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Marius
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World War I leads to scarcity of materials. Combined with the increased amount of transit mail (hundreds of tons at a time when ships arrive or depart Bergen), the postal budgets are stretched to their limits. In Christiania, a name change and reorganizing of the departments warrant new cancellations. (Hits: 668)
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On December 13th, two new cancellers are delivered to the letter department, and two old ones are returned to the postal authorities.
Both of these have 8 vertical bars in the upper and lower halves, thus separating them can at first be tough. However there are differences:
Type A: Slightly shorter bars, 3rd I almost 0 degree angle, top of R slightly compressed.
Type B: Slightly longer bars, 3rd I with slightly larger angle, and the top of the R with more volume.
1910 Type A, 1910 Type B |
One more rolling parcelpost was delivered to the parcel post office on 1910-9-24. The same day, the Kristiania H and Kristiania V offices were supplied with similar cancels.
However, two cancels from the delivery this day have not been confirmed with place of delivery. This may technically indicate that the PO got more, or that also Kra G and Kra O got similar ones.
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Langangen has recorded a canceller sent to the parcel post department on 1911-6-23 (shipped by engraver on June 15th) iin Norske Poststempler, part 1B, page 324. In NFT 8/88 pp 403 and 405 this order and delivery is mentioned.
In June 1911 a circular cancel has been recorded as delivered to PP. Shipped 23 or 24 June. It was requested by Postmaster on 1911-04-10 together with a rectangular cancel. Instead of supplying a rectangular, the 1877 Ch was re-engraved to K.
The big question is which, if any, cancel went to the PP?
Perhaps this one has something to do with that?
This one with 6 bars in the comb I have first spotted around Xmas in what appears to have been 1918. After that there's a gap until fall 1919. And after that -- who knows what happened...
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In 1918/1919, it is swapped (somehow) with the 1910 Type A? After all, the Type B goes from Br to Banco around this time, and in these Wild West years, who knows what ends up where...
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After the limited success with the rolling parcelpost cancels, Kjeldaas developed the idea into cradle shaped cancels. The rollers had been a success in action, only the postal administration did not order enough to facilitate large scale production.(Instead it seems he got promoted to Pakmester, which was a better paid job indeed).
Such a cradle was tested at Kristiania in the fall of 1912; apparently delived on 1912-8-8.
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On February 13th 1915, the Magazine department at the PO was issued a cancel which read KRISTIANIA * BLAD *. This department was dealing with all the subscription matters. In those days you were able to subscribe to literally thousands of different periodicals and newspapers through the post office.
Mignon Chablon- & Stempelfabrik, Kristiania was yet another supplier for the postal administration.
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Sent to the P.P.II (Pakkepostavdeling II) on 1915-3-9, according to Langangen (NFT8/88, 403).
FRAGT BETALT Removed (1921) |
On March 31st a cancel bearing the inscription KRISTIANIA P.P. II was delivered to the PO. Pakkepostavdeling II was the new name for the customs expedition for incoming foreign parcel post.
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On April 24th a cancel bearing the inscription KRISTIANIA P.P. I was delivered to the PO. Pakkepostavdeling I was the new name for the parcel post, but this canceller was only used in the handling of outgoing international parcels (originating or transiting Xania).
Used until 31 XII 24 which is the date observed in engraver Hellik Rui's order books in connection with the 1924/25 name change recall.
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With the new ID system for the departments, each new cancel for the letter department should have the litra Br. at the base.
The cancel was delivered from the factory on May 14th, but no date is recorded for delivery to the PO. The uncommon design must have resulted in it being withheld and debated/inspected at the postal administration for a while. Once in use, however, the horizontal bars quickly break off.
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At some point, before 1915, the atmosphere turned sour between the postal administration and Pakmester Kjeldaas who had introduced the cradle cancels in Norway. A lawyer and budget restraints have to take the blame for that.
Furthermore, the cradles' date insets turned out to be of lesser quality than desired, and by 1916 many of them were damaged beyond repair. Somehow the PM in Bergen was able to order cradle cancels from a local supplier, Stempelfabriken "Protector". One was issued to Kristiania PO on 1917-9-8.
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For use on incoming remboursement mail (P.O. = postoppkrav = COD = cash on delivery = remboursement). Listed by Langangen, assumably showing a strike from the invoice, as having six vertical bars.
Delivered from the factory on 1918-1-5 and shipped to the Kristiania post office the same day. Must have been used in the Banco department; applied normally to the reverse of incoming COD mail.
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The previously delivered Swiss P.P.I from the Mignon factory, quickly began to disintegrate, but that is not the reason why this one was ordered. They simply needed a PPI for back office use. This one is distinguishable by a big dot on each side of the P.P.I inscription. Tricky to find used on stamps.
The 1924/25 recall date in the order books is 31 XII 24, indicating it was used throughout the remaining Xania period.
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According to Langangen (NFT8/88, 405) a cancel was sent to P.A.II on 1918-8-7.
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The spare parts crisis for the cradle parcel post cancels seemed to have been solved when the PM in Kristiania was issued a cancel from Kristiania Kunst- & Metalstøberi on 1918-9-12.
This one had the text Pakkepost at the top, and is distinguished by very small types at the bottom where KRISTIANIA is written. The date is vertical.
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This canceller I have first spotted in the holiday seson of 1918. Heavily used in summer/fall of 1919. Sporadically noticed in 1920...
What is it? Where did it come from? Re-engraving? Product sample?
6 bars in the comb were also used by an early 1918 delivery from CC&S (see the 1918 P.O. pmk), so I am confident this one is of their manufacture.
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