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HUNGARY PROTEST CARDS 1917-1921 WWI and Post-War Austro-Hungarian Hand Painted Protest Cards by Artist Schima Martos This recently uncovered hoard of over 150 fascinating cards graphically depict the hardships of WWI and it's aftermath...many are laced with biting commentary and hatred. All cards were sent 'through the mails' from countries as diverse as Japan, Netherlands, Uruguay, U.S., Norway, Finland, Sweden, Egypt, Bulgaria, Portugal, Ceylon, Greece, Turkey and many others. We assume the artist sent these to friends in foreign countries to be mailed back but it is possible he traveled extensively and mailed these himself. NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS: We have done our best to translate these cards accurately, both the literal and implied meanings. However our knowledge of the language is limited. We actively solicit your translations/opinions. |
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Hungary franking, 1921, message: "New Rules - Do it this way!", $90.00 |
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Hungary franking with "God Punish England" Zeppelin label, 1921, message: "A big sin happened in 1921", $140.00 |
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4 | Hungary franking w/French propaganda label on registered 1921 card, message: "ORMENYORSZAG", $125.00 | |
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7 | Hungary franking, 1921 registered card, message: "Pompous Churchman w/rats below", $140.00 | |
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8 | Hungary franking w/label on Fieldpost card, 1918, message: Church says war is moral yet prisoners are killed for their shoes", $90.00 | |
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9 | Hungary franking on 1921 registered card, message: "Please give - hat in hand", $125.00 | |
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Hungary franking w/"God Punish England" submarine label, 1917, message: "Forbidden to use water - water pipes shut off - others waste it", $175.00 |
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12 | Hungary franking, 1918, message "Setting Sun", $125.00 | |
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13 | Hungary franking on registered POW card, 1918, message: "Rich man - loser", $140.00 | |
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14 | Hungary franking on registered POW card, 1918, message: "Fall rose- dead flowers of the uprising", $175.00 | |
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15 | Hungary franking on POW card, 1920, message: "Statarium", $140.00 | |
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16 | Hungary franking on registered card, 1921, message: "Occidental/Oriental - Both sides quiet in Europe", $125.00 | |
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17 | Hungary franking on registered French military card, 1921, message: (graphic but meaning ??), $175.00 | |
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18 | Hungary franking w/"God Schutze Austria" label, 1917, message: "Democrat sinking ship/water will win", $90.00 | |
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20 | Hungary franking, 1918, message: "It's ok if the King writes to the enemy, but the poor mans letter to his mother is censored", $140.00 | |
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21 | Hungary military card free franked (1918), message: "Big Workplace"??, $90.00 | |
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23 | Hungarian on Russian military card free franked, 1918, message: "1 kilo sugar = 2 kilo flour + 3 liters milk", $90.00 | |
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24 | Hungary franking on fieldpost card + label, 1920, message: "France not respected in Germany", $175.00 | |
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25 | Hungary franking on POW card, 1920, message: "Waiting for foreign aid", $200.00 | |
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26 | Hungary franking + label on registered card, addressed to JAPAN, 1920, message: "Japan prospers after the war", $225.00 | |
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27 | Hungary franking on Red Cross card, 1918, message: "POW bearing the Cross", (this dark card is visible when held at an angle to light), $90.00 | |
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28 | Hungary franking on Red Cross card, 1920, message: "Boycott is over", $140.00 | |
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29 | Hungary franking + label on registered card, 1921, message: "French royalist push to power", $140.00 | |
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30 | Hungary franking w/postage dues, 1923, message: "Swastika will lose", $90.00 | |
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34 | Hungary franking, 1920, message: "Hungary sank to the Balkans", $175.00 | |
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35 | Hungary franking + label on registered card, 1921, message: "ZPET, Church & State", $175.00 | |
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36 | Hungary franking on registered (Russian) card + label, 1921, message: "Hungarian Easter", $90.00 | |
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37 | Hungary franking on registered card, 1918, message: "Bulgaria - fallen crown", $140.00 | |
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38 | Hungary franking + labels, 1918, message: "War Poem - world on fire", $175.00 | |
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41 | Hungary fieldpost card free franking, 1918, message: "1 ltr. milk = 5 packs of cigarettes", $90.00 | |
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42 | Hungary fieldpost card free franking, 1918, message: "War Picture Puzzle", $90.00 | |
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43 | Hungary franking + Red Cross Coburg label, 1918, message: "Need permission to light candle in Church", $140.00 | |
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44 | Hungary franking, (1918), message: "Hungary in blood", $90.00 | |
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45 | Hungary franking + label, 1921, message: "One - two, one - two, everyone in step", $125.00 | |
