AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 AUSTRIA Edited by Andy Taylor No 152 CONTENTS Winter 2005 Editorial 2 Now we are sixty 3 Fieldpost Study Group 5 Advert: Tyrolphila 6 HONFEST displays 7 Mozartiana from Salzburg 15 Court Delivery Service 18 Postal History of the A-H Empire in the Far East, 1898–1920 part II 30 New issues 2005 part 1 52 Personalised Stamps 69 Advert: Wardrop & Company Ltd 74 Notes on Publications 75 Questions, Answers, Letters 81 Advert: Rodolphe de Maleingreau OBC Published by the Austrian Philatelic Society for private circulation; not to be quoted without permission. Each article and feature in this magazine is © copyright (whether on paper or otherwise), and must not be reproduced without the consent of the Editor and of the author. ISSN 0307-4331 1 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 EDITORIAL 152 By Andy Taylor Does size matter? binders; and it might cost more. Certainly, if a higher print quality ch les’ ein Berliner, as JFK was wanted it would cost more, as it didn’t say - some of you will would have to be typeset and then Iread the Guardian newspaper, printed on glossier paper. Ditto for which has downsized itself from illustrations in colour, or larger font. broadsheet into a “Berliner” format as being more suited to today’s What do you, the reader, think? readership. This set me wondering This is your Journal, not mine! Do (yet again) if this Journal should you want a physically larger object? switch from A5 to some other size: What aspects of the present format the only practicable alternative being and layout particularly irritate you? A4. One of my most common Are there any topics you’d like to layouts is a page with two full-width see featured, but which would be pictures of cards or covers; currently unsuitable to the present format? there is only room for a minimal And last but certainly not least, what caption and considerable juggling is if any additional subscription needed to place the explanation in would you be willing to pay for a the main text reasonably near the changed Austria? picture. References such as “below” irritate readers. Tables often look Südtirol cramped. Meaningful and distinctive Hans Moser of PKMInnsbruck titles are too long to fit in one line. writes that they are pondering the We could use a slightly larger idea of making a handbook about postal cancellations from Südtirol font; the rest of this editorial starting from prephilately to the is in effectively 10-point but present time. Trentino up to the end this paragraph will appear in of WWI would be included. 12-point. Perhaps narrower Anybody who might be prepared to margins (ie wider text)? Some assist should get in touch with Andy Taylor; you do not need to speak articles could be in 2-column German. layout. If we became A4 such changes become easy. Forthcoming articles On the other hand, an A4 Austria of I have had a heart-warming response similar word-count would be to my plea for more articles! From floppier and might become dog- the Tirol a Beginners Guide to Old eared; it wouldn’t fit the green Letters; from Oregon in the USA a 2 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 feature on the Salzburg Festival NOW WE ARE SIXTY (disproving the popular belief that no Festivals took place during the The year 2008 is the 60th anniversary Anschluß); from France more about of organised Austrian philately in the Austrian Navy in the Far East; the UK! A subcommittee collected from the Netherlands a thesis on ideas for celebrating it, which were Bosnian and Herzgovinan postal submitted to the AGM on 9 October rates; from New York a note on – more as an accumulation than a Bierauflage; and from Poland via collection! The full report is Peterborough the first-ever available from the Editor. definitive list of Tarnstempel used in Galizien. Why do anything? Hello! Yoo-hoo! Are there any The general feeling was that the budding authors in the UK? most important objective was to publicise the diversity of Austrian philately and the activities of the Society, thus recruiting new Obituary: John members, rather than celebrations of Cottrell our or our predecessors existence. Following a protracted illness, John Summary of Ideas so far Cottrell died on Thursday 1 September. He is especially thought of remembered for his efficient and smooth running of the two Fests A prefix Y: means that the AGM held at Canterbury, where he also agreed; N: means rejection; and ?: introduced the “one page from my means “further thought needed”. All other collection” display. He had a ideas are subject to the availability wonderful airmail collection, and when he showed it at Bath he gave of funding and effort! a slide show to point out the special features of the various covers, so Y: Ask for more ideas which is that we could all see them in a large what I am now doing! size before looking at the actual Y: Appoint a Publicity