Heves (HU)

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Heves is a town (10,695 inhabitants end 2014) in eastern Hungary, Heves county. Heves lies at the northern extreme of the Great Hungarian Plain (Nagyalfold), just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River.

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Postmark in Hungary

Postal code: 3360

Kingdom of Hungary era (1867-1945)

HEVES 18. Sept 1873

Cards, Covers and Wrappers

Wrapper sent from Heves 18.9.1873 to Erdőtelek arrival 19.9.1873

Austrian Empire Hungary Crownland (1852-1867)

The HEVES post office opened on 1 June 1852, and was dependent on Postal Directory Pest.

Circle (retouched?) on the 1861 issue.