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48 | Hungary unfranked card + Red Cross Coburg label, 1918, message: German Red Cross labels affixed - "Nothing available except toothpicks", $140.00 | |
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49 | Hungary franking on registered (Russian) card, 1921, message: "Experiment - Church power", $140.00 | |
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50 | Hungary franking on registered propaganda card, 1920, message: "Pro Patria- Gyor POW's", $175.00 | |
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51 | Hungary franking + ration label on registered card, 1919, message: "Freedom of speech not allowed in Germany, Hungary, Poland", $140.00 | |
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52 | Hungary franking on registered card, 1920, message: "French POW's going home", $140.00 | |
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54 | Hungary franking on registered card, 1920, message: "Hungary Interregnum taking forever - spider web", $250.00 | |
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55 | Hungary fieldpost card unfranked + label, 1918, message: "Lice removed", $90.00 | |
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58 | Hungary franking on POW card, 1921, message: "Censored", $175.00 | |
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59 | Hungary franking + label, 1917, message: "Americans arrive in France", $200.00 | |
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60 | Hungary franking + postage dues on Red Cross card, 1921, message: "Red Cross volunteer workers", $125.00 | |
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61 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "War Prices - one suit of clothes equals gov't workers salary", $140.00 | |
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62 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1917, message: "Germany will recall money", $140.00 | |
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63 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "From Siberia to Germany", $140.00 | |
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65 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1919, message: "Hungary Leader and Russians - who knows what will happen", $140.00 | |
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66 | Germany/Bavaria on express card, 1918, message: "Exchange - 10 eggs for shoe soles", $175.00 | |
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69 | Germany on registered card, 1918, message: "Exchange - sugar for butter", $140.00 | |
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70 | Germany on registered card, 1918, message: "Exchange - 2 kilo rice for 100 cigarettes", $140.00 | |
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72 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1919, message: "Peaceful living in Pozsonyi", $175.00 | |
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73 | Germany on registered card, 1920, message: "Allies against Germany", $140.00 | |
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74 | Germany on registered card, 1918, message: "Luxury horses marching to Berlin", $175.00 | |
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75 | Germany/Bavaria on express card, 1919, message: "Bartering exchange in place", $140.00 | |
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77 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "War Prices - shoes go from 20 to 80", $140.00 | |
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78 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1919, message: "Yes or No - what will Germans decide?", $140.00 | |
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79 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1919, message: "The last shot has not yet been fired", $90.00 | |
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80 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "No food for hospitals", $140.00 | |
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81 | Germany, 1920, message: "Price of honey up 1000% after war", $90.00 | |
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82 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "Past, Present, Future - good if you are Russian", $140.00 | |
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83 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "Past, Present, Future - bad if you are Hungarian", $140.00 | |
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84 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1919, message: "Winning is Holiest", $90.00 | |
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85 | Germany/Bavaria on registered card, 1918, message: "No cigar - it is easier to find a 1000 note than a cigar butt", $140.00 | |
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86 | Germany, 1918, message: "Luxembourg 1914", $175.00 | |
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87 | Germany on registered card, 1919, message: "Evil and Mercy", $140.00 | |
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88 | Germany on registered card, 1920, message: "One millimeter is not much but they took away our borders", $175.00 | |
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93 | Sweden on registered card, 1918, message, "War prices - Straw broom from 95f to 10kr", $175.00 | |
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94 | Sweden on registered card, 1919, message: "War prices - Shoelaces from 2f to 3kr", $140.00 | |
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95 | Denmark on registered card, 1918, message: "Exchange - petrol for chickens", $175.00 | |
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96 | Sweden, 1919, message: "War Prices - Frankfurter from 14f to 3kr", $150.00 | |
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97 | Norway on multifranked registered card, 1919, message: "our money is worthless", $200.00 | |
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98 | Sweden on registered card, 1919, message: "Reluctant Military", $175.00 | |
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99 | Sweden on registered card, 1919, message: "War Prices - rising", $175.00 | |
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104 | Finland on registered card, 1918, message: "Exchange - petrol for corn", $175.00 | |
