INTRODUCTION
TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY
Arad
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This had
a special situation. The town together with Szeged was evacuated
by Hungarian troops on December 25, 1918 and occupied by French
forces (the French Colonial 11th Division). A French censorship
office was established. On May 17, 1919, the Romanian Hunter's
6th Regiment occupied only half of the City of Arad –
this limitation was imposed by the French. A Romanian censorship
office was established. But only on July 10, 1919 did the Arad
Post Office pass under Romanian administration. Two days later,
on July 12, 1919, the whole administration of Arad became Romanian.
Between May 17 and July 10 a French - Romanian arrangement existed
to censor mail in Arad with two offices operating at the same
time. Their activity was regulated by General Tournadre's (French
zone occupation chief) decree of May 23, 1919 which said "...letters
and telegrams coming from or destined to the Romanian occupied
zone (i.e. ‘T’) will be submitted to Romanian censorship
control. Letters and telegrams coming from or destined for all
other areas (practically this was BW and BE) will be submitted
exclusively to French censorship control. This decree will become
effective beginning noon May 25,1919’. This document is
of great importance in understanding mixed Serb - French or
Serb – French - Romanian mixed censorings. The French
censoring period in Arad is January l - July 10, 1919. The Romanian
area of Arad is therefore considered in the "T" zone
for half the city as of May 17th and for the whole city from
July 10th.
REFERENCE:
http://membres.lycos.fr/dgrecu/19MxtEng.html
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