Postal use of the 15h

The 15 h covered common rates of 1919–1920 (e.g. a 4 × 15 h franking for a letter of the 4th tariff period). Recording cancellations of the scarcer perforations B, C and E maps where these stamps were actually used.

Note: All usage data below – railway post offices and post-office lists – relate exclusively to stamps from printing plates 1 and 2.

Railway post (TPO)

Documented travelling post offices on 15 h stamps of the scarcer perforations:

PerforationsTrain no.FromTo
E516BrnoZnojmo
E681ProstějovČeská Třebová
E47TurnovPraha
E398OstroměřHradec Králové
ELiberecPardubice
E360SmržovkaJosefův Důl
E384Hroby, RadenínPraha
E394BratislavaVeselí nad Moravou
EŠtítyKrálíky
EČeské BudějovicePlaná nad Lužnicí
EDobříšVrané nad Vltavou
EPrahaBrno
EKašticeDoupov
B352KašticeDoupov
EPrahaBudějovice *
E19xJilemniceRokytnice nad Jizerou
C2xxVejprtyChomutov
E622Velké KarloviceHranice

* provisional cancel

Post offices documented on perforation B (11¾, plates 1–2) — 53

Post offices documented on perforation E (11½:10¾, plates 1–2) — 160

Post offices documented on perforation C (13¾, plates 1–2) — 9

Post offices documented on perforations G (11½:13¾) and H (13¾:10¾), plates 1–2

Perforation G — 11½:13¾ (7 copies: fields 55, 53, 34, 17, 92 of plate I; 42, 75 of plate II): the Praha 1 cancel is documented on six stamps, with legible dates 18 Feb 1920, 25 Feb 1920, 21 Apr 1920 and Apr 1920 (month only).
Perforation H — 13¾:10¾ (5 copies: the 97+98/I pair, a newly found pair and field 84/I): two legible cancels — Turnov, 15 March 1920 (a horizontal pair, so far the earliest recorded use of perforation H) and Hradec Králové, 27 April 1921 (84/I); the 97+98/I pair bears machine wavy-line strikes without a legible office.

Imperforate plates 5 and 6 postally used — 13

Rare records of postally used imperforate stamps from the late plates:

Two further imperforate copies carry cancels with neither a legible office nor a legible date: fields 36/VI and 57/V.

→ Interactive cancellation map: perforations B/C/E (plates 1–2), plates III, IV, VII and the imperforate plates V–VI