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Cancellations
The NRZU manufactured and
distributed rubber handstamp canceling devices to at least 90 post
offices. These double-ring cancellations are about 35mm in diameter
(worn impressions approach 40mm) and were generally struck in black or
violet. The text "ЗАКАРПАТСЬКА
УКРАЇНА /
ПОШТА” (Transcarpathian
Ukraine / Post) wraps around the inside of the circle while the post
office name appears in the center (Figure 31).
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Figure 31. The NRZU provisional
cancel. |
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Figure 32.
Date bridge from bilingual Hungarian canceler |
In general, dates on Carpatho-Ukrainian cancellations were usually handwritten
(or omitted), but some offices employed date handstamps, even including the
date-bridge from an old canceling device (see Figure 32). The dimensions of
this date stamp, 25 mm by 6.75 mm, are a close match to the bilingual
cancelers used during the Hungarian occupation, but the order of the
components has been changed from "Year. Month. Day. Hour." to
"Day. Month. Year. Hour.". |
Locally produced
provisional cancels are known from a few offices: Berehove (boxed), Khust (a
pre-war canceler with the Czech name removed), Rakoshin (boxed), and Shalanki
(circular). Berehove also used a standard NRZU canceler. Handwritten
cancellations were used in Seredne, Siltse (see Figure 28), Vilok, and Zalush.
Seredne, Vilok, and Zalush also used NRZU cancelers, but only manuscript
cancels are known from Siltse.
The cover in
Figure 33 shows a handstamp from Rakoshin used in two different ways: to
cancel the franking and to indicate registration. The Hungarian name "RÁKOS"
has been removed from the upper part of the box, and this space is now used to
enter the date (15 VI 1945) or the registry number (79). Addressed to
Sándorfalva in Hungary, the item appears to be underfranked by 20f.
Figure 33. Rakoshin provisional cancel.
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