#525 Hungary 11/06/20

Thank you, Béla, for sending this nice cover from Hungary! It was posted in Budapest on June 20 and arrived on June 30, 2011.

The top stamp was issued on May 6, 2011. It is the Hungarian issue of EUROPA series “Forests”.

The bottom stamp is part of the set “Philaclub”, which was issued on December 4, 2009.

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#461 Hungary 10/09/27

Bertalan sent me this nice cover from Esztergom, Hungary, thank you! It was posted on September 27 and arrived on October 5, 2010.

The left 1975 stamp depicts an icon of the Vatopedi monastery. The bottom left stamps are part of the 2001 set “Antic Furniture”. The middle stamp was issued in 1967 and is part of the set “Hungarian Dogs”; it depicts a Puli. Below is a 2001 charity (jótékonyság) stamp depicting a peacock. The right stamp was issued during the course of the Alps-Adriatic International Stamp Exhibition held in Sopron from March 26 to 28, 2010. It commemorates the 83rd Day of Stamps.

#399 Hungary 10/06/28

József sent me this cover from Debrecen‘s Malompark, Hungary, thank you! The cover was posted on June 28 and arrived on July 2, 2010.

The left stamp is part of the set “Fauna of Hungary IV – 2010 Year of Biodiversity” and depicts the European Souslik (Spermophilus citellus). It was issued on May 7, 2010. The right stamp depicts the Muskox (Ovibos moschatus). It is part of the set “Fauna of the Polar Regions and Glaciers”, which was issued on March 27, 2009.

#289 Hungary 09/09/25

Péter sent me this nice cover from Várpalota, Hungary, thank you!

The two stamps on the left were issued 2000 and are part of the set “Antique Furniture”.

The right stamp was issued on April 16, 2008; it is part of the set, which commemorates the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The special postmark of September 25, 2009, commemorates the 125th birthday anniversary of Jószef Rády (1884-1957), who won two Olympic medals in fencing 1924 and 1928.

#187 Hungary 09/05/27

Tamás sent me this nice cover from Hungary, thank you! It was posted in Budapest on May 27, 2009.

The left stamp is part of the set “Our Living Heritage – Dogs” and was issued on May 9, 2007. It depicts the Hungarian guardian dog breed Komondor. The right stamp is of the set “Our Living Heritage IV” (issued on May 9, 2008) amd depicts the Cikta sheep.