This document discusses auction prices and items from Carpatho-Ukraine postal history. Recent auctions have seen surprisingly high prices paid for ordinary items from the region. Letters and postcards that would previously sell for a few hundred euros have recently sold for over a thousand euros. Significant rarities from private collections have also achieved high prices. The newsletter provides details on selected lots and items that sold at auction to illustrate the rising interest and prices in Carpatho-Ukraine postal history. Experts contribute discussions on forgeries and provide historical context on early postal routes in the region.
The newsletter discusses auction news regarding items from Carpatho-Ukraine. Several large collections were sold at auctions in the US and Germany, including high prices paid for stamps, covers, and postal history from the region. The newsletter also provides information on 14 villages in Carpatho-Ukraine, including their current names and historical postal details.
The document summarizes information about postal agencies in the territory of Carpatho-Ukraine during the Hungarian administration from 1900 to 1919. It provides details on 3 specific postal agencies - Alsóapsa, Alsóhidegpatak, and Alsókalocsa, including the village names in other languages, dates of operation, and assigned post offices. Multiple sources are cited and compared to determine the most accurate information. Typographical errors in some sources are also noted.
The document is a newsletter of the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It provides information on:
1) The organization and goals of the Study Circle, which studies the postal history of the region known as Carpathian Ruthenia.
2) A change in the distribution method of the newsletter, which will now be available online through DocStoc for members and non-members to view.
3) Details on two auction items from Carpatho-Ukraine - a postal money order sold for EUR 613 and a letter with Carpatho-Ukraine stamps that sold for EUR 1256.
This document provides summaries of several articles from The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It discusses the study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine and changes to distributing the newsletter online. It also summarizes articles on identifying forged postmarks from Tisza Ujlak and analyzing challenging pre-philatelic letters, including an example of an "Abzugsbrief" letter with a reduced postage due to redirection.
This document discusses the examination of negative UNGVAR cancellations on letters from the early 19th century. It summarizes:
1) Nine letters purported to bear the rare negative UNGVAR cancellation have been examined, but all were determined to be forgeries based on inconsistencies in the placement and color of the cancellation.
2) The only known genuine example is held in the Stamp Museum in Budapest, and provides a baseline for comparison.
3) An examination of details like address styles, rates, and physical characteristics often revealed inconsistencies indicating the letters were forged. While no single aspect proves forgery, taken together they cast strong doubt on the authenticity of the pieces.
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The newsletter discusses auction news regarding items from Carpatho-Ukraine. Several large collections were sold at auctions in the US and Germany, including high prices paid for stamps, covers, and postal history from the region. The newsletter also provides information on 14 villages in Carpatho-Ukraine, including their current names and historical postal details.
The document summarizes information about postal agencies in the territory of Carpatho-Ukraine during the Hungarian administration from 1900 to 1919. It provides details on 3 specific postal agencies - Alsóapsa, Alsóhidegpatak, and Alsókalocsa, including the village names in other languages, dates of operation, and assigned post offices. Multiple sources are cited and compared to determine the most accurate information. Typographical errors in some sources are also noted.
The document is a newsletter of the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It provides information on:
1) The organization and goals of the Study Circle, which studies the postal history of the region known as Carpathian Ruthenia.
2) A change in the distribution method of the newsletter, which will now be available online through DocStoc for members and non-members to view.
3) Details on two auction items from Carpatho-Ukraine - a postal money order sold for EUR 613 and a letter with Carpatho-Ukraine stamps that sold for EUR 1256.
This document provides summaries of several articles from The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It discusses the study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine and changes to distributing the newsletter online. It also summarizes articles on identifying forged postmarks from Tisza Ujlak and analyzing challenging pre-philatelic letters, including an example of an "Abzugsbrief" letter with a reduced postage due to redirection.
This document discusses the examination of negative UNGVAR cancellations on letters from the early 19th century. It summarizes:
1) Nine letters purported to bear the rare negative UNGVAR cancellation have been examined, but all were determined to be forgeries based on inconsistencies in the placement and color of the cancellation.
2) The only known genuine example is held in the Stamp Museum in Budapest, and provides a baseline for comparison.
3) An examination of details like address styles, rates, and physical characteristics often revealed inconsistencies indicating the letters were forged. While no single aspect proves forgery, taken together they cast strong doubt on the authenticity of the pieces.
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From the impact of Pokemon Go on Silicon Valley to artificial intelligence, futurist Brian Solis talks to Mathew Parsons of World Travel Market about the future of travel, tourism and hospitality.
We’re all trying to find that idea or spark that will turn a good project into a great project. Creativity plays a huge role in the outcome of our work. Harnessing the power of collaboration and open source, we can make great strides towards excellence. Not just for designers, this talk can be applicable to many different roles – even development. In this talk, Seasoned Creative Director Sara Cannon is going to share some secrets about creative methodology, collaboration, and the strong role that open source can play in our work.
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The document summarizes the sale of the Georg von Steiden Carpatho-Ukraine stamp collection by Raritan Stamps auction house. It contained 275 lots focusing on stamp issues from 1944-1945 and postal stationery from the region. Some of the highlights that sold for high prices included proofs, errors, and covers with rare usages. The auction realized strong prices showing the significance of the collection for scholars of Carpatho-Ukraine philately.
This document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It includes summaries of recent auctions containing Carpatho-Ukraine items, as well as maps of the region from the 16th-18th centuries and early 20th century showing postal routes and towns. It provides an overview of resources for researching maps and postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine.
This document discusses:
1. The field post of the German Southern Army in Subcarpathia in 1915 during World War I as they defended against advancing Russian troops in the region.
2. In late 1914, Russian troops posed a threat of controlling Carpathian mountain passages to the Hungarian plain. German divisions were sent to the area to form a new army with Austrian troops already there.
3. While harsh winter and strong Russian resistance delayed their plans, the German and Austrian forces succeeded in a major breakthrough of the front in May 1915, pushing the Russians back from the region.
This document is the March 2009 issue of "The Sub-Carpathian Messenger", a newsletter about the postal history of the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It contains several articles and summaries: an apology for incorrectly stating when someone died; a discussion of possible forgeries of pre-philatelic Hungarian stamps; background on the newsletter and study circle; and articles about early postmarks from Ungvar and commemorative cards related to the 1939 return of the Carpatho-Ukraine region to Hungary.
This document discusses the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and its newsletter. It provides information about the group's focus on the history of the region known by various names. It also outlines how past issues of the newsletter can be accessed online and the benefits of joining the Study Circle. Additionally, it shares news about members' exhibits receiving awards and discusses some rules and guidelines for contributions to the newsletter.
This document discusses the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and its newsletter. It provides information about the group's focus on the history of the region known by various names. It also outlines how past issues of the newsletter can be accessed online and the benefits of joining the Study Circle. Additionally, it shares news about members' exhibits receiving awards and discusses some rules and guidelines for contributions to the newsletter.
This document summarizes information about double circle postmarks used in the Carpatho-Ukraine region between 1846-1850, prior to the introduction of postage stamps. It provides an overview of postal rates during this period as they changed over time. It also lists the earliest known usage dates of double circle postmarks for various post offices in the region, such as Alsó Vereczke on January 16, 1848. Few private letters from the period still exist, and the document shows images of rare examples from Alsó Vereczke and Beregszász to illustrate these findings.
