Hungary year 1949 Airmail stamps 22nd Stamp day / postman MNH
In 1949, Hungary issued a set of two airmail stamps to commemorate the 22nd Stamp Day (22nd Bélyegnap in Hungarian).
The details of these stamps are:
- Denomination: 60 filler
- Design: Shows a postman on a bicycle delivering mail
- Colors: Blue and yellow
- Denomination: 1.20 forint
- Design: Shows the allegorical figure of a woman representing the postal service
- Colors: Red-brown and yellow
Some additional details:
- Both stamps have the inscriptions “XXII BÉLYEGNAP” meaning 22nd Stamp Day and “LÉGIPOSTA” meaning Airmail.
- The stamps were issued on August 6, 1949.
- The designer of both stamps was the Hungarian artist Endre Bajor.
- They were printed using lithography.
- The stamps commemorated the Hungarian stamp collecting tradition started in 1927 of issuing special stamps annually for Stamp Day celebrations.
- The 1949 issues depicted common postal themes of postmen delivering mail and an allegorical personification of the postal service itself.
So in summary, this attractive 1949 Hungarian airmail set nicely commemorated the 22nd annual Stamp Day through its postal transportation and communications themed designs. It remains a popular topical for stamp collectors interested in Hungary.
