ISSUE 185 - May 1, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Landlocked Countries
Hungary, Part 2
By Geir Sør-Reime
Hungary becomes a landlocked country 1918-21
The collapse of the Dual Monarchy was a golden opportunity for the different nationalities of both Austria and Hungary to achieve independence and, although the Hungarian government tried to save the Kingdom in its prewar extent by suggesting a Swiss model with autonomous cantons/states for the future governance, the Czechs, the Slovaks, the Croats, the Slovenes, all opted for independence and the Romanian kingdom wanted to . . .
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