AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STAMPS OF CARPATHO-UKRAINE, 1939 and 1945
| The National Council Definitive Issues | Cancellations |
| First Definitive Issue | Censorship |
| Second Definitive Issue | Epilog |
| Third Definitive Issue | Conclusion |
Censorship
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Many Carpatho-Ukraine covers bear a two-line boxed censor mark in black, violet or lilac with the two-line inscription " Закарпатська Україна / пробаченo цензурою”(Carpatho Ukraine / examined by censor); see Figure 34. A handwritten censor number was normally inserted in the box. All censoring was done in Uzhhorod. |
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Most censored covers have been opened by the censor on the right side and then re-glued from the inside. This is not the case with the Figure 33 cover, which was probably delivered to the censor unsealed. This approach to opening covers for censorship is also seen in post-WWII covers from Poland and the Soviet Zone of Germany.
The covers shown in Figures 20 (see First Definitive Issue) and 31 (see Cancellations) above also display this marking, while the cover in Figure 15 (see Second Edition) has the censor mark on the reverse.
Figure 35 is an unoverprinted Hungarian postal card, "canceled" with the NRZU censor mark and endorsed by manuscript "Uzhhorod 1945 1/29". This is the earliest use of the censor mark known to the authors, and the card can also be considered a forerunner to the NRZU overprinted postal stationery issued in February of 1945 (see Chapter 14).
Figure 35. Censorship mark used as cancellation.
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