SEE YOU AT CHICAGOPEX! THE NEWS OF HUNGARIAN PHILATELY _____________________________________________________________ Volume: 38 / Number: 3 July – September 2007 _____________________________________________________________ CONTENTS: Page 1 The President’s Corner by H. Alan Hoover 1 Kudos 1 In Memoriam - Henry Hahn (1928-2007) by Jaroslav J. Verner 2 In Memoriam - Dr. Paul J. Szilagyi (1934-2007) by Brian Dawson-Szilagyi 3 Chicagopex 2007, 16-18 November 2007 by Csaba L. Kohalmi 4 The Austro-Hungarian Post in Bosnia-Hercegovina, 1850-1918 by Alfred F. Kugel 11 Literature Review by Csaba L. Kohalmi 14 Missing Gold Color Variety by Csaba L. Kohalmi 15 What I Saw on eBay by Csaba L. Kohalmi 16 The Editor’s Notes by Csaba L. Kohalmi 18 Continuation of the SHP Exhibit from Washington 2006 prepared by Csaba L. Kohalmi 20 Hungarian Postal Rates for 2007 20 2007 New Issues Inside back cover 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution Philatelic Exhibit at the Budapest Stamp Museum 800th Anniversary St. Elizabeth of the birth of of Hungary (1207-2007) SOCIETY FOR HUNGARIAN PHILATELY 1920 Fawn Lane, Hellertown, PA 18055-2117 USA Published Quarterly / Copyright 2007 SOCIETY FOR HUNGARIAN PHILATELY 1920 Fawn Lane Hellertown, PA 18055-2117 USA Established 1969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APS Affiliate 34 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: H. Alan Hoover, e-mail: [email protected] Vice-President: Robert B. Morgan, [email protected] Treasurer: Wes Learned, [email protected] P.O. Box 802, Powell, WY 82435-0802 USA Secretary: Jim Gaul, [email protected] 1920 Fawn Lane, Hellertown, PA 18055-2117 USA Directors-at-large: Stephan I. Frater, M.D., [email protected] Ted Johnson, [email protected] Sales Circuit Manager: H. Alan Hoover, [email protected] 6070 Poplar Spring Drive, Norcross, GA 30092 Newsletter Editor: Csaba L. Kohalmi, [email protected] 910 Claridge Ct., Indianapolis, IN 46260-2991 USA Newsletter Publisher: Chris Brainard, [email protected] Auction Chairperson: Emmerich Vamos, [email protected] 8722 Belladona Road, Riverside, CA 92508 USA SHP Web-site: http://www.hungarianphilately.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Society for Hungarian Philately (SHP) is a non-profit organization chartered under the laws of the State of Connecticut and is devoted to the study of every aspect of Hungarian philately. SHP publishes a quarterly newsletter in March, June, September, and December. Manuscripts for pub- lication may be sent to the Society’s address listed above. The articles published herein represent the opinions of the individual authors and the content is not to be construed as official policy of this Society or any of its officers. All publication rights reserved for SHP. Articles from this journal may be reprinted with the written permission of the Editor and the authors only. Back is- sues of the newsletter may be purchased for $3.00, postpaid, (when available). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Annual membership dues are $18 ($19 if paid by Paypal) for members whose addresses are in the United States. For members residing in all other countries, the dues are $25 ($26 if paid by Paypal). Dues are payable in January in advance for the calendar year. Payment of dues entitles members to receive the newsletter, to participate in the sales cir- cuit and the quarterly auctions, and to exercise voting rights. Send dues payments to: The Treasurer, P.O. Box 802, Powell, WY 82435-0802 USA. Paypal payment may be made to [email protected]. This issue closed on 1 August 2007 The next issue will close 26 November 2007 The News of Hungarian Philately THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER by H. Alan Hoover The weather here in the south certainly is different this year. After such a dry and arid spring, summer now brings showers and much cooler temperatures than typical. Our poor planet seems confused; and the plants, trees and flowers don’t know how to act. (As an aside, the summer in Hungary has been torrid. The 41.8°C reading was the highest temperature ever recorded in the coun- try. That equals 107°F! Due to the warming climate, the wheat crop was harvested one month earlier than normal. The same goes for the grape harvest that would begin in August instead of September.) This will be our last issue before our show at Chicagopex (http://www.chicagopex.com) that is slated as the Pan Slavic show this year. At this time, several of our members entered only non- competitive exhibits, so this will likely preclude any society awards unless there are some changes in the frames and late acceptances of exhibits. See Csaba’s article herein for last minute details and as always, check the society table for any social activities. Our