Europa 2008 Letter-writing

740 HUF

ITEM NO: 2008050060012-

"In Magyar Posta’s miniature sheet two different but related stamps are shown diagonally and rotated. The stamp de-signs have motifs referring to letter-writing. The HUF 100 stamp shows an envelope, writing paper and a decorative letter “A”, while the main motif of the HUF 230 stamp is the nib of a pen. In the frame of the miniature sheet there is a graphic composition suggesting a handwritten letter. In the continuously repeated text the following phrase occurs again and again in Hungarian, English and French: “Levél, levél-írás, letter, letter-writing, lettre, écrire une lettre, …”. The composition is completed by an inkwell and a quill. The motifs used in the frame are repeated on the first day cover and postmark."

Type First Day Cover
Short description "Each year the member countries of PostEurop vote to choose a subject to appear on each country’s EUROPA stamp released that year. In 2008 the topic was ""Letter-writing""."
Printing Office Pénzjegynyomda Zrt.
Issue year 2008
Issue time 2008. május 9.
Theme Europe
Designer Orsolya Kármán
Stamped/Uncanceled cancelled