Otto Hornung

Otto Hornung (born Ostrava,^[1] Czechoslovakia 1920^[2]) is a distinguished philatelist and philatelic journalist who has won Gold medals at several philatelic exhibitions and is a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society London. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1993 and lives in London.

Early life

Whilst in Ostrava, Hornung witnessed the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 but managed to escape to Bohumín, then in unoccupied Poland, dressed as a postman in the mail wagon of a goods train.^[1] After that he joined the Czechoslovakian Legion. Hornung spoke Polish and Czech fluently as both were used freely in Ostrava.

Philatelic career

Hornung is a former Secretary of the Philatelic Traders Society and organiser of the Stampex show.^[2] He was also a founder member of the Association Internationale des Journalistes Philateliques (AIJP) in 1952 and its former President.^[2] As a philatelist, Hornung specialises in the stamps and postal history of Turkey and has won large Gold medals at India 1989, New Zealand 1990, London 1990, Philatokyo 1991 and Granada 1992.^[2]

Philatelic memberships

Hornung is 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 0600017974
• Wie Sammle Ich Richtig Briefmarken, Verlag Werner Dausien, 1972. ISBN 3768442330 (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 9780953655595

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The Slania I Knew" by Otto Hornung in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, June 2005, p.90.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} http://hps.gr/fipliterature/bureau/hornung.html FIP Literature Commission profile retrieved 30 September 2009.

External links

• Photograph of Otto Hornung.
• Virtual exhibit on Carpatho-Ukraine at Exponet.

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