We have issues 140 on with some gaps, plus oddities including a reprint of the Pola phone book! We also have several Festschrifts, which appear below in the same number sequence as the normal issues. Selected articles follow.
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[Item 128B: History and details of the barracks in Burgenland.] Now transferred to main library as item 362
[Item 153B: 40 years of the Austrian armed forces, as reflected in Philately] Now transferred to main library as item 363
[Item 163A & B: Selected articles by the late Frederic Patka, reprinted.] Now transferred to main library as item 364
[Item 165A: The Werbestempel of Salzburg (ie advertising roller cancellations).] Now transferred to main library as item 365
Item 171A: Postal history of Scandinavian troops supporting NATO and UN in the former Yugoslavia.
Issue 179: Changes (for the worse!) in the Austrian special post office system; Auction lists; 1998 Burgenland military dispositions and cancels.
Issue 180: Markersdorf; UNDOF operations; St Pölten Notgeld; 1911 Naval ship list; Albania 1916-1918.
[Item 180A Auslandseinsätze der Exekutive im Dienste des Friedens - the deployment and postal history of Austrian Civilian Police in support of United Nations operations since 1964 in Cyprus, Namibia, Iraq etc; and also in Bosnia, East Slavonia and Kosovo. 120pp A4 with maps and illustrations.] Now transferred to main library as item 366
Issue 181: Kuk FPO 34; Fieldpost Postanwiesung control stamp; ATHUM/ ALBA cancels with postcode 1503.
Issue 182: Milphila2000 info; recent Austrian armed forces postcards; Fieldpost Postanwiesung control stamps; is Fieldpost worth collecting anyway?; Albanian Legion dispositions; unusual censor marks; Postal History of NATO.
Issue 183: The A1500-3 Field Post Offices.
Issue 184: Current UN & NATO info
Issue 185: Fieldpost money order control cachets; section reports; UN etc.
Issue 186: More on Karlfonds & FPO money orders; UNO Xmas covers; NATO report (in english!); UN Peace Missions freepost cachets.
Issue 187: some practical difficulties expected during the transition to Euro-denominated stamps; KFOR.
[Item 187A: Die k.u.k. Feldpost zu Beginn des 1. Weltkrieges [by H Riedel]. 115pp, many illustrations & maps. Covers the initial phase of WWI. Army & postal organisation; contemporary documents; lists of which FPO was attached to what & when etc.] Now transferred to main library as item 367
[Item 187B: Deutsche Kriegsgefangene in französischem Gewarsam [by F H Sturzeis]. Around 85 un-numbered pages, many B/W illustrations and maps. Discusses the postal arrangements for the million German & Austrian POWs in camps located in France and her North African possessions. Extensive lists of camps. The review in Issue 189 says, I think, that Austrian POWs could enlist in the French Foreign Legion, and that a battalion formed part of the Allied occupying forces in the Tirol.] Now transferred to main library as item 368
Issue 188: plans for MilPhila2000; WIPA reports; the Pirotte collection of Austrian Naval photos.
Issue 189: the 'prevented' fieldpost 1967 (the Army were 'rendering assistance' to guards on Italian border during unrest in Südtirol); KuK fieldpost, a 10pp study by P Högar in 1923; ditto by K Höss in 2000; Karlfonds FDCs and Friedl.
[Item 189B: Die Feldpost der Militärseelsorge der österr. -ung Armee im 1. Weltkrieg [by H Sahlender]. 60pages, many illustrations. Describes the postal arrangements of the army chaplains in WWI, from all denominations and faiths.] Now transferred to main library as item 369
Issue 190: MilPhila 2000 report; book reviews; 2002’s designs; prizes won by members; NATO; UNPROFO; etc
Issue 191: Farewell? (2½-fold increased postal charges; subsidies withdrawn); troubles with post and bank (late or missing items, huge bank charges which members won’t pay etc ); auctions & sales lists; the 1938 invasion.
Issue 192: locations of some FPOs as WWI ended; NATO.
Issue 193: Austrian forces with UNIFCYP in Cyprus; Book: Austrian Air Ships 1909-1915; 'Fieldpost in Ausland' stamp and special cancellations; A-H military money in WWI; the fate of (some) FPOs at the end of WWI in 1918.
Issue 194: 'Feldpost im Ausland' stamp etc; UN, KFOR forgeries; FPOs in 1918; how to read Austrian handwriting (with examples, which look like dropped knitting!); NATO News; etc
Issue 197: 'Where FPOs were when WWI ended' continued [FPA451 - FPA584]; etc.
Issue 198: Society's library clear-out; Christkindl; '25 years of Fieldpost' stamp with allegedly-official marginal printing; 'where FPOs were when WWI ended' continued [FPA585 - FPA1087]; etc.
Issue 199: Ongoing resentments on Eurostamp introduction; kuk Mili. Post offices in Serbia; 'where FPOs were when WWI ended' concluded; etc.
[Item 199B: 'Die Karnische Front 1915-17' and 'Die 10. Armee in Tirol 1918' by Hans Riedel, revised and expanded second editions.] Now transferred to main library as item 359.
