The SCM #037

The Sub-Carpathian Messenger – Number 37 (July 2016) Page 1
The Sub-Carpathian Messenger
Newsletter of the Study Circle
for the Postal History of the Carpatho-Ukraine
Number 37 – July 2016
Jewish Types from the Máramaros County

About us and the Newsletter
The Study Circle is a loose group of persons who are interested in the postal (and general)
history of the area known as Kárpátalja in Hungarian, as Podkarpatská Rus during the First
Czechoslovak Republic, which had a short day of independence as Carpatho Ukraine, and
later was integrated into the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union as the ‘Zakarpatskaja Ob-
last’. Since 1991 it is ЗАКАРПАТТЯ, the westernmost administrative district in the now
independent Ukraine.
The Newsletter came out of a meeting of a few collectors during the PRAHA 2008, its first
number appeared in November 2008. In the last years we have always produced at least
four issues per year but may not be able to keep this high level due to a substantial lack of
contributions. On the other hand, as we can see from the access counts at the public web
site, this Newsletter is read by hundreds of people. As of April 1st
, 2016, we had the fol-
lowing number of read accesses (370 on average for the last 10 issues):
#027 #028 #029 #030 #031 #032 #033 #034 #035 #036
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Dr. Helmut Kobelbauer, Untergrossau 81, A-8261 Sinabelkirchen, Austria / Europe

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

The Jay Carrigan Collection of Carpatho-Ukraine
Jay T. Carrigan was internationally recognized as the most competent specialist in the field of Carpatho-Ukraine,
therefore, we are not stating when the offered lots were also expertized by other experts. The items offered are of
the ex-Carrigan Collection and as such are considered to have been expertized by him.
Catalogued by Specializovany Katalog “Zakarpatska Ukrajina” by Jiri Majer unless otherwise noted.
[All prices are in US dollar, results not including buyer’s premium of 15 per cent.]
# Description Est. $ Result
1 Hungarian Money Order for using in Carpatho-Ukraine 1939, Crown 2f
black, bilingual text, printed on pink paper, all parts are intact, unused,
perfect quality, VF and scarce
100 120
#1
2 Post of the Liberated Territories 1939-44, Part of the Collection of three
pages, representing Czechoslovak issue in bottom right corner margin
block of four with two blank labels at the bottom, two Khust cancelled
envelopes, franked by Hungarian stamps, as well as three cancelled
singles on individual pieces and envelope with Teresva special cancella-
tion, all are nice and clean, VF
200 300

#2
3 C1-38, 39N, 11Pp: Khust Provisional Overprints 1944, “C S P . 1944”,
complete collection on original exhibition pages, containing 63 stamps in
singles and blocks of four, including one unissued stamp and one with
inverted overprint, fresh quality, full OG, NH (#C30 is LH), VF and a
beautiful unit
1,000 1,500
#3

Khust and Kosice Postal Usage
4 1944, two original exhibition pages bearing two envelopes and two post-
cards, three of which are franked by Hungarian stamps with Khust over-
prints, tied by Khust, Volove or Kosice (Czechoslovak Government-in-
Exile) special markings, fresh condition, VF
200 425
#4
5 C16: 1944, black overprint “C S R . 1944” on 1p dark green, used on
enlarged pre-printed envelope from Khust Public Education Committee to
District Court, tied by bilingual postmark with Hangarian text replaced with
“C S R”, vertical fold, otherwise VF, mounted on double page from the
Collection
200 200
#5
6 Cd1a, Cd3: Khust Postal stationery items 1944, Hungarian stationery
postcard 18f dark green and letter-card 30f red, both overprinted “C S P .
1944” in black, unused and post office fresh, VF
200 250

#6
7 M1/55, Mf3/39: Mukacevo Provisional Overprints 1944, “C S R”, intact
collection on original exhibition style pages, containing 41 mint stamps in
complete sets and one envelope, nice quality, full OG, NH (#M22 is LH),
VF
2,000 2,750
#7

