Saturday, 30 December 2023

2.1918 Kuk 79.Inf.Regiment to Fiume


 18.02.1918 Kuk 79. Otočaner Infantry Regiment "graf Jellacic" Fp.628  used by 48.Inf.division in Italy. Mailed to Fiume/Rijeka in Croatia. Unusual big units cancel in red. 

Saturday, 23 December 2023

9.1943. 10.SS Panzergrenadier division to Zagreb, Croatia





16.09.1943 SS-feldpost.  Letter from Fp.27480 E -  4.Batterie, 10.SS Flak Abteilung, 10.SS Panzergrenadier division to Zagreb, Croatia. Arrival cancel 04.10.1943 Zagreb on the back cover. Units cancel, feldpost cancel and AS-censors cancel are on the front of the cover. At that time 10.SS division was in formation and training in southern France, in area north of Marseille. Sender is Croatian Volksdeutsche man using German name Hans Uhl on the cover while using his and german and croatian name in the letter; Hans-Zvonko. Content is usual lover letter to a girlfriend, he mentiones another man from Zagreb also serving with the unit.Text is Croatian.

Saturday, 16 December 2023

6.1943 Sarajevo to 12.pješačka pukovnija(12.infantry regiment)



17.06.1943 registered letter from Sarajevo to Bosanski Novi , adressed to colonel Miroslav Schlacher commander of 12.pješačka pukovnija(12.infantry regiment). Postage paid , arrival cancel Bos.Novi 19.06.1943

Schlacher latter in war become commander of Brzi Zdrug(Mobile Brigade). In September 1945  he was executed by Communist butchers with other Croatian patriots, after a mock trial of Croatian officers in Belgrade.

Sunday, 10 December 2023

12.1915 K.u.k mail from hospital in Zagreb to hospital in Zemun



 02.12.1915 K.u.k feldpost card from hospital in Zagreb(Bolnica Milosrdne braće/ Bramherzigen Bruder Spital) to hospital in Zemun(Bolnica Crvrnog Križa/Red cross hospital). Dated in text which is in Croatian. Hospital cancel applied in red, censor cancel Zensuriert 6 from Zagreb censors is also present. Red cancel has Militarpflege written meaning Military care (care for wounded), such mail was treated as feldpost and no there was no charge for it.

Monday, 4 December 2023

6.1943 - Deutsches Abnahmekommando bei Firma “Croatia” Agram to Reich



 

03.06.1943 official registered feldpost from Fp.25698 - Deutsches Abnahmekommando (N) bei Firma “Croatia” Agram to Wien in Reich. This is the first letter i have ever seen from this Fp.number. Mailed via Fp.amt 530 based in Zagreb with Kenn number 176.