INTRODUCTION TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY

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

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AIR-POST 1918-1936 Nos. C1-2 TYPE: AP1 ISSUED: July 4, 1918 PROCESS: Typographed, at the National Printing Office, Budapest. PAPER: Watermarked double cross, wove paper. PERF.: 14½ x 14. DESIGNER: Vilmos Brandmayer PICTURES: Parliament Building HISTORY: Surcharged REPOLO POSTA (flying post) on regular issue of the Monarchy stamps, plus new value 1.50 on 75 in red, and 4.50 on 2 in blue. Used on Military Air Line between Budapest and Vienna, and return, July 4 to 23, 1918. NOTES: The 1.50 is known with inverted surcharge (100 copies). In circulation only 20 days. One sure way to tell if your copy is genuine is to have it on cover during that period. 70,000 of each value were prepared.

          

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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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