Melk (AT)

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Melk (pronunciation: [mɛlk]) is a town (5,529 inhabitants end of 2017) in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. It is best known as the site of a massive baroque Benedictine monastery named Melk Abbey. It is the seat of the Melk Bezirkshauptmannschaft (one of the 22 Districts in Lower Austria in 1900).

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Postmark in Austria

Postal code 3390

Railway (?) on a Deutschösterreich 1919 issue.

Postmarks in Austria-Hungary era (1867-1919)

Postmarks in Austrian Empire Lower Austria province

The post office (named MÖLK) opened before 1850, in the eponym District.

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Linear, usual MÖLK type RL-R.
Linear, rare Melk type sL-(R).