Judaica - Postal Card Sent From Skala, Galizia, 1888. By Rabbi Osias Krohn

Nice! Interesting spelling variant of Ingolstadt.

Thanks, Tim. I have been so concentrated on the beautiful handstamp of the rabbi Krohn, so I didn't notice that Ingolstadt is written with the letter J instead of I.

So many languages on on single card... a couple of words on the reverse are written in Yiddish language... the rest is handwritten in German.

"Karta korespondencyjna" is written in Polish language.

Upper part of rabbi's handstamp is Hebrew language.

...and from a town that's now in Ukraine.

Osias is an unusual name. It has both Hebrew and Greek origins and means 'salvation'. It can be used for both Boy and Girl.

I wonder if the meaning explains why the Hebrew text gives the Rabbi's name as 'Yehoshua' [literal translation].

Curious.

Actually, the hand writing is ALSO Hebrew. It is the date, given in reference to the Torah portion of the week, sans the year,

Oh very nice indeed, nice crisp card with so much on it, it would fit right in with my Galicia section.

The town became part of Poland proper after independence on 1918 when it was renamed "Skala nad Zbruczem" (the river Zbrucz running through the town. During WWII it was renamed "Skala uber Czortkow" by the occupying Germans. After the war it became part of the Soviet Union & now part of Ukraine.

A serious study for Postal historians.

@ Londonbus1 - interesting is also that on the handstamp is his name spelled with "H" - Krohn, and in his signature he wrote it without that letter -Kron.

@ joe1225us - yes, you are correct. I have barely seen those Hebrew handwriting, so I autmatically thought that it must be Yiddish.

@ YeaPolska - we can trade it for something, if you like it so much.

All I've got is Poland & Poland-related

You must have a great willpower to collect only such a narrow field of your old homeland (Poland)... I cannot imagine myself to collect Croatia only... or Croatia at all :)

I think collecting Poland is anything but narrow! Poland has a very long, interesting (postal) history.

Peter