The SCM #039

The Sub-Carpathian Messenger – Number 39 (September 2016) Page 1
The Sub-Carpathian Messenger
Newsletter of the Study Circle
for the Postal History of the Carpatho-Ukraine
Number 39 – September 2016
Greetings from the Carpathians

About us and the Newsletter
The Study Circle is a loose group of persons who are interested in the postal (and general)
history of the area known as Kárpátalja in Hungarian, as Podkarpatská Rus during the First
Czechoslovak Republic, which had a short day of independence as Carpatho Ukraine, and
later was integrated into the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union as the ‘Zakarpatskaja Ob-
last’. Since 1991 it is ЗАКАРПАТТЯ, the westernmost administrative district in the now
independent Ukraine.
The Newsletter came out of a meeting of a few collectors during the PRAHA 2008, its first
number appeared in November 2008. In the last years we have always produced at least
four issues per year but may not be able to keep this high level due to a substantial lack of
contributions. On the other hand, as we can see from the access counts at the public web
site, this Newsletter is read by hundreds of people.
We send our regards and best wishes to all members of the Study Circle.
Distribution method
All issues of the »Sub-Carpathian Messenger« can be browsed at and downloaded from the
Internet address
http://www.slideshare.net/subcarpathian
For those who have no Internet access and/or no e-mail, the distribution method is still
the same: you will receive a colour print-out by air/surface mail as you did in the past.
Everybody can freely access the uploaded numbers of the Newsletter but the notification
service for new numbers (including an easy download web datalink) is limited to the actual
members of the Study Circle.
Rules and Regulations
All articles in the Newsletter carrying the name of an author are the sole responsibility of
this author and should not be taken to represent the common opinion of the Study Circle.
Such articles are, if not marked otherwise, copyrighted by the respective author. Free use
within the Study Circle is granted. We thank our authors for their much appreciated work
and contribution.
Participation in the Study Circle is not bound to a formal membership and does not include
the duty to pay a membership fee. There is a moral obligation to support the Newsletter
from time to time by sending some article, some interesting piece of information, some
question, some answer or whatever.
We will “print” everything even only loosely connected with our subject of interest so any
contribution is certainly welcome. Please send it (as Word 2003 or 2007 document, graphi-
cal elements in JPEG, 300 dpi) to the editor’s e-mail address (kb@aatc.at). His postal
address, if you would need it, is:
Dr. Helmut Kobelbauer, Untergrossau 81, A-8261 Sinabelkirchen, Austria / Europe

Helmut Kobelbauer
Jay Thomas Carrigan (1939 – 2016) – Part 3
We have had to report that our US-American colleague and member has left this world (for
a better one). He certainly was one of the foremost experts in our area of interest, having
authored the »Handbook of Carpatho-Ukrainian Philately« together with Ingert Kuzych in
2005.
His collection was sold in auction #69 of Raritan Stamps, Inc., of Dayton, New Jersey, USA,
on June 10th
, 2016. With the generous permission of this auction house we reprint the
entries in their catalogue, supplement them with the pictures from their Web site and
show the results effectively achieved in the auction.
Jay T. Carrigan was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. After earning a degree in mathematics from Columbia
University, he served in the U.S. Army. Following his military service, Jay spent 35 years in the Washington, D.C.
area working as a computer systems analyst.
Jay was a talented musician and most evenings could be found playing his
trumpet in various concert bands, jazz bands, or in the pit orchestra for musi-
cal productions.
One of Mr. Carrigan largest hobbies was philately. Jay was widely known as
a serious philatelist with broad interests and deep knowledge. He was a self-
described "collector of chaos". Jay specialized in studying and exhibiting the
short-lived political entities that arose during and after World War II. Among
his exhibits were "The 1944-45 Regional Issues of Yugoslavia", "Mecklen-
burg-Vorpommern", "East Saxony", "Certified Mail in Northern Bavaria",
"Polish DP Camps in Germany - The Lubeck Complex", and "Local Emer-
gency Measures in Eastern Hungary, 1944-45."
His largest exhibit was ten frames of "Carpatho-Ukraine 1944-45" for which
he received numerous gold awards. In addition to helping popularize Car-
patho-Ukraine as an exhibiting topic, Jay made a major contribution to Ukrai-
nian philately in 2005 as the senior author of the Ukrainian Society's special
issue of the Ukrainian Philatelist devoted exclusively to Carpatho-Ukraine.
This issue generated a great deal of interest and was subsequently reprinted
with a new cover as a Handbook of Carpatho-Ukrainian Philately.
When he wasn't exhibiting, Jay served as an American Philatelic Society Judge. He was a life member of the
APS, a member of the German Philatelic Society, the Society for Czechoslovak Philately, the Ukrainian Philatelic
and Numismatic Society and many other philatelic organizations.
Jay passed away on August 22, 2015, at the age of 76. He was a prominent client of ours [i. e. Raritan Stamps –
the editor] for over 15 years. His knowledge and level of expertise helped us on many occasions. It was a
pleasure working with him.

