Saturnus
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:19 pm
A number of stamps were issued by Hungary in 1959 to popularise Balaton, a holiday resort on the lake. The 1.70 stamp shows the aluminium-built auxiliary seagoing yacht Saturnus in the harbour of Balatonfured. She has a sail area of 125 square metres and was launched at the Dunai Hajogyar Shipyard on the Danube, in the port of Vac, the home of aluminium yacht-building.
Owned by the Hungarian Trades Union Council, the yawl is used by visitors at the trade union rest houses at Balatonfured. She has a passenger capacity of 12 and a crew of two hands.
The statue also featured on the stamp is of the Hungarian artist, John Pasztor.
Sea Breezes June 1960
Hungary SG1598
Owned by the Hungarian Trades Union Council, the yawl is used by visitors at the trade union rest houses at Balatonfured. She has a passenger capacity of 12 and a crew of two hands.
The statue also featured on the stamp is of the Hungarian artist, John Pasztor.
Sea Breezes June 1960
Hungary SG1598