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In 1889 a new design was tentatively introduced to four offices: a 31mm single-circle canceller with at the top an ornament different for each office. Across the centre is the time in hours & minutes, V or N (am/pm), day, month, year. |
Type | Text | K/S | ON | Ornament |
IV-02 | OTTAKRING | K7824a | 102 | |
IV-04 | GAUDENZDORF | K7821a | 85 | |
IV-06 | MEIDLING | K7820a | 82 | |
IV-08 | NEULERCHENFELD | K7825a | 104 |
The pneumatic station at Hundsthurm - office 55, opened in 1888 - used a regular single-circle postmark [K5772a type gEje]. Later it changed to a specifically pneumatic one: Wien 5/2/55 r.
Ottakring 'Type 4' cancel on reply part of 1884 double-card, sent on 12 Jan 1891 at 1:10pm to Station 1, the Central Telegraph Office, where it arrived at 1:40pm.
Sent from Gaudenzdorf to Hotel Kolbe on Kärntnerring on 11 Dec 1890.
Sent from Meidling to Taborstrasse on 19 Nov 1890. Cancel enhanced.
This item is cancelled 8 July 1891: Neulerchenfeld to Neubau (office 6); the illegible cancel in the centre appears to be Neulerchenfeld in reverse, presumably an offset from a cancellation on another item, or the table! The item number (41 or 71) has been added in blue crayon
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