This newsletter provides information on postal history items from the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It discusses the sale of stamps from the first Austrian issue with postmarks from the region. It also features covers sent to Szőllősvégardó in 1830 and 1859, an early letter from Kaszony in 1859, uses of the first correspondence cards in the region in 1870-1871, and excerpts from a 1905 travel guide on visiting the region. Photographs show the construction of a railway bridge in 1905 and postcards from Volosyanka postmarked in 1929.
This newsletter provides information about a study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the group's origins, purpose, and activities. The newsletter is distributed online and via mail. This issue features articles from various authors, including a letter from 1821 with unusual postmarks, an 1858 letter between Kaschau and Alsó Vereczke franked with Austrian stamps, and a mystery 1917 censor mark on a postal card from Huszt. The newsletter seeks to share information about postal history from the Carpatho-Ukraine region.
This document provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and their newsletter. It discusses the distribution method changing to an online archive and encourages contributions from readers. It also outlines some basic rules and regulations for the newsletter. Several subsequent sections provide historical postal route information and details on postmarks from the region.
This document is the February 2018 issue of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine, including that the editor will stop editing after 10 years in November 2018. It summarizes auction results for postal history from the region. It also begins showcasing pieces from the renowned Béla Simády collection on the postal history of the region in 1945, with detailed images and descriptions of covers, cards, and cancellations from that period.
The document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses upcoming changes to the newsletter, with the editor planning to step down after 10 years. It also provides summaries of recent auctions involving Carpatho-Ukraine postal history items. Additionally, it shares information from members on rare mail routes from the region in the 18th and 19th centuries, including additions to knowledge from a previous article.
This newsletter summarizes the final issue of the Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It discusses the readership and contributions over the past 6 years of publishing 722 pages of content. It thanks authors and readers for their support. The final article discusses the auction of a rare 3-color franking from 1859 with the earliest known use of a Rahó postmark on the Austrian 1858 issue. It was sold for a relatively low price and the buyer is congratulated. The newsletter is concluding after 6 years of publication.
This newsletter discusses the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine and surrounding areas. It provides an update on the distribution method for the newsletter, wishes a member recovering from a stroke well, and summarizes the early development of Hungary's postal system beginning in the 15th century under King Matthias I. It also shares an old map from 1528 showing Hungary and discusses the establishment of postal routes between Vienna and parts of Hungary in the early 1700s.
The document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the group and their newsletter, provides access statistics for digital issues, and contains two articles about postal routes and connections in the region of Carpatho-Ukraine in 1849 before the introduction of postage stamps. Maps and tables from an 1849 Austrian postal map show routes between towns like Munkacs, Bereghszasz, and Huszt.
This document summarizes information from the January 2009 issue of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It discusses the life of Fedor Feketa, an early 19th century postal worker from Carpatho-Ukraine. It also provides an overview of recent auction highlights of Carpatho-Ukrainian stamps and covers, and analyzes World War I censorship marks used in the region by the Austro-Hungarian army. The article includes pictures and details of specific stamps and postal markings.
This document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses upcoming changes to the newsletter's editorship and distribution methods. It also provides summaries of items from a recent philatelic auction featuring Carpatho-Ukraine postal history. Additionally, it shares pictures and details of postal history items exchanged between locations in the Carpatho-Ukraine region during the late 1840s-early 1920s time period.
The newsletter discusses the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine (also known as Podkarpatská Rus, Kárpátalja, and Zakarpattya). It announces that the editor will stop editing the newsletter after the November 2018 issue unless someone volunteers to take over. It also provides updates on auctions of Carpatho-Ukraine collections, including one by Walter Rauch that did not meet reserve, and announces the third online edition of Jan Verleg's monograph on Carpatho-Ukraine postal history. Additionally, it shares information about prisoner of war camps located in the region during WWI.
The newsletter discusses:
1) The formation of a study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine, composed of members from different countries.
2) A meeting of the study circle founders in Prague where they discussed cooperation and furthering their shared interest in Carpatho-Ukraine postal history.
3) The occupation of Carpatho-Ukraine by Hungarian forces in March 1939 after the short-lived independence of the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine, and commemorative postcards produced to celebrate the meeting of Hungarian and Polish forces at the border.
1) In late December 1914, Crown Prince Karl Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary visited troops in Upper Hungary, including in the territory commanded by Lieutenant General Rónai-Horváth.
2) Strict precautions were taken to ensure the Crown Prince's safety during his visit, including banning civilian traffic and cleaning roads.
3) On December 30th, the Crown Prince was scheduled to travel by automobile from Munkács to Ungvár and then continue by special royal train to meet Rónai-Horváth's troops.
This document is the November 2018 issue of "The Sub-Carpathian Messenger", a newsletter about the postal history of the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It discusses that this will be the last issue edited by the current editor after 10 years, and invites others to take over. It also continues showcasing pieces from the stamp collection of Bela Simady, with descriptions of postal markings and rates seen on 14 sheets of letters and cards mailed in the Carpatho-Ukraine region.
This issue of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger discusses postal history items from the Carpatho-Ukraine region that were recently sold at auction. It also provides historical context about places mentioned, including Nagyszőllős and Szőllősvégardó, through entries from old gazetteers and maps. In addition, the issue announces that the editor will stop publishing the newsletter after 10 years in November 2018 unless someone takes over the role.
The document summarizes the sale of the Georg von Steiden Carpatho-Ukraine stamp collection by Raritan Stamps auction house. It contained 275 lots focusing on stamp issues from 1944-1945 and postal stationery from the region. Some of the highlights that sold for high prices included proofs, errors, and covers with rare usages. The auction realized strong prices showing the significance of the collection for scholars of Carpatho-Ukraine philately.
This document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It includes summaries of recent auctions containing Carpatho-Ukraine items, as well as maps of the region from the 16th-18th centuries and early 20th century showing postal routes and towns. It provides an overview of resources for researching maps and postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine.
This document discusses:
1. The field post of the German Southern Army in Subcarpathia in 1915 during World War I as they defended against advancing Russian troops in the region.
2. In late 1914, Russian troops posed a threat of controlling Carpathian mountain passages to the Hungarian plain. German divisions were sent to the area to form a new army with Austrian troops already there.
3. While harsh winter and strong Russian resistance delayed their plans, the German and Austrian forces succeeded in a major breakthrough of the front in May 1915, pushing the Russians back from the region.
This document is the March 2009 issue of "The Sub-Carpathian Messenger", a newsletter about the postal history of the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It contains several articles and summaries: an apology for incorrectly stating when someone died; a discussion of possible forgeries of pre-philatelic Hungarian stamps; background on the newsletter and study circle; and articles about early postmarks from Ungvar and commemorative cards related to the 1939 return of the Carpatho-Ukraine region to Hungary.
This document discusses the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and its newsletter. It provides information about the group's focus on the history of the region known by various names. It also outlines how past issues of the newsletter can be accessed online and the benefits of joining the Study Circle. Additionally, it shares news about members' exhibits receiving awards and discusses some rules and guidelines for contributions to the newsletter.
This document discusses the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and its newsletter. It provides information about the group's focus on the history of the region known by various names. It also outlines how past issues of the newsletter can be accessed online and the benefits of joining the Study Circle. Additionally, it shares news about members' exhibits receiving awards and discusses some rules and guidelines for contributions to the newsletter.
This document summarizes information about double circle postmarks used in the Carpatho-Ukraine region between 1846-1850, prior to the introduction of postage stamps. It provides an overview of postal rates during this period as they changed over time. It also lists the earliest known usage dates of double circle postmarks for various post offices in the region, such as Alsó Vereczke on January 16, 1848. Few private letters from the period still exist, and the document shows images of rare examples from Alsó Vereczke and Beregszász to illustrate these findings.
