SIX Treasures of The Hungarian national museum on stamps

The souvenir sheets and the associated philatelic products were designed by the graphic artist Glória Hefelle. The new issue will be available at first day post offices and Filaposta in Hungary from 30 August 2023, but may also be ordered from Magyar Posta’s online store.

29 August 2023

The Hungarian National Museum was founded by Count Ferenc Széchényi in 1802 as the first national museum, and is still today the largest museum in Hungary. The neoclassical building was designed by Mihály Pollack. The museum boasts the region’s most important and richest collection of archaeological and historical artefacts, consisting of approximately 3.5 million items. Among its artefacts are a number of world-famous treasures and priceless objects of Hungarian history and cultural history.

The stamps of the numbered special souvenir sheet show the following works of art: the coronation mantle, the golden stag from Zöldhalompuszta, the Tiszabezdéd sabretache plate, the Monomachos crown, the piano from the Liszt bequest sent to Beethoven as a gift by the Broadwood firm of London in 1817, and the crown of Margaret Island. The main motif of the first day cover is a portrait of the architect Mihály Pollack (1773-1855), the designer of the Hungarian National Museum, and the imprint of the special postmark features the logo of the institution.

In addition to the standard, black-numbered edition, a red-numbered imperforated edition of the souvenir sheet and a stamp set are being issued. Alongside the two editions of the souvenir sheet, the stamp set also contains a monochrome version, which may only be purchased as part of the set. The souvenir sheets and the monochrome print are protected in mounts. All the editions in each of the 2,000 sets issued bear the same serial number in the number range between 1 and 2,000.

The standard edition as well as the red-numbered souvenir sheets with serial numbers above the 2,000 number range are also available for sale outside the set. The monochrome print may not be used to pay for the postage of letter-mail items.

The souvenir sheets were produced by Pénzjegynyomda Zrt. The new issue will be available at first day post offices and Filaposta in Hungary from today, but may also be ordered from Magyar Posta’s online store.

Magyar Posta Zrt.