journal The News Of Hungarian Philately has been submitted to the literature competi- tion at HUNPHILA 2007 as well as some other items from other members. We wish the exhibitors good luck in the competition. We will announce the winners in the next issue. As noted in the past, we would like to acknowledge donations made to the society over the previous six-month time span. As of this writing, three members made donations to support our soci- ety. Thank you to Ken Fowler, Endre Krajcsovics, and Attila Tamasy for their special support as well as to all other members who pay the society membership yearly and contribute to our welfare. The latest “bound edition” which comprises the new format for years 2002 to 2005 is now available. It is a monster book. I only have seven copies in this run, so if you want one of these email me or call me as soon as possible. I haven’t received the billing on it yet so the price is not set. I was saddened to learn of the deaths of two of our members recently – Henry Hahn and Dr. Paul Szilagyi. Henry was a judge, exhibitor and strong supporter of our society as well as the Society for Czechoslovak Philately. I met Paul many years ago at BALPEX. Paul too was an avid exhibitor and strong supporter thru his early days in the Cleveland, Ohio area society and then with our society. He was an unusual member and had expertise in many areas that I tapped as our friendship grew. He was a longtime supplier of articles on the Western Hungary and the Baranya overprints. I will miss them both. See additional information elsewhere in this issue for write-ups on these members. Again I look forward to this issues column from Csaba on “What I saw on eBay” outlining some of the rarities and some of the “buyer beware” items. Since the last issue, no major flags have been thrown that I know of but read the article in the issue and judge for yourself on what others are offering for sale. Be alert – if you come across a Hungarian item for sale and don’t know if it could be considered a fake or not, bring it to our attention and we will make our recommendation if we can. Guess that’s all for this column – and as always Ray, we will ‘Keep stampin’. KUDOS Congratulations to our exhibitors! Alfred F. Kugel won a vermeil medal and the APS 1940- 1980 award at the St. Louis Stamp Expo with the multi-frame exhibit Restoration of Civil Mail Ser- vice in Allied Occupied Germany 19445-1949. Mr. Kugel also won a vermeil with the single-frame exhibit Third Army Postmarks Used During the American Occupation of Germany and Luxembourg in 1919-1922. Bill Maddocks won a gold medal and the show grand award at Parforex with The Ex- pansion of Serbia, The Principality 1840-1882. IN MEMORIAM - HENRY HAHN (1928-2007) by Jaroslav J. Verner Henry started with philately in a barber’s chair in his beloved Telč. Metĕj Šindler, where the town barber, an enthusiastic collector tried to make every boy in town a stamp collector. When a boy July-September 2007 1 The News of Hungarian Philately came in to get a hair cut, Šindler gave the youth a stock book to leaf through and told stories of Africa or British colonies while he snipped away. What became a passion for young Henry continued to grow even as he and his family escaped Nazi-controlled Czechoslovakia, made their way through several countries in southern Europe, to Cuba, and finally to the United States. When the family was packing, a Protectorate official promised young Henry that he would put his priceless Schaubeck al- bum into their baggage. It didn’t happen. During their fourteen month journey to the United States, a journey fraught with visa problems, a missed boat (which was sunk with all 800 passengers lost), and long delays in several countries, Henry visited post offices along the way to add stamps to his collec- tion. When the Hahn baggage finally arrived without his collection Henry was greatly disappointed. In one interview he claimed that at that time he missed his collection even more than the relatives who had been left behind. Only in 1959, after his father, who had returned to Czechoslovakia to search for relatives, was finally released by Czechoslovak authorities, could Henry bring himself to begin collecting stamps again and this time mainly those of Czechoslovakia. Perhaps it was not only disappointment in losing his Schaubeck that caused Henry to leave collecting for a while. After all, he had to acclimate himself to a new life in a new country. Education, sports, and girls were to be pursued. During this time he completed his degree in metallurgy, met, courted and married Marilyn, and began a family. Henry was a man of broad interests and accomplishments. He was a successful scientist and entrepreneur, a leader in his religious community, and a dedicated family man.