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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
The document discusses the postal history of Nyíresfalva, a post office that operated from 1787 to 1838 in the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It provides details on Nyíresfalva from historical maps and texts, noting the village is now called Dunkovytsya and lies on the road from Mukachevo to Khust. The document also shares information on 6 registered letters from the pre-stamp period found in various collections, with one each from Alsó-Vereczke, Munkács, and Tecső and three from Szerednye.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
The document discusses the postal history of Nyíresfalva, a post office that operated from 1787 to 1838 in the Carpatho-Ukraine region. It provides details on Nyíresfalva from historical maps and texts, noting the village is now called Dunkovytsya and lies on the road from Mukachevo to Khust. The document also shares information on 6 registered letters from the pre-stamp period found in various collections, with one each from Alsó-Vereczke, Munkács, and Tecső and three from Szerednye.
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.
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 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 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.
The newsletter provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and discusses distributing the newsletter online in the future. It also includes several articles summarizing auction results of Carpatho-Ukraine postal items, describing a 1903 letter that traveled from Romania to Jerusalem in 11 days, and giving an overview of the battles in the Carpathian mountains between Austria-Hungary and Russia during 1914-1915, focusing on the operations of the Szurmay Corps in the Ung Valley.
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 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 is issue 19 of The Sub-Carpathian Messenger newsletter from February 2012. It provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine, details on accessing past newsletter issues online, and a call for members to contribute articles. The main article discusses the neglected pre-stamp post office of Nyíresfalva (now Dunkovytsya, Ukraine), including maps showing its location on postal routes from 1786 to 1849. Brief articles also profile two new books on local postal history and describe six rare registered pre-stamp letters from the 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 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.
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 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.
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1. The Sub-Carpathian Messenger
Newsletter of the Study Circle
for the Postal History of the Carpatho-Ukraine
Number 30 – September 2014
Repair of an Orthodox Church near Malyi Bereznyi (2011)
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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. In the last years we have always produced at least four issues per
year but cannot keep this high level. As we can see from the access counts at the public web site,
this Newsletter is read by far more than hundred people. On the other hand, contributions to this
Newsletter have come down to a thin trickle. This is not a reasonable base to continue.
This issue concludes six years and 722 pages of content related to the Carpatho Ukraine and its
postal (and political) history. We thank our authors and readers for their support. In these years
we have sadly lost Andrew Cronin, David Holt, Otto Hornung, Alexander Malycky, and Tønnes Ore
– they will have a place in our memories.
We send our best wishes and our preliminary “Goodbye” to the members of the Study Circle.
Distribution method
All issues of the »Sub-Carpathian Messenger« can be browsed at and downloaded from the Inter-net
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) will be limited to the 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 contri-bution
is certainly welcome. Please send it (as Word 2003 or 2007 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
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3. Helmut Kobelbauer
The “Sub-Carpathian Messenger” and its Reception on the Internet
Since its beginning the “Sub-Carpathian Messenger” was trying out new ways in its distribution.
The first issues have been distributed by e-mail (and only a few numbers have been colour-printed
and sent to individual members without e-mail and Internet access). When the list of receivers
became larger, we switched to notification by e-mail, the body of the newspaper being download-able
from Internet. In the end we chose www.slideshare.net as our distribution point (with the
much appreciated help of John Lechtanski, New York, USA) and have made available all our issues
there to the general public (free of any charge).
As of May 18th, 2014, about 11:00 CEST, we extracted the numbers of read accesses on the then
available issues. The following diagram shows the distribution of these:
Diagram 1: Read accesses on „www.slideshare.net/subcarpathian“.
In sum we had 17.581 read accesses on 29 issues, i. e., on average about 606 read accesses per
issue. The top piece is SCM #011 with 2.038, the lower end is SCM #016 with 338 read accesses.
(Issue SCM #029 has “only” 100 accesses but is available less than one month when writing this.)
Please do not ask me why SCM #011 has such an exceptional high read rate – I would not know.
