Hungarian-Slovenian joint stamp issue
Folk treasures of the Mura area and the Slovene Raba region appear on a miniature sheet jointly issued by Magyar Posta and Post of Slovenia.
The stamp issue ceremony took place at the international stamp
exhibition Maribofila2012 in Maribor as part of the events of the
European Capital of Culture. The Hungarian stamp, designed by the
graphic artist Barnabás Baticz, was released by Andrea Bedecs, Magyar
Posta’s commercial director. The subject chosen for the joint Hungarian-Slovenian issue are
objects from the shared folk art of the two countries. The topic
illustrated in the stamp designs is pottery. In Hungary the majority of
the ethnic Slovenian community lives in Szentgotthárd and its
surroundings. The stamp on the left shows objects and a building
typically associated with this area and the community’s local history.
The area of Mura, which lies beyond Hungary’s present-day borders,
belonged to the Slovene area that was once part of historic Hungary. The
stamp on the right shows local objects and historic buildings from the
Mura area. The black ware which can be seen on the stamp is a
distinctive style of local pottery. The stamps capture the chimneyless
‘smoky’ house in Felsőszölnök and buildings in the village of Filovici,
where pottery is made. The border of the miniature sheet publicises the
joint stamp issue in Hungarian and Slovenian. Artefacts from the shared
folk traditions are fea-tured on the first day cover and the special
cancellation mark captures hands working at a potter’s wheel.
The
ethnographer Mrs Mária Kozár Mukics assisted with the stamp release and
the Pável Ágoston Museum of Local History and Slovene Ethnicity, and the
Regional Museum of Murska Sobota helped select the objects and prepare
the photographs from their collections.
Order code: 2012103040011 (miniature sheet), 2012103060012 (FDC)
Date of issue: 25 May 2012
Total face value: HUF 520
Number of copies issued: 200,000
Perforated size of stamps: 40 x 30 mm
External imperforated size of miniature sheet: 110 x 60 mm
Printed by Állami Nyomda
Photo by József Hajdú, Tomo Jeseničnik
Designed by Barnabás Baticz
