PÉCS 2010 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
Date of issue: 10 January 2010
Every year since 1985 large-scale cultural programmes have traditionally been organised by different European cities. In January 2010 three European cities will become European capitals of culture 2010: Essen in the Ruhr Valley in Germany, Istanbul straddling the Bosphorus and Pécs in southern Hungary.
The motifs of the stamp designs of the PÉCS 2010 sheet (from left
to right and top to bottom) are Mosque of Jakovali Hassan Calvary Hill
Pécs National Theatre Hungarian Academy of Sciences headquarters
Barbican Synagogue Statue of St Francis of Assisi (by György
Bársony) Pécs National Theatre Statue of the head of Janus Pannonius
(by Sándor Rétfalvi) County Hall Post Office Palace Pécs Basilica
Statue of the Holy Trinity (by György Kiss) Mosque of Pasha Gazi
Kasim University Gate Early Christian Necropolis, Cella Septichora
Zsolnay fountain Klimó Library Statue of Csontváry (by Jenő
Kerényi), Zsolnay vase (by Miklós Sikorski) Reformed Church Ruins of
Tettye Lutheran Church City Hall Symbol Sculpture (by Victor
Vasarely). On the edge around the stamp designs there are other images
and motifs characteristic of the city.
The design of the first day cover shows a work by Zoltán Pál on Jókai Square in Pécs, Navel of the Earth. The special postmark
has a stylised design of a graphic montage of the sights of Pécs.
Order code: 2010010040031 (sheet of stamps) - Number of copies issued dependent on demand.
2010010060032 (FDC)
Printed by Pénzjegynyomda
Date of issue: 10 January 2010
Photography by József Hajdú
Perforated size: 30 x 30 mm, 25 stamps/sheet
Designed by Attila Elekes