This newsletter provides information on postal history items from the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It discusses the sale of stamps from the first Austrian issue with postmarks from the region. It also features covers sent to Szőllősvégardó in 1830 and 1859, an early letter from Kaszony in 1859, uses of the first correspondence cards in the region in 1870-1871, and excerpts from a 1905 travel guide on visiting the region. Photographs show the construction of a railway bridge in 1905 and postcards from Volosyanka postmarked in 1929.
This newsletter provides information about a study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the group's origins, purpose, and activities. The newsletter is distributed online and via mail. This issue features articles from various authors, including a letter from 1821 with unusual postmarks, an 1858 letter between Kaschau and Alsó Vereczke franked with Austrian stamps, and a mystery 1917 censor mark on a postal card from Huszt. The newsletter seeks to share information about postal history from the Carpatho-Ukraine region.
This document provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and their newsletter. It discusses the distribution method changing to an online archive and encourages contributions from readers. It also outlines some basic rules and regulations for the newsletter. Several subsequent sections provide historical postal route information and details on postmarks from the region.
This document is the February 2018 issue of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine, including that the editor will stop editing after 10 years in November 2018. It summarizes auction results for postal history from the region. It also begins showcasing pieces from the renowned Béla Simády collection on the postal history of the region in 1945, with detailed images and descriptions of covers, cards, and cancellations from that period.
The document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses upcoming changes to the newsletter, with the editor planning to step down after 10 years. It also provides summaries of recent auctions involving Carpatho-Ukraine postal history items. Additionally, it shares information from members on rare mail routes from the region in the 18th and 19th centuries, including additions to knowledge from a previous article.
This newsletter summarizes the final issue of the Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It discusses the readership and contributions over the past 6 years of publishing 722 pages of content. It thanks authors and readers for their support. The final article discusses the auction of a rare 3-color franking from 1859 with the earliest known use of a Rahó postmark on the Austrian 1858 issue. It was sold for a relatively low price and the buyer is congratulated. The newsletter is concluding after 6 years of publication.
This newsletter discusses the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine and surrounding areas. It provides an update on the distribution method for the newsletter, wishes a member recovering from a stroke well, and summarizes the early development of Hungary's postal system beginning in the 15th century under King Matthias I. It also shares an old map from 1528 showing Hungary and discusses the establishment of postal routes between Vienna and parts of Hungary in the early 1700s.
The document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the group and their newsletter, provides access statistics for digital issues, and contains two articles about postal routes and connections in the region of Carpatho-Ukraine in 1849 before the introduction of postage stamps. Maps and tables from an 1849 Austrian postal map show routes between towns like Munkacs, Bereghszasz, and Huszt.
This document summarizes information from the January 2009 issue of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter. It discusses the life of Fedor Feketa, an early 19th century postal worker from Carpatho-Ukraine. It also provides an overview of recent auction highlights of Carpatho-Ukrainian stamps and covers, and analyzes World War I censorship marks used in the region by the Austro-Hungarian army. The article includes pictures and details of specific stamps and postal markings.
This document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses upcoming changes to the newsletter's editorship and distribution methods. It also provides summaries of items from a recent philatelic auction featuring Carpatho-Ukraine postal history. Additionally, it shares pictures and details of postal history items exchanged between locations in the Carpatho-Ukraine region during the late 1840s-early 1920s time period.
The newsletter discusses the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine (also known as Podkarpatská Rus, Kárpátalja, and Zakarpattya). It announces that the editor will stop editing the newsletter after the November 2018 issue unless someone volunteers to take over. It also provides updates on auctions of Carpatho-Ukraine collections, including one by Walter Rauch that did not meet reserve, and announces the third online edition of Jan Verleg's monograph on Carpatho-Ukraine postal history. Additionally, it shares information about prisoner of war camps located in the region during WWI.
The newsletter discusses:
1) The formation of a study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine, composed of members from different countries.
2) A meeting of the study circle founders in Prague where they discussed cooperation and furthering their shared interest in Carpatho-Ukraine postal history.
3) The occupation of Carpatho-Ukraine by Hungarian forces in March 1939 after the short-lived independence of the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine, and commemorative postcards produced to celebrate the meeting of Hungarian and Polish forces at the border.
1) In late December 1914, Crown Prince Karl Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary visited troops in Upper Hungary, including in the territory commanded by Lieutenant General Rónai-Horváth.
2) Strict precautions were taken to ensure the Crown Prince's safety during his visit, including banning civilian traffic and cleaning roads.
3) On December 30th, the Crown Prince was scheduled to travel by automobile from Munkács to Ungvár and then continue by special royal train to meet Rónai-Horváth's troops.
This document is the November 2018 issue of "The Sub-Carpathian Messenger", a newsletter about the postal history of the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It discusses that this will be the last issue edited by the current editor after 10 years, and invites others to take over. It also continues showcasing pieces from the stamp collection of Bela Simady, with descriptions of postal markings and rates seen on 14 sheets of letters and cards mailed in the Carpatho-Ukraine region.
This issue of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger discusses postal history items from the Carpatho-Ukraine region that were recently sold at auction. It also provides historical context about places mentioned, including Nagyszőllős and Szőllősvégardó, through entries from old gazetteers and maps. In addition, the issue announces that the editor will stop publishing the newsletter after 10 years in November 2018 unless someone takes over the role.
This issue of the newsletter discusses postal history and transportation infrastructure in the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It begins by confirming the use of Correspondenz-Karte postal cards in Ungvár in 1870. Pages are then dedicated to identifying the correct railway viaduct pictured from a previous issue and providing historical context on its repair. Scans from a 1928 tourist guide to the Podkarpatská Rus region are shared, alongside relevant sections from a 1937 road map. The issue concludes by showing a 1919 Czechoslovak field post letter originating from Perecsény.
This newsletter issue provides information about an interest group focused on the postal history of Carpathian Ukraine. It includes pictures and postcards from the early 1900s time period showing places like Volosyanka. It also summarizes information from other sources about early airmail routes in the region during Czechoslovak rule, including a short-lived airmail connection between Spišská Nová Ves and Užhorod in June 1919 to reconnect separated army groups. Finally, it shows several covers and postcards mailed from Volosyanka and Užok during the Czechoslovak period in the early 20th century.
The document is the October 2016 issue of "The Sub-Carpathian Messenger", a newsletter about the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the Study Circle that studies the region, provides information about accessing past newsletters online, and reprints the catalog from an auction of the renowned Jay Thomas Carrigan collection of Carpatho-Ukraine stamps and postal history. The catalog offers over 150 lots of stamps, covers, and postal stationery from the period.
1) The document is a newsletter about the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the study circle and newsletter, provides information on accessing past newsletters, and outlines rules for article submissions.
2) It provides an obituary for Jay Thomas Carrigan, an expert on Carpatho-Ukraine philately, discussing his background and contributions to the field.
3) It summarizes and provides images of items from Carrigan's collection of Carpatho-Ukraine that were auctioned, including covers, stamps, and sheets, noting that the items are considered expertized due to coming from his collection.
