Collecting Croatian prephilately is a rare hobby of a few philatelists. With time i started collecting it , mostly different prephilatelic cancels on old letters and I couldn't find a single internet page about it, so I decided to make this blog. On this blog i will present prephilatelic cancels and letters from my collection.
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| Cancel GOSPICH ILLIRIE from 1831 |
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| Mid to late 18th century(1744?), no postal cancel, handwritten von Vukovár |
Books in Croatian on the topic that I reccommend are :
1. Rukavina, Nikola. Priručnik žigova predfilatelističkog i filatelističkog doba, Zagreb, 1944.
2. Petric, Nikola. Predfilatelistički poštanski žigovi Hrvatske, Zagreb, 1999.
3. Cividini, Dragutin. Poštanski manipulativni žigovi Hrvatske 1755 – 1918, Zagreb, 1994
4. Ercegović, Velimir. Hrvatska filatelija, Zagreb, 1995.
5. Višacki, Vojin. Vojna pošta i sanitet Vojne granice 1496 – 1871, Beograd, 2000.
6. Brumby, Martin. Dalmatia, York, 1997.
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| 1801 letter to Baron de Prandau in Valpovo, prephilatelic letter without postal cancels |
Exact beggining of postal services in Croatia is unknow, first postal cancels appeared here around 1750 so Croatian prephilately covers time from 1750 until 1st. June 1850 when first Austrian postal stamps were put in use in this area. Prephilately cancels were in many places used for many more years to cancel letters with or without stamps and this is also part of Croatian prephilately.
In Croatian philately I included area of Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia , Međimurje, Croatian Istra and Croatian Baranya.
Names of the places were in Croatia-Slavonia mostly in German and sometimes in Hungarian while Croatian names appeared in cancels around 1848-1850 . In Međimurje and Barnja cancels were in Hungarian language. Dalmatia and Istria used Italian name of places in their cancels.
List of posts with known postal cancels from prephilatelic area follows, list of those posts that heve no known cancels is at the end of the main list. Posts are listed alphabetically using old names that were used on postal cancels.
Links to the pictures of cancels :
A-C , D-L, M-O , P-S , T-Z . LAST UPDATE: 25.03.2025.
Types of cancels are noted according to Petric.
1) AGRAM - ZAGREB
2)ALMISSA - OMIŠ
3)ALBONA - LABIN
4)ARBE - RAB
5)BACSINCZE - BAČINCI
6) BARANYAVAR - BRANJIN VRH
7)BEDNIK - BIJELNIK
8)BELLOVAR - BJELOVAR
9) BENKOVACZ
10)BESSKA / BESHKA - BEŠKA
11)BISTRA
12)BIZOVAC
13)BOBOTTA
14)BODEGRAY - BODEGRAJI
15)BOL
16)BRESNICZA - BREŽNICA
17)BROOD - SLAVONSKI BROD
18)BUCCARI - BAKAR
19)BUDUA - BUDVA
20)BUJE
21)CABUNA
22)CARLOBAGO - KARLOBAG
23)CARLOVITZ - SRIJEMSKI KARLOVCI
24)CARLSTADT/KARLSTADT - KARLOVAC
25)CASTEL NUOVO - HERCEG NOVI
26)CATTARO - KOTOR
27)CHERSO - CRES
28)CIRQUENIZA -CRIKVCENICA
29)CITTA VECCHIA - STARIGRAD (na Hvaru)
30)CSAKATURN - ČAKOVEC
31)CSALMA - ČALMA
32)CSEREVICS - ČEREVIĆ
33)CURZOLA - KORČULA
34)CZIRQVENA - CIRKVENA
35)DERNIS - DRNIŠ
36)DIAKOVAR - ĐAKOVO
37)DIGNANO - VODNJAN
38)DUBITZA - HRVATSKA DUBICA
39)DUGOSZELLO - DUGO SELO
40)ESSEG (ESZEK) - OSIJEK
41)FIANOVA (FIANONA) - PLOMIN
42) FIUME - RIJEKA
43)GARCSIN - GARČIN