In content we have published 698 pages, i. e., on average 24 pages per issue. We have slowed
down on issue frequency but basically we have published 30 issues (including this current one) in
six years, so our average is five issues per year. Seeing that similar magazines have to be content
with three or four issues, I think we should not complain too much.
Anyway, it is up to you (yes: you) whether our Newsletter would continue to flourish or not. The
task of an editor is to edit and not (at least not primarily) to fill the magazine with his (or her)
emanations.
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4. Helmut Kobelbauer
Auction News
The most exciting item came up in the last Dunafila auction (#30; July 6th, 2014). A three-colours
franking of the Austrian 1858 issue was offered as lot 620 with a call of HUF 300.000.
This cover was cancelled in Rahó on October 6th, 1859, and was sent to Zajta in the Szathmár
county. This village had only 608 Hungarian inhabitants in 1910; in 1859 it had, of course, no post
office. It lies in the Fehérgyarmat juridical district, directly on the Hungarian-Romanian border
just a few kilometres north of Satu Mare. A railway line #113 leads from Mátészalka to Zajta.
According to Tamás Gudlin’s book »Classical postmarks of Hungary«, a post office was opened in
Rahó in 1854. It used a circular postmark until 1871; this is valued with 600 points for the first
Austrian issue (June 1st, 1850, until December 31st, 1858) and with 500 points for the second. One
has to understand that – to the best of my knowledge – there is no documented piece with a Rahó
cancellation on a cover or even a loose stamp of the first Austrian issue. So the above cover shows
the EARLIEST use of the Rahó postmark as far as we know.
My own offer (which was definitely higher than the call) somehow got lost in transmission. So the
item was sold for the call, i. e, approx. 1.000 EUR or 1.365 USD (not including the commission of
18 per cent). This was a rather cheap buy and my congratulations go to the lucky buyer.
Three-colour frankings from the Kárpátalja are not really frequent: we have one from Szerednye
with 2x1kr + 2x2kr + 3kr 1850 Austrian issue on a cover (see SCM#001, page 4) which sold for not
less than 9.000 EUR and then a strip 2kr+1kr+6kr 1850 Austrian issue from Tisza Újlak (see SCM
#017, page 4) which sold for 1.023 EUR. I would know of only one other three-colour franking of
the second Austrian issue, i. e., the one depicted on page 24 of Jan Verleg’s »Carpatho Ukraine.
Postal History and Stamps 1786 - 2000«.
The applicable tariff is that of November 1st, 1858, after the currency change from “Kreuzer” to
“Neukreuzer”: 10 NKr. for a simple letter (up to 1 Loth) for a distance from 10 – 20 miles.
The quality of the item is acceptable – there is obviously a crease going through the three stamps.
The auctioneer, after having been told of the mishap with my lost bid, promised me a good scan
of the cover and also of the letter inside. I am still waiting …
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5. Andrew Cronin
Addenda to Pre-Stamp and Stampless Mail from the Carpatho-Ukraine
Further our re-prints from the »ЯМЩИК« (Post-Rider) of the CSRP in SCM#023, pages 3 to 15, and SCM #025, pages 3
to 11, we are completing this overview by re-printing the addenda as Andrew Cronin published them in No. 12 (May 1983),
No. 13 (November 1983) and No. 15 (November 1984). The editor
Subsequent to this area having been covered in “The Post-Rider” No. 11, Mr. Lauson H. Stone of
the USA has come up with three further fine items, as follow:—
(a) The first example is an official letter in Latin, sent in 1839 with first type “v: BEREGSZÁZ”
marking to Daniel Freiseisen, Prefect of Munkács and Szent Miklós. Held in Munkács from 10 to 14
September 1839. Note the 3rd type “v: MUNKÁTS” mark and notations in Hungarian and German
that the addressee could not be reached. Although postfree when first mailed, it was assessed at
a fee of 4 krajczár for its return to Beregszász. Most interesting !
Fig. 1 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 12 (May 1983), page 54].
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6. (b) A letter with the ornamental marking for SZEREDNYE, Ung county, in use from 1830 to
1843 and in this case sent via Kaschau (Kassa, Košice) to Eperjes (Prešov).
