Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 1994

Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló angol nyelven

The first section recalled the famous Butcher’s Post. Cattle trading was a major business in 15th-century Debrecen. The route from the city to Vienna was known as the Butcher’s Way, as the famous Hungarian beef cattle were driven along it to market in Vienna. The drovers would also carry letters and messages in each direction.

The second section showed a few pictures recalling postal affairs in Debrecen, including the early postmasters (Sámuel Diószegi and János Fay). Then came some events in the life of Mihály Gervay, the man who organized the independent Royal Hungarian Post. Also shown was a tableau of postcards and picture postcards, as postal mementoes of Debrecen and Hortobágy.

Gabriella Nikodém: Only Creation Vindicates Existence

This has been János Kass’s motto through his career as an artist. Bom in Szeged in 1927, he discusses here applied graphics, the future of the postage stamp, the poetry of line and the lasting value of artistic creation. Holding the gold medal for services to the post office, he has designed almost a hundred stamps, the first appearing in 1973. As an outstanding, variously creative Hungarian artist, notably in graphics and typography, he has retained a strongly individual style even in the special field of stamp design. The article covers the various sides of Kass’s oeuvre.

Gabriella Nikodém: Mankind and Nature

Two contemporary artists, Erzsébet Szekeres and Judit B. Hagner, were presented at an exceptional exhibition in the Stamp Museum. Szekeres’s textile murals and stamp designs were shown in conjunction with Hagner’s small-scale sculptures. Similar in spirit, the two have both exhibited several times before, but not together. The colourful collection brought a pleasant change to the environment at the Stamp Museum, where the sewn wall hangings, textile pictures and sculptures offered visitors new experiences.

Mrs József Sipos: The First Hungarian Air Mail Stamp

Hungary linked into the Central European airmail network on July 4, 1918, when a route was opened between Budapest and Vienna. The author tells the story of the first airmail stamp issued by the Hungarian Post (and the misprint of it), based on authentic documents, and describes the airmail service and handling system. Also given are the views expressed on the service and the Hungarian Post’s issuing policy by the stamp collectors of the time.

Ernő Beszédes: Morse Telegraph Sets in the Hungarian Telegraph Service

Hungary’s first telegraph line opened between Vienna and Pozsony (Bratislava) on December 26,1847. The first public telegraph office opened on October 1,1850, on the line between Vienna and Pest.

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