Philatelic release recalls timber transport

On the occasion of the first day of issue of the third stamp in the 10th set of the Austrian stamp series "National Customs and Folkloristic Treasures," which was initiated in 1991, the Ukrainian Stamp Collectors Club of Austria presented an official first day cover and a special postmark dated August 25, 2000, of the Austrian Post. The information on the cover notes that until the end of the 19th century it was customary to raft timber on rivers. This happened also on the numerous rivers in the former Austrian Crownland of Bukovyna, especially on the Cheremosh River. Artist Ivan Turetskyi of Lviv depicts this method of timber transport on a river in the Carpathian Mountains; the two men wear Hutsul costumes. Layout is by Erhard Steinhagen of Vienna.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 17, 2001, No. 24, Vol. LXIX

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