Otto Hornung

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.

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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):

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.

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