Hungary – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 17 postcards

Hortobagy, Tanyai-haz
A village scene, this early 20th cent. card was unmailed but has short pencilled notation in Japanese on the reverse, some abrasions on the edges, and a price sticker–in Hungarian. Grade: 4

Code: 20524001
Price: $8.00
Budapest, multiple views
Card was mailed in 1988. It has a stamp but no sign of a postmark. Serrated edges, and a little crunching of the lower right front corner. Grade: 2

Code: 20524002
Price: $3.50
Budapest, multiple views
Mailed from the U.K. in 2009, with stamp, postmark, orange postal barcoding, and blue air mail sticker affixed. The plaintive message reminds us again of the dangers of being a tourist. Grade: 3

Code: 20524003
Price: $2.50
Radio Budapest QSL
From 1972, this is postcard-sized but always meant to be sent in an envelope, which it was. Reception details are on the front, while the reverse explains about the station’s Short Wave Club and DX shows. Grade: 1

Code: 20524004
Price: $10.00
Budapest, Veres Palne
We’re not quite able to make out the date on the postmarks on the front of this card, but you might be able to do that. The reverse has various addresses, a rubber stamp from the sender, and so on. Grade: 3

Code: 20524005
Price: $7.00
Tapolca, multiple views
Unused multi-view MTI Foto card for which we plead not knowing whether that is a pre-printed stamp in the postage area, or just an indicator of how much postage one should use. Grade: 1

Code: 20524006
Price: $6.00
Gyor, multiple views and Greetings
Greetings from Gyor! Udvozlet Gyorbol! Unused Ars Una Studio card. Grade: 1

Code: 20524007
Price: $6.00
Luxury Railcar of ER on November 20th 1965
The card is newer than 1965. It was mailed from the U.K. in 2011 with a 76p “steam engine” stamp and additional stickers. Orange postal barcoding, but no postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 20524009
Price: $8.00
Tram – First day of issue, and later
This very nice card seems to celebrate 100 years of tram service (1911-2011) and has a tram stamp and special May 2011 postmark. But the card was mailed in 2012, with another stamp (not cancelled), and blue Elsobbsegi/Prioritaire label. Anyway, great for collectors of tram postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20524010
Price: $7.00
Eörsi István, dr. Noha
Eörsi István was a Hungarian writer, novelist, and political essayist. If you live in Hungary, you already know this. The card–mailed with a detailed meter label plus a real stamp and postmark–is one of his novels. Grade: 2

Code: 20524011
Price: $2.00
Budapest, Houses of Parliament
Unused but with four strips of tape on the back. Grade: 5

Code: 20524012
Price: $1.00
Budapest, Paris Courtyard
One internet source calls this “one of the most neglected fading beauty”. It started life as a bank, we know that much. The card is unused and has an upper perforated edge, probably having come from a set. Grade: 1

Code: 20524013
Price: $2.00
Budapest, multiple views
Unmailed Soviet-era card, with a 1973 message and address on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 20524014
Price: $0.50
Budapest, Fireworks
Unused, older card with perforated edge indicating this had been part of a set. Grade: 2

Code: 20524015
Price: $1.00
Budapest, bridge
Heavily aged and handled, but otherwise unused, card. No caption. Grade: 2

Code: 20524016
Price: $1.00
Budapest, Parliament
In maybe the 1980s this card was mailed from Austria (not Hungary, unless you want to close one eye to history), with stamp and indistinct postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20524018T
Price: $2.00
Budapest, Belvaros
District V is the heart of Budapest. The name of the district is Belváros-Lipótváros (English: Inner City – Leopold Town), which refers to the two historical neighbourhoods. Inner City is the old town of Pest, while Leopold Town was established in the early 19th century, and became the political and financial centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian Parliament was built. If you think that’s confusing, you should see the Wikipedia entry. This card was probably mailed in the 1980s, from Austria (not Hungary), with stamp, airmail sticker folded over to the front, and indistinct postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 20524019T
Price: $2.00

Total: 17 postcards