Mihaly Gervay was Born 200 Years Ago (Special Edition)

Magyar Posta is issuing its numbered souvenir sheet released on 9 May 2019 in honour of the centenary of the birth of MihályGervay and the 150th anniversary of the world’s first official postcard being issued also in limited printing technique editions and in the form of an exclusive stamp set.

In addition to the standard edition of the souvenir sheet previouslyreleased to mark the centenary of the birth of Mihály Gervay and the150th anniversary of releasing the world’s first official postcard, on this occasion a red-numbered imperforated and a green-numbered specially perforated edition of the souvenir sheet as well as an exclusive stamp set are being issued.

The stamp set contains a standard edition of the commemorative souvenir sheet together with its red-numbered imperforated and green- numbered specially perforated edition as well as a black print, which may only be purchased as part of this stamp set. The souvenir sheets and the black print are in mounts to protect them. The stamp set sold in a resealable plastic case comes with a numbered Certificate in Hungarian, English and German bearing an embossed postal seal verifying its originality. All the editions in each set of the 1,000 sets issued bear the same serial number in the number range between 1 and 1,000.

The red- and green-numbered souvenir sheets with serial numbers above the 1,000 number range are also available for sale outside the set.