The Jay Carrigan Collection of Carpatho-Ukraine
Jay T. Carrigan was internationally recognized as the most competent specialist in the field of Carpatho-Ukraine,
therefore, we are not stating when the offered lots were also expertized by other experts. The items offered are of
the ex-Carrigan Collection and as such are considered to have been expertized by him.
Catalogued by Specializovany Katalog “Zakarpatska Ukrajina” by Jiri Majer unless otherwise noted.
[All prices are in US dollar, results not including buyer’s premium of 15 per cent.]
NRZU Postal History
NRZU = Narodna Rada Zakarpatskoj Ukrainy – National Council of Carpatho-Ukraine
First Soviet issue (continued)
Postal History Items
# Description Est. $ Result
131 1, 1N: 1945, Soldier, “60” red, perforated and imperforated singles used
on local cover in Uzhgorod, tied by black NRZU postmarks and line boxed
“1.V.45” date stamp (first day of issue), violet two-line censorship marking,
two folds away from the stamps, F/VF
250 650
132 1: 1945, Soldier, “60” red, perforated single with “star label” on the right,
used on cover from Kvasy to Uzhgorod and forwarded to Chop, tied by
black NRZU postmark, violet two-line censorship marking is on reverse,
mostly VF
150 1,500
#131 #132

133 1: 1945, cover from Berehovo to Estergom (Hungary), franked by Soldier
“60” red in vertical strip of four on reverse, tied by violet NRZU postmark,
two-line censorship marking, opened for display, VF
200 1,300
134 2: 1945, Broken Chain, “100” dark blue, perforated single used on illustrat-
ed postcard from Berehovo to Budapest, cancelled by NRZU postmark
with manuscript date “13.VII.1945”, two-line boxed censorship marking,
VF
150 650
#133 #134
135 3: 1945, Fist, “200” dark blue and red, perforated single on homemade
cover from Mukacevo to Szank (Hungary), tied by violet NRZU postmark,
two-line boxed censorship marking is on reverse, VF
150 900
136 3: 1945, registered cover from Vylok to Uzhgorod, franked by two stamps,
including Fist “200” dark blue and red, cancelled by violet NRZU postmark
with endorsed date “14.VIII.1945”, mostly VF
150 900
137 3: 1945, registered cover from Rakosin to Sandorfalva (Hungary), franked
by three stamps, including Fist “200” dark blue and red, tied by boxed
marking with endorsed date “15.VI.1945”, registered hs made from the
same device with number added, two-line boxed censorship, VF
300 2,000
#137

#135 #136
Second Soviet issue
138 4-9 var: Collection on Original Exhibition Pages 1945, Soviet Star “10”
– “200”, 536 perforated and imperforated stamps in singles, pairs and
blocks, including numerous color, printing and perforation varieties, posi-
tional blocks with various plate numbers, 28 stamps of “100” and “200” in
reversed colors, as well as 161 perforated and imperforated proofs,
including composite block of 12 containing blocks of four of “10”, “20” and
“40” denominations, trial prints of value only, double impression of the
design, printing on reverse of various booklets, fresh quality material, full
OG or no gum as produced, mainly NH, VF and absolutely gorgeous unit
3,000 4,500

#138

139 4-9 var: Complete Sheet, Panes and Large Block Assembly 1945,
Soviet Star “10” – “200”, complete gutter sheet of 200 of “200”, 14 comp-
lete panes of 100 and 6 blocks of 25 or 40, the total is 1895 stamps,
including 40 pairs imperforated between stamps and ten fantails imperfor-
ated at the left, minor marginal flaws possible, full OG or unused no gum
(one pane of “100”), mainly NH, VF
500 500

#139
140 P 4: 1945, Soviet Star, imperforated proof of “10” in yellow, printed on
thick paper, probably an old poster picturing portrait of Josef Stalin on
reverse, block of 104, representing stamps with double, triple (one
inverted) and single impressions, the last one is placed upside down,
small tear on the left and some slight paper wrinkling, no gum as
produced, VF and a unique item
1,500 1,600

#140

141 P 8: 1945, Soviet Star, imperforated proof in blue without denomination,
complete gutter sheet of 200, printed on thick paper, probably an old
poster showing ornate “Remembrance” in German and Hebrew alongside
and portrait of Nikita Khruschev on reverse, minor marginal wrinkles, no
gum as produced, VF and a unique item
2,000 4,250
#141

Postal History items
142 4: 1945, Soviet Star “10” yellow, used on court notice from Veliky Berezny
to Rostotskaya Pastil’, tied by NRZU postmark, dated “27.NOV.1945”, VF
and scarce late usage. Validation of these stamps were officially ceased
on November 15, 1945
100 80
#142
143 Postal History Collection 1945, 28 items on original exhibition or stock-
pages, including official free-frank cover from Uzhgorod School Inspectors
to Public School of Andrasovtsy, others are franked by Soviet Star stamps
and representing many rural administration correspondances and court
notices, various NRZU postmarks, some are very scarce, as well as
manuscript cancelled cover from Siltse to Irsava (just a few known), some
conveyance flaws should be expected, generally nice postal history study,
mostly VF
1,200 3,000

#143

Third Soviet issue
144 10-11, var: Collection on Original Exhibition Pages 1945, Soviet Star “10”
– “20”, 77 perforated and imperforated stamps in singles, pairs and
blocks, nice positional pieces with central markings, plate varieties, two
perforation errors and one proof in black on yellow paper, excellent quality
material, full OG, mainly NH, VF and nice spezialized assemblage
500 550
#144

145 10-11: 1945, Soviet Star “10” yellow and “20” gray, two complete gutter
sheets of 200 (100+100), plate numbers 2, 2A, fresh condition with minor
marginal flaws possible, full OG, NH, VF
150 230
#145
(to be continued)

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