INTRODUCTION
TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY
Romania
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Following
WW1, three of the former Austro-Hungarian territories became
part of Romania (Bucovina, Transylvania and the Banat). The
Romanian administrations were quickly established in each of
these areas giving rise to its own local postal history. In
all these new provinces civilian mail censorship was established.
Romania had complete control of this in Bucovina and Transylvania
but in the Banat, two military forces allied to the Romanians,
namely the French and Serbs, were interposed between the Hungarian
and Romanian troops. The French and Serbs set up censorship
offices prior to the arrival of the Romanians.
REFERENCE:
http://membres.lycos.fr/dgrecu/19MxtEng.html
On
2.12.1918 a Provisional Government of Transylvania (in Romanian
"Consiliul Dirigent") was established. It had a special
"Communications, Post and Telegraph" section which
took the first steps for keeping the postal service in the liberated
areas functioning. Only on 25.01.1919 did the Military HQ order
the taking over of the post offices by the Bucharest's General
Postal Directorate through the newly established Central Postal
Directorate from Sibiu. Four days later, on 29.01.1919, the
post offices from Transylvania (up to the Western Mountains)
were taken by the Romanians from the Hungarian Administration.
The period 2.12.1918 - 29.01.1919 can be defined as a "Precursory
Period" of the Romanian Postal Service establishment in
Transylvania.
The Romanian Postal Administration in Transylvania (up to the
Western Mountains) began on 1 February 1919; in Western Transylvania
(counties Satu-Mare, Bihor, Arad) on 20.04.1919; in Arad on
10.07.1919; and in Western Banat on 20.08.1919.
Thus on 1.02.1919 begins what is known in Romanian postal history
as the "Provisional State" period (namely the first
stage of the "transition" period of the Romanian Postal
Service in the former Hungarian territories.) This provisional
period is characterized by the use of Hungarian postal materials
as Romanian provisional ones. The main reason for this was the
economic situation in post-war 1919 in Romania , when supplying
the wide territory of Transylvania and Banat with Romanian postal
items in time was a difficult task.
The transition period of the Romanian Postal Service in Transylvania
& Banat ended on 12.11.1921, when the Romanian postal regulations
were established here.
REFERENCE:
http://membres.lycos.fr/dgrecu/bibTrzABB.html
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