Mukacevo Postal stationery items
8 Md1: 1944, black overprint “C S R” on Hungarian postal stationery card
18f dark green, line black cancellation “Mukacevo”, violet boxed “Прове-
рено”, tied by black “5.XII.1944” ds, VF
100 210
#8
9 Md5-6: 1944, black overprint “C S R” on two different Hungarian illustrated
postal stationery cards 16f violet, each one uprated by 8f green with the
same overprint, unused, perfect quality, VF and rare
250 300
#9
10 Md5-6: 1944, original exhibition page with two different Hungarian illustra-
ted postal stationery cards 16f violet, each one is bearing black overprint
“C S R” and uprated by 8f green, cancelled by black “7.XII.1944” ds, VF
400 450
11 Mc6: 1944, black overprint “C S R” on Hungarian parcel card 10f black,
printed on yellowish gray paper, all parts are intact, post office fresh,
unused, VF
100 160
12 Mc7a: 1944, black overprint “C S R” (on pre-printed stamp only) on Hun-
garian International Reimbursement certificate 2f blck, printed on greenish
paper, both parts are intact, unused VF
100 170
13 Ms14: 1944, black overprint “C S R” on Hungarian certificate for Animals
Trade (Horses) 1p orange, printed on buff paper, lightly folded, unused,
mostly VF
100 120

#10 #11
#12
#13

NRZU Postal History
NRZU = Narodna Rada Zakarpatskoj Ukrainy – National Council of Carpatho-Ukraine
14 1945, Hungarian postal stationery card 18f green, sent from Uzhgorod to
Barkasovo, two-line boxed violet censorship marking, mostly VF
150 650
15 1945, incoming stationery card 12f red lilac, uprated by four Hungarian
definitive stamps, sent from Budapest to Velika Dobron, two-line boxed
violet censorship marking applied in Uzhgorod, mostly VF
100 100
#14 #15
First Uzhgorod Issue
16 U1-4, U14: 1945, Portraits and Crown issue, “40”/2f – “2.00”/1p, complete
set of five, representing five different types of surcharge, except “40” on 2f
(type IV does not exist), full OG, NH or LH (#U1 x2, U14 x1), VF
1,000 1,000
17 U5-6, U9-12: 1945, Famous Women issue, “60”/20f – “2.00”/80f, set of six,
representing five different types of surcharge, nice condition, full OG, NH,
VF
1,500 1,500
18 U7: 1945, St. Margaret, red surcharge “60” on 24f red violet, two stamps
of only existing type of surcharge – I and IIIa, full OG, NH, VF and scarce
500 400
19 U8: 1945, St. Margaret, black surcharge “60” on 30f dark carmine,, seven
stamps representing five major and two additional types of surcharge (Ia,
Ib), full OG, NH, VF
75 75
20 U11Pp: 1945, Susanna Lorantffy, inverted black surcharge (type I) “1.40”
on 70f brownish orange, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare
750 800
21 U12 var: 1945, Ilona Zrinyi, black surcharge “2.00” on 80f dark carmine
brown, vertical pair of types III and I, top stamp with broken “П” in
“ПОШТА” variety, full OG, NH, VF
400 425
22 U12Pp: 1945, Ilona Zrinyi, inverted black surcharge (type Ia) “2.00” on 80f
dark carmine brown, full OG, NH, VF
750 800
23 U13: 1945, Churches, black surcharge “2.00” on 80f olive brown, two
stamps of only existing types II and IIIa, full OG, NH, VF
300 475

#16 #17
#18
#19
#20 #21 #22 #23

24 U13Pp: 1945, Churches, inverted black surcharge (type II) “2.00” on 80f
olive brown, full OG, NH, VF
1,200 1,300
25 U15: 1945, Admiral Horthy, black surcharge “4.00” on 2p dark brown and
buff, seven stamps representing five major and two additional types (Ia,
Ib), two stamps with minimal gum waves without creasing, full OG, NH or
LH (type Ia), VF
600 1,200
26 U16: 1945, Admiral Horthy, black surcharge (type II) “10.00” on 5p dark
lilac and buff, full OG, NH, VF
750 950
27 U16 1945, Admiral Horthy, black surcharge (type III) “10.00” on 5p dark
lilac and buff, full OG, NH, VF and rare
750 950
28 U17: 1945, Lajos Kossuth, black surcharge “40” on 4f yellow brown, five
stamps representing types Ia-IV, stamp of type II with albino surcharge
“60” at the top, full OG, NH, VF
750 1,300
#24
#25
#26 #27
#28

29 U17: 1945, a court notice from Tarnovce to Uzhgorod, franked by black
surcharge (type IIIa) “40” on Kossuth stamp of 4f yellow brown (trimmed at
the bottom) and Soviet Star “10” yellow, tied by dater “6.JUL.1945” and
NRZU postmark, two-line boxed censorship marking, usual fold away from
the stamps, F/VF and scarce
200 350
#29
30 U17Pp: 1945, Lajos Kossuth, inverted black surcharge (type III) “40” on 4f
yellow brown, full OG, NH, VF
750 950
31 U18: 1945, Lajos Kossuth, black surcharge “1.00” on 50f black blue, five
stamps representing types Ia-IIIa, full OG, NH, VF
600 800
32 U18Pp: 1945, Lajos Kossuth, inverted black surcharge (type Ia) “1.00” on
50f black blue, full OG, NH, VF
1,000 1,200
#30 #31 #32

