AUSTRIA
5 Kreuzer 1870's, 5 Kreuzer, 15 Kreuzer 1890's (Postmarked Lemberg,
later to become Lwow).
60th year of Franz-Jozef, 1908. Postmarked Krakow 1910.
40 heller (postmarked Jaroslaw), 2 Kronen 1916-1918. Stamps of
this type were later issued in
Krakow (with "Poczta Polska" overprint).
Click here for more info. They were also used for local
postage click here.
Military Field-Post 1917. Used by Military units, including Pilsudski's
Legions (until mid 1917).
Stamps of this type were later issued in Lublin (with "Poczta Polska"
overprint). Click
here for more info. During World War One, stamps from other
parts of the Austrian Empire (such as Bosnia-Hercegovina) were also used
in Poland, especially for military postage and taxation stamps (with Polish
overprints in the Halerzy denomination).
click here
for a page about early Austrian airmail through Poland. From the
Austrian Philatelic US society website http://www.apsus.esmartweb.com/
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