The document is a newsletter about the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It provides details about an auction of the renowned philatelist Jay T. Carrigan's collection of Carpatho-Ukraine stamps and postal history. The auction contained rare stamps with inverted surcharges, double surcharges, stamps with different types of surcharges, and covers mailed from Carpatho-Ukraine. Many of the lots surpassed the estimated prices due to the importance of Carrigan's collection in documenting the postal history of this region.
The document is a newsletter about the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It includes an obituary for Jay Thomas Carrigan, a renowned expert on Carpatho-Ukraine philately. It summarizes his collection and career, and reprints auction listings of stamps from his collection of Carpatho-Ukraine, including provisional issues from Khust and Mukacevo in 1944, which received prices above their estimates. It provides information about the study circle and accessing back issues of the newsletter online.
This newsletter provides information about a study circle focused on the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses the group's origins and distribution of its newsletter online and via mail. The newsletter also summarizes recent auction results of Carpatho-Ukraine stamps and cancels. Additionally, it shares pictures of postcards and railway post office cancels from the region, and provides details on postmarks used when the area briefly rejoined Hungary in 1938.
This newsletter discusses the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine (Zakarpattya). It provides an update on the Study Circle and its newsletter. It summarizes recent auction results including field postcards and money transfer orders from the region. It also reports on exhibits at Europhilex 2015 praising the Carpatho-Ukraine and Hungarian exhibits while noting room for improvement. Finally, it raises unsolved questions about district marks used during the Hungarian administration of the region.
This newsletter issue provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and includes several articles related to the region's postal history. It describes an auction where a complete set of early postcards from Podkarpatská Rus sold for €658. It also details the formation of the 1st Royal Hungarian Home-Guard Hussars Brigade and includes images of documents from the unit. Further, it discusses postal agencies that operated in Carpatho-Ukraine and presents pieces with cancels from Őrhegyalja and Křivá.
This document is a newsletter from the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine. It provides information about the group and their newsletter, as well as articles contributed by members on the postal history topics of the region. These include pictures and examples of pre-stamp and early stamped mail sent to and from the area now part of Ukraine. The newsletter aims to share knowledge and research on the postal history and philately of Carpatho-Ukraine.
This newsletter provides updates on postal history findings related to Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses:
1) A registered letter from 1851 in Ungvár with transit and arrival marks.
2) Three picture postcards from 1915 in Beregszász with a new "Weiterleiten" military censorship mark.
3) A field post card from 1919 indicating Polní Pošta 12 was located in Munkács, contradicting previous beliefs.
4) Details on the use of orange cancellation marks in Užhorod in 1938 and the locations of various Czechoslovak field post offices during that period.
This document provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and their newsletter, the Sub-Carpathian Messenger. It discusses the auction of Tønnes Ore's collection of Carpatho-Ukraine stamps and postal history, including a table listing the auction lots, estimated prices, and final sale prices. It also provides an obituary for Otto Hornung, a noted philatelist and journalist who was born in Czechoslovakia and settled in London after having to flee his home country twice.
This document discusses a newsletter about the postal history of Carpatho-Ukraine. It provides information about the study circle, past issues of the newsletter, and rules and regulations. It also contains an article summarizing pre-stamp mail from several towns in the region, including illustrations of covers and postmarks from the period.
This document provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine newsletter, including its purpose and distribution methods. It discusses upcoming events like a member's exhibition and provides an obituary notice. The main article traces the history of a pre-stamp letter sent from Székesfehérvár, Hungary to Bozos, Ukraine in 1835 and discusses how gazetteers were used to identify the location of Bozos.
This document summarizes an article from 1982 about pre-stamp and stampless mail from the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It provides examples of early mail from the 1600s-1800s, including military exemptions, official letters, and church letters written in Latin, German, Hungarian, and Russian. The mail examples are drawn from several renowned collectors' collections and represent international cooperation. The article also begins to classify the postal markings used in the pre-stamp period, based on Hungarian classifications. It provides the first part of a planned series covering the postal history and stamps of the Carpatho-Ukraine region.
The document discusses the Czechoslovak field post in Sub-Carpathia (now western Ukraine) in 1919-1920. It describes the union of the region with Czechoslovakia and the presence of Czechoslovak troops in the area at this time. Specifically, it provides details on the operations of Field Post Offices 12, 14, 22, 46, and 75 in Sub-Carpathia, clarifying their locations and periods of operation there based on sources. An example postcard with a rare cancel from Field Post Office 14 in Mukachevo is also shown.
This document provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and their newsletter, the Sub-Carpathian Messenger. It discusses the purpose and distribution of the newsletter. It also summarizes an auction of several interesting postal history items from the region, including cash on delivery forms from Munkács in 1919 and a postal cancellation from Dovhoje from 1926. Finally, it provides a summary of a chapter from a book on the Ruthenian emigration to North America, which describes the origins, homeland, and reasons for emigration of the Carpatho-Rusyns between 1885-1914 and 1920-1924.
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1. The Sub-Carpathian Messenger
Newsletter of the Study Circle
for the Postal History of the Carpatho-Ukraine
Number 9 – February 2010
The provisional field hospital in Munkács (1914)
The Sub-Carpathian Messenger – Number 9 (February 2010) Page: 1
2. 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 Oblast’. Since 1991 it is ЗАКАР-
ПАТТЯ, 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. We aim at producing at least four issues per year but cannot promise
regular publication intervals.
Change in distribution method
With the (much appreciated !) help of John Lechtanski we have found a public place where we
can store all issues of our Newsletter – at no cost which is even better than expected.
Since SCM #006 you can view and download each issue (including the “old” ones) from the Web
address:
http://www.docstoc.com/collection/128/The-Sub-Carpathian-Messenger
For downloading you will need to register with DocStoc which again is free of charge. If you en-
counter any problems with access to the mentioned web site, please let us know.
For those who have no Internet access and/or no e-mail, the distribution method will stay 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 will be limited to the members of the Study Circle. So joining us still has some
advantage. As we can see from the numbers at the DocStoc web site, our newsletter is read by
more than hundred people.
We send our best wishes for the New Year 2010 to all members of our 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.
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 document, graphical elements in
JPEG, 300 dpi) to our 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
The Sub-Carpathian Messenger – Number 9 (February 2010) Page: 2
3. Jan Verleg
The Andrew Cronin collection sold at the September 24, 2009,
Auction of “Cherrystone”
This New York based philatelic auction house issued a special catalogue devoted to Andrew Cro-
nin’s collection of Postal History of the World. From the in total 437 lots 64 were related to
Carpatho Ukraine. The first 4 lots were not really described in detail but additional scans were
provided on request. Some lots turned out to contain real surprises. Pleasant and less pleasant.
To give a few examples: Lot 2005 had a most remarkable
folded letter of Szerednye, shown below. It appears to be
a paid letter for which the sender wanted to receive a
return recepisse. A highly interesting and rare letter in a
good quality. The less pleasant surprise was the folded
letter with the first post master marking of Unghvar. The
marking is not very clear and it is common knowledge
amongst the collectors of this area that forgeries of this
postmark are more common than the genuine mark.
The letter was sent to Hungary to ask for the opinion of
Mr. Dénes Czirók, the well known fighter against forgeries
of prephilatelic postmarks of Hungary, and his verdict
was: This is a complete forged letter. He also consulted
Fritz Puschmann, the well known Austrian expert, and Mr.
Puschmann fully agreed with Mr. Czirók. Unfortunately a
fake.
However this lot also contained a wealth of covers with the first 5 Austrian issues and the hammer
price of 3200 USD (€ 2240) could be considered as a bargain.
