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 REGENCY Nos. 509-510 TYPE: A57, A58 ISSUED: May 5, 1937 PROCESS: Photogravure from portraits PAPER: Watermarked double cross on pyramid PERF.: 15 DESIGNS: Franc Kolcsey. 1790-1838, poet and author of the Hungarian National Hymn. Mihaly Vorosmarty, 1800-1855, poet, dramatist, romanticist, legislator and jurist. NOTE: Change in postal rates necessitated 5 and 25 filler values, and although issued five years after the original famous men, the set should be kept together.

          

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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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