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) No. B113 TYPE: SP50 ISSUED: May 6, 1940 PROCESS: Photogravure, printed at Hungarian Government Printing Office. PAPER: Watermarked double cross on pyramid, on grayish paper resembling parchment. PERF.: 12. One souvenir sheet, full gum. PURPOSE: For flood relief, from the April floods. DESIGNED BY: Sandor Legrady DESIGN: Man struggling in flood waters, protecting woman and two children from onrushing water. HISTORY: Inscriptions (above) The three mountains, Tatra, Fatra and Matra, are surmounted by the crown of the kingdom and the patriarchal cross in copper red, typifying the Kingdom of Hungary; (below four lines) symbolical of the four rivers of Hungary, Danube, Tisza, Drava and Szava, and the inscription on a ribbon "AZ ARVIZSUJTOT TAKERT" "1940" (In aid of flood victims 1940).

          

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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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