Description: This striking vintage stamp is a 1 Ft (one forint) denomination issued by the Hungarian postal authority, Magyar Posta, to celebrate global railway milestones. The dynamic artwork highlights a streamlined Soviet IS-series (Iosif Stalin) passenger locomotive, beautifully rendered with a bold yellow cowling, copper-toned accents, and a distinctive five-pointed communist star emblem centered on its nose cone. In the pale green background, a minimal landscape of evergreen trees and a structural truss bridge captures the grand industrial expanse of Eastern Bloc rail infrastructure. The vertical typography on the right prominently displays the word "SZOVJET" (Soviet) to designate the origin of the featured locomotive, framed neatly by clean decorative borders.
Circa: 1972
Condition: CTO
Notes:
This item was released as part of a highly sought-after seven-stamp "Locomotives" (Mozdony) topical series designed entirely by the prominent Hungarian graphic artist Gusztáv Zsitva (signed at the bottom right corner as "Zsitva Sz."). The locomotive depicted is a specialized, experimental aerodynamic variant of the Soviet IS20-16 streamliner built in 1937, which was capable of reaching impressive top speeds of 155 km/h.