Used After Validity
cover 1867 (20 Aug.) E. to Pressburg, bearing 1863-64 perf.9½ 5Kr. red, not accepted as valid and uncancelled, showing alongside boxed "ÉRSEKÚJVÁR 20/8" d.s. and with manuscript "10" postage due marking adjacent, reverse with straight line "POZSONY/AUG 21" arrival d.s. A magnificent item used over two months after the end of the validity. Photo

Details
cover 1867 (20 Aug.) E. to Pressburg, bearing 1863-64 perf.9½ 5Kr. red, not accepted as valid and uncancelled, showing alongside boxed "ÉRSEKÚJVÁR 20/8" d.s. and with manuscript "10" postage due marking adjacent, reverse with straight line "POZSONY/AUG 21" arrival d.s. A magnificent item used over two months after the end of the validity. Photo
Further details
It is interesting to note that the Pozsony arrival cancellation is the type used during the 1849 Hungarian uprising and is unrecorded used as an arrival marking.

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