I think that the 1937 cancel on this Czechoslovakian stamp reads "EBERSBACH v SASKO". Haven't been able to find a town in Czechoslovakia that had the German-language name Ebersbach. There is an Ebersbach in Germany near the Czech border. So where was this stamp canceled? My thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
In Ebersbach on the German side of the border a German postmark would have said Ebersbach i. Sachs. or Ebersbach (Sachs).
I guess this was postmarked in a Czech post office in Jiríkov immediately across the border in Czechoslovakia, with the Czech postmark there simply Ebersbach v Sasku as a Czech translation of Ebersbach i. Sachsen?
The postcard appears to have been sent to Bautzen close by in Saxony.
The cancel is the result of a cross-border rail TPO (travelling post office). There was a TPO from Rumberk to Ebersbach pre-war, so the mail either got stamped en-route to Ebersbach or upon arrival, before distribution within Germany. Since all the mail was (undoubtedly) destined for Germany, it didn't much matter who did the canceling.
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Posted 12/19/2021 11:49 am
Why would a post office in Jirikov, Czechoslovakia have & use a cancel for Ebersbach, Germany?