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105 | Norway on registered card, 1921, message: "Heads Up!", $175.00 | |
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106 | Denmark on registered card, 1919, message: "Exchange - gloves for rice", $175.00 | |
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107 | Bulgaria on registered card, 1920, message: "Bulgarian People Oppressed", $200.00 | |
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109 | Egypt on registered card, 1920, message: (?? we have no idea what is implied here), $175.00 | |
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110 | Uruguay on registered card, 1918, message: "In World-War artists cut up sheets for canvas", $250.00 | |
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111 | United States 4¢ on 1¢ card, (1918), message: "Saber and Rifle", $175.00 | |
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112 | Bulgaria on registered card, (1918), message: "Bulgaria before and after the war", $200.00 | |
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113 | Portugal on registered card, 1921, message: "Running off with money", $200.00 | |
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114 | Ceylon + Hungary on registered card, 1921, message: "Siena 1921", $225.00 | |
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115 | Greece on registered card, 1920, message: "Price of cherries rises after the war forty-fold", $250.00 | |
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116 | Japan on registered double card, 1921, message: "World war lesson", $350.00 | |
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117 | France + Hungary on registered card, 1920, message: "Europe 1920 - Poisonous Venom", $275.00 | |
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119 | Switzerland on registered card, 1919, message: "One drop can create great change", $225.00 | |
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121 | Switzerland on registered card, 1918, message: "Exchange - 2 kilo cheese for 1 kilo sugar", $175.00 | |
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125 | Multi-Country franking w/appropriate cancel on 1921 card, message: "?", $300.00 | |
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127 | Austria on Russian POW card, 1919, registered, message: (?), $175.00 | |
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128 | Austria on Red Cross card, 1919, registered, message: (?), $175.00 | |
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130 | Austria on 1919 registered card, message: "CRS" meaning ??, $90.00 | |
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131 | Austria on registered censored card, 1918, message: (?), $140.00 | |
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132 | Austria on Russian military card, registered, 1919, message: "Splitting up Hungary (frog)", $175.00 | |
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133 | Austria on registered card, 1919, message: "Guns over city", $140.00 | |
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134 | Austria on Red Cross card, 1919, message: "Czech. newspaper not allowed", $175.00 | |
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135 | Austria on registered card, 1919, message: "Who are you Kuzz Bala?", $175.00 | |
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136 | Austria multi franking on registered card, 1918, message: "Poisoning the water with grenades", $175.00 | |
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137 | Austria + label on registered card, 1918, message: "God's Sword - Bulgaria Throne exchange", $200.00 | |
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138 | Austria on Red Cross card, 1918, message: "Vienna 1000 dead from starvation in one day", $200.00 | |
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139 | Austria + Red Cross 2pf label on card, 1918, message: "Exchange - 1/8 kilo tea = 1 kilo coffee", $175.00 | |
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140 | Austria + Red Cross 2pf label on registered card, 1918, message: "War Prices - bread 100krb, cigarettes 160kr each", $175.00 | |
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141 | Austria + label on registered card, 1921, message: "At the front 1 can of meat equals 10kr", $175.00 | |
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142 | Austria, 1919, message: "The Soviet Hope", $175.00 | |
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144 | Netherlands Indies on registered card, 1920, message: "One glass of beer costs 25kr versus 80-90f before the War", $175.00 | |
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145 | Netherlands on registered card, 1919, message: "Presporok under siege", $175.00 | |
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147 | Netherlands, 1918, message: "1liter of petrol = 4 kilo flour", $175.00 | |
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149 | Poland on registered card, 1919, message: "God's Weapon - falling leaders", $200.00 | |
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150 | Poland on express card, 1919, message: "3 meters of fabric equals 6 kilos of lard", $175.00 | |
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151 | Poland on registered card, 1920, message: "Starving Vienna", $175.00 | |
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153 | Poland on censored card, 1919, message: "Czechoslovakia State", $150.00 | |
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154 | Poland on registered card, 1920, message, "Hungary Bank Worshippers", $200.00 | |
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155 | Poland on registered card, 1919, message: "The Proud Winners", $175.00 | |
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156 | Poland on registered card, 1919, message: "Rifle props edifice", $225.00 | |
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157 | Poland on 1919 card, message: "Hope for Totfoldon (Czech),", $200.00 | |
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158 | Austria multi franked + label on registered card, 1919, message: "Hungarian Red Offensive", $375.00 | |
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159 | Hungary + Label on registered card, 1920, message: "Trianon treaty shame", $200.00 | |
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