An Asian Magyar built a Hungary kingdom in the end of the 9th century. The 16th century begins and is governed by Ottoman Turkey, and a follower of the Austria House of Hapsburg will receive it after the 18th century. It formed the House of Hapsburg and Austria-Hungary empire in 1867 and achieved virtual independence. However, an empire collapsed after World War I, and it was occupied with World War II by the Soviet Union and became a socialist state as a people's republic in 1949. Hungarian uprising occurred in 1956, and the Soviet Union intervened militarily. A rapid progress reformist held an experiment in 1989 after 30 years, and communism collapsed and was rebeared in Europe model social democracy, and the name of a country became the Republic of Hungary.
Hungary had issued a lot of stamps once with Poland of the old Communist block, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, etc. The stamp describing the design of a certain theme especially called so-called topical, such as an animal, pictures, and a vehicle, was simultaneously issued by the set many kinds. I introduce ten kinds of fish stamps issued in 1997 and four kinds of fish stamp sets issued in 1962.
Republic of Hungary
1962.5.5 Fish Stamp
Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii (Poeciliidae) |
Paradise Fish Macropodus opercularis (Belontiidae) |
Wild Guppy Poecilia reticulatus (Poeciliidae) |
Siamese Fighting Fish Betta splendens (Belontiidae) |
Tiger Barb Puntius tetrazona (Cyprinidae) |
Marble Angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (Cichlidae) |
Black Belt Sunfish Mesogonistius chaetodon (Centrarchidae) |
Lyretail Panchax Aphyosemion australe (Nothobranchiidae) |
Neon Tetra Paracheirodon innesi (Characidae) |
Discus Symphysodon aequifasciata (Cichlidae) |
1997.6.6 Fish Stamp
Snakehead Fish Cymnocephalus schraetzer (Channidae) |
European Bullhead Cottus gobio (Cottidae) |
Spirlin Alburnoides bipunctatus (Cyprinidae) |
Spined Loach Cobitis taenia (Cobitidae) |