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

Machine cancel Lindau im Bodensee, 1990
Meter cancel Lindau, 2009

Allied Occupation

To be confirmed

German Empire era

Bridge LINDAU in January 1923.
Bridge LINDAU (Bodensee) in 1936.
.. die .. Insel in 1937.

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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Covers


Meter cancels

Lindau (Bodensee) 1963
Lindau (Bodensee) 1966
Lindau (Bodensee) 1989
Lindau (Bodensee) 1994
Lindau (Bodensee) 1999
Lindau (Bodensee) 2001
Lindau (Bodensee) 2002
Lindau (Bodensee) 2004
Lindau (Bodensee) 2005
Lindau (Bodensee) 2009