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. B123-125 TYPE: SP58-60 ISSUED: December 1, 1940 PROCESS: Photogravure PAPER: Watermarked double cross on pyramid. PERF.: 12 DESIGNER: Sandor Legrady PURPOSE: In commemoration of the occupation of Transylvania, surtax of 50f each was for the Pro-Transylvania movement. PICTURE: (SP58) Hungarian soldier marching towards Transylvania, behind him against a blazing sky is a medieval horseman. (SP59) Patroness of Hungary, Virgin Mary, comforting a sufferer wearing a crown of thorns, symbolical of Hungary receiving back its province of Transylvania. (SP60) A szekler (Hungarian) mother offering her infant son to the fatherland Hungary. Bright background with rising sun and church.

          

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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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