Post by ameis33 on Sept 7, 2020 22:20:45 GMT
This topic has been inspired by an article written by David Jay
www.rossica.org/Members/Articles/Articles/jay/stationmarks.php
The conclusion are just based on my observation on letters and postmarks in my collection, but there is not, as far as i know, a reference which can support them.
From Prigara
... On 15 December 1870 the Emperor approved the opinion of the State Council concerning a reorganization of the Postal Establishments in Poland, following which, on 1/13 January 1871, the Administration of the Western Postal District was abolished, and in its stead were established the offices of Postal Unit Managers in the provinces of:
1) Warsaw
2) Piotrkow, Kalisz and Kielce
3) Lublin, Radom and Siedlce
4) Lomza, Suwalki and Plock
This last reorganization of the Postal Administration in the Polish provinces finally united it with the rest of the Empire on a common basis, and all reorganization after 1871 belong to the history of the Post through-out Russia.
If i understand correctly, in 1871 began the end of the Polish Post Administration and its authonomy from the rest of the Empire. This change didn`t not take place at once, but went on gradually. From a postmark point of view, the most evident aspect is the progressive vanishing of the characteristic polish postmarks, from the ones with four concentric rings to all the others, changed in a first moment with provvisional postmarks and, later on, unified with the postmarks used in the rest of the Empire.
In the provinces of Piotrków, Kalisz and Kielce, all belonging to the same postal unit, some particular postmarks was born, which the same Prigara, in the chapter dedicated to the Kingdom of Poland, in the section "rectangular postmarks", classifies as "Type 3":
... Type 3: three-line inscription in Russian, inside a rectangular frame with rounded corners. These were used at Postal Stations. Color: black. (...) They were in use from, apparently. 1871 to 1877.
The Postal Stations which Prigara referred to must not be confused with railway stations. They are just connection points along postal trakt, where mail collected from post offices were delivered, and incoming mail distributed.
The first image is a postal stationary from Piotrków to Zawiercie. The year should be 1877.
Looking in detail the Zawiercie postmark, we can see:
In the first row, Ст ЗАВЬРЦЬ (Zavyertzye, NB! Russian before 1918 reform)
There should be a second row, but it is not visible. It should indicate the province (gubernia), in this case Piotrków.
Third row is the date stamp. The year is partly moulded in the postmark (187), but the last digit is left blank to be filled in by hand.
www.rossica.org/Members/Articles/Articles/jay/stationmarks.php
The conclusion are just based on my observation on letters and postmarks in my collection, but there is not, as far as i know, a reference which can support them.
From Prigara
... On 15 December 1870 the Emperor approved the opinion of the State Council concerning a reorganization of the Postal Establishments in Poland, following which, on 1/13 January 1871, the Administration of the Western Postal District was abolished, and in its stead were established the offices of Postal Unit Managers in the provinces of:
1) Warsaw
2) Piotrkow, Kalisz and Kielce
3) Lublin, Radom and Siedlce
4) Lomza, Suwalki and Plock
This last reorganization of the Postal Administration in the Polish provinces finally united it with the rest of the Empire on a common basis, and all reorganization after 1871 belong to the history of the Post through-out Russia.
If i understand correctly, in 1871 began the end of the Polish Post Administration and its authonomy from the rest of the Empire. This change didn`t not take place at once, but went on gradually. From a postmark point of view, the most evident aspect is the progressive vanishing of the characteristic polish postmarks, from the ones with four concentric rings to all the others, changed in a first moment with provvisional postmarks and, later on, unified with the postmarks used in the rest of the Empire.
In the provinces of Piotrków, Kalisz and Kielce, all belonging to the same postal unit, some particular postmarks was born, which the same Prigara, in the chapter dedicated to the Kingdom of Poland, in the section "rectangular postmarks", classifies as "Type 3":
... Type 3: three-line inscription in Russian, inside a rectangular frame with rounded corners. These were used at Postal Stations. Color: black. (...) They were in use from, apparently. 1871 to 1877.
The Postal Stations which Prigara referred to must not be confused with railway stations. They are just connection points along postal trakt, where mail collected from post offices were delivered, and incoming mail distributed.
The first image is a postal stationary from Piotrków to Zawiercie. The year should be 1877.
Looking in detail the Zawiercie postmark, we can see:
In the first row, Ст ЗАВЬРЦЬ (Zavyertzye, NB! Russian before 1918 reform)
There should be a second row, but it is not visible. It should indicate the province (gubernia), in this case Piotrków.
Third row is the date stamp. The year is partly moulded in the postmark (187), but the last digit is left blank to be filled in by hand.