XIII. Five-Pointed Small Star Watermark. Vertical columns containing upright or inverted stars, similar to the preceding watermark.

Depending on the format of the stamp, the watermark appears in either an upright or sideways orientation, and on some stamps both orientations occur. No distinct watermark position can be determined.

Possible watermark orientations

• A: upright and inverted five-pointed stars;
• B: five-pointed stars lying to the left and right.

Issues on which the watermark occurs

Buildings I, 7 November I 1 Ft, Five-Year Plan II 8 f–1 Ft, Birds I 40 f and 2.50 Ft, Olympics I 30 f–1 Ft, Stalingrad 60 f, Stalin Mourning, Holiday Resorts (except 1 Ft), Buildings II, People’s Stadium (except 5 Ft), Folk Costumes I (except 2.50 Ft), 1953 Stamp Day, Composers 30 f and 1 Ft, Lenin, Insects (except 2 Ft), Aviation Day, Five Years of the Constitution, Fruits, Jókai and souvenir sheet, Scientists, Forint–Fillér Postage Due II, Brown Postage Due III, 50 Years of Hungarian Postage Due Stamps, Red–Black Postage Due.

Distinguishing the large and small five-pointed star watermarks

• The spacing between the five-pointed stars is not uniform everywhere, especially in the large-star watermark.
• As a general rule, the large stars are closer together horizontally and slightly farther apart vertically than the small stars.
• The points of the large stars are sharper, while those of the small stars are blunter.
• The presence of a numeral watermark conclusively identifies the large-star watermark.