44)GENERALSKI STOLL
45)GIMINO - ŽMINJ
46)GLINA
47)GOLUBINCZE - GOLUBINCI
48)GOSPIĆ
49)GRAČAC
50)GROSZ GORICZA - VELIKA GORICA
51)ILLOK - ILOK
52)IMOSCHI - IMOTSKI
53)JASSENOVACZ - JASENOVAC
54)JASZKA - JASTREBARSKO
55)JELENYE - JELENJE
56)JEZERANA -JEZERANE
57)JOSEPHSTHAL - JOSIPDOL
58)KNIN
59)KOPREINTCZ - KOPRIVNICA
60)KOŠKA
61)KOSTANIZA - KOSTAJNICA
62)KRAPINA
63)KREUTZ - KRIŽEVCI
64)KULA
65)KUTINA
66)LASKAFELD - KOZARAC
67)LEGRAD
68)LEKENIK
69)LESINA - HVAR
70)LISSA -VIS
71)LOQVE - LOKVE
72)LUDBREGH - LUDBREG
73)LUSSINGRANDE - VELI LOŠINJ
74)LUSSINPIC(COLO) / LUSSIN P. - MALI LOŠINJ
75)MACARSCA - MAKARSKA
76)MALLI HALAN - MALI ALAN
77)MEDAK
78)MERSLA VODICZA - MRZLA VODICA
79)METCOVICH - METKOVIĆ
80)MIKANOVCZE - MIKANOVCI
81)MIKLOUŠ (kod Virovitice)
82)MILIT.ST.GEORGEN - ĐURĐEVAC
83)MITROVICZ/MITROWITZ - SRIJEMSKA MITROVICA
84)MONTONA - MOTOVUN
85)NARENTA - OPUZEN
86)NASIC - NAŠICE
87)NETRETICH - NETRETIĆ
88)N.BANOVCZE / NEU BANOVCZE - NOVI BANOVCI
89)NEU GRADISCA - NOVA GRADIŠKA
90)NEU MARHOF - NOVI MAROF
91)NOVSKA
92)OBBROVAZZO - OBROVAC
93)OKUČANE
94)OPPATOVACZ - OPATOVAC
95)ORAHOVICA
96)OREBICH - OREBIĆ
97)ORIOWACZ - ORIOVAC
98)OROSLAVJE
99)OSSERO -OSOR
100)OTTOCSAZ - OTOČAC
101)PAGO - PAG
102)PARENZO - POREČ
103)PERUSICH - PERUŠIĆ
104)PETERWARDEIN - PETROVARADIN
105)PETRINIA - PETRINJA
106)PINGUENTE - BUZET
107)PISINO /MITTENBURG - PAZIN
108)PITOMAČA
109)PODVIN - PODVINJE (kod Sl.Broda)
110)POLA - PULA
111)POPOVAČA
112)POPOVETZ - POPOVEC
113)POSSEGG - POŽEGA
114)PREČEC
115)RAGUSA - DUBROVNIK
116)RAGUSA VECCHIA - CAVTAT
117)RAKOV POTOK
118)RAVNA GORA
119)ROVIGNO - ROVINJ
120)RUMA
121)SCARDONA - SKRADIN
122)SEBENICO - ŠIBENIK
123)SELVA - SILBA
124)SEMLIN - ZEMUN
125)SIGN - SINJ
126)SISSECK - SISAK
127)SKRAD
128)SLANO
129)SPALATO - SPLIT
130)ST.IVAN -SVETI IVAN ZELINA
131)ST.PIETRO(DELLA BRAZZA) - SUPETAR
132)ST.ROCH -SVETI ROK
133)STAGNO - STON
134)SZAMOBOR - SAMOBOR
135)SZEVERIN - SEVERIN na KUPI
136)SZUSZEK - SUSEK (kod Vinkovaca)
137)SZ IVAN MIL.GR - SV. IVAN ŽABNO
138)TOVARNIK/TOWARNIK
139)TRAU -TROGIR
140)VEGLIA - KRK
141)VERA/WERA
142)VERBOVECZ - VRBOVE
143)VERGOVAZ -VRGORAC
144)VERLICA - VRLIKA
145)VEROCE - VIROVITICA
146)VISINADA
147)VOINICH - VOJNIĆ
148)VOLOSCA - VOLOVSKO
149)VRAGNA - VRANJA
150)VUCINICH SELO / VUCHINICH SELLO - VUČINIĆ SELO
151)VUKA
152)WARASDIN / VARASDIN - VARAŽDIN
153)WERBOWA - VRBOVA
154)WERGIN MOST - GVOZD(VRGINMOST)
155)WERPOLIE - VRPOLJE
156)WINKOVCZE - VINKOVCI
157)WUKOVAR / VUKOVAR
158)XUTALOQUA - ŽUTA LOKVA
159)ZARA - ZADAR
160)ZENGG / SEGNA - SENJ
161)ZERMAGNA / ZERMANIEN - ZRMANJA
LIST OF PREPHILATELIC POSTS OFFICES WITH NO KNOWN CANCELS
1)BAŠKE OŠTARIJE
2)BEKTES - BEKTEŽ
3)BERISLAVEC
4)BOSILJEVO
5)BUČKO KAMENSKO
6)CERJE
7)CHASMA - ČAZMA
8)DELNICE
9)FUŽINE
10)GRIŽANE
11)GROBNIK
12)HEILIGEN DREI KONIGE - SVETA TRI KRALJA
13)KAMENIAK (kod Bakra)
14)KAMENSKO (kod Karlovca)
15)MILITAER KRIŽ - VOJNI KRIŽ
16)MIL.KLOST.IVANIC -KLOŠTAR IVANIĆ
17)MODRUŠ
18)MORAVČE BJELOVAR
19)MOSTI (kod Bjelovara)
20)MRKOPALJ
21) NOVI (VINODOLSKI)
22)OGULIN
23)OŠTARIJE
24)OŠTRICE
25)PAKRACZ
26)PAKRAČKA POLJANA
27)PIKET - HRELJIN
28)PORTO RE - KRALJEVICA
29)RAVNA GORA
30)REMETINECZ (kod Novog Marofa)
31)RIBNIK
32)TOPUSKO
33)VIDOVEC
34)VIDRENJAK (kod Popovače)
35)VRBOVSKO
36)ZAPRESSICH - ZAPREŠIĆ
37)ZAGRADCI (kod Karlovca)