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4. Lot 2006 contained a collection of 100+ covers and cards from the Hungarian period 1867 to 1919
and was sold for 3400 USD (€ 2380). It contained such items as a cover from Kövesliget to M.Sziget
with a 5Kr rosa lithographed (certificate István Glatz) and a R-cover from Beregszász to Pesth
with a 15 Kr. brown lithographed. Further a card with the most rare marking “POSTCONDUCTEUR
im ZUGE KOROSMEZÖ STANISLAU No. 3114” but the most outstanding rarity was a cover franked
with 5 Kr common issue Austria/Hungary cancelled in Veresmart with a brown ochre date stamp
(certificate István Glatz). Neither Gary Ryan nor Tamás Gudlin have catalogued this colour which
most probably is an oxidized red date stamp. Again this lot was sold at an extremely low price.
Some items are pictured below:
A similar card was sold at a Czech
auction in 2008 for a hammer price of
CZK 18,010 ≈ € 740
Lot 2010 was an item from the Romanian occupation and was described as extremely rare:
This item sold at a hammer price of
USD 1300 (€ 910).
The letter was sent from Fekete-
ardó to the USA but was not franked
and therefore marked with a capital
“T” before leaving the Carpatho
Ukraine. It also carries a black Ro-
manian censorship mark from Satu
Mare. Upon arrival in the States it
was marked with the 10 cents post-
age due hand stamp. One could
wonder what the 10 cent postage
due stamp is doing on the cover.
Due to “Deficiency in address” (vio-
let circular mark) it possibly never
reached its destination.
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5. Tønnes Ore
Unbelievable prices
The interest for postal history items from Carpatho-Ukraine is obviously rising, a fact which has
been seen to result in surprisingly high auction prices. In some cases last autumn the prices must
be characterized as unbelievable. Who would believe that a quite ordinary postal stationery card
sent from Ungvár to Vienna in 1881 would sell for 88 EUR? (Starting price 5000 HUF, sold for
24,000 HUF). This happened in Darabanth's auction in Budapest on 7 November. In the same
auction a letter from Unghvár (octagonal postmark) to Debrecen with 10 kr. 1860 issue climbed
from the starting 11,000 HUF to 65,000 (=238 EUR), and a registered letter with the same Unghvár
postmark to Braunau with 15 kr. 1867
issue and both a red 'Recommandirt'
and a black 'Ajanlott' realized no less
than 420,000 HUF (=1541 EUR!)
against a starting price of 26,000.
The most unusual items offered in
the Darabanth auction were a sta-
tionery card and a picture post-
card from 1902 and 1908, respecti-
vely, both with cancels from the
travelling post office Nagy-Berez-
na—Ungvár. The cards also had
postmarks/cachets from railway stations, 'Perecsény' and 'N-Berezna' in unusual designs. These
have probably been more or less unknown up to now (not even mentioned in Jan Verleg's book or
other sources), and their rarity was obviously unknown to the auctioneers: Starting prices were
2500 and 5,000 HUF. And the hammer prices? 70,100 and 190,000 HUF (257 and 697 EUR).
A few items of special interest
were offered at Černik's auction
in Prague on 11 October. A co-
ver with Mukačevo overprint
stamps, 20 f. crown (Verleg 21)
and a 10 f. revenue stamp from
1934, bearing the postmarks
that are normally seen on the
covers that were produced in
Mukačevo in December, 1944
started at 20,000 CZK and
realized 32,010 (=1211 EUR).
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6. Two large-size official letters from 1945 were also offered by Černik, both sent from Uzhorod to
Mukachevo in August, 1945. One was registered and franked with 200 f. + 60 f., the other, un-
registered, had 100 f. + 20 f. stamps. The first went from 3000 CZK to 10,000 (378 EUR), the
other from 4000 to 10,510 (397 EUR).
As a follow-up to Jan Verleg's article about the Andrew Cronin sale, let me also mention a few of
the single lots from that auction, with
prices given as (start USD / realized USD /
EUR):
2017: Postcard with provisional postmark
'Uglja/Uhla' on CSP overprints (230/800/560)
2034: Stationery card Uzhorod issue with
2017
60:2f stamp (Verleg 1) (230/1500/1050)
2049: Lot of 14+ stationery cards from
the Hungarian, CSR and NRZU periods,
950/5000/3500).
Also quite unbelievable!
2034
Ex 2049
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7. Helmut Kobelbauer
Highlights from the 134th Special Auction of PROFILA (Budapest)
December 13th, 2009 saw another very successful auction on postal history material from the Car-
patho Ukraine, this time from the PROFILA auction house in Budapest. On the other hand, the
parallel auction of postcards from the same area brought only rather meagre sales – I think, it was
not a good idea to offer so much material in one day.
For easier comparison of prices I have checked with www.xe.com:
As of today, we have 1.00 EUR = 277.324 HUF; 1.00 USD = 190.447 HUF. Please be aware that the
given final prices are netto, i. e., one has to add at least 17 per cent as commission for the
auction house.
Lot 32148: Picture postcard with postmark of postal agency “SELCE”
Start price HUF 32,000 – final price HUF 42,000
Lot 32152: Picture postcard with postmark of postal agency “LOCHOVO”
Start price HUF 30,000 – final price HUF 65,000
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8. Lot 32173: Censored card with 4x60/18 f, Nagyberezna to Budapest
Start price HUF 150,000 – final price HUF 440,000
Lot 32175: Censored picture postcard, Užhorod to Budapest
Start price HUF 80,000 – final prize HUF 165,000
This is only a selection of four pieces from about 180 lots, many of them rather interesting for the
specialized collector. PROFILA has a long and well established record as seller of Carpatho Ukraine
pieces, both in their auctions and on eBay. Their web address is www.profila.hu (if you don’t
know already). It might be an advantage if they would add some international language descrip-
tion to their offerings – at the moment everything is solely in Hungarian.
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9. Helmut Kobelbauer
Map of Hungary 1786 – Detail of Postal Routes in the Kárpátalja
In 1786 the first post offices were opened in the Kárpátalja. With the much appreciated help of
Fritz Puschmann I have found a map from this very first year which is showing the postal routes
in this remote area. See for yourself:
From Johann Matthias Korabinsky: »Lexikon von Ungarn« (Postkarte), Pressburg (1786).
The relevant route goes Kaschau – Nagy Mihály – Sobrancz – Unghvár – Munkáts – Huszt – Sziget.
The surprise is Huszt: a regular post office was opened there only in 1836.
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10. Dénes Czirók
Contribution to the Discussion in „The Sub-Carpathian Messenger“ No. 7
With great pleasure I read the issue 7 of this Newsletter which came to my attention when I met
Helmut Kobelbauer at the beginning of October 2009 for a 3-day postal history symposium in
Austria. I am not myself a specialist collector of Carpatho-Ukraine but I research Hungarian
postal history as a whole from the beginning till 1900, and I have spent a lot of time in recent
years on Hungarian prephilatelic letters and the regrettable forgeries that exist.
Without wanting to appear immodest I would like to draw attention to the fact that we collected
434 forged letters from different parts of the world – collectors, dealers, auction houses – during
my 8 years presidency of the Gervay Foundation which we withdrew from circulation and put on
the Internet for comparison and research. Regrettably this work is still incomplete and new for-
geries continue to come to light and take their toll. In the interests of doing this research tho-
roughly I created a large database consisting of more than 8,000 original pictures and dates of
genuine prephilatelic letters as well as 1,250 pictures and dates of forgeries, or old letters about
which there are well-founded suspicions. I can say with confidence that this is the biggest data-
base of Hungarian prephilatelic covers and their forgeries in the world.