Officer items. This helped clarify some of the finer details - an interesting Brian Presland has agreed to act innovation that no one has followed up since. He was a Gentleman in as APS Publicity Officer, and has the old style, always immaculately been co-opted to the Committee. attired, although sometimes pained by other members who failed to Y: Exhibition at 2008 Spring match his standards! The APS’s Stampex, in the “Village Green” condolences have been sent to Gill. 3 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 Y: Advertise (in targetted areas, eg ?: Incentives (eg £10 voucher valid Gibbons Stamp Monthly) for APS auctions, back numbers etc Y: Write articles for the philatelic – for new members, and/or for those press who recruit them) Y: Publish a Festschrift (a book ?: Formal Dinner (eg in London containing a collection of several coinciding with a Stampex learned articles by different authors, exhibition) sufficiently wide and general within N: Special Stamp and/or Cancel, the “Austrian” context to make it UK or Austrian worthwhile for other, non- “Austrian” collectors, libraries, etc. N: Hold a Conference (talks, to purchase) seminars etc) Y: On-line discussion group (eg a N: Exhibition elsewhere, UK or Google Group) abroad Y: Involve the Austrian (etc?) N: Do nothing anniversary-related Embassy whatsoever Y: Foreign Travel (eg visit the How? cities where 2-3 of the Austrian Empire’s Postal Directorates were The next step is to evaluate the located? pruned list, asking for each: ?:Enhance the web site (which, incidentally, is our main source of ☺ Should it be done? new members) ☺ If yes, why not do it now? ?: Republish our existing books (eg an updated Tchiliringian & ☺ How much, if any, APS money Stephen incorporating the old should be spent on it? amendments and subsequent discoveries. ☺ Who is prepared to make it happen? ?: Publish a book (eg The Austrian Navy In English; a Compendium on Forgeries; or a critical guide to The APS President, Martin Austrian philatelic literature) Brumby, will welcome your comments! ?: Publicity label (sold or given to members to stick on their mail) ?: Meetings or exhibitions in Enhancing the Austria held jointly with societies Library there. If you are willing to consider lending a book you possess to 4 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 another member, please send FIELDPOST STUDY the Librarian a list. If you come across a reference GROUP to a book which is not in the In Austria 142 David Pearce asked Library, consult the Librarian other members interested in forming who may be able to locate a an APS Subgroup on WWI copy for you. Austrian Fieldpost to get in touch. The group might "meet by post or email", or assemble at some Austrian New Issues convenient venue, depending on what its members preferred. The usual twice-yearly report on the Insufficient replies arrived, but New Issues appears later in this David has agreed to have another go issue. The English descriptions are at setting it up. Please contact him at taken from the Post.at website. The 20 Dene Road, New Southgate, press releases which used to provide London, N11 1ES or by email at details of paper, colours and perfs [email protected] have been discontinued, as have the traditional blackprints and their accompanying text. Some readers have commented that the amount of detail is grossly excessive, especially as it is available via the Internet, and also as it increasingly lacks the technical details that philatelists delight in poring over and classifying by. Others say they find the stamps themselves less and less relevant to the country Austria. What about postal stationery? The question arises; is this report a good use of the increasingly- expensive space in this journal? Should it be shorn of biographical This cartoon of a Philatelic essays? Are the pictures needed? Philistine was sent by Hannes Would a 1-line-list suffice? Margreiter to mark the 2005 Fest Please send your views to the Editor! 5 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 6 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 NOTES ON THE DISPLAYS AT HONFEST 2005. Henry White: Postal markings of Vienna other than cancels. A collection spanning 1839 to 1866 of non-town/date marks such as redirection, return-to-sender, postal treaty marks, paid and postage dues, including an unusual “due + tax = to pay” mark of 1858. (Mu 3746) Also, money letter marks, “too late”, “ex officio” and delivery indicators. 7 AUSTRIA 152 Winter 2005 John Whiteside: revenues on documents 1900-1918. Eg Society rules; exhibits in court; residence permits; and two-country franking for registration of the Austrian subsidiary of a foreign company Bill Hedley: Pressburg (alias Bratislava, Pozsony) Bill started with a letter to Count Alexander Esterhazy dated 1730! He had soon discovered that there are considerably more pre-stamp cancels in reality than in Müller.