Figure 14. Overprinted Mukachiv postal card with red obliterations.
CARPATHO-UKRAINIAN POSTAL STATIONERY, 1939 and 1945
| NRZU-Overprinted Stationery | Uzhhorod Stationery |
| Overprinted Hungarian Postal Stationery | Mukachiv Stationery |
| A Note on Valuations | Berehove Stationery |
| Criteria for Listing | Field Post Stationery |
Mukachiv Stationery
The seat of the NRZU in Mukachiv easily produced the greatest number of postal stationery items. A diagonal, two-line, Ukrainian inscription was adopted for two separate printings. Reading upwards at a 58-degree angle, the overprint was made up solely of capital letters using a serif type. The first printing, using black ink, revalued both 12f and 18f postal cards to —.40 [fillér]. Some 2,000 additional 18f postal cards from Khust also received this
overprint.The second printing, with red ink, again revalued both 12f and 18f 1944-issue postal cards, but this time to 1.— [Pengő], see Figure 14. Both unoverprinted and Khust-overprinted 12f postal cards were transformed as were both message and reply halves of separated 1941-issue 12f double cards (presently not known without the Khust overprint).
Figure 14. Overprinted Mukachiv postal card with red obliterations.
Similarly, the red overprint was also applied to 18f postal cards and to 1943-issue 18f double cards (both halves), see Figure 15. All these items may or may not have the Khust ČSP / —1944— marking. (One thousand previously overprinted cards were reported to have been produced.)
Figure 15. Message half of a double card with red Mukachiv overprint
(damaged Oтправитель
at lower left).
Red overprints exist in a variety of shades, from light to dark. This is especially noticeable on postal cards numbered 11 and 14 below. Overprint-shifted and overprint-doubled varieties have been recorded (Figure 16). Variations in the dimensions of some of the obliteration bars also exist.
Figure 16. Shifted Mukachiv overprint on card with
prior ČSP / —1944—
overprint.
Figure 17. Damaged Oтправитель
overprint variety appears on all 18-fillér message cards seen to date.
This variety does not occur on the (so far) only known 12-filler message
card.
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Table 3: MUKACHIV STATIONERY |
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Number |
Overprint |
Item |
Description of Stationery |
Value |
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|
Mint |
Used |
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Black Overprint (—.40) |
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4 |
black |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / —.40 on 1944 12f |
$200 |
$500 |
|
5 |
black |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / —.40 on 1944 18f |
$100 |
$250 |
|
6 (5) |
black |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / —.40 over ČSP / —1944— on 1944 18f |
$100 |
$300 |
|
Red Overprint (1. —) on 12-filler Cards |
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|
7 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — on 1944 12f; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$150 |
$400 |
|
8 (7) |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1944 12f; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$150 |
$400 |
|
9 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1941 12f message half; 90 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center (composed of two sections: 54 and 36 mm) |
$250 |
$500 |
|
103 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1941 12f reply half |
$250 |
$500 |
|
Red Overprint (1. —) on 18-filler Cards |
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|
11a |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — on 1944 18f; 36 by 4.5 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$150 |
$350 |
|
11aY |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — on 1943 18f; 36 by 4.5 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$300 |
$500 |
|
11b |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — on 1944 18f; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$75 |
$200 |
|
12 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — on 1943 18f message half; 90 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center (composed of two sections: 54 and 36 mm); damaged Oтправитель4 |
$125 |
$350 |
|
13 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — on 1943 18f reply half; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$125 |
$350 |
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It is possible that card No. 13 also exists with three obliterating bars (as in card No. 16). |
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Red Overprint (1. —) on 18-filler Cards, with ČSP / —1944— |
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|
14a (11a)5 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944—on 1944 18f; 36 by 4.5 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$150 |
$400 |
|
14b (11b) |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1944 18f; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center |
$75 |
$200 |
|
14bd |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1944 18f; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center; Khust overprint doubled |
$250 |
$750 |
|
14bs |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1944 18f; 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar upper center; shifted overprint |
$125 |
$350 |
|
15 (12)6 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — over ČSP / —1944— on 1943 18f message half |
$200 |
$500 |
|
16 |
red |
PC |
ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА / УКРАЇНА / 1. — " over ČSP / —1944— on 1943 18f reply half; three bars stacked (36 by 9 mm, 36 by 3.5 mm, and 36 by 2 mm) upper center |
$200 |
$500 |
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It is possible that card No. 16 also exists with a single 36 by 9 mm obliterating bar (as in card No. 13). |
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3. -
The
existence of this card type has not been confirmed, but since the
message half is known, the reply half is assumed to have also been
produced. These same overprinted cards, but without the prior Khust ČSP / ·1944·
overprint, are listed by some authorities but probably do not exist.
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4. - Only cards with damaged
Oтправитель
have been seen by the authors. Varieties with an undamaged word may
exist.The
existence of this card type has not been confirmed by the authors.
5. - The existence of this card type has not been
confirmed by the authors.
6. - The
existence of this card has not been confirmed by the authors, but since
the reply half is known, the message half is assumed to have been
produced.