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Postal history as a detective work

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.)

order of the golden fleece
Official Overprint

Official overprint

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.

Overprint

The 2000 korona overprinted official stamps seen in the previous post, on a long-distance registered envelope used in 1924.

Official Overprint

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