Hungary Stamps : On Steiner Pages.

1950 5 Year Plan
Steiner Page 22.

1951
Steiner Page 003.

Social Mission Society Backstamps.

Completed my early Hungary.
One heart stopping moment, I mis-identified a 20f coloured numeral, (Perf 11½) with a "Black Numeral" (CV $600)
Common sense prevailed.

Watermarks Crown in Oval, and Crown in circle, remain an enigma for me.

General Opinion:
Watermarks are fairly easy to Identify (apart from Oval/circle)
often, where a major image is not available, (Wks 132 v 135)
then the segment of the interlocking circles can be used.
(Small segment 135, larger segment 132)

Perforation 15, can easily be identified by eye,
leaves Perf 12x11½ and 11½
Perf 11½ is where the big money lies.

1888 Steiner Page 3.

1898 Steiner Page 4.

Rod

In my WW block collection, I have this block...

Scott #18
Perf 11.5
Wmk. 132 Kr in Oval

I can see the watermark by shining a bright light behind the stamps. On single stamps, like you are looking at, you would be seeing one watermark position from my block. Imagine for a minute, tearing this block apart, mixing up the 4 stamps and then trying to watermark each one. Large watermarks are easier understood by looking at multiples.

1970s Flashback! This watermark looks like the cat's-eye pattern on my oscilloscope when I used to do read-write head alignments on disk pack drives as a Burroughs field engineer.

Hope this helps,

Linus

Hi Linus,
very adroit treatment there, well done you!
Yes, can be a bit tricky, but Sc#132 Watermark I find easy ID.
As mentioned before ..This Wmk can be identified in part by the size of the ellipse segment, created by the intersecting circles /ovals. They are fatter in the Wmk132.

I have 5 stamps, of varying issues, that defy ID
Whether it be personal mucilage, preventing paper removal
or bad husbandry.

Your block of 4 Watermark, is 1 of 4 types, ScottWmk132 READING DOWN INVERTED

These depended on how they were rolled after the Dandy Roll, and thence drying, and subsequently how the paper was orientated during printing.



I have images of Wmk 135 now in Circles and Elipses
Still cannot ID by eye !
Identification may be had by the length of the Crown Straps
(Smaller in the Wmk135 Circle)

Linus,
I have a bunch of Pmkd Blocks of 4 1970ish issues
would you be interested? free of course.

Also, a subtle difference in the Scott Wmk 136

In 1908 the Crown contours are rounded, and the rood is shown at a flatter angle.
In 1909 The Dandy roll glyphs are again changed to angled contours
The rood at about 45 degrees.

Hard to pick up!

Thanks, Rod, for the additional info on my block. I need to make a more detailed label for it with "WMK 132 READING DOWN INVERTED." Your knowledge amazes me!

I just bought another 150 WW blocks from my guy in Texas for 20 cents a block. This batch included a Hong Kong Scott #403 block of six with a 22 SCV of $174.00! I have lots of blocks to process. I do not want to feel like I owe you, so I will pass on your offer, but thank you for all of your posts with great stamps and info.

Linus

Ornithology.
1962 Air Post : Steiner Page 122.

Unknown Postal Stationery
1896
Looks like a return letter card?
5 Filler. Orange.
Cannot read Postmark. (Ends with KENET I believe)

HUNGARY / ROMANIA
ZILAH

1945

Rod,

This is a cut square from a closed postcard.

Issued from July 1, 1886 - September 30, 1900.
2 values issued: 3 and 5 Krajczár.
No watermark.
Two paper types: Yellowish and Grayish.
Issued in Hungarian and Hungarian-Croatian versions.

The bilingual versions look to catalog slightly more than the Hungarian only ones; used more than unused.

Dale

Dale,
wonderful ID, thank you very much, included in my album
with accreditation.
Not met with "closed card" before, seems apt.

Hungary PERFINS

Hungary POSTMARKS
Typo with PAKOZD

Hi Rod.
Postmark on your cut-out : most likely Kecskemét

Hi Vayolene,
Kecszemét it is !

Hungary has some of the most appealing Pmks in all Philately.
I cannot read them
I cannot pronounce them.
But they are generally clear and oft socked on the nose.

Kecszemét Registration label.
PORTO overprint (Identified by your good self)
(Pmk there is from a Rail Freight Card, similar to Czech types)

and one weird circle and line Pmk