Los 2209
Karpaten Ukraine

1915, from k.u.k. Feldpostsammelstelle Transkarpathen Südfahrt to Trieste, military field postcard (Feldpostkorrespondenzkarte) sent without franking in accordance with Austro-Hungarian military postal regulations, circular postmark K.U.K. FELDPOSTSAMMELSTELLE TRANSKARPATIEN SÜDFAHRT 5.X.15, addressed to Stefan Suppan, a k.k. post office director, handwritten message dated the same day referencing the writer’s movements with the Transkarpathen-Fahrt, a mobile postal and supply route operated by the Austro-Hungarian army through the southern Carpathians to support troops on the Eastern Front, typical for Austro-Hungarian logistical and communications routes during the intense autumn campaign of 1915, as imperial forces pushed back against Russian troops following the Gorlice Tarnow offensive, with mail routing through newly secured territories, no arrival mark, ex Kugel, SUP! Schätzpreis 900€.