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INTRODUCTION TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY

Hungarian Stamps and Their Background 1871-1940
Copyright 1948, Western Stamp Collector.
Reprinted with permission, 2002
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ISSUES OF THE MONARCHY
Nos. 119-126


TYPE: A 10
ISSUED: January 18, 1917 and into 1918.
PROCESS: Typographed
PERF: 14½ x 14
PAPER: Watermarked double cross
DESIGNER: Vilmos Brandmayer
PURPOSE: Regular postage, high values
DESIGN: Parliament building at Budapest, on the Pest side of the river. Work on the building stretched over a period of 19 years and was finished soon after the beginning of the 19th century.

NOTES:
Dark background behind white figures of value in lower left and right corners. The entire set is known to exist imperf. The 1k is known on a thick paper.

          


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This Introduction is also available in three large sections as follows:

Section 1 (Nos. 1 - 132)
Section 2 (Nos. 153 - 558)
Section 3 (Nos. B1 - C34)

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