A Little Hungarian Chess History (sheet)
"The history of Hungarian chess has been put on the 64 stamp de-signs by micro writing as an under-print. The sheet of stamps consists of stamps with a 1,600-character study on the history of chess on each, which, read in the right order (from square a8 horizontally to square h1), review the material re-mains, important personalities and events of Hungarian chess spanning one thousand years from the earliest written records and archaeological finds to the present day. The stamp design depicts a chess board showing the starting move of the so-called “Hungarian Defence”. The name derives from the corre-spondence chess match between the Hungarian and French capitals between 1842-1845, which ended in a Hungarian victory in both matches. In order to easily identify the squares, the edges contain numerals on the right and left hand sides and let-ters on the top and bottom. The lower edge has an inscription meaning “A Little Hungarian Chess History”.Source: Iván Bottlik’s manuscript"
Type | postage stamp sheet |
Short description | The Hungarian Post Office Ltd. presents the history of Hungarian chess by issuing a special sheet of stamps which is unique in the world. |
Printing Office | Pénzjegynyomda |
Perforation Sizer | 25 x 25 mm |
Cutting size | 225 x 225 mm |
Theme | sport |
Designer | György Kara |
Stamped/Uncanceled | mint |