Fig. 2 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 12 (May 1983), page 55].
(c) An official letter from the Ung County Records Office in Ungvár and sent to Nagymihály
(now Michalovce, Slovakia). Posted on 24 January 1860. Note the unusual UNGHVÁR octagonal
marking […].
Fig. 3 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 12 (May 1983), page 55].
As mentioned in the “Report on Brasiliana 83”, further information on Austrian prephilately has
been gathered from the gold metal collection of Czechoslovakian postal history 1499 – 1850, as
exhibited by Paul H. Jensen of Oslo, Norway. His extensive data, as well as examples from his and
other holdings relating to Carpatho-Ukrainian postal history, are set out here.
Slovakia, together with the Carpatho-Ukraine, belonged to the “Lands of the Crown of St. Ste-phen”,
i. e. Hungary. Parts of this area came under Hapsburg [sic] rule in 1538; the rest was
gradually retaken from Turkey. After 1687, all of Hungary, including the Carpatho-Ukraine, was
ruled by the Hapsburgs. Latin was the official language.
The postal periods may generally be divided as follow:—
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7. (a) Before 1526: Pre-Hapsburg period. Courier mail only.
(b) 1526 – 1622: Imperial Hapsburg Postal System, with postmasters appointed by the Kaiser
(Emperor)
(c) 1622 – 1722: The Counts of Paar were the Imperial postmasters.
(d) 1722 – 1850: The Imperial postal monopoly reestablished.
Postal markings in the present sense were introduced after 1661, when specific tariffs were estab-lished
(affirmed in 1695). After 1722, rate markings and marks of origin became obligatory; more
so as the postal system became more regulated. From 1722, the definite periods were:—
First Period, from 1722 to 1788. Special rates for mail. Postage based on weight and up to three
distances. Handstamps introduced gradually and the postage due was marked.
Second Period, from 1788 to 1817. Unified rates were introduced for the Hapsburg Crown Lands,
the basic weight being ½ Loth (6.4 g or 0.225 oz.). Half the postage was to be paid by the sender
and addressee each. The basic full rate was 8 krajczár from 1788.
An official letter No. 35318 in the collection of Dr. Béla Simády of Hungary belongs to this period.
Endorsed “Ex offo”, it was apparently sent in 1789 from Vienna via Pressburg (Pozsony/Bratislava)
and Unghvár to Munkács, to BACSINSZKY András (Andrij Bachins’kyj). The Bachins’kyjs are a well-known
Ukrainian family who have lived there for centuries and became prominent in the pro-
Russian faction after 1919. In this particular letter, the sender had the free franking privilege, as
shown by the “Ex offo” notation, but NOT the addressee The latter had to pay half the rate,
which, in this case, was 8 krajczár, as given by the figure “8” in red crayon at bottom left. We
can deduce from this what the full rate must have been. The weight of the letter was not all that
critical, as the rule of thumb used was that 1 sheet = ½ Loth = 8 kr., or 2 sheets = 1 Loth = 16 kr.
The last was the full tariff in this case. A most interesting and historic letter !
[Illustration see on a later page]
A further example from this period is a letter in the Paul H. Jensen collection from the now
familiar Horváth Imre Stanschitz correspondence, endorsed “v. Unghvar” at top right and sent on
27 February 1791 via Cassovia (Košice, Slovakia) to Leutschau (Levoča, Slovakia). The postage to
pay was 4 krajczár, as shown by the figure “4” in red crayon at bottom centre.
In short, this is another application of the “split rate” usage.
Fig. 4 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 13 (November 1983), page 80].
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8. Reproduction of the German-Czech text for the Unified Rate, as published in Prague, 27. 12. 1788,
courtesy of Paul H. Jensen.
The Unified Rate rose to 12 krajczár in 1798, 16 krajczár in 1803 and 24 krajczár in 1806. The use
of postmarks fades out, as the Unified Rate eliminates the need to show the place of posting. A
two-zone system came into use in 1810 and the postage rates increased, due to inflation. French
Field Posts operated during the Napoleonic Wars.
