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stamp. This is also the opinion of other Chainbreaker specialists with whom this theme has been
discussed.

Places and periods of use.
We can distinguish two periods of use of the Maribor 20 vinar stamp. The first is late January-
February 1919, when this stamp was used at various post offices, often quite distant from one
another. The second is May-June (perhaps also September) 1919, when it was in use only in the
Maribor post office.
In the following overview of places and dates of use, (based on my own specimens and those
loaned to me), only those with legible cancels were considered. Each cancel is only included once,
even if it is known on several copies. The names of locations given are those that appear on the
cancels, whereas current names (where relevant) are given in parentheses.
Hammer states in his article that he recorded the use of this stamp between 31 January and 6
June, in the following post offices:
Cilli (Celje), Marburg an der Drau (Maribor), Maria Rast (Ruše), Metlika, Prassberg (Mozirje),
Semič and Železnike (Železniki):
He also notes that he had been told that the stamp was used at three other post offices, although
only one cancellation had a legible date: Dol (13 February), Rietz in Steiermark (Rečica v Savinjski
dolini), and Weinitz (Vinica).
First Period:
Dol: 13 February.
Leskovec pri Krškem: 13 February.
Maria Rast (Ruše): 31 January; 15 February.
Prassberg (Mozirje): 4, 7 and 14 February.
Šmartno (Laze) v Tuhinju: 14 February.
Zatičina (Stična): 12 February.
Second Period:
Marburg an der Drau (Maribor): 19 May - 22 June; (a cancel dated 19 September is probably an
error, perhaps through an inversion of the month slug ‘6’ – for June)
After inspecting 44 specimens, we can summarise this stamp as having been recorded used in
a total of 14 post offices. If cancellations inscribed ‘Maribor,’ applied at Marburg and der Drau, are
listed separately, the total would increase to 15. These offices are listed in alphabetical order of place
name as used on the cancellation, together with the date (or dates) of use. Where the day and/or
month was unclear, these are listed as ‘?’:
Cilli (Celje): 4 February.
Dol: 13 February.
Loški potok: 17 February.
Leskovec pri Krškem: 13 February.
Maria Rast (Ruše): 31 January; 15 and 18 February.
Marburg an der Drau (Maribor): 15 February; ? and 7 (both Maribor cancels), ? and 19 May; 3,
4, 6, 16 and 22 June; 19 September (Maribor cancel - error of date?).
Metlika: 17 February.
Prassberg (Mozirje): 4, 14, 19 and ? February.
Rietz in Steiermark (Rečica v Savinjski dolini): ?
Semič: 13 February.
Šmartno (Laze) v Tuhinju: 14 February.
Weinitz (Vinica): ?
Zatičina (Stična): 12 February.
Železnike (Železniki): 20 February.
Figures 2 and 3 show examples of use in some of these post offices.

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