INTRODUCTION
TO HUNGARIAN PHILATELY
The
First Stamps
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To the basic collector, the first stamps for Hungary listed
in Scott’s Standard Postage Stamp Catalog and also pictured
in stamp albums is usually the Franz
Josef portrait lithographed series. Gary Ryan, a very dedicated
philatelist who specializes in Hungarian philately, has proved
to the satisfaction of most philatelists that the 'First
Issue of Hungary is the issue of 1867’. This issue
portrayed the Austrian Kaiser facing right, in a square design,
was printed in Vienna but issued exclusively in and for Hungary.
These stamps were later issued in Austria, as the 1863/64 issues
were depleted. They were invalidated for use in Hungary after
31st July 1871.
Stamps with the exclusively Hungarian design of Franz Josef
heads (with St. Stephen's crown and Hungarian coat of arms)
were issued in Hungary officially on the 1st May 1871. The Hungarian
printing office was supposed to issue engraved stamps as the
1871 issue, but problems occurred. As they continued to near
a decision, considering the date of 1 January 1871, the Hungarian
printing office made the decision to issue the design using
the lithographed stone printing technique to get the stamps
issued. Actual sales started a little later, as the 1867 stamps
were used up. Earliest recorded dates are between 7th May and
23rd June (for different values of the Litho printings) and
between 2nd July and 29th August for the line engraved stamps.
Bibliography:
Visnyovszki,
Gabor, Bélyegkönyv/Stamps,
Budapest, 1996
H. Alan Hoover
The
'First Issue of Hungary -the issue of 1867’
From June 1, 1850, Austrian
stamps were used in Hungary as a part of the Austrian Postal
Administration. Hungary was part of the Monarchy, with a common
monarch and common departments of defense (for foreign and military
affairs and financial affairs associated with this). Finally
in 1867, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise was created, which
led to the separation of Austrian and Hungarian Postal Administrations
and the two parties concluded a temporary postal agreement.
One of the tasks of the Hungarian Post Office was to issue new
stamps so that it could withdraw the stamps with Austrian coat
of arms. But because of the insufficiently developed Hungarian
printing industry, it was impossible to have the stamps printed
in Hungary.
The independent Hungarian Postal Administration began to function
on May 1, 1867.
The 1867 postage stamps were printed with a design suitable
for both countries with a portrait of the monarch and with an
abbreviated indication of the face value correct both in the
German and the Hungarian languages. The date of the release
of the identical stamps and the duration of their validity was
entirely different in both countries. The Hungarian Post Office
released the krajcar values of the new issue and released them
on June 1, 1867. The use of old existing stamps in private hands
was allowed until June 15, 1867. The stamps in soldi values
were not ready for June 1, so they were only released at a later
date probably the first half of June. The 1867 stamps were valid
on the Hungarian territory of the Hungarian Postal Administration
until July 31st 1871.
Bibliography:
Madaraz,
Gyula recorded by Visnyovszki, Gabor, Bélyegkönyv/Stamps,
Budapest, 1996
H.
Alan Hoover
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