Third Period, from 1817 to 1838. A rayon system of seven zones of distance was established for
inland letters, according to the number of postal stations they had to pass through. The single
rates for a letter up to ½ Loth in weight were as follow:—
Zone 1: Up to three postal stations: 2 krajczár C.M.*
Zone 2: Beyond 3 and up to 6 postal stations: 4 “ “
Zone 3: Beyond 6 and up to 9 postal stations: 6 “ “
Zone 4: Beyond 9 and up to 12 postal stations: 8 “ “
Zone 5: Beyond 12 and up to 15 postal stations: 10 “ “
Zone 6: Beyond 15 and up to 18 postal stations: 12 “ “
Zone 7: Beyond 18 postal stations: 14 “ “
* C.M. = Conventionsmünze, a silver-based currency then used in Austria. The rates could be paid
either by the sender or the addressee. The marking of the post office of despatch was again
obligatory, so as to check the correct postage. Official mail had the free franking privilege for half
the postage, with the other half to be paid by the addressee, if he did not also have free franking
rights. From 1819, letters to persons or public offices enjoying free franking privileges could be
prepaid at half the rate by a sender.
In the example shown below from the Lauson H. Stone collection, the letter was sent from Szo-bráncz
(Szobránc, Sobrance, СОБРАНЦЫ), in 1831 as official mail. The addressee in Munkatsch
(Mukačevo) did not have the free franking privilege and paid 4 krajczár upon receipt of the letter.
Sobrance is in Eastern Slovakia, where many Ukrainians still live.
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9. Fig. 5 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 13 (November 1983), page 81].
Fourth Period, from 1838 to 1842. This time span is important to Carpatho-Ukrainian prephilately,
as a new Postal Act separated the Imperial Posts from the Royal Hungarian Posts (A Magyar Királyi
Posta). The date of mailing was now included in the postmarks. The excerpt here from the Act is
by courtesy of Paul H. Jensen, of Oslo, Norway.
As an example of the dating of postmarks in this period, the Cronin collection has a prephilatelic
letter from Szathmár (now Satu Mare in Roumania) and addressed to Bishop Vasyl’ Popovych in
Ungvár (Užhorod). It bears on the back the arrival marking UNGHVAR, as shown here, with a
manuscript notation below reading “M 27/10.39”. The “M” possibly stands for the Hungarian word
“Megérkezett” = “Arrived” or “Megkapott” = “Received”, on 27 October 1839.
Fifth Period, from 1842 to 1848. The Rayon system was simplified to two zones: up to, and more
than 10 Postmeilen or 74.2 km. The local rate of 2 krajczár was maintained. In 1843, the first
zone was increased to 20 Postmeilen or 148.4 km.
Sixth Period, from 1848 to 1850. The postal rate for distances less than 10 Postmeilen was
reduced to 3 krajczár. Adhesive postage stamps were introduced on 1st June 1850 and made
compulsory for the prepayment of ordinary letters, but not official mail, in all the Hapsburg
Crown Lands.
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10. Further illustrations and discoveries in the pre-adhesive era […] have now come to hand and are
detailed hereunder.
Fig. 6 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 15 (November 1984), page 62].
Dr. Béla Simády of Hungary has sent in the illustration shown just above of his 1789 letter from
Vienna, via Papsau (?) and Unghvár (Užhorod) to Munkács (Mukačevo). This fine item was referred
to at the top of p. 80 in “The Post-Rider” No. 13 and was addressed to BACSINSZKY András (Andrij
Bachins’kyj 1732 – 1809), who was the Bishop of Munkács (Mukačevo) from 1772 until his death.
He is regarded as one of the enlighteners of the Carpathian Ukrainians, promoting the use of the
local language in services and founding the local episcopal library of 9000 volumes, which includ-ed
an important number of works in the Russian language. This letter from the Dr. Simády collec-tion
is therefore also of great historic interest.
