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THis beatiful cover from Hungary depicts 1 cover and a joint issue Hungary-Japan, featuring 2 world heritage places: the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, and the Fusijan (Mount Fuji), in Japan. The Parliament Building in Budapest is part of the Unesco site Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue and the Mount Fuji is also a Unesco World Heritage Site, inscribed as Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration.

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A nice cover from Hungary with 2 small minisheets of same type celebrating the Romanesque Hall of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest and a part of Budapest World Heritage Site. The central area of Budapest along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and has several notable monuments of classical architecture, including the Hungarian Parliament and the Buda Castle. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world.

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A nice cover from Hungary with 3 stamps celebrating Budapest. The central area of Budapest along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and has several notable monuments of classical architecture, including the Hungarian Parliament and the Buda Castle. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world.

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This cover from Hungary depict a 90 ft stamp (on the rigt)., celebrating the UNESCO World Heritage site Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape. Shared with Austria, the Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment. The remarkable rural architecture of the villages surrounding the lake and several 18th- and 19th-century palaces adds to the area’s considerable cultural interest. The site is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2001.

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In this cover from Hungary, the 150ft stamp (on the right), celebrates the Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996. The Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (lat. Archiabbatia or Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae) is a medieval building in Pannonhalma, one of the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. Founded in 996, it is located near the town, on top of a hill (282 m). Saint Martin of Tours is believed to have been born at the foot of this hill, hence its former name, Mount of Saint Martin (Hungarian: Márton-hegy), from which the monastery occasionally took the alternative name of Márton-hegyi Apátság. This is the second largest territorial abbey in the world, after the one in Monte Cassino. Its sights include the Basilica with the Crypt (built in the 13th century), the Cloisters, the monumental Library with 360,000 volumes, the Baroque Refectory (with several examples of trompe-l'œil) and the Archabbey Collection (the second biggest in the country).

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In this cover from Hungary, the 170ft stamp (on the right), celebrates the Hortobágy National Park. Hortobágy is an 800 km2 national park in eastern Hungary, rich with folklore and cultural history. The park, a part of the Alföld (Great Plain), was designated as a national park in 1973 (the first in Hungary), and elected among the World Heritage sites in 1999. The Hortobágy is Hungary's largest protected area, and the largest semi-natural grassland in Europe. Until recently it was believed that this alkaline steppe was formed by the clear cutting of huge forests in the Middle Ages, followed by measures to control the course of the Tisza River, allegedly resulting in the soil's current structure and pH. However, Hortobágy is much older, with alkalinization estimated to have started ten thousand years ago, when the Tisza first found its way through the Great Hungarian Plain, cutting off many streams from their sources in the Northern Mountains. The formation was finished by grazing animals and wild horses during the Ice Age, followed by domesticated animals. One of its most iconic sites is the Nine-holed Bridge. Traditional T-shaped sweep wells dot the landscape, as well as the occasional mirage of trees shimmering in the reflected heat of the puszta (steppe). Part of the national park is a dark sky preserve.

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This cover from Hungary depicts a stamps issued in 2006 (the stamp on the right) celebrating the Necropolis of Pécs. In the 4th century, a remarkable series of decorated tombs were constructed in the cemetery of the Roman provincial town of Sopianae (modern Pécs). These are important both structurally and architecturally, since they were built as underground burial chambers with memorial chapels above the ground. The tombs are important also in artistic terms, since they are richly decorated with murals of outstanding quality depicting Christian themes. Sopianae, predecessor of Pécs in the Roman times had its late Roman Paleochristian cemetery was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in the year 2000. In their architecture and wall-paintings the excavated finds present the Early Christian burial architecture and art of the Northern and Western provinces of the Roman Empire. From among the Hungarian world heritage sites the Early Christian cemetery is the only one that has won itself a place on the UNESCO world heritage list in the category of culture-historical architecture.

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This cover from Hungary depicts a 180 ft. stamp issued in 2002 (the stamp on the right), celebrating the UNESCO World Heritage site "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst". The site comprises 712 caves in Slovakia and Hungary. They represent a typical temperate-zone karstic system. The sediments and fossils in the caves show geological records of the subtropical and tropical climatic conditions from the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary, as well as the Pleisp the stamtocene glaciations. The original nomination in 1995 listed the Domica, Gombasecká, Jasovská, Krásnohorská, and Ochtinská caves on the Slovakian side, with Dobšiná Ice Cave added as an extension in 2000. A modification of the site boundaries on the Hungarian side took place in 2008.

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A nice cover from Hungary with 3 stamps depicting the Szécheny Chain Bridge in Budapest and a part of Budapest World Heritage Site. The central area of Budapest along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and has several notable monuments of classical architecture, including the Hungarian Parliament and the Buda Castle. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world.

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A nice UNESCO cover from Hungary, featuring 2 blocks celebrating Budapest, the capital and most populous city in Hungary. The central area of Budapest along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has several notable monuments, including the Hungarian Parliament and the Buda Castle. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world.

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A nice cover from Hungary, depicting a complete set issued in 2018 on topic "Regions and towns of Hungary". One stamp celebrates the Nádasdy Castle (16th. century), in Sárvár.

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A cover from Hungary, depicting 5 different stamps.

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Another interesting cover from Hungary in a special FDC envelope. The cover was posted in Hajdúböszörmény, a town located 187 kms east of Budapest.

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Another nice cover received from Hungary, with 3 stamps affixed on it. The interesting again is that the cover is a philatelic product of austrian post but was posted in a hungarian town called Hajdúböszörmény by my friend Mester Imre.

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Here is a nice cover received from Hungary, with 2 stamps affixed on it. The interesting thing is that the cover is a philatelic product of austrian post but was posted in a hungarian town called Hajdúböszörmény by my friend Mester Imre.

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This is my 2nd cover from Hungary, depicting a ministaure sheet issued in 2013 on topic "Fauna of Hungary", with the Northern White-Breasted Hedgehog (Erinaceus romanicus). The letter was posted in a hungarian town called Hajdúböszörmény.