INTRODUCTION TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY

Hungarian Stamps and Their Background 1871-1940
Copyright 1948, Western Stamp Collector.
Reprinted with permission, 2002.

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SEMI-POSTAL ISSUES 1913-1940 (THE REGENCY) Nos. B110-112 TYPE: SP47-49 ISSUED: January 1, 1940 PROCESS: Photogravure PAPER: Watermarked cross on pyramid. PERF.: 12½x12 DESIGNED BY: Sandor Legrady PURPOSE: The surtax was devoted to the Nicholas Horthy National Aviation Fund, sold at double face. PICTURE: (SP47) Youth flying a kite. (SP48) Allegory of flight, small plane soaring along the line of flight, indicated by an outstretched arm of man. (SP49) Celestal figure leading squadron of planes across the sky, figure holds the Hungarian crown in her right hand and Hungarian cross in her left. HISTORY: Commemorative inscription at top in small letters reading Horthy Miklos Nemzeti Repulo Alap means The Nicholas Horthy National Flying Fund.

          

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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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