Lindau (Bodensee) (DE)
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Lindau is a town (25,132 inhabitants end 2015) and an island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee, in Swabia, Bavaria. It is the capital of the Landkreis Lindau, and located near the borders of Austria (Vorarlberg) and Switzerland (St. Gallen and Thurgau). After World War II, Lindau fell under French administration and went firstly to Württemberg-Hohenzollern and then to the State of Baden-Württemberg. In 1955, Lindau returned to Bavaria.
It used stamps issued by the Bavaria (Bayern) State until 1920.
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Germany Bundespost
Allied Occupation
To be confirmed
German Empire era
Bavaria State era
Until 31 March 1920.
A Royal post office (k.b. Postamt) opened in 1808. LINDAU used numerals 188 and 289 (after 1858) within a mill wheel (Mühlrad).
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