33 U18Pp: 1945, Lajos Kossuth, inverted black surcharge (type II) “1.00” on
750 1,000
34 U18Pp: 1945, Lajos Kossuth, inverted black surcharge (type IIIa) “1.00” on
750 1,200
35 U19-24: 1945, Postage due stamps, black surcharges “10”/2f – “1.00”/40f,
Complete set of six, each stamp representing five different types of
surcharge (#U24 – four types), one stamp of U#21 has slight crease, nice
condition, full OG, NH or LH (1), VF
800 900
#33 #34
#35
36 Uf1-2, 8: 1945, Duty stamps, three values with black surcharges “10”/2f,
“10”/4f and “60”/40f, full OG, NH, VF
250 250
37 Uf3, 3a: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “40” on 4f, eight values with
basic stamp in carmine (5) or in vermilion, surcharge types I – IV, nice
condition, full OG, NH or LH (1), VF
500 750
38 Uf4: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “40” on 5f blue and orange, five
stamps representing five different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH
(type I), VF
100 160
39 Uf5: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “40” on 10f orange and green,
five stamps representing five different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or
LH (3), VF
100 180

# 36
#37
#38
#39
40 Uf6: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “40” on 50f brown and blue, two
stamps with surcharges of types I and II, full OG, NH, VF
200 230
41 Uf7, 7a: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “60” on 30f, four stamps with
basic stamp in lilac (1, type I) or in violet (types II, III, IIIa), fresh quality,
full OG, NH or LH (1), VF
400 600

#40 #41
42 Uf9: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “1.00” on 40f vermilion and blue,
five stamps representing five existing types of surcharge, full OG, NH or
LH (1), VF
300 400
43 Uf10: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “1.00” on 50f green and
orange, six stamps representing six existing types of surcharge, full OG,
NH or LH (2), VF
400 475
#42
#43

44 Uf11: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge (type I) “2.00” on 50f green and
orange, full OG, NH, VF
150 180
45 Uf12: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “2.00” on 1p green and lilac
rose, five stamps of different types of surcharge, stamp of type IV has
slightly rounded corner, otherwise fresh and nice, full OG, NH or LH (3),
VF
150 150
46 Uf13: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “4.00” on 2p red lilac, gray and
lilac rose, four stamps of different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH
(2), VF
250 250
47 Uf14: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge (type I) “400” on 3p brown, gray
and pale brown, full OG, NH, VF and scarce
1,000 1,300
#44 #45
#46 #47
48 Uf15: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge “6.00” on 3p brown, gray and
pale brown, four stamps of different types of surcharge, two values with
slight gum crease, full OG, NH or LH (2), VF
400 600
49 Uf16: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge (type II) “10.00” on 5p blue,
gray and buff, full OG, previously hinged, VF and scarce
400 800
#48 #49

50 Uf16: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge (type IIIa) “10.00” on 5p blue,
gray and buff, full OG, previously hinged, VF
400 850
51 Uf18 var: 1945, Duty stamps, black surcharge (type III) “2.00” on 20p dark
green, pale rose and yellow, broken “2” variety or surcharge, full OG, NH,
VF and rare
900 1,000
#50 #51
52 Uf19: 1945, Bond stamps, black surcharge “10” on 3f claret and buff, four
stamps on different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (1), VF
250 300
53 Uf20: 1945, Bond stamps, black surcharge “40” on 15f brown and buff,
four stamps of different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (1), VF
200 190
54 Uf22: 1945, Bond stamps, black surcharge “1.00” on 45f red lilac and pale
violet, four stamps of different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (2),
VF
400 500
55 Uf23, 23a: 1945, Bond stamps, black surcharge “1.40” on 60f, six values
with basic stamp in blue (3) or in violet blue, different types of surcharge,
one stamp has slight gum crease, fresh and choice otherwise, full OG, NH
or LH (1), VF
500 900
56 Uf24: 1945, Bond stamps, black surcharge “6.00” on 3p blue, pale lilac
and yellow, four stamps of different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH
(2), VF
400 325
#52
#53
#54

