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark 1883
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25 heller Wörschach 1900
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60 h Graz Elisabethstrasse 1916 Jubilee issue
The Slovenian part
editThe 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.
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5 kr Trifail 1874 issue
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10 kr bilingual Schönstein-Šoštan 1883
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2 kr Marburg Bahnhof 1888
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5 kr Windisch Feistritz 1889
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24 kr Gonobitz 1891
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80 heller, bilingual LAUFEN IN STEIERMARK 1917
Tyrol - Tirol
editThe Austrian part
editOnly 8 of the 21 Tiroler Bezirkshaupfmannschaften joined the Republic of Austria after WWI.
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5 kr issue 1874, cancelled at FÜGEN
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30 heller, cancelled INNSBRUCK STADT in 1900
The Italian part (South Tyrol) - Südtirol
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5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at LAVIS (near Trento).
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3 kr issue 1874, cancelled at ARCO, in 1880.
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12 kr issue 1890, cancelled at CEMBRA, in 1897.
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15 kr issue 1890, Schraffen cancelled at CLES, in 1897.
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25 heller, cancelled at RIVA, in 1900.
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60 heller, cancelled at ST.MICHAEL a.d. ETSCH, District Trient, in 1907.
Upper Austria - Oberösterreich
editSee the main, exhaustive gallery Postmarks of Austria
Vorarlberg
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5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at DORNBIRN
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5 kr, issue 1874, cancelled at HARD
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10 kr, cancelled with year at AU in 1880
In German: Ungarische Reichshälfte.
Hungary (Kingdom)
editIncludes 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
editCentral Hungary in 1930
KK Franz Joseph issue 1867 used before first Hungarian issue
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5 kreuzer, BUDA before 1871
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5 kr, PEST-LIPOTVAROS Lipótváros in 1869
Stamps of the Kingdom of Hungary (Pest)
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10 kr, engraved, ESZTERGOM
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10 kr issue 1881, Laczáza in 1888.
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8 kr, BUDAPEST KÖZPONT in 1888
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8 kr, Abony in 1894.
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15 kr, Szeged in 1895.
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4 fillér issue 1900, Mezőtúr in 1900.
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35 fillér, issue 1908, Túrkeve in 1912
Direction of OEDENBURG
editWestern Hungary in 1930.
KK Franz Joseph issue 1867 used before first Hungarian issue
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5 kr, bilingual SOPRON-OEDENBURG (Mueller 20x2 points)
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10 kreuzer, used at ESZTERHAZA (castle) (Mueller 60 points)
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5 kr, GYÖR in 1868 (early indication of year)
Stamps of the Kingdom of Hungary (Sopron)
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5 kr Postal stationery, RUM (Vas comitat) in 1878
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20 kr, issue 1881, late TOLNA Tolna, Hungary in 1895
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10 kr, issue 1898, Villány in 1900
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60 fillér, issue 1900, Sásd in 1904
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3 fillér, issue 1904, Vasvár in 1907
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60 fillér, issue 1908, Veszprém in 1913
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3 + 2 fillér issue 1913, for help to flood victims, Kaposvár in 1915
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5 + 2 fillér, issue 1913, Pápa in 1916
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Issue 1916, 40 + 2 fillér for help to war victims, DEVECSER in 1917
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Issue 1916, 2 korona, GYÖR in 1918
Direction of GROSSWARDEIN (Nagy Varad)
editEastern Hungary in 1930.
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10 kr, issue 1874, Battonya
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5 kr, Orosháza, in 1893
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5 fillér pair, issue 1900, BERETTYO-UJFALU, in 1901
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10 fillér issue 1900, PÜSPÖK-LADANY in 1902
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10 fillér issue1900, NYIREGYHAZA in 1901
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2 korona issue 1900, DEBRECZEN in 1901
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6 fillér, issue 1913, Tótkomlós in 1914
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60 fillér, issue 1913, Mándok in 1917.
Former Military Frontier - Militärgrenze
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5 kr engraved issue, 1874 fingerhut in Vinkovci (Slavonia Military Border, Croatia)
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Issue 1871 engraved, 10 kr cancelled in 1873 at MITROVICA Sremska Mitrovica(Mg, Serbia)
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Issues 1871 25 kr at SEMLIN (Zemun) (Mg, Serbia)
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5 kr issue 1881, cancelled Hungarian PÉTERVÁRAD (Petrovaradin) in 1891 (Mg, Serbia)
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12 kr, issue 1888, ZENGG in frame Senj (Military Border, Croatia)
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24 kr issue 1888, cancelled at Glogonj in 1890
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50 kr, issue 1888, bilingual cancelled MITROWICZ - MITROVICA Sremska Mitrovica in 1893 (Military Border, Serbia)
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5 kr Gospić 1896 (Military Border, Croatia)
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10 f Perušić 1900 (Military Border, Croatia)
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10 filler issue 1904, cancelled ORIOVAC Oriovac, Slavonia Military Frontier, Croatia)
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2 korona issue 1908, cancelled PANCSOVA (Pančevo) in 1909 (Mg, Serbia)
Mur Island - Murinsel
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12 filler special 1913 issue for flood victims, cancelled in 1915 at CSAKTORNYA Čakovec, Mur Island, Croatia).
