PROTECTED HUNGARIAN FLOWERS
Date of issue: 24 February 2009
The cloth-of-gold crocus is shown on the DOMESTIC stamp and the
squill on the DOMESTIC PRIORITY stamp. The unusual The The cloth-of-gold
crocus is shown on the DOMESTIC stamp and the squill on the DOMESTIC
PRIORITY stamp. The unusual feature about the issue is that the stamp
depicting the cloth-of-gold crocus is also being released in a
self-adhesive versionThe small cloth-of-gold crocus is just 5-10 cm high
and is one of the earliest blooming wild flowers in the country. Four
species occur wild in Hungary and all are protected. The north-western
border of the places it occurs is in Hungary. (Source:
www.paks.info.hu)There
are several species of squill, which are all protected. The species
illustrated on the stamp is Scilla drunensis Speta, which likes a fresh,
damp habitat, and flowers between the end of February and April.
(Source: wwf.hu)
In ultra violet light a red guilloche
pattern is visible on the gummed set of stamps and a green guilloche
pattern on the edge of the self-adhesive stamp. This is the first time
in the history of Hungarian stamp issuing that sheets of 50
self-adhesive stamps have been made. The stamps in the sheet in each
field have been made using kiss-diecut wavy lines imitating perforation
stopping at the corners. Security kiss-diecutting has been used on the
stamps for the inscriptions DOMESTIC and HUNGARY. Perforation lines aid
separation between the lines and columns within the sheet.
Order code: 2009012050231 (gummed set) / 2009013010031 (self-adhesive)
Date of issue: 24 February 2009
Printed by Pénzjegynyomda (gummed set), Codex Értékpapírnyomda (self-adhesive)
Designed by Péter Berky
Printing method: offset
Perforated size of stamp: 26 x 33 mm - 100 stamps/sheet (gummed set), 50 stamps/sheet (self-adhesive
Number of copies to be printed dependent on demand.
More information: philately@posta.hu
