War- and Fieldpost
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| Cover sent to Sweden from Egersund, Liberation Day, 8 May 1945. Controlled at Postkontrollkontor No. 1 Oslo. |
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The Society has as its aim the futherance of interest in war-time postal history. It was founded in 1987 and now has around 70 members. The Society endeavours to obtain new information aboit the postal history of war-time Norway, and to make this available to collectors and postal historians through publications and articles in philatelic journals. The Society has its own members' periodical Norwegian War and Field Post Journal which is an important link between members and is a means of publicising the Society and its work. A free copy will be sent on request. The Society holds one or two meetings a year including the AGM. At these meetings there is a talk on various war-time postal history topics, members display some of their collections, and discussions take place on various aspects of the subjects on which Society members are working. There is also a postal auction. The yearly subscription fee is NOK 250,-. The Society would like to recruit new members who are interested in war-time mail. If this is your collecting interest, membership of the Society would be of invaluable help to you. If you would like to join, fill in the form below and send it in. Your membership card etc. will be sent by post as soon as you have been enrolled. |  |
What is war-time mail? In the field of collecting, this refers to censor mail and field post from both world wars. Naturally enough, most collectors are interested in Word War II. The years from 1940 to 1945 are an important part of Norway's more recent history, and we have still not recorded, nor indeed, do we know everything about it. This is especially true of postal history, with mail control and censorship of many kinds. For the soldier at the front, the field post was his link with family and friends. The study of field post numbers, cancellations, routes and administration is a major area of research which we have already explored. Field post in peace-time can also be an exciting and varied area to collect, not least because Norwegians form part of the United Nations peace-keeping forces around the world. Thus there are even more cancellations, and postal history to be studied. If you are interested in this large and excitig subject, you will certainly benefit from joining our Society. For further information, you may contact any member of the Committee. |
| Our members write about Norwegian war- and fieldpost: (Discount for members) | ||||
Norwegian Officers in German Captivity 1940–1945 and their Prisoner Mail  | ||||
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| Polizeihäftlingslager GRINI 1941-1945 and the Prisoner mail | ||||
| Deutsches Dienstpostamt Oslo 1942-1945 | ||||
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| Svein Andreassen: Norge. Postveier og sensur under den annen verdenskrig (1995, ISBN 82-90272 56-1) |
Torbjørn Larsson-Fedde: Den tyske marinens feltpost- tjeneste i Norge 1940-1945 (1995, ISBN 82-90272 58-8) |
John Torstad: Den norske postkontrollen under første del av den annen verdenskrig, og feltposttjenesten under felttoget i 1940 (1995, ISBN 82-90272 55-3) |
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| Ulf Lindewald: Tysk postkontroll av civil post i Norge 1940 - 1945 (1999) |
Erik Lørdahl: German Concentration Camps 1933-1945 (2000) (sold out) |
Erik Lørdahl: Tyske militære avdelinger og feltpostnumre tilknyttet Norge 1940-1945 (2001) |
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| Torbjørn Larsson-Fedde: Norske militærleirer og deres posthistorie (2001, ISBN 82-995823-1-8) |
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| A | Mail control |
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| A-1 | Norwegian mail control 1914-1918 - Interned nationals from belligerent. |
| A-2 | Norwegian mail control 1939-1940. |
| A-3 | Norwegian mail control 1945-1946. |
| A-4 | Norwegian mail control in Sweden 1944-1945. |
| A-5 | German mail control of civil post in Norway 1940-1945. |
| A-6 | German mail control in WW II of overseas mail to and from Norwegian prisoners of war, political prisoners and internees. |
| A-7 | German mail control of mail of Norwegian prisoners of war and political prisoners in Norway. |
| A-8 | Swedish control of mail to and from interned Norwegian in Sweden. |
| A-9 | Norwegian Nazi control of mail to and from Norwegian internees in Norway. |
| A-10 | Oslo Philatelic Society`s control of philatelic exchange mail 1940-1946. |
| A-11 | Mail to and from Norwegians in Finland during the winter war 1939-1940. |
| A-12 | The Lofoten raid 1941. |
| B | Field Post |
| B-1 | Norwegian Field Post in Norway 1940. |
| B-2 | German Field Post in Norway 1940-1945, including the German civil and military post administration. |
| B-3 | British Field Post in Norway 1940 and 1945. |
| B-4 | American Field Post in Norway 1945. |
| B-5 | French Field Post in Norway 1940. |
| B-6 | Polish Field Post in Norway 1940. |
| B-7 | Norwegian Field Post Office Germany-Oslo. |
| B-8 | Norwgian United Nations troops and observers. |
| B-9 | Permanent Norwegian military Field Post Offices. |
| B-10 | Mobile Norwegian military Field Post Offices. |
| B-11 | Foreign military exercises on Norwegian territory after 1945. |
| B-12 | Mail to and from volunteers on the Eastern Front in WW II. |
| B-13 | Norwegian control of mail to and from NS-prisoners. |
| B-14 | Soviet Field Post in Norway 1944-1945. |
| B-15 | Mail related to German prisoners in Norway 1945-1947. |
| C | Postal History |
| C-1 | Mail routes abroad during the war 1939-1945 including unofficial mail routes. |
| C-2 | List, with dates, of countries and areas where postal links with Norway were discontinued between 1940 and 1945 together with return markings in use when postal links were interrupted. |
| C-3 | Postage rates 1940-1945 from Norway, Denmark Sweden and Finland. |
| C-4 | Norwegian exile mail. |
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Federation of Norwegian Philatelists
ArGe Deutsche Feldpost 1939-1945
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