The treasures of Hungarian Museums 2011
Date of issue: 18 May 2011
In 2011 the treasures of the Hungarian National Museum’s Rákóczi
Museum in Sárospatak and the Hungarian Museum of Engineering and
Transport’s Várpalota Museum of Chemistry are being placed on stamps. The
Rákóczi Museum operates as an affiliate of the Hungarian National
Museum in Sárospatak. The castle of the Rákóczi family is today the most
significant Rákóczi-linked location in Hungary, more than one hundred
thousand people visit it every year. The permanent exhibition of the
“golden age of the Rákóczi family” is the most detailed and the richest
collection in the subject with regards to artefacts. Among the permanent
exhibitions it is important to mention the exhibition on grape growing
and wine making. (Source: spatak.hu)
The following objects and motifs
of the Rákóczi Museum in Sárospatak appear on the HUF 280 stamp, from
left to right: a stove tile made by the Haban potters settled in town
quarter known as Héce by György Rákóczi I (17th c.); the building of the
Rákóczi castle: the inner castle courtyard with the red Tower (16th c.)
and the Lorántffy lodge; Head of the angel from the north gate of the
Old Palace (16th c.); a product from the glassworks established by
Ferenc Rákóczi II, a thread-decorated glass jug (19th c.); a
shark-decorated glass with the coat of arms of the Mikes family (1682)
and also from the glassworks established by Ferenc Rákóczi II a
glassworks glass (18th c.).The Hungarian Chemistry Museum was
established in 1963 by the Ministry of Heavy Industry with the purpose
of collecting the Hungarian memories of the chemical industry and the
science of chemistry, to keep them safe and make them accessible for the
generations to come. It has been in operation in the Thury castle since
1969. Since being established it has retained its curiosity and
operates as Central Europe’s only independent museum of chemistry.
(Source: vegyeszetimuzeum.hu)
The order of the motifs forming the
stamp image of the Várpalota Museum of Chemistry on the HUF 385 stamp
are, from left to right: the certificate of Lajos Ilosvay (1851-1936) a
prominent figure in Hungarian education in chemistry and medicine; the
museum building, Thury castle; János Bánffy-Hunyady (1578-1646)
Hungarian alchemist living in London; pharmacy vessels from the end of
the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries and a mercury air pump from
the bequest of Károly Than. Further motifs in connection with the theme decorate the first day cover and cancellation stamp.
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Order code: 2011160050211 (series) 2011160060012 (Rákóczi FDC) 2011160060112 (Chemistry FDC)
Date of issue: 18 May 2011
Total face value: HUF 665
Number of copies: 300,000, 50 stamps/sheet
Perforation size of stamp: 40 x 26.67 mm
Printing process: offset
Press: Pénzjegynyomda
Design artist: Barnabás Baticz
