1915, From Orsova to Pola, registered naval official cover with
indication of Portofreie Dienstsache and Rekommandiert, red and
white
1915, From Orsova to Pola, registered naval official cover with
indication of Portofreie Dienstsache and Rekommandiert, red and
white registration label AJANLOTT ORSOVA 1 870, circular dispatch
cancel ORSOVA 22 nov. 915, addressed to POLA II. Marinefeldpostamt,
violet cachet K.U.K. DONAUFLOTTILIEN COMMANDO, registered naval
mail during World War I transported along the Danube, rare official
cover combining registration and military franking, historical
context Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War, Orsova
strategically situated on the Iron Gates section of the Danube,
served as a key forward base for the K.U.K. DONAUFLOTTILLE, which
patrolled and secured river transport routes from the Balkans to
the Adriatic, geopolitical background following the assassination
of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and the subsequent declarations
of war, the Danube theatre became a vital line of supply and
communication for Austro-Hungarian and German forces, with
increased military presence and infrastructure in towns such as
Orsova, today located in Romania near the Serbian border, naval
postal significance POLA, home to the Austro-Hungarian Navy’s main
base, was central to naval operations in the Adriatic Sea, the
K.U.K. DONAUFLOTTILIEN COMMANDO coordinated with the
Kriegshafenkommando Pola, making this postal route critical for
strategic correspondence between Danube flotilla command and naval
high command, notable individuals possibly associated with this
correspondence include Admiral Anton Haus, then Commander-in-Chief
of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and Flottillenkommandant
Korvettenkapitän Karl Lucich, active in Danube operations during
this period, scarcity evaluation combination of Dienstsache and
Rekommandiert on official military mail with a clearly struck
violet cachet of the DONAUFLOTTILIEN COMMANDO and full registration
label is very rare, particularly from late 1915 after intensified
operations along the Balkan front, XF! Estimate 2.400€.
