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My note:
Known forgeries. Does anyone have information that might distinguish these ?
Thickness and colour of paper, gum if any, colour of low values would be good to know.
Checking paper and diameter of perforations against known originals may be a good idea for expensive items.
1873 (1 August) Lithographed on thick white (except where stated) wove paper without watermark. Perf. 9½
Type 1 5kr - H1a ? | Type 1 10kr - H2 | Type 1 20kr - H3 ? | Type 1 25kr - H4 | Type 1 40kr - H5a ? | Type 1 50kr - H6a ? |
Type 2 1F - H7 - used Courtesy of Patrick Conelly. |
Type 2 1F - H7 - used Courtesy of Patrick Conelly. |
Type 2 1F - H7a - used 30 September 1873 at M. K. Központi (Central) Tavirda, Budapest. |
Type 2 2F - H8 |
The first one was eBay item 293080539727 from 10 May 2019. If it is yours, please get in touch. I show it largely for comparison with the next image.
In addition though it has a cancel of "PETERWARDEN".
Multiples seem to be quite scarce. Here are a couple of pairs:
A pair of 20kr, H3a and a pair of 50kr, H6 courtesy of Patrick Conelly.
Steve Hiscocks makes much use of the colour "indigo" in his descriptions of these. However this colour name means
different things to different people, probably depending on what part of the world they learned English in.
Steve Hiscocks, being British was probably influenced by Newton who put it between blue and violet in the spectrum,
and the colour of indigo dye. These pre-dated pantone or web colours! In terms of these stamps I would say take it as a very dark blue
Hisc. | Description | Mint | Used |
---|---|---|---|
H1 | 5kr darkish blue | 32.50 | 13.00 |
H1a | indigo | 45.50 | 18.00 |
H2 | 10kr darkish blue | 57.00 | 25.00 |
H2a | indigo | 80.00 | 35.00 |
H3 | 20kr darkish blue | 39.00 | 13.00 |
H3a | indigo | 54.00 | 18.00 |
H4 | 25kr darkish blue | 84.00 | 37.00 |
H4a | indigo | 110.00 | 52.00 |
H5 | 40kr darkish blue | 21.00 | 27.00 |
H5a | indigo | 29.00 | 38.00 |
H6 | 50kr darkish blue | 41.00 | 17.00 |
H6a | indigo | 57.00 | 24.00 |
H7 | 1F black | 265.00 | 100.00 |
H7a | grey-black | 265.00 | 100.00 |
H8 | 2F black / brownish yellow | 12.00 | 12.00 |
H8a | imperf. between horizontal pair | 120.00 | - |
Hiscocks added the following 2 notes:
Note 1. Morley lists a variety of No. 8 (i.e. lithographed) perforated 13. I find no other evidence of this but am open to correction. |
Note 2. No. 8 is on surface coloured paper to help avoid confusion with No. 7. |
1874 Similar to above but engraved on thin hard paper. Perf. 13.
5kr Perf. 9½ Lithographed. | 5kr Perf. 13 Engraved. |
Krajczàr is Hungarian for Kreuzer, the currency.
2F Perf. 9½ Lithographed. | 1F Perf. 13 Engraved. |
Type 1 5kr - H9 | Type 1 10kr - H10 | Type 1 20kr - H11 | Type 1 25kr - H12a ? | Type 1 40kr - H13 | Type 1 50kr - H14 |
Type 2 1F - H15 or H15a | Type 2 1F - H15 or H15a - courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht | Type 2 1F - H15 or H15a - two more paper colours. Black ink measures about the same though. |
Type 2 2F - H16a | Type 2 2F - H16b | Type 2 2F - H16b - courtesy of Patrick Conelly | Type 2 2F - H16c - courtesy of Patrick Conelly |
To me, it seems like the colour of the paper is more important than the shades of grey/black printing ink.
Hisc. | Description | Mint | Used |
---|---|---|---|
H9 | 5kr dark blue | 1.50 | 1.00 |
H9a | light blue | 4.50 | 3.00 |
H10 | 10kr dark blue | 1.50 | 1.00 |
H10a | light blue | 4.50 | 3.00 |
H11 | 20kr dark blue | 1.50 | 0.50 |
H11a | light blue | 4.50 | 1.50 |
H12 | 25kr dark blue | 2.00 | 0.50 |
H12a | light blue | 6.00 | 1.50 |
H13 | 40kr dark blue | 1.50 | 3.00 |
H13a | light blue | 4.50 | 10.00 |
H13b | imperf. between horizontal pair | 75.00 | 75.00 |
H14 | 50kr dark blue | 1.50 | 0.50 |
H14a | light blue | 4.50 | 1.50 |
H14b | imperf. between horizontal pair | 75.00 | 75.00 |
H15 | 1F black / greyish white | 3.00 | 3.00 |
H15a | grey-black / greyish white | 3.00 | 3.00 |
H15b | perf. 9½ | 300.00 | 200.00 |
H16 | 2F black / pale brown | 5.00 | 6.00 |
H16a | grey-black / pale brown | 5.00 | 6.00 |
H16b | black / pale brown perf. 9½ | 25.00 | 20.00 |
H16c | grey-black / pale brown perf. 9½ | 25.00 | 20.00 |
Hiscocks added the following 2 notes:
Note 1. Note 2 below No. 8 applies. |
Note 2. The engraved issues, Nos. 9 to 16 are on very thin hard paper which becomes brittle with age. Cracks, splits, missing corners, etc. are thus very common, especially with Nos. 15 and 16. |
This appears to be a receipt for a telgram that would have been below. Image courtesy of TreasuringsJewelry (click image for eBay listing).
This is bi-lingual version, with Hungarian (left/top) and Croatian, of the form above.
Image courtesy of TreasuringsJewelry (click image for eBay listing).
Telegram sending card.
Távirat-lap (Telegram-sheet) - outside. Figyelmeztetés = Warning.
#2 says : "E lap ára 31 kr. melylyel belföldre vagy Ausztriába és Németországba szóló táviratnál
10 szó díja is meg van fizetve; a 10 szón felüli díjak (egy szó 3 kr.) a belső lapon megjelőlt helyen
megfeleló értékü levéljegyek felragasztásával rovandók le. Ha a távirat oly helységbe van címezve, hol
csak vasuti távirda van, kézbesitési díjul még 15 kr. franko-jegyet kell ezen lap kijelőlt helyére ragasztani."
meaning : "The price of this card is 31 kr. with which the fee of 10 words is paid when sending a telegram to Hungary or Austria and Germany;
the fees of more than 10 words (one word is 3 kr.) by affixing the corresponding letter marks in the place indicated on the inner sheet.
If the Telegram is addressed to a place where there is only a railway Telegram, the delivery fee is 15 kr. a franko ticket must be affixed to the outside of this sheet.".
The outside-front caries a 31kr impressed stamp.
Images courtesy of TreasuringsJewelry (click image for eBay listing).
A third size Telegram of December 1916 to Szolnok written in German. 2 filler pre-stamped plus 1K28.
This half sized image shows a sample of them.
Steve Hiscocks made a start on cataloguing seals of the world in a book he published in 2007.
It was his hope to update it later, but unfortunately that was not to be.
His original book can be viewed at
Telegraph Seals: A World Catalogue. There are links from the pages to my updates.
Alternatively you can view the latest page for Hungary.
If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.
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