Hírközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány, Évkönyv, 2006
Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló angol nyelven
were sculpted by Ferenc Trischler, a native of Pécs, whose work the foundation has had the pleasure of purchasing on several prior occasions. Work with the collections The Stamp Museum’s collections grew with addition of the following items: Collection of Hungarian stamps 50 091 Collection of foreign stamps 20 719 Miscellaneous collections 443 Library 130 The Postal Museum’s collections have been augmented by the following items: Collection of artefacts 136 Collection of documents 3 117 Library 411 Outstanding among the new items in the Stamp Museum’s philatelic artefact collection was the special prize of the Asiago International Beautiful Stamp Competition, presented on August 16, 2006 amidst a private ceremony by dr. László Csorba, Professor at the Rome Academy and Mrs. Tamás Csegezi, director of the Stamp Management Office of the Hungarian Postal Service. Gifts received by the museum included the design impression of the Karl-Zita stamp series purchased by Profiba Corp. for the Stamp Museum and a gilded engraved steel postcard from 1914, which Hungarian Philatelic Society Mafitt- member László Filep donated to the museum. The new items have been fully processed and the materials used in exhibitions have all been returned to their places after exhibition closing. One job we are particularly proud of was preparation of a complete itemized registry of our new permanent exhibition including 27 exhibition cabinets containing 3200 frames and 550 000 stamps, and of our other philatelic objects and lithographic implements. Special mention regarding the enhancement of the Postal Museum’s collection in 2006 should go to the legacy of Deputy Postmaster General, dr. Károly Forster, which included 405 documents and 8 memorial medallions. A representative of the family donated them to the museum after the memorial exhibition was dismantled. We also have to mention the Mercedes 308 D postal vehicle presented by the Hungarian Postal Service. A major collection undertaking was implemented when we realized our effort to establish an inventory of interesting artefacts. The process involved transferring the warehoused collection, primarily of objects related to telephone history that we were unable to display, from the Postal Museum’s storage facility on Gyáli Road to Miskolc, NE Hungary, with the help of telcos Magyar Telekom and De Te Immobilien-Hungary. An article by László Jakab in this Yearbook offers detailed information on this matter. Scientific work Both museums conducted a significant amount of research to prepare the storyboards and texts for our permanent and temporary exhibits. In addition, museum staff wrote multiple articles in professional and non-professional periodicals, both on commission from the journals 209