[The “Papsau” is a curiously written “Kaschau”. The editor]
Fig. 7 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 15 (November 1984), page 63].
The next item, from the Cronin collection, was addressed in Latin and sent from Szathmár
(Szatmárnémeti, now Satu Mare in Roumania) to the Most Reverend Ivan Chorhovych in Unghvár
(Užhorod). There is a manuscript notation on the back “M 30/7”, meaning that it arrived on 30
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11. July 1843. The note “franco” at bottom left on the address side denotes that the letter was fully
prepaid. See the illustrations above.
Fig. 8 [Source: »ЯМЩИК – The POST-RIDER«, no. 15 (November 1984), page 63].
The letter shown above is from the Cronin collection and originated in the village of Bubuliska
(Bobovishche in Ukrainian). It is in the district of Szentmiklós (Chinyad’evo in Ukrainian), just to
the north-east of Munkács (Mukačevo). It bears on the back a fine impression in red wax, reading
in Latin SIGILLUM C. C. DIST. BUBULISKENSIS 1833 (Seal of the Catholic Consistory? of the District
of Bubuliska 1833), with a church tower in the centre. Written entirely in Hungarian and sent on
11 October 1845 through the nearby post office at Munkács, with the marking MUNKÁTS struck in
black. This was an official letter (Hivatalból), addressed to His Excellency and Very Reverend (Fő-tisztelendő)
Vasyl’ Popovych, the Bishop of Munkács in Ungvár (Užhorod). This village of Bubu-liska/
Bobovishche has only had postal service in the Soviet period. The Hungarians planned a
postal agency there during their second administration of 1939 – 1944 and a proof strike of the
rectangular bilingual marking is known dated 41.XII.11, but the agency never functioned. The pre-sent
[in 1984] Soviet code number is 295403.
Another Bácsinszky letter: From Lehócz to Unghvár, written January 29th, 1806.
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12. “Ex offo” church letter from Szolyva to Unghvar, dated October 13th, 1809,
to Georgio Kricsfalusy. This letter was sent a few weeks before the death
of bishop András Bácsinszky on November 19th, 1809.
A painting of bishop András Bácsinszky
by painter Josef Kriehuber (1800 – 1876), in 1827.
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13. A church letter from Szolyva to the successor of András Bácsinszky, Alexis Pócsy (or Pótsy).
Dated February 12th, 1822. Letters to bishops Bácsinszky and Pótsy are rare when compared
with the abundance of letters to and from bishop Bazil Popovics (Vasyl’ Popovych).
A “middle” Alexis Pótsy church letter: Dated December 11th, 1826.
With red “V.MUNKATS” postmark (in use 1818 – 1827).
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14. Another church letter to Georgio Kritsfalusy, dated December 5th, 1827.
Quite heavy with 2½ Loth; red “v:MUNKATS” postmark (used 1827 – 1846).
The latest church letter to Alexis Pótsy (Pócsy) that I know of, dated December 30th, 1830.
Pótsy was bishop from 1817 until his death in 1831. From the diacon in Bocskó, weight 1 Loth,
tariff 16 krájczar (up to 12 postal zones). Red ornamental “SZIGETH” postmark
(in use from 1828 to 1847).
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15. Helmut Kobelbauer
Another Registered Letter with Double Circle Postmark
In addition to the knowledgeable (and fascinating) article of our friend Jan Rompes in SCM#027
(pages 7 to 12) on the double circle postmarks in the Kárpátalja during the pre-stamp period, I
can show a further example:
Registered cover, Beregszász, December 19th, 1848, to Nagy Károly.
This letter was written December 17th and seems to have arrived at its destination on December
26th, 1848. The year can be taken from the content of the cover and also from a hand-written
remark on the reverse side:
This cover is from the period of the Hungarian postal administration and as such is quite nice.
