Number by catalogue:  Michel: 3609   Yvert: 2852   Scott: 2782  

Perforation type: 11 ½x12

Subject:

5 forints. On label - logo of International topical Stamp Exhibition in Basel. On stamp - Watermill in Tapolca*, on Malom (Mill) lake

Additional:

*Tapolca is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary, close to the Lake Balaton.
Tapolca has more than 18 000 inhabitants. It is situated in a basin named after itself, in the junction of ancient service roads. The city lies on a low ridge, rising out from the lowlands. The place has been populated since the Stone Age.

14 cone-shaped basalt hills, covered with vineyards, encircle the small town. Its features a geological rarity in the form of the 4-km Tavas Cave in which you can go boating.

In the heart of the town there is a 200-year-old watermill on the shore of the picturesque Malom [Mill] Lake.

Exists also imperforated issue

Topics: Watermills