Slovakia
editNorthern part of the Kingdom, attributed to Czechoslovakia after WWI. See the exhaustive gallery in Postmarks of Slovakia.
Attributed to (the Great) Romania after WWI
editNot part of the Transylvania province
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Pankota Pâncota (Arad County)
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Nagy Varad Oradea
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Er-Mihalyfalva 1871 Valea lui Mihai (Bihor County)
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Borosjenő 1892 Ineu (Bihor County)
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Belényes 1892 Beius (Bihor County)
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Brasso 1895 Brașov (Brașov County)
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Arad 1902 (?) Arad (Arad County)
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Nagy Banya 1907 Baia Mare (Maramures County)
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2 filler issue 1913, Maros Vasarrely in 1916
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30 filler issue 1913, cancelled BEREND, part of Odoreu in 1916 (Satu Mare County)
Attributed to Austria after WWI
editBurgenland.
Croatia-Slavonia (Kingdom)
editIncludes Syrmia.
Sorted by cancellation date
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5 kr First (litho) 1871 Hungary issue, FIUME, time in Italian P.M. Rijeka (Croatia)
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5 kr engraved issue, bilingual (Croat-German) 1873 in Osijek (Croatia)
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3 kr Varaždin bilingual Varasd issue 1881 (Croatia)
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Zagreb bilingual in 1887, was AGRAM until 1869 (Croatia)
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24 kr issue 1888 stamp, cancelled VERÖCE Virovitica, (Croatia).
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50 f Essegg Unterstadt bilingual in 1900 (Croatia)
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Issue 1900 stamp, 5 filler, bilingual cancelled ZAGARD-ZAGREB in 1900 (Croatia)
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Issue 1900 stamp, 10 filler, cancelled FIUME Rijeka in 1900 (Croatia)
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35 filler issue 1904, cancelled PAKRAC Pakrac (Croatia)
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20 fillér, issue 1904, IRIG Irig, Serbia in 1907 (Irregh, Syrmia, Serbia)
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Issue 1908 stamp, 10 filler, cancelled SUŠAK Sušak in 1908 (Croatia)
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2 kor Nuštar in 1911 (Syrmia, Croatia))
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50 fillér, issue 1913, IRIG Irig, Serbia in 1916 (Irregh, Syrmia, Serbia)
Military Frontier (until 1871) - Militärgrenze
editComplete Hungarians sovereignty on January 1, 1871.
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5 kr Alt Gradiska 1867 issue Stara Gradiška (Croatia)
Temes District - Temeser Banat
editSplit between Serbia and Romania.
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Austrian KK issue 1867, cancelled at TORONTÁL-SZECSAN in January 1871 (Banat, Serbia)
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Issue 1871 lithographed 10 kr, cancelled at NAGY BECSKEREK Zrenjanin (Banat, Serbia)
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Lugos 1889 Lugoj (Timis County) (Romania)
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NAGY SZ-MIKLOS 1895, issue 1888, Sânnicolau Mare, Banat (Romania)
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20 kr issue 1881, cancelled Hungarian HÓDSÁGH Odžaci in 1895 (Banat, Serbia)
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1 kr Journal issue 1881, cancelled at ZOMBOR Sombor in 1893 (Banat, Serbia)
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2 kr issue 1890 (regraved), cancelled at VERSECZ Vršac in 1897 (Banat, Serbia)
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5 fillér issue 1900, cancelled Hungarian PÁRDÁNY Međa (Žitište) in 1900 (Banat, Romania before 1924)
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Nagy Jecsa 1901 Iecea Mare (Timis County) (Romania)
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Bobda 1904 Cenei (Timis County) (Romania)
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30 fillér, issue 1913, Hungarian cancelled TÖRÖK BECSE Novi Bečej in 1916 (Banat, Serbia)
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1 korona, issue 1913, NAGY KIKINDA Kikinda in 1915 (Banat, Serbia)
Transylvania - Siebenbürgen
editPostdirektionsbezirk Grosswardein, now in Romania.
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Csicso Keresztur Uriu
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Brasso 1895 Brașov (Brașov County)
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2 filler issue 1913, Maros Vasarrely in 1916
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30 filler pair issue 1913, cancelled Kolozsvar in 1915
Voivodina - Woiwodschaft Serbien
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20 kr issue 1881, Hungarian HÓDSÁGH Odžaci in 1895 (Serbia)