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16. The postal route from Beregszász to Nagy Károly can be seen on the following cut-out from a con-temporary
postal map:
The route was Beregszász – Tisza Újlak – Halmi – Aranyos Megyes – Nemethi-Szathmár – Nagy Maj-tény
– Nagy Károly and was 9 “Poststationen” or 18 postal miles in distance. So this is a “zone 2”
letter with a fee of 6 xr, plus the registration fee of 6 xr gives 12 xr in total. (We have found no
information on the registration fee during the Hungarian Postal Administration, but since it was
6 xr before and was 6 xr afterwards, why not be a bit conservative and assume it was 6 xr all the
time …)
At this period the resolution of postal distances was down to ¼ “Poststationen” as can be seen
from the distance symbols between Szathmár and Nagy Majtény and then on to Nagy Károly.
The letter at first sight looks like a private letter but the remark “bérmentesen” (free of charge)
tells us otherwise.
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17. Helmut Kobelbauer
Austro-Hungarian Field Post Offices 40 and 650 in the Huszt Area
The exact location of Austro-Hungarian field post offices during the Great War at some given point
in time cannot be easily determined – many documents that would help have been destroyed or
did not exist in the first place.
Therefore the history of such F. P. O.s in the Kárpátalja region can at best be reconstrued piece
by piece. And here I offering another such piece …
The F. P. O. # 40 (with Hungarian-style postmarks) was established in August 1914 and originally
served the operational command of the 5th army during its attack on Serbia. After defeat and
retreat of this army it was moved in January 1915 to the Bukowina and functioned more or less
continuously as an auxiliary office (“Etappenpostamt”) of troops assigned to the army group
Pflanzer-Baltin and later the 7th army. On February 8th, 1917, it was re-numbered by the relevant
authorities and from the next day on it was F. P. O. # 650 until its final closure on July 29th, 1918.
This F. P. O. used the following postmarks:
Subtype 1 Subtype 2
The canceller “TP 40” was delivered and used in two physical pieces; the difference is in the posi-tion
of the character “T” in relation to the upper line of the bridge (in subtype 1 the character
lies in the extension of this line whereas subtype 2 has it clearly above the line). None of the
imprints of these postmarks is really a rarity (with the possible exception of “TP 650/A”).
In the collection of my good friend, the late Dr. Hanus, I had found a few cards from the Great
War with postmarks of this field post office. How he found out that there was a (not so obvious)
connection to the Huszt area, I do not know. My own information comes from special literature on
the Great War that he did not have.
The headquarters of the 7th army for some time was in Máramarossziget, sufficiently distanced
from the front lines and with good railway connections to the Hungarian mainland. This city had
been occupied by a surprise attack of Russian forces for a few days in September 1914 but since
then was never again under a military threat.
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18. In earlier issues of the “Sub-Carpathian Messenger” we have also seen this area as a retreat and
recovery area for the “Kaiserlich Deutsche Südarmee” during the heavy fights in early 1915 about
the possession of the Carpathian crests.
Fieldpost card, TP 40, January 16th, 1917, to Vienna.
Cachet “kuk | Kmdo. d. Ma, Form. […] | Feldpost 40”.
This card was sent from a soldier of some Dragoon’s regiment. At this time the F. P. O. #40 was
officially assigned to the “Marschformationen” (reserve troops) of the 7th army.
Picture card, TP 40, January 20th, 1917, to Telkibánya.
The cachet of this card is unreadable, but there is “Huszt” in the written text (maybe some Hun-garian
member can translate the complete text …). The same sender and receiver can also be
found on the next example:
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19. Picture card, Huszt, February 2nd, 1917, to Telkibánya.
Sender gives “TP 40” as his (fieldpost) address.
We have learned that F. P. O. #40 changed its number to #650 a few days later. If members of this
Study Group have examples of the F. P. O. #650 from this period that can be connected to Huszt,
they would be very welcome.
Picture card, TP 650/B, October 13th, 1917, to Friedek. With
cachet “K . u. K. GRUPPENKOMMANDO | DER MARSCHFRM. der 30 I.D.“.
At this time the 30th infantry division was part of the 7th army. The sender was in the “Stab” (com-mand)
of the respective “Marschformationen” (reserve troops). So in a general sense he belonged
to “Marschformationen” of the 7th army, and F. P. O. #650 was responsible for servicing his postal
needs.
