BSG.BS.01258 — Hungarian, Flour Bag Seal, Victoria Steam Mills Seal, 0

Found in the Staffs area.

STEAM MILLS is written across the middle of one side (this is often found in German on many other similar seals - Dampf Mühlen) curved above this is VICTO(RI)A and curved below is BUDAPEST. The other side appears to be the same but with 0 in the centre.

The principal industry of Hungary is flour-milling. The number of steam-mills, which in 1867 was about 150, rose to 1723 in 1895 and to 1845 in 1905. Between 3,000,000 and 3,200,000 tons of wheat-flour are produced annually. The principal steam-mills are at Budapest; large steam-mills are also established in many towns, while there are a great number of water-mills and some wind-mills. The products of these mills form the principal article of export of Hungary. From Historical Text Archive - Austria-Hungary and Poland, A Short History of.