The Hungarian postal stationery (issued in 1919) with the 10 fillér denomiantion and Republican coat of arms is rarely seen. If Jenő Hoffmann, as an avid airmail collector, had not used several of these, they would be one of the greatest postal stationery rarities. Even so, if the opportunity arises, it is well worth grabbing and acquiring, as only 1-2 of these postal stationery change hands every year…
1898 Hungary (electrotyp issue), 10 krajcár face value of the envelope design issue, with watermark I. The sheet is made up of four parts, called the sheet quarters. A total of 6 different sheet quarters were used during the 11 years of production, these are denoted by the letters A-F. This stamp is the 13th stamp of sheet quarter D, so D-13 is the correct identification.
On parcel cards, paying for postage with a metered stamp is quite unusual. Bérczi D. Sándor needlework trade meter stamp on a COD parcel card and its advertisement.
An interesting piece from the upcoming Siegel Auction.
I have a collection of this type of envelopes, but only Hungarian ones, I will post them here later. Only pieces where the lines of the address are composed into the picture will be included in the collection. In this case, not only the address, but even the stamp is part of the artwork – great piece.
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Postal history research is a form of detective work. Sometimes the social environment is more interesting than the postal history.
On this Hungarian first inflation registered cover, the sender’s coat of arms really stands out. If you look closely, you can see the Order of the Golden Fleece. There were 31 Hungarian members of the order, and the only one still alive was László Batthyány-Strattmann, the “doctor of the poor”.
(I’m not a coat of arms expert, so if I’m wrong, please write me the right answer.)
Hungary, Reaper with white numbers, 10 fillér value. Margitsziget military exhibition overprint. There is a rarely seen “Balken” (German) trace on the upper part. Does anyone know what the correct English word for this is? Border?
1898 Hungary, 20 krajcár face value of the envelope design issue, with watermark I. Produced by letterpress printing method based on electrotyping. That is why Hungarians call this issue as “electrotyp issue”.
A small amount of misperforation is not uncommon in the Hungarian 1871 stamp issue. However, such an extreme misperforation, where 4 stamps can be seen on a single stamp, is a real rarity. This is shown here, on a lithographed 5 krajcár (type V.) stamp.
8 + 2 filler stamp from the Hungarian Saint Emeric series issued in 1930. Emeric was the heir to the Hungarian throne, but lost his life in a hunting accident at a young age. According to some sources there was no accident…
Rare everyday use of the Saint Emeric 8 + 2 filler commemorative stamp on a parcel card.
Another interesting feature of parcel cards is that the stamp combinations on them are always considered to be in everyday use. The reason for this is that the parcel cards were left at the post office for safekeeping, so the recipient had no opportunity to get the stamps from them.
Due to the First Inflationary Depression, the Post Office overprinted the 250 filler denominated stamps to 2,000 korona, this mean an eight-hundred-fold increase in value. The left margin of the block of eight shown here has developed a spectacular misperforation due to paper folding.
The 2000 korona overprinted official stamps seen in the previous post, on a long-distance registered envelope used in 1924.
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