Kalush (UA)

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The Polish name KALUSZ was in use when the Bezirk post office opened before 1850.Kalush (Ukrainian: Калуш, Polish: Kałusz) is a large town (67,519 inhabitants in 2016) set in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.

It is administratively incorporated as a town of oblast significance and serves as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kalush Raion (district), which it is administratively not a part of.

Historically in the Austrian Galicia crownland, one of the 78 Bezirkshauptmannschaften (district seats).

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Postmark in Ukraine

Postmark in Poland

Postmark in Austria-Hungary era (1867-1918)

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Postmark in Austrian Empire Galicia province

The Polish name KAŁUSZ was in use when the post office opened before 1850.

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