Stamp, photograph, 1936

Stamp, photograph, 1936 is held by Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism, dated 1936. Museum description: On a clipping cut from a publication, an illustration of a 10-fillér stamp can be seen, with the inscription "A sokgyermekes anyákért" [For mothers of large families].

In the center, the blue cornflower, the symbol of the campaign, is depicted. The so-called cornflower campaign, which supported families with many children, was launched by the Saint Stephen's Day Committee of Hungarian Mothers in the early 1930s. The annual campaign was timed for the Christmas holidays, encouraging merchants that "starting from December 6, for a full month, they should offer a cornflower to customers in exchange for 10 fillérs."

The flowers placed into circulation also bore the committee's stamp. Not only the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, but also 26 different merchants' organizations joined the campaign. From 1936, instead of artificial cornflowers, charity stamps were put into circulation in 5 and 10 fillér denominations; when affixed to letters, these stamps served the noble goal that the Bi The museum record gives measurements 10 x 14 cm; place associated: Budapest (Magyarország); Dalmady Győző utca 3.

(Budapest, District 4). These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.