Frames 51-52: French Censorship of Austrian Civil Mail 1945-53
After WWII, under the Yalta agreement Austria was divided up into three zones plus the City of Vienna which was controlled by all the Allies. France requested to be included, and at the London Agreement of July 1945 the Americans relinquished the Provinces of Vorarlberg and the Tirol to them. French censorship commenced on 9 July 1945 and ended on 18 August 1953 for foreign mail to Japan and Germany; domestic censorship finished on 7 October 1946 and general foreign mail on 15 November 1947. There were two principal censorship facilities, Bregenz for Vorarlberg and for the Tirol Innsbruck (which had three sub offices for a few months). A variety of censor marks were used in various colours with a wide selection of resealing pre-printed labels and tapes some of which had a very short period of use.