Number 7 of “The Sub-Carpathian Messenger” dealt with the line markings of Tiszaújlak and
shows nine blown-up markings, all from original prephilatelic covers. It also mentions the Horn-
ung, Blaha, and Rauch collections, which are in the Czech EXPONET site. Because of the low
optical resolution, however, the author of the article [i. e., your humble editor] does not take
sides on whether these letters are genuine, or forgeries. In the following I am trying to provide
an answer to this question.
I first addressed the basic criteria of the recognition of forged letters at the 4th Hungarian-
Austrian Symposium in August 2003 in Spa-Bük. We also issued a book in German about it (un-
fortunately today this can only be purchased in the second-hand market). In my lecture I under-
lined that the forgeries could be detected not only by examination of the markings, but also
through a couple of other factors such as the different postal marks (roads), the formal charac-
teristics of the letter (lack of the wax-seal at the rear, or its discoloration, mutilation of the
letter), the incorrectness of the tariff, the address and its graphological marks. Basically in many
cases we can point out that a letter has been forged by looking at its markings. Of course, if
there are any remaining doubts, a complex analysis is needed to resolve the matter.
In the same year I also analyzed the essential characteristics of the forged letters in a longer
English language article in the well-known “Fakes Forgeries Experts” AIEP publication (No. 6,
pages 121 – 129). In the same publication (pages 147 – 159) the German chemist Robert Neun-
teufel published an excellent article dealing with the spectroscopic identification of colouring
matter used by the forgers and proving the existence of forged letters.
Let us turn back to the markings of Tiszaújlak! Based on my experience described above I can
declare that the Tiszaújlak letters of the Hornung and Blaha collections are genuine. On the
other hand the piece in the Rauch collection is a FORGERY. (I should mention in brackets that all
three collections contain other forged letters. More about this perhaps in another article.)
In the SCM article the forged letter going to Rév-Komárom was the product of the so-called
“Pápa workshop”, where the forger was a highly educated printer, Károly Rhédi (1906 – 1967,
living in Papa), who owned an extremely valuable set of printing accessories (letters font) and
who distributed forged letters in the 1950’s and 1960’s to collectors in Hungary. He left a huge
number of forged letters to his grandson, Tamás Mógor (1952 – 2008), who distributed them
further including to abroad. The letters then went all over the world through the hands of well-
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11. known collectors and today can be found from Europe to Japan, from Scandinavia to South
America.
Most of the letters have their origins in the fact that during the XVIII and XIX centuries the
Transdanubian Reformed Church District established a private messenger system so that its
letters – and very often money in the letters – did not need to pass through the hands of the
Government postal organization that owed its loyalty to the Catholic Habsburg emperor. These
are genuine letters from that time, but they did not carry any postal marks or markings of the
official post office. The above mentioned printer acquired this raw material during WWII and
later used it as the basis for manufacturing letters with a range of rare and very nice markings.
Today the facts have been established; I could write 100 pages about it. In addition forged let-
ters exist made from blank old paper. These are called “complete forgeries” (Ganzfälschungen
in German), but in all cases the markings were made by a metal stamp using printing technology.
The letter shown in the SCM article going from Tisza Újlak to Rév-Komárom is a typical example
of this. The writing is original and the addressee Mihály Nagy was a famous very learned bishop
of this era. Only the marking, the marks “NB” and “12/6” are not genuine. For the philatelist
that means the letter is a FORGERY.
Fig. 1: Picture from the W. Rauch collection at EXPONET
(The second FORGERY of Tisza Újlak)
This letter found in the Rauch collection on EXPONET is a COMPLETE FORGERY. The writing is
typical of the nervous, highly-strung marks that can be found on many other forged letters. (The
forger was a very talented person who was disappointed with his life and going to alcoholism.)
Recently a very highly valued collection from Carpatho-Ukraine was sold where we can find two
additional forgeries:
The letter (see fig. 2) was going from Tisza Újlak to “Nkorpád”. The letter “N” means “Nagy”
[big] in the Hungarian language, so it went to Nagy Korpád. There is only one problem:
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12. Fig. 2: The third FORGERY of Tisza Újlak.
Nagykorpád lies in the Somogy county (south of Lake Balaton, near Nagyatád) and not near (the
route to) Körmend (in Vas county), as indicated in the lower left corner of the letter. The second
point: if somebody sent a letter from Tisza Újlak to the environs of the city Körmend which is
about 500 kilometres from Tisza Újlak, he used to add 2 or 3 other main post stations as well, e.
g., Debreczen and Ofen, and not only “Körmend”.
Of course, also the marking is different from the genuine one:
Fig. 3: The GENUINE (on top) and then (below) the FORGED marking.
It is typical for the forgeries that the letter “S” is always different from the genuine because the
forger had a letters font of different sizes but in each size the letter “S” was thinner.
The forger was a very productive man; as a minimum, he made 5 to 6 copies from a single mar-
king so other forgeries [of the Tisza Újlak marking] must exist.
The next letter (see fig. 4) is the most dangerous because the addressee is the well-known
Greek-Catholic bishop in Carpatho-Ukraine Basil Popovics. About 250 – 300 genuine prephilatelic
letters exist to Popovics but unfortunately (as of today) 6 forged exist, too.
The Sub-Carpathian Messenger – Number 9 (February 2010) Page: 12
13. Fig. 4: The fourth FORGERY of Tisza Újlak.
These are so-called “complete forgeries”. At the displayed letter the marking is also completely
different from the genuine one:
Fig. 4a: Detail from the fourth FORGERY.
We know about two other forged letters, but unfortunately I can only show these in black and
white illustrations because they have not come on the market in the last ten years.
The next letter is the twin of the letter to Rév-Komárom previously mentioned. It was once in
the Paul Jensen collection, but today – if I am correct – it is in a museum in Slovakia.
Fig. 5: The fifth FORGERY of Tisza Újlak.
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14. Fig. 6: The sixth FORGERY of Tisza Újlak.
This letter was also a product of the “Pápa workshop”, although at first glance it seems not to
be a forgery. It is one of the best forgeries from Tiszaújlak. I would be very pleased to see this
letter so that I could confirm whether it is a forgery. Of course I fully understand that for the
owner it is not pleasant to have someone say that a letter acquired at considerable expense is
forged, but we must face up to the facts. With my experience I would like to help in establishing
the truth, so if you have a question about these matters, please contact me with confidence.
My e-mail address: czirok.d@online-t.hu
From Martin Jurkovič (Bratislava) we have received two additional scans for the second prephila-
telic postmark of TISZA UJLAK:
February 7, 1839 (collection Martin Jurkovič)
December 11, 1846 (collection Martin Jurkovič)
Thank you very much!
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15. Nagy Gábor
The Battles in the Carpathians in 1914 - 1915 and the Operations
of the Szurmay Corps in the Ung Valley - Part 2
The Szurmay Corps
In a war period of almost two and a half years, when the armies or army corps were often re-
organised to meet everyday’s requirements, there obviously arises the question: what may we
call the „Szurmay Corps”?
During his front service from the 25th of November 1914 until the 19th of February 1917 Feldmar-
schallleutnant Szurmay was serving under the commands of General Boroević, Puhallo, Böhm–
Ermolli, Tersztyánszky, Josef Ferdinand, Baron Arz, Von Linsingen, Von Litzmann, Von der Mar-
witz.
