TØNNESE ORE COLLECTION OF CARPATHO-UKRAINE

When Mr. Tønnes Ore of Oslo, Norway, passed away in August last year, the philatelic world lost a capacity in the field of postal history. His special interests concerned the development of postal services in the areas of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire from early times until present. He left a number of significant collections concentrated on certain provinces and areas, most of them exhibited internationally, like Dalmatia, Trieste, Fiume, South Tirol, Slovenia, Bánát & Bácska, Vojvodina, Western Ukraine, Austrian Silesia and Carpatho-Ukraine.
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Carpatho-Ukraine, the small and relatively sparsely populated area has been the source of controversy between six different nations, and has probably experienced a larger number of changes of sovereignty than any other European area. It has also been an independent, stamp-issuing area for two periods. This catalogue presents the exhibit which illustrates the postal history of the area from the beginnings and up to the end of 1945. The development up to 1918 is documented as completely as possible in view of the extreme scarcity of material from this area. Other parts are devoted to the turbulent period after 1918 - in particular the transition periods 1918/20, 1938/39 and 1944/45. It includes rare and unusual items, some of which shed new light on a complicated and incompletely researched history. 


 
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 Lot nr. 1697
 Lot nr. 1695 Lot nr. 1699

Unlike many other postal history collections and exhibits, the most important parts of this exhibit are found in the last parts which cover the period from November 1944 to December 1945. The importance of the documentation of the one-day independence and the transition period around 1939 should also be noted, as well as the period of occupations 1918-20.

 
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Lot nr. 1756 Lot nr. 1762
 Lot nr. 1820
 

The Carpatho-Ukraine exhibit has been developed and improved by Mr. Tønnes Ore over 20 years to reach its present high international level. He put emphasis primarily on quality and rarity. Mr. Tønnes Ore has attended with his Carpatho-Ukraine collection several international philatelic exhibitions, for example Praha 2008, Bulgaria 2009, Antverpia 2010 with latest reward in International Gold Medal in Indonesia 2012, in Jakarta.

 
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 Lot nr. 1867 Lot nr. 1876 Lot nr. 1887 
 

For Burda Auction s.r.o. it is a great honor have the opportunity to offer you such an extraordinary collection of Mr. Tønnes Ore and we beliave that our work will contribute to its importance for european philately. 

You can find all lots from Tønnes Ore collection of Carpatho-Ukraine 1705-1945 here. 

 

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