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20. (Field) postcard, TP 650/C, December 12th, 1917, to Nagyságos (?).
With cachet “K. u. k. Komp. Kmdtenkurs | NAGYSZŐLLŐS.”
There is an additional (Hungarian) cachet “M. KIR. 51. HADOSZT. KIKÉPZÖ CSOPORT | PARANCS-NOKSÁG”
(command of the training group of Hungarian Royal 51th division). The 51th Honvéd divi-sion
was also part of the 7th army and had been fighting in the Bukowina.
Picture card, TP 650/C, January 30th, 1918, to Vienna.
Cachet “K. u. k. Etappenbezirkskmdo Huszt”.
So we have found indications that from January 1917 to at least January 1918 the Austro-Hungar-ian
F. P. O. #40 and #650 respectively was allocated to the Huszt area, serving reserve troops and
training groups for the 7th army. This army was effectively dissolved in June 1918 after the end of
the Great War in the east, becoming part of the “4. Generalkommando” in Siebenbürgen.
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21. Juan E. Page
Unsolved Questions – The Meter Marks of C. U.
It is clear that people are not very interested in meter marks. Most publications related to Car-patho
Ukraine pass over them with only a short reference. That is the reason of my classification
as unsolved question. Let us resume the situation.
The Czechoslovak period
There are two main sources of information about meter marks during the Czechoslovak admini-stration:
the book of A. Jonáš [J, 1] and the catalogue of M. Bouška and I. Leiš [B-L, 2]. According
to them the first meter mark used in Carpatho Ukraine was the frankotyp of the “Okresní Nemo-censká
Pojišťovna” (Health Insurance of the District) of Užhorod, in use since April 3rd, 1929
(J 171, B-L U19), and the second one was the “sister” mark of Chust used since May 28th, 1930
(J 318, B-L CH12).
Years later (December 1937) a new frankotyp was used: that of the timber factory “Latorica” in
Mukačevo (B-L M35). Bouška considers it as an essay but it was really used.
After the Vienna agreement and the resulting transfer of Mukačevo to the Hungarians, Latorica
planned to move to Svaljava and a new frankotyp was prepared during January 1939 (B-L S10).
But it seems that the firm remained in Mukačevo and the meter was probably never used.
Is that all ? Miroslav Blaha mentions the possibility of another ‘Lat’ in Čiňaďovo but it was never
confirmed (till now !).
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22. The Hungarian period
If the Czech period seems to be well studied, the Hungarian period is not so. I do not know any
reference to meter marks of this period. Even Béla Simády did not include them in his book. But
they exist! Alex Popovich includes one in his book »Chust Postmarks 1839 – 2010«. I have this one
and two more in my collection: one of Munkács, once more of “Latorica”, and the other of the
Commercial Bank office in Ungvár, “sister” of the similar one of Chust. I suppose that other meter
marks exist and ask our Hungarian friends for some improvement of our knowledge of this matter.
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23. The USSR period
Here Jan Verleg offers some information. In page 213 of his book (second edition) he includes the
reproduction of three different marks. And once more Alex Popovich add something in page 53 of
his booklet »Uzhgorod on postmarks 1813 - 2010«. I include here four more, all of them from
state institutions. I tried to give some idea of their activities.
Consumers union of the district
Meat industry
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24. Agricultural machinery
State University of Uzhgorod
The Ukrainian period
I could not find any information about meter marks during the independent Ukrainian period. But
again they exist! I have two pieces reproduced below:
Municipal government
City council
I am sure that the list is, for any period, not complete and I encourage all our friend-collectors to
add their new discoveries to my little list.
References:
[1] Arch A. Jonaš: “Studie o čsl. otiscich Frankotypů”. Svaz čsl. filatelistických spolků v Praze 1934.
[2] Dr. M. Bouška, Ing. I. Leiš: „Katalog výplatních otisků z území československa 1926-1939“. Filatelistické sesity, Filatelie 1979.
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