Enamel pictures of Saint Crown I FDC

3890 HUF

ITEM NO: 4102615-

"The numbered special block has been prepared using works by painter Éva Nyáry. On the block there are six different stamp depictions showing five of the enamel plates on the Holy Crown and the crown itself in the shape of a cross – as if the domed bands of the crown were flattened.The motifs in the cross on the stamp block are, vertically from top to bottom, St Thomas, the Byzantine Emperor Michael Ducas, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Crown, and, horizontally left to right, Géza I, and the Byzantine Emperor Constantine.In the underprint of the frame of the block a detail of the Hungarian coronation mantle can be seen. On the bottom left side a foil-printed silhouette of the crown is shown, indicating where the depicted enamel panels are positioned on it. The crown is the main motif of the FDC and a stylised version of it also appears in the special postmark."

Type framed stamps
Short description The Hungarian Post Office Ltd. is to present the pictures on the enamel plates of the Holy Crown of Hungary on special stamps, in a series issued over four years on four separate stamp blocks.
Size 24,2 x 31,1 cm