INTRODUCTION
TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY
Hungarian
Stamps and Their Background 1871-1940
Copyright 1948, Western Stamp Collector.
Reprinted with permission, 2002.
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OF THE REGENCY
Nos.
492-497
TYPE: A50, A51
ISSUED: September 25, 1935
PROCESS: Photogravure
PAPER: Watermarked double cross on pyramid
PERF.: 12
DESIGNER: Reszo Temple
PURPOSE: To commemorate the tercentenary of the founding
of the University of Budapest by Cardinal Peter Pazmany
DESIGN: (3 values) Cardinal Pazmany inscribed Peter Pazmany
Fundator Universitatis / Hungaricae and date 1635 (Hungarian
University Foundation) (3 values); Pazmany signing the
Charter inscribed Pazmany / Alairja Az Egyetem / Alapito
Levelet / 1635-1935. (Pazmany signs the Document establishing
the University).
HISTORY: Cardinal Pazmany was Primate of Hungary from
1616 until his death in 1637 (born 1570) having founded
the University at Budapest in 1635. He is responsible
for the restoration of Catholicism in Hungary and is considered
one of the foremost Hungarian prose writers of the 17th
century.
NOTE:
200,000 sets issued.
There was a very ornate first day cancelation from Budapest.
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