Issue 200: Sources of irritation; loose ends on 1918 FPO locations (H Riedel; 7pp); Town cancels from A-H FPOs in Italy (eg Udine); assignment of FPOs to units on SW Front in early 1918; 12pp of Ergänzungsmarken; NATO etc
Issue 200A: 50 years of the Second Republic's Army; second editions of two Hans Riedel books (see next entry); diatribe on Schilling-stamp exchange arrangements; auction lists; FPA11 and FPA51 misuse; KuK reinforced concrete detachment?; etc
Issue 201: Czech Legion; 1938 in Sudetenland (nice map); lots on current Austrian Army activities.
Issue 202: Postal unhelpfulnesses; Review: List of Feldsanitätsanstalten
Issue 203: AGM Reports; a plethora of short reports and notices on WWI, WWII and subsequent topics; and Herr Riedel's appeal for assistance
Issue 204: Gossip; Isonzo exhibition, Innsbruck; April-Oct; Tiroler Kaiserjäger Batallion N; franking possibilities of 2002's issues; amendments to Riedel books; etc
Issue 205: 2nd Edition of K Tranmer's Premysl; Kleinwalsertal Ergänzungs-mark; Tiroler Kaiserjäger Batallion; VI Armeekorps recruiting depot; German Fieldpost stationery in WWII; markings from combined AustroHung-German operations in WWI; and of course much recent material.
Issue 206: On new issues and the obtaining thereof; listings of the kuk Staffels; the 1918 airmails; various medals and awards; and of course much recent material.
Issue 207: On new issues & recent activities and material.
Issue 208: Six members (one GB) evicted for not paying their subs; on personalised stamps; '50 years of the Army' stamp design competition; British fieldpost in Iraq; German fieldpost cards in WWII; 100 years of Franz Josef Land; UNO etc operations
Issue 209: Advert re Innsbruck Kaiserjäger museum's summer exhibition; subscribe now to "50 Years of the Austrian Army" special series; info sought on A. Clement's works; yet more 'personalised stamps', including partial list with tentative prices; UNO etc operations; sales and auction lists
Issue 210: holidays = delays; "Localpost Gardenia" labels; "50 Years of the Austrian Army" special series; wants sales and auction lists
Issue 211: DIY (sorry, "Personalised") stamps on Austrian military themes; "50 Years of the Austrian Army" stamp; wants, sales, and auction lists
Issue 212: "Greenprint" of "50 Years of the Austrian Army" minisheet, exclusively available accompanying Grohser’s new 61€80 book "Philatelie und Feldpost im österreichischen Bundesheer 1955-2005"; parts of the FP-Datei work now available; wants, sales, and auction lists; philately of current peace-keeping activities
Issue 213: this consists of the cover and title pages, a list of activities connected with "50 Years of the Austrian Army", and an Editorial explaining why there is nothing else.
Issue 214: how they moved office; special issue etc as below.
Issue 215: special issue for Austrian Forces on 2005's National Day; commemorative covers for it; current FPOs (eg Cyprus) & their postmasters; etc.
Issue 217: mostly lists of Personal Stamps with a military theme and the stories behind many of them; and recent involvement of Austrian troops in peace-keeping activities.
Issue 218: Personal Stamps with a military theme; Austrian troops in peace-keeping activities; etc
Book: The War in Romania 1916-1918, by H Riedel; 93pp A4, many maps, numerous colour illustrations, extensive coverage of postal aspects.
Issue 219: Personal Stamps with a military theme, continued; Austrian troops in peace-keeping activities; etc
Issue 220: Personal Stamps with a military theme, continued; book reviews; meetings and awards; locations of Landsturm battalions; Karl Kalis to receive the 2006 Patka-medal; Anton Benya prize for innovation awarded to Österreichische Staatsdruckerei; Austrian troops in peace-keeping activities; etc
Issue 221: Personal Stamps with a military theme, continued; book reviews; meetings and awards; etc
Issue 222: Schwechat airfield in and just after WWII incl British occupation; etc
Issue 223: News of modern issues, exhibitions and activities; the war with Romania 1916-18; Wien-Schwechat 3; etc
Issue 224: News of modern issues and activities; etc
Issue 225: Festschrift celebrating their 25th anniversary. 90 sides B/W, high quality printing - with a Personalised Stamp suitably cancelled! Many brief reviews of past achievements and future plans. Articles on the Naval air service, Stalag XVIIB, naval post after 1918, cachets of the railway regiments in WWI, 1683 and the Turks, WWI Fieldpost money letters, personalised stamps, and much more. The ArGe's total output of literature during these 25 years, including 6 Festschrifts, 4 books, 32 brochures and hundreds of newsletters etc is estimated at 14,000 sides, which multiplied by the print run is about 4½ million sheets. [which is about 22½ tonnes!]
Issue 226: Overview of modern Austrian involvements; notes on the 25th anniversary meeting; literature sale
Issue 227 Personnel changes; notes on recent events.
Issue 228: Auction and personalised-stamp items.
Issue 229: The old Post Office at Küb; WIPA2008 and allied events; book reviews; personalised-stamp items; etc. Plus 44-side full-colour auction list!!!
Issue 230 April 2009: the WIPA2008 Cover Series part 3; descriptions of several WWI Fieldpost items; many shorter articles.
Issue 231 May 2009: Ilag XVIII censor marks; news of recent activities; .Personal-Stamp details wanted; etc
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