Date of issue: 16 May 2008

The series helps discover the features of the landscape of the national parks, showing typical examples of their flora and fauna, and the portrait of a scientist researching the area.
In the south-western corner of Vas county there is a beautiful area interspersed with woods and groves, where the conquering Magyars established guards to protect the western gate-way, hence the name of the region, Őrség, meaning garrison. On 1 March 2002 Hungary’s tenth national park was created from the Őrség Nature Conservation Area. The Őrség National Park includes the areas of Őrség, the Wend Region, the valley of the river Rába and the area of the Szentgyörgy Valley. There are 44 towns and villages within its total area of 44,000 hectares. (Source: http://hu.wikipedia.org)

The stamp shows a view of the landscape typical of the Őrség National Park, the bird characteristic of the area, the Crossbill, and the region’s flower of outstanding beauty, the Lemon Lily, alongside the portrait of the sci-entist and ornithologist, István Chernel. The design of the first day cover and the special postmark is of the distinctive landscape of Őrség.

Order code:
2008100010011/stamp
2008100060012/FDC

Perforated size: 45 x 28.33 mm, 50 stamps/sheet
Number of copies: 300,000
Date of issue: 16 May 2008
Printed by Pénzjegynyomda Zrt
Face value: HUF 220
Designed by Pál Varga