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Military TPOs 1938-1945
Military Railway Post hand stamps were issued by the Czechoslovakian authorities in 1938; they seem to have been used only during October and November of that year. Twenty-four different numbered hand stamps are known in the range of 1a to 20b.
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| Vojenska Vlakova Posta / 16 11.XI.38 / Side b |
Following the annexation by Hitler in October 1938 new TPO handstamps were issued by the Third Reich. These new handstamps were bi-lingual with the route shown in German in the top half and the Czechoslovakian version in the lower half.
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| Budejovice - Praha TPO (No 52) Side a |
There are many examples during the Occupation of the TPO handstamp being struck upside down, thus ensuring that the Czechoslovakian names appeared above the German. This may well have been a show of defiance!
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| Nemecky Brod - Pardubice TPO (No 98) Side a (postmark upside down) |
The line from Solnice to Castolovice was opened in 1893 and is about 10 kilometres - so short that the TPO was never issued with a route number (probably a Mailguard). Shown below are the pre-war and Occupation cancellations.
100th anniversary of the opening of the line between Olomouc and Praha.