Under his command were serving in different periods several honvéd divisions, Landsturm
divisions, independent brigades, regiments, combined or independent groups, altogether 74
different regiments.
At the moment of taking over the command on the 25th of November 1914, the state of troops
under his command was as below:
o 38. Honvéd Division, comprising the 75th Brigade of Kolozsvár/Klausenburg and 76th
Brigade of Nagyszeben/Hermannstadt,
o 33th Infantry Regiment of Arad / 2 battalions and 1 mountain battery / Wanner Group,
o 8th Cavalry Division / the rest of 2 dragoner and 2 ulaner regiments, representing only a
force of 1-2 infantry company, applied mainly as field gendarmery service behind the 2nd
Austrian Landsturm Brigade,
o 102th Landsturm Infantry Regiment / formed from the remains of the 102th Landsturm
Brigade of Szeged,
o 56th Combined Division / set up from supply, railway, and other security forces, worth a ½
division.
The troops had four different types of rifles and ammunition, no telephone, the cavalry had no
bayonettes or spades.
Fig. 1: Field post card, March 19th, 1915, from Szurmay group command
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16. Limanova
Conrad earlier, even in the last days of November, issued his countermeasures to obstruct Radko
Dimitriev’s Russian Army’s advance. He shifted the Army of Archduke Josef Ferdinand to the
south bank of the Vistula at Cracovia and collected a strong assault force – consisting of three
Austrian and one German division received to help – with the task to attack the south flank of the
Russians via Limanova. Out of this has come the battle south of Cracovia between the Vistula and
the Carpathians, what the Hungarians call „The Battle of Limanova”.
Before the beginning of the battle Conrad learned from a tapped Russian radio message that two
army corps from the Brusilov Army would be shifted towards Limanova soon. Based on this
information Conrad ordered Boroević – instead of retreating towards Kassa – to immediate attack
with his left flank in the direction of Neu-Sandez, to catch the Brusilov army corps to obstruct
them to appear somewhere south of Cracovia. This left flank, the Honvéd corps under the
command of Szurmay, just in shifting towards Bártfa, received the task to overtake the shifting
Russian army corps.
A race was beginning between the Russians and Szurmay. Despite that the advantage was on the
Russian side, Szurmay won. Albeit that before the race was beginning the battle at Limanova was
commencing.
The Battle of Limanova is very remarkable for Hungarians, because on the decisive points of the
battle Hungarian Honvéd troops were fighting. The strategic result of the battle was that the
Russian steamroller was blocked and slowly rolled backwards on the whole front line. The trench
warfare was commencing.
The Winter Battles in the Carpathians
After the Battle of Limanova Conrad was full of hope that by an energic chase the Russians will be
forced back to the Vistula-San line and Przemysl will be liberated.
Conrad received 3 divisions of German help and adding to the same strength of Austro-Hungarian
force created the German South Army (Linsingen) in the region of Munkács-Ungvár. The forces of
the newly created armies touched: Boroević Army 130,000 rifles and 750 guns, Pflanzer-Baltin
Army 52,000 rifles and 190 guns, and in between the two armies concentrated the mixed Linsin-
gen Army with 48,000 rifles and 325 guns.
Fig. 2: Soldiers with improper equipment in the deep snow.
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17. Conrad based his plan on the Russian concentration as below: the closed Russian lines in front of
the Boroević Army in the Dukla Depression extended to Baligrod, beyond this to the Uzsok Pass
were occupied by stronger Russian forces. Between Baligrod and Uzsok Russian cavalry, east of
Uzsok only weaker Russian forces were in station.
Conrad ordered Boroević (7½ Hungarian, 6½ Austrian divisions and some Landsturm) to attack
west of Uzsok Pass to the Przemysl direction, Linsingen (1 Austrian, 3 German divisions and
Austrian Landsturm equal of two 2 divisions force) to attack east of the Uzsok Pass, Pflanzer-
Baltin received the order that from the end of January, when he would be ready, to attack via
the Tatár Pass towards Stanislau through the Bukovina.
Fig. 3: At the front line.
This plan had weak points: the armies, which were overstrained in the previous four campaigns,
among ardous winter circumstances, through hills, covered by high snow and in high mountain
ground which is unsuitable for mass warfare, in lack of appropriate equipment, had to commence
the fifth campaign. These armies were falling far from the shape of the armies in August 1914.
The ranks were several times melted and re-filled. The circumstances for the attack were
worsening, because the Russians had found a lot of good defensive positions in the mountains.
The infantry could reckon neither on artillery support, because they were unable to climb on the
icy slopes, nor on supplies.
The attack by its direction might have hit the Russians on a sensitive point and this was the
shorter way to Przemysl, but at the same time it was the most difficult way.
The attack had not surprised the Russians. Ivanov in the middle of December after the fightings,
which ended with the retreat of Boroević, planned – after some rest – a raid into the Hungarian
Plain and ordered Brusilov to attack around the end of January towards Kassa and Csap.
The Monarchy’s attack in the Carpathians collided with the Russians ready to attack state.
The battle, which evolved from the attack of Boroević and Linsingen launched on 23rd January
1915 had not fulfilled Conrad’s hopes. The trouble was not with the troops but with the weather
conditions.
After a three days’ attack at minus 20 degrees, in the middle of the lines, advancing on the right
flank of the Boroević Army, the Hungarian Szurmay Corps occupied the Uzsok Pass. Boroević
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18. reached Baligrod and Linsingen also gained some ground. But the weather conditions in these
three fateful days were enough to destroy the dash of the troops. Not the Russian resistence, but
the advance in the one meter high snow on the icy slopes, staying overnight without cover, with-
out warm food and drink, because the supply was unable to follow the troops, exhausted them.
Hundreds froze to death. The troops were defeated by the elements.
That was the state of affairs on the 27th of January, when Brusilov’s counterattack was com-
menced. The stroke was the strongest on the left flank of Boroević. He was forced to retreat step
by step till Stropkó. The Russians invaded again the Dukla Depression and tore away Mezılaborc
from Boroević, depriving him from railway connection. Baligrod was lost.
Szurmay was forced to defend himself north of the Uzsok Pass. Linsingen was unable to overcome
the crest of the Carpathians. Merely Pflanzer-Baltin was able to overcome the Carpathians, but he
was too weak to decide the campaign.
Boroević lost 89,000 men from his originally 130,000 troops in these fightings between the 29th of
January and the 5th of February 1915.
It was revealed that Przemysl could not be relieved by these reduced forces. It was the sad
balance of the first stage of the Winter Battle in the Carpathians.
Conrad’s endeavour still remained unchanged to relieve Przemysl, consequently commenced the
migration of troops towards the all absorbing Carpathians.
The rationally minded Boroević, who realized how the winter used up the troops proposed to
wind-up the failure, but Conrad did not accept it.
Carrying on the offensive Conrad transferred Böhm-Ermolli from West-Poland and gave him the
right flank of Boroević from Lupkowa to Uzsok as a new 2nd Army. The majority of the
strenghtening en route were dispatched here. During February 16 divisions – included 11
Hungarian divisions – were laid under the command of Böhm-Ermolli. In the Dukla Depression
Boroević remained the commander, who received the task to retake Mezılaborc as soon as
possible.
This was the beginning of the second stage of the Winter Battle in the Carpathians.
