#1338 Austria 19/12/21

On December 24, 2019 I received this very nice cover, which was delivered by an old tramway in Vienna.

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#1304 Austria 20/10/30

This nice cover from Austria was sent by Alfred, thank you! It was  posted in Vienna on October 30 and arrived on November 13, 2020.

#1295 Austria 20/11/21

On November 24 I received this beautiful cover from Austria. The personalised stamp and the cover commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first lunatic rover Lunochod 1.

#1281 Austria 19/10/12

This very nice cover from Austria was delivered by the Mariazell Railway Himmelstreppe from Mariazell to St. Pölten. It was cancelled on October 12 and arrived on October 22, 2019.

#1228 Austria 18/10/06

On October 9, 2018 I received this special cover, which was delivered by a replica of the Hansa-Brandenburg C.I airplane.

The cover was cancelled in Wiener Neustadt. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of civil airmail.

#1066 Austria 16/10/26

On October 28, 2016 I received this beautiful registered cover from Austria. It was delivered on October 26 with the balloon “OE-SGS” in Puch bei Weiz during the course of the Pinkabria stamp exhibition.

The sales revenue of this event is donated to a children’s cancer research institute.

#999 Austria 15/11/29

Here is another special delivery cover from Austria. It was delivered by the balloon “D-ORIE” on November 29 from Christkindl to Steyr, where it was handed over to the post office. The cover arrived at my place on December 4, 2015.

In the top left corner there is the boarding cancel, in the middle there are the day cancel of Steyr and the special cancel of the event “55. Weihnachtsballonpost” (55th Christmas Balloon Post), and on the right there is the “Christkindl”-postmark.

See also: #877 Austria 14/11/30

#998 Austria 15/11/28

On December 2, 2015 I received this beautiful cover, which was delivered with a classic post bus from Garsten to Christkindl.

See also: #876 Austria 14/11/29

#931 Austria 15/03/12

On March 13 I received this cover from Austria’s first and only private post service “stampservice“. The cover was posted in Vienna on March 12, 2015; then handed over to Austrian post, which added an additional postmark and a cancellation “Briefsendung Bar freigemacht” (“postage paid”).

The stamp is part of the set “175 Anniversary of Shipping on Traunsee”, which was issued on August 29, 2014.

 

#877 Austria 14/11/30

This very nice cover arrived on December 3, 2014. It is an FDC of the Christmas stamp, which was on board of the balloon “D-ORIE”. Unfortunately the balloon flight was cancelled due to adverse weather.

In the top left corner there is the boarding cancel, in the middle there is the special cancel of the event “54. Weihnachtsballonpost” (54th Christmas Balloon Post), and on the right there is the “Christkindl”-postmark of the issue day of the Christmas-stamp (28.11.2014).

The green rectangular cancel in the bottom left corner shows the dates of the balloon flight: there the flight cancellation is noted.

See also: #730 Austria 13/12/01

#876 Austria 14/11/29

On December 2, 2014, I received this beautiful cover from Garsten, Austria. On November 29 it was delivered by a stagecoach from Garsten to Christkindl.

The postmark on the top is this year’s Christkindl postmark. Below are the special postmarks of the stagecoach event (“25. Kutschenpost”) and of the event “38. Garstner Advent”.

You can find more information of this event in this post: Austria 08/11/29

See also: #733 Austria 13/11/30

#733 Austria 13/11/30

On December 3 I received this year’s stagecoach cover from Garsten. It was delivered by a stagecoach on November 30, 2013, from Garsten to Christkindl.

There are three special postmarks applied: The postmark of the stagecoach event (“24. Kutschenpost”), the postmark of the event “37. Garstner Advent”, which took place on November 29, and this year’s Christkindl postmark.

I already wrote about this special event, which is held every year since 1989, in this post: Austria 08/11/29

See also: #605 Austria 12/12/01

#730 Austria 13/12/01

Another special Christmas cover from Christkindl, Austria: This letter was delivered by the balloon “D-OSDS”, which started on 1 December 2013 in Christkindl and landed in Garsten. The cover is a first day cover of the Christmas stamp too.

The green cancel shows the exact dates of the balloon flight.

See also: #619 Austria 12/12/02

#688 Austria 13/03/20

Wolfgang sent me this nice registered cover with personalised stamps from Austria, thank you! It was posted in Wattens on March 13 and arrived on March 21, 2013.

#619 Austria 12/12/02

In December I received this beautiful balloon post cover from Christkindl, Austria.

The cover is a first day cover of the Christmas stamp, which was issued on November 30, 2012. The cover was on board of the balloon “D-BOSCH III”, which started on 2 December 2012 in Christkindl and landed in Weistrach. The exact dates of the balloon flight can be seen on the green rectangular cancellation. In addition there is a special cancellation of the balloon post event applied (“52. Weihnachtsballonpostbeförderung”).

See also: #182 Austria 09/09/22