#55
#56
57 Uf25: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge “20” on 10f blue, light blue
and green, four stamps of different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH
(1), VF
500 500
58 Uf26: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge (type I) “40” on 10f blue, full
OG, LH, VF
500 600
59 Uf27: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge “60” on 30f violet, red and
orange, four stamps of different types of surcharge, stamp of type I has
minute gum crease, full OG, NH or LH (2), VF
300 500
60 Uf28: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge “1.00” on 50f orange, blue
and green, five stamps of different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH
(1), VF
400 900
#57 #58
#59

#60
61 Uf30: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge “2.00” on 1p violet and
orange, two stamps of surcharge types I and III, the last one has rounded
corner, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF
500 500
62 Uf31: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge (type I) “4.00” on 2p brown
and blue, full OG, LH, VF
400 400
63 Uf32: 1945, Judicial stamps, black surcharge (type IIIa) “10.00” on 5p dark
green, gray and pale blue, slight diagonal gum crease, full OG, previously
hinged, VF appearance of this rare stamp
500 500
#61 #62 #63
64 Uf33: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “10” on 5f brown, four stamps
of all different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (2), VF
500 300
65 Uf34: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “20” on 10f lilac, five stamps
of all different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (2), VF
300 450
66 Uf35: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “40” on 20f ultramarine, five
stamps of all different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (3), VF
150 180
67 Uf36: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “1.00” on 50f bluish green,
four stamps of all different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (2), VF
250 275
68 Uf37: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “2.00” on 1p vermilion, five
stamps of all different types of surcharge, full OG, NH or LH (1), VF
150 160
69 Uf38: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge (type I) “5.00” on 2p violet and
pale violet, slight gum wave without creasing, full OG, LH, VF
600 600
#64

#65 #66
#67
#68 #69
70 Uf39: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “6.00” on 3p brown and
orange, three stamps of types I, II and III, some perf irregularities and
rounded corner, full OG, previously hinged, F/VF
500 1,500
#70

71 Uf40: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge (type IIIa) “10.00” on 4p
ultramarine and pale blue, full OG, NH, VF, in addition enclosed defected
stamp of type III, rare unit
600 900
72 Uf41: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “10.00” on 5p violet blue and
orange, three stamps of types Ib, III and IIIa, the last one with red spot at
the top left, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF
800 1,000
73 Uf42: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge “15.00” on 6p red and pale
violet, two stamps of types I and IV, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF
600 700
74 Uf43: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge (type IV) “20.00” on 10p ultra-
marine and pale blue, full OG, LH, VF and rare
750 1,000
#71 #72
#73 #74
75 Uf44: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge (type I) “40.00” on 20p brown,
pale brown and pale blue, full OG, previously hinged, VF and very rare
1,000 1,900
76 Uf45: 1945, Fiscal stamps, black surcharge (type IIIa) “60.00” on 30p
green, pale violet and pale blue, slight top right corner crease, full OG,
previously hinged, VF appearance
400 1,100
#75 #76

77 Uf46 I – 48 I, 46aI: 1945, Check stamps, black surcharges “40”/10f –
“60”/50f, complete set of three, in addition surcharge “40” on 10f red, color
variety, full OG, NH, VF
150 150
78 Uf46 II – 48 II: 1945, Check stamps, black surcharges “40”/10f – “60”/50f,
complete set of three, stamp of 10f is in red shade, each value with
“Закарпагська” variety, full OG, NH, VF and scarce
1,000 800
79 Uf46 I, II: 1945, Check stamps, black surcharges “40” on 10f red in vertical
pair and a single in red with “Закарпагська” variety (damaged top right
corner), cancelled on a piece with Berehovo official seal, VF and scarce
400 450
80 Uf49 I, II: 1945, Check stamps, black surcharge “4.00” on 2p brown, two
stamps, the last one with “Закарпагська” variety, full OG, NH (error
stamp) or LH, VF
250 400
81 Uf50 I: 1945, Check stamps, black surcharge “10.00” on 5p bluish green,
full OG, LH, VF and extremely rare
2,500 2,750
#77 #78
#79
#80
#81
(to be continued)

Alex Popovitch
Photographies of the Rahó – Körösmező Railway
The editor:
This railway was one of the most important pieces of the Hungarian railway system during
World War I and carried the trains with the “TRANSKARPATHEN NORD” and “TRANSKARPA-
THEN SÜD” mobile sorting stations. After the independence of Ukraine and after some
natural disaster damages in the 1990s it was not repaired anymore and is nowadays only a
non-functional leftover.

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