The joint action of Böhm-Ermolli and Boroević – whose armies now with the fresh reinforcements
touched the number of 200,000 and represented a significant numerical surplus on the Russian –
was commencing at the end of February. It collided with the in the meantime also strenghtened
counterattack of Brusilov. This Russian counterattack was beaten back, but the Monarchy’s armies
could not get forward. The thaw in February was followed by freeze in March and this destroyed
the Monarchy’ troops better than the Russians. Boroević on the 5th of March, after a couple of
days’ fightings, ceased the offensive, when 60 per cent of the Temesvár Corps were destroyed.
Böhm-Ermolli continued the fightings, but he could not recapture Baligrod, where the Budapest
Corps was bled to death, and after the loss of 73 per cent of the forces assaulting Baligrod, he
also ceased the fightings.
The heavy winter battles could not reach the intended target: relieving Przemysl.
The Easter Battle in the Carpathians
Archduke Nikolai ordered Ivanov to advance towards Budapest via the Carpathians. On the 20th of
March the fightings flared up again on the front lines of Böhm-Ermolli and Boroević. On the same
day the garrison of Przemysl attempted the last sally. After beating back the attempt on the 22nd
of March 1915 Przemysl surrendered.
The Russians were in a rush to make most of the up to now achieved results: the army released at
Przemysl Radko Dimitriev and Brusilov hurled at the Carpathians by the order of Ivanov.
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19. After the second stage of the Winter Battle in the Carpathians Conrad intended to continue the
attack, despite Falkenhayn’s recommendation who advised Conrad rather to defend in the
Carpathians and attack in Serbia. Conrad argued that around the end of March by the new
strenghtening and fillings the troops may break through the Russian lines. Now, as Przemysl met
his fate, they have enough time for better preparations. The debate was put to an end by the
Russian assault on the night of 20th of March 1915.
Fig. 4: The hills and mountains of the Carpathians are covered by dense forests.
The Russian attack shook the left flank of Boroević Army and gradually spread over to the Böhm-
Ermolli frontline. Just the Szurmay Corps secured firmly the Uzsok Pass.
The news on the surrender of Przemysl inspired the Russians to double their efforts. Conrad
intervened and shifted reserves from the 4th Army stationed at the Dunajec. This way was trans-
ferred the ill-famed 28th Regiment which later surrendered to the Russians almost completely.
Conrad had fears that Boroević’s weakened army in the Dukla Depression might not withstand the
attack, therefore asked for help from Falkenhayn. After a couple of days’ debate he agreed to
transfer two divisions from West-Poland and one division from Linsingen to Homonna, where they
formed the „Beskid Corps” (von der Marwitz). After the arrival of head troops behind the lines of
Boroević’s Army Böhm-Ermolli ordered the retreat in order. In the course of this operation the
two flanks – Hungarian troops – remained staying on the front but the middle of the line retreat-
ed up to 25 km deep. Now the Russians did not omit to attack these flanks. Szurmay firmly
resisted during April in these long lasting and fierce fightings. This was the end of the Easter
Battle with the result that at a price of great sacrifices the Russian attacks were held up.
The end
Literature:
Szurmay Sándor: A magyar katona a Kárpátokban [The Hungarian soldier in the Carpathians]. 2nd edition,
Budapest, 2005.
Julier Ferenc: 1914 - 1918. A világháború magyar szemmel [The world war through Hungarian eyes]. Buda-
pest, 1933.
A. A. Bruszilov: A cár árnyékában [In the shadow of the Tsar]. Budapest, 1986.
Erich Otto Volkmann: Von den Karpathen zum Kaukasus. Leipzig, 1935 (photos).
From my own collection: photos, field post cards.
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20. Helmut Kobelbauer
Cholera station in Ungvár in November 1914
We all are aware that in the year 1831 a cholera epidemic swept through Hungary, having come
from Galicia and being spread by raftsmen along the Tisza river. It took also a lot of victims in the
Kárpátalja. (See Jan Verleg’s book, pages 10 and 11.)
But not many people are aware that cholera was also one of the many problems during WWI, re-
sulting from malnutrition, shortage of clean water, and generally unhygienic conditions.
The shown field post card was written in Ungvár on November 26th, 1914 from the “Kollera Barack
korház Ungvár”, i. e., cholera barack in the [field] hospital of Ungvár.
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21. As a consequence of the bloody fights in the Carpathians in late 1914 and then until Easter 1915,
many wounded soldiers had to be taken care of. The two major institutions were the field hospi-
tals in Munkács (as shown on the title page of this issue) and Ungvár.
Picture from the field hospital near Munkács – Foto Berghamer – 1914
From Oleksandr Voloshyn’s book »МУКАЧЕВО у старовинній листівці«, p. 124
Pictures from inside these barack hospitals are generally rare.
Card with violet troops’ mark “Megfigyelı állomás Munkács.”, written July 10th, 1915
After the most heavy fights, in summer 1915, in Munkács was established a “[Kranken-]Beobach-
tungsstation”, i. e., an observation station for the sick and slightly wounded. The shown mark has
been reported between July 1915 and May 1916.
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22. Helmut Kobelbauer
Collection of Martin Jurkovič at EXPONET
After Jay Carrigan, Otto Hornung and Ing. Jan Verleg, another one of our members has put part of
his collection of Carpatho Ukraine to the EXPONET. Ing. Martin Jurkovič from Bratislava under
number 0573 has published “Poštová história Podkarpatskej Rusi od roku 1786 do roku 1945”
[Postal history of Podkarpatská Rus from the year 1786 to 1945] in five frames and then “Poštové
listky Podkarpatskej Rusi vydané v rokoch 1944 – 1945” [Postal stationary of Podkarpatská Rus
issued in the years 1944 – 1945] under number 0574 in one frame. Below are two especially nice
items from these exhibits:
From exhibit 0573 (Postal history), page 32
From exhibit 0574 (Postal stationary), page 15
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23. Juan E. Page
A New Postal Agency Mark
Even after the publication of a lot of very serious studies, some new discovery appears from time
to time in the postal history of the Carpatho Ukraine. In this case the extraordinary work of Petr
Gebauer and Jozef Tekeľ on postal agencies can be slightly improved with the addition of a new
mark from the Podkarpat-
ska Rus. The mark is origi-
nated in Soľ/Суль (Soľa,
Solja, Соля, Sóslak, Szol),
with its main post office
in Veľký Berezný, is of
rectangular type (C. 306)
and has a size of 47,5x18
mm. I found it printed in
violet colour on a post-
card showing the railway
postmark of line 1001
from Užok to Čop and
dated April 26, 1935.
According to the book of
Gebauer and Tekeľ, it
could be classified as
number 2 in the entry of
Soľa (n. 2562, p. 609). That is all for the moment but I encourage all friends to investigate their
files in order to discover similar pieces that help to establish the period of use.
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24. Helmut Kobelbauer
Was there a Hungarian Fieldpost during the November 1938 Campaign ?
We have discussed in some detail the Czechoslovak fieldpost during the secession of the “Zone 1”
areas (back) to Hungary in early November 1938. But what about the Hungarians troops – did they
have a fieldpost, too?
Fig. 1: Card from Ungvár, November 18th, 1938, to Budapest.
Fig. 2: Card from Ungvár, November 21st, 1938, to Budapest.
Both cards carry a military troops’ mark but are fully franked with a 10f stamp each. I would take
these cards as an indication that there was NO Hungarian fieldpost during the November 1938
campaign. What do YOU think ?
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