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Marius
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By now there are so many cancels circulating that it is hard to keep up with them. Miniature cancels are truly in the wind, while re-engravings of Chr to Kr become a means to maintain supplies. Furthermore, many of the previously semi-retired cancels are in frequent use as backups for the cancelling machines. Short contracts with the engravers, and poorly documented changes, make the recorded material from this period very weak. MAny surprises are still to be found! (Hits: 643)
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This postmark appears to have been solely in use at the Banco where it served throughout the Kristiania period.
This is a fairly fresh strike, and at the time of writing the earliest strike I have put aside. Until I find a 1919 impression, it is put in this age category.
The inverted star can perhaps be traced to other postmark deliveries, and thus determine the engraver/supplier.
It may also have been a sample, or just crappy manufacture — note how the 2nd I is clinching the T...
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With *Br.* at the base. Delivered 1920-2-17. Must have gone through a major accident or two, as the bridges broke off.
Later we see this pmk applied to the reverse of registered letters for international destinations (so far only LONDON found as next link in the mail stream). Could some witty postal clerks have re-christened the *BR* (="Letters") to Banco Registered? If so, this is a unique role relocation in Xania postal history.
Last day of use appears to have been 31 XII 24 as the strike in engraver Rui's order book reads following the recall.
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Two cancels with KRISTIANIA SERIE A and SERIE B, respectively, were delivered on 1920-2-19. However, a new order for SERIE A has been delivered to the PO on 1920-3-3... And for the name change in 1925, two Serie A are delivered.
A piece by Olga Ellis (Filatelistisk Årbok 1994, p 119 and 105) suggests, if I understand her correctly, that the Serie A may have been used for "telegramanvisninger", i.e. wire transfers. This may explain the need for two pmks, if there was to be one at the PO and one at the Telegraph station -- for handing out receipts.
Or are we in deep water here? How if the Serie A was used for receipts (in two cashiers' windows) while the B was in the back office?
Please help out if you can.
In Hellik Rui's order books, following the name change recall, there are two different SERIE A strikes, suggesting both were in use until 1925. Their dates read 31 XII 24.
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Sent to the Banco department on 1920-3-21. See the 1918 P.O. cancel for description of its use. However, only one P.O. cancel is ordered for the name change in 1925. Does this signal that the 1918 P.O. cancel had gone AWOL or been distroyed by 1920?
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Langangen lists a cancel with the text KRISTIANIA/KONTO delivered to the PO on 1920-6-19. After the name change in 1925 it is replaced by a Swiss type OSLO KONTO. Perhaps this means the Kristiania Konto pmk was used until the end of 1924. I have not yet been able to find a strike among those Rui order book strikes recovered.
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Pakkepost
(Horizontal date)
KRISTIANIA
As many as 10 -- TEN -- of these were ordered for manufacture on 1920-7-26. Don't even ask me how to tell them apart, or if the total of 10 ever were delivered. Just know that if you have one, you're in luck -- they are not easy to come by.
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This is a rarely seen canceller that is believed to have resided at Budavdelingen due to its time-stamp.
Is is placed in 1921 because that is the earliest date of use I have confirmed.
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On a calculation sheet in his records, Rui has struck four strikes of a Kristiania cancel which otherwise has not been recorded. If it was ever in use at the PO, or remained in his possession, I have not been able to confirm. Yet. The date on the calculation sheet is 16VI21.
Hellik Rui, by the way, won the contract for September through December that year.
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The first correct mention of this canceller, which undoubtedly had been in use at P.P.II for a while, and most likely delivered before the name change in 1915, is found in NFT8/88, page 403, where Langangen has gotten it mixed up with the November 1906 delivery.
In engraver Rui's order books in connection with the 1924/25 name change recall, the postmark date is 31 XII 24 — believed to be its last day of use.
The Original, The Re-Engraved with P.P.II |
Between October 18th and 29th this year, Rui has recorded a re-engraving from Christiania to Kristiania on three cancels. I believe this could be the ones in question:
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Langangen has not found information pertaining to this canceller, but it is apparent that it has been used as a "helper" on P.P.I in connection with machine cancellation of the domesitc dispatch notes from 1922 until the name change to Oslo.
In engraver Hellik Rui's order books the recall date reads 3. I 25, but it was most likely not used beyond 31 December 1924.
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Between approximately October 1922 and July 1923, Christiania Chablon- & Stempelfabrik was again the cancellation suppliers for the Norwegian post. During this interval, a total of six oddly looking Swiss cancels were delived with litra ranging from BR. I to BR. VI. Besides the litra markings, the cancels are distinguishable on two stars... Go have a look for yourself.
* BR. I *, * BR. II *, * BR. III * ...
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Two rectangular cancels for the purpose of marking parcels from the customs office for release, were delivered to the PO on 1923-6-11. From Rui's calculation sheet, it appears that he used 1 kilo of steel to make them, and charged NOK 85,10 each. This left him a 20% profit.
Rui's order book contained a strike of the postmark dated -5 VI 23.
These cancels were later re-engraved to show Oslo Tollpostkontor instead.
Previously not recorded is the existence of a similar postmark that appears to have been a rubber cancel (or two?), used for releasing parcels in the same manner. I have noticed it used in 1926, well after the name change. The autorities probably did not think of, or know of, rubber postmarks when they issued the recall order. After all, these could not be recycled.
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