Otto Hornung, CARPATHO-UKRAINE

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Otto Hornung                                         2025.3.6.

Otto Hornung (10 September 1920 in Ostrava – 8 January 2013 was a distinguished philatelist and philatelic journalist who won Large Gold medals at several philatelic exhibitions and was a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society London(RPSL). He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists(RDP) in 1993 and lived in Wembley, London.

나도 journal 우취에 관심 있었다. 그리고 오래전에 그의 책도 소장했다.  어찌어찌해서  만나면 인사하고 반갑게

악수하고 그랬다. 나이가 있어서 구부정하게 다니지만 우취 열정은 대단. JOURNALIST 우취회를 결성, 회장도 하심.

1993년 방콕 세계우표전시회 (BANGKOK'93) 때  나를 부르더니 깜짝 놀라면서 언제부터 절룩거렸냐고 물었다.

~-~1987. 자세히 안봐서 무심코보셔서 몰랐나보다.....

PHILAKOREA'94에 꼭 오시라했더니 그당시 북풍이 좀 불었던지  "무서워서 못간다."  아마 체코에서 독일 침공을

온몸으로 경험해서 PTSD로 생각했다.

Early life

Whilst in Ostrava, Hornung witnessed the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 but managed to escape to Bogumin, then in unoccupied Poland, dressed as a postman in the mail wagon of a goods train. After that he joined the Czechoslovak Legion. Hornung spoke Polish and Czech fluently as both were used freely in Ostrava.

Philatelic career

Hornung was a former Secretary of the Philatelic Traders Society and organiser of the Stampex show. He was also a founder member of the Association Internationale des Journalistes Philateliques (AIJP) in 1952 and its former President. As a philatelist, Hornung specialised in the stamps and postal history of Turkey and won Large Gold medals at India 1989, New Zealand 1990, London 1990, Philatokyo 1991 and Granada 1992.

Philatelic publications

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting, Hamlyn, London, 1970. ISBN 0-600-01797-4

Wie Sammle Ich Richtig Briefmarken, Verlag Werner Dausien, 1972. ISBN 3-7684-4233-0 (German language)

The Czecho-Slovak Legion in Poland and Russia 1939-1945 and Czechoslovaks in the Middle East, 1940 - 1943, Czechoslovak Philatelic Society of Great Britain, 2003. (With Dr. Vratislav Palkoska)

The Early Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine with Particular Reference to The Usage Of The First Postage Stamps of Austria, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9536555-9-5

Philatelic memberships

Hornung was a member of the following societies (amongst others):

Czechoslovak Philatelic Society of Great Britain

The Oriental Philatelic Association of London

International Association of Philatelic Journalists

Royal Philatelic Society London

Philatelic publications

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting, Hamlyn, London, 1970. ISBN 0-600-01797-4

Wie Sammle Ich Richtig Briefmarken, Verlag Werner Dausien, 1972. ISBN 3-7684-4233-0 (German language)

The Czecho-Slovak Legion in Poland and Russia 1939-1945 and Czechoslovaks in the Middle East, 1940 - 1943, Czechoslovak Philatelic Society of Great Britain, 2003. (With Dr. Vratislav Palkoska)

The Early Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine with Particular Reference to The Usage Of The First Postage Stamps of Austria, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9536555-9-5

References

http://hps.gr/fipliterature/bureau/hornung.html FIP Literature Commission profile retrieved 30 September 2009.

"The Slania I Knew"by Otto Hornung in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, June 2005, p.90.

"Farewell Otto Hornung". briefmarken.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-02-01.