Hungary - 2025 Eminent Philatelists X • Gyula Madarász - mint stamp with personalized coupon (MNH)
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Hungary - 2025 Eminent Philatelists X • Gyula Madarász - mint stamp with personalized coupon
Eminent Philatelists X • Gyula Madarász (1900-1981) was one of the most important Hungarian philatelists of all time. He became immersed in the world of stamp collecting and research at an early age. In his early twenties, he worked as a researcher at the Post Museum, and by the age of twenty-five he was already considered to be a recognised expert both in Hungary and abroad. As the foremost specialist on classical Hungarian stamps, he catalogued the types of the 1871 lithographic issues and he played a large part in the arrangement of the Stamp Museum’s material. At the 1971 FIP stamp exhibition, he was awarded the National Grand Prix for his traditional classification of lithographic series and for the stamp sheet reconstructions he created. Although his work was overshadowed by post-war restrictions, he became an internationally recognized figure in Hungarian philately and was referred to as “the Pope”. His most important work is his contribution concerning the 1871 issues to the Monograph of Hungarian Stamps, apart from which he also published numerous articles in Hungarian, English and German. His modesty, precision and high professional standards were exemplary, and he is remembered with great respect by his students and the profession. After his death, his legacy lives on through stamp collectors, philatelic literature and the Stamp Museum.