Chernivtsi (UA)

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Chernivtsi (Ukrainian: Чернівці́ , Romanian: Cernăuți) is a city (263,287 inhabitants in 2015) in western Ukraine, situated on the upper course of the River Prut. Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) – the northern, Ukrainian part of the historical Moldavian region of Bukovina. The territory of Chernivtsi is divided into three administrative city raions (districts): Pershotravnevy, Sadhora and Shevchenko. Historically in the Austrian Bukovina crownland.

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Postmark in Ukraine

USSR Postmark

1950s

Postmarks in Romania era

Bridge CERNAUTI in 1934.
Cernauti Gara Romania. Train Station of Chernivtsi

Postmarks in Austria-Hungary era (1867-1918)

Blue Fingerhut in 1871.
Frame type gKj on a postage due in 1897.
Schraffen on a Newspaper issue in 1899.

GELDANWEISUNG

For money transactions.

In 1878 on a 50 kr

CZERNOWITZ 2 - Station

In 1900 on newspaper issue.

CZERNOWITZ 3 - Filiale

This post office opened on 11 July 1887.

SADAGORA

Circle in 1902 on a postage due

Postmark in Austrian Empire Bukovina province

The Austrian name CZERNOWITZ was in use when the post office opened before 1850.

Sadagura

Sadhora (Ukrainian: Садгора; Polish: Sadagóra; Romanian: Sadagura) is a microraion of Chernivtsi city, located 6 km from the city center. The Austrian names SADAGORA or SADAGURA were in use when the post office opened before 1850, District of Czernowitz.

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Type RCj-f on the 1861 issue.

Covers

8 March 1851 Vom Czernowitzer Stadtmagistrate, linear postmark type IL-I, to NEUTITSCHEIN 13/3 in Moravia. Transit KRAKAU 12/3.
1857 Stampless cover from Czernowitz 1.MAI (type sL-I) to Wien.