Sniatyn (UA)

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Sniatyn (Ukrainian: Снятин, Polish: Śniatyn) is a town (10,100 inhabitants in 2016) located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine along the Prut river. It is the administrative center of Sniatyn Raion (district). After WWI, it was a rail border crossing between Poland and Romania.

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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Bilingual Correspondenz-Karte 2 kr from SNIATYN (Klein 12 Points) on 8 January 1875 to Pest (Hungary).

Postmark in Austrian Empire Galicia province

The Polish name SNIATYN was in use when the post office opened before 1850, seat of the District. Linear