Eastern Silesia, Spis And Orava

What software do you guys use for drawing your maps? I have used MS Visio but moved to CorelDraw. After drawing the map I then generate it into a PDF for others to use. Once it is in PDF, I use Adobe LiveCycle Designer to add 'Tool Tips' for each section of the map. The effect is that as users move a mouse over a map region, it pops up a box with additional details and/or notes in the PDF. Is there a better way to do this?
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SWH, it is interesting the Spisska Bela is not listed among the towns in the plebiscite area of Spis, since the Government Commissioner for the plebiscite was officed there.

Then again, the Sub-Commission central office for Spis and Orava was located in "Rozemberk", which I believe is the current Ruzomberok, which is also outside the plebiscite area (in Orava). This information spans pages 17 and 18 of the PDF.

51 Studebaker, I use AutoCAD to draw my maps, and when publishing or inserting on album pages, I convert to PDF or JPG format. Sometimes I add color using such programs as Paint.net or PaintShop Pro. I use AutoCAD in my profession, that is the main reason why I use it - proficiency.

The Forum boss was kind enough to change the title of this topic, to more reflect the content. Thanks!

Here is the picture of the chapter of the Polish side of Spis and Orava I was telling about:

Postmark of the post office "Postovni urad C.S. prefektury v Tesine" I have recently bought. It was the only Czech post office operated in the area under Polish jurisdiction. The city of Cieszyn/C.Tesin is divided in two the historic center including post office Cieszyn 1 on the right side of the river Olza belongs to Poland and the left side with railway station including the post office Cieszyn/C.Tesin 2 belongs the Czechs. The city is still divided today, you can check it on Google map.

Prahanoaki, I was pleased to see that the international commission tasked with helping to establish a new border included a Japanese delegate.

Bee, are you familiar with this exhibit?

http://www.exponet.info/exhibit.php...D=114&lng=EN

It is great to see all this wonderful information added.

KGB, I had not seen that link before. It is a fantastic collection, I will have to browse again to digest more of the details. I do not have any covers in my collection, just loose stamps and pieces.

Here is a stamp I have with a Javorina cancel, which was in the Slovak part of Spis.

KGB, I surely did not know about the Japanese involvement in Eastern Silesian matter lol. I've read somewhere about Japanese delegate being present at Memel when signing the treaty to detach Memelland from the rest of Germany. But the border incident between Czechs and Poles in a limited area of Silesia seems like minor issue so I'm a bit surprised to read about it now.

BeeSee, That's a beautiful piece you've got! the green color with a red overprint and the best part, Javorina postmark! I'm definitely starting to get interested with this stuff. Do you have any used Polish overprints?

The only used Polish S.O. 1920 overprint I have is Bielitz in Eastern Silesia.

Do you know if the Polish stamps were also used in Spis and Orava? It seems unclear from reading all the material here. I have never seen any.

I just found this nice Polish S.O. 1920 collection, but it appears to be Eastern Silesia only.

http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0808/index0808a.htm

BeeSee, "Do you know if the Polish stamps were also used in Spis and Orava?"

According to the page of Fisher I have posted, yes. At least in Jablonka with the images of postmark on the bottom, it appears to be so. The image on the right is the postmark used by the Polish post office made out of Czech one by omitting the bottom inscription "CSP" (Cesko Slovenska Posta).

The Michel catalog lists the Polish issues explicitly as 'Ausgabe fur das Abstimmungsgebiet Ostschlesien, Spis und Orava' which would translate to 'Issue for the referendum territory of East Sliesia, Spis and Orava'. Which would suggest the stamps were indeed issued for use in Spis and Orava too.

Prahanoaki, does your page 129 above indicate the the Polish S.O. 1920 stamps were used in the three villages of Jablonka, Podvlk and Vysna Zubrica? And the CSR being removed from Podvlk?

I see the dates of the Jablonka CSR and Polish modified cancels are only 15 days apart. I wonder if that means that is around the time Poland took over the post office, or if Polish and Czechoslovak stamps were concurrent?