Postal Stationery
In the year 1869, the Hungarian Post Office began to work autonomous from the Austrian administration; which controlled all postal service in the territories compriseds in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, In this way on 1st October 1869 issued one card with the portrait of Emperor Francis Joseph, with the armories of Hungary ant two languages versions: the one in Germany "Correspondenz- Kart." And the other in Hungarian "Levelezesi lap."
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From this date, Hungary issued differents postal stationeris:
| 1.- Cards | From 1 Oct. 1869 to nowadays |
| 2.- Closed cards | From 18 May 1868 to 31 Oct. 1945 |
| 3.- Envelops | From 1 May 1871 to nowadays |
| 4.- Aerogrammes | From 1 Oct. 1969 to nowadays |
| 5.- Tax payment | From1 Gen. 1884 to 1933 |
| 6.- Telegrams | From 1 Ago. 1873 to 31 Dec. 1952 |
| 7.- Customs declarations. | From 1 Dec. 1923 to Set. 1944 |
| 8.- Postal saving | From Gen. 1886 to ? Oct. 1944 |
| 9.- Newspapers bands | 1 Oct. 1872 fins 30 Set. 1900 |
| 10.- Parcel cards | ? ? to nowadays |
| 11.- Postal money orders | From 15 Feb. 1871 to 1940 and 1970 to nowadays |
| 12.- Police statement | From 1897 to 31 Dec. 1922 |
| 13.- War occupations. | 1919 (Fiume, SHS, Rumania, ...) |
There is a very good catalogue (I think the best) in Hungarian language "A Magyar Díjjegyes Postai Nyomtatványok Katalógusa" author Dr. Simády Béla, (nowadays have four volumes) You can acquire that by post in the philatelic commerces in Hungary. (If you want one address to command click here)