Austria - Postablagen and Posthilfsstellen cancellations - Part 6

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Appendix 1: Introduction dates for Kühnel code types.

Kühnel
type
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
Year 18** 1900 1900 1914 1900 1925 1939 1944 1945 1960 1967 1967 1983 1983



Appendix 2: conversion from Kühnel to APS codes.

(All prefixed 'a' for roman type: sanserif and mixed also occur)

Type 1: Private and auxiliary cancels. Some might be better coded as 'B', ie requires an illustration!

1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g 1gb 1h 1hb 1i 1j
APS aLo aLo aKo aKo a2Oo** aDOo** aEov** aEov** aDOo** aDBj B 2K2o

Type 2: Boxed single-line (double if bilingual) steel cancel, stars flanking name.

2a 2b 2c 2d
APS All are aKo**

Type 3: As type 2 but rubber.

3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 3g 3h 3i 3k 3Cs
APS All are aKo**

Type 4: As type 2 but rubber; and 'P' or 'POST' before postal town name.

4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 4g 4h 4i 4k
APS aKo** aKo** aKo** aKo** aKo aKo** aKo** aKo** aKo** aKo**

Type 5: Boxed dated cancels; internal dividing line if present is broken by date etc.

5a 5b 5c 5d 5e 5f 5g
APS aK2j** aK2je** aKj** aKj aKje aKj** aKje

Type 6: Boxed double-line cancels; stars flanking dividing line; post town prefixed P. or Post

6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 6g
APS aKo** aKo** aKo** aKo** aKo**** aK2o aKo**

Type 7: Anschluss cancels; 'über' instead of 'Post'

7a 7b 7c 7d
APS aKo aK2o aLo aLo

Type 8: Anschluss cancels; with post district '12a' or '12b'
(in 8a, 8b, 8d its in a circle superimposed on left of a single or double box)

8a 8b 8c 8d 8e
APS B B aK2o B aLo

Type 9: Post-war cancels

9a 9b 9c 9d
APS aLo aLo aLo** aKo**

Type 10: 3-section box with date

10a 10b
APS aK3je aK3j

Type 11: Boxed names and circle, no date

11a 11b 11c 11d
APS All are KEo

Type 12: Boxed names and circle with date

12a 12b 12c 12d 12e 12f 12g
APS All are KE

Type 13: Postcode cancel, no date

13a
APS P2(b)o

Type 14: Postcode cancel with date

14a 14ab 14b 14ba 14c 14d
APS P2(be) P2(b)d(e) P2(e) P2 RP2(e)+T P2(e)


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