AUSTRIAN SILESIA

Classification

Territory

Czechoslovakia I (1918-39) Czechoslovakia II (1945-92) Territorial changes 1938-45 (Sudetenland, Hungarian and Polish annexations) Territorial changes after World War I Poland Austrian territory (Cisleithania) Exhibits focused on the Czech lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia) Territories occupied by Germany and changes in postal operations (1939-45)

Subject

Documentation of territorial and constitutional changes History of the post and its operations (incl. a chosen territory) Other postmarks Postal rates and methods of franking (incl. inflation, currency reforms etc.) Standard post office postmarks

Time period

Pre-stamp period First stamp issues Further issues released and valid until 1874 Late 19th century Early 20th century (until World War I) World War I Interwar period World War II Late 1940s

Exhibition class

Standard-size exhibits (approx. 80 or 128 sheets)