VISSZATERT (Return to motherland)
cancellations
Northern Transylvania 1940 - 1944
Photos from the
campaign
| During WWII Hungary momentarily regained areas
lost during WWI parts of Czechoslovakia 1938, northern Transylvania 1940 and parts of Yugoslavia 1941 To celebrate this they used special cancels bearing the word Visszatert (victory call) |
article by Dan
Grecu Part 1
Part 2 About Mervyn Bedfords book About Czech areas 1938 More on Czech Areas (pag 155 - 158) |
LIST OF VISSZATERT CANCELS
| TOWN | Date of occupation | |
| Banffyhunyad (Huedin) | ||
| Beszterce (Bistrita) | ||
| Czikszereda |
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| Des (Dej) | ||
| Gyergyoszentmiklos (Gheorghieni) | ||
| Kezdivasarhely (Targu Secuiesc) | ||
| Kolosvar (Cluj) |
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| Maramarossziget | 5 september | |
| Marosvasarhely (Targu Mures) |
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| Nagybanya (Baia Mare) | 6-7 september | |
| Nagykaroly (Carei) | 5 september | |
| Nagyszalonta (Salonta) | 6-7 september | |
| Nagyvarad (Oradea) | 6-7 september | |
| Sepsiszentgyörgy (Sfantu Gheorghe) |
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| Szamosujvar |
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| Szaszregen | ||
| Szatmarnemeti | 5 september | |
| Szekelyudvarhely | ||
| Szilagysomlyo |
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| Zilah (Zalau) |
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