IV. Small Crown Watermark. An asymmetrical top-view representation of the crown.

The complete watermark design was small enough to fit within a Turul-design stamp and was repeated at intervals that could, in principle, have placed one complete crown on each stamp.

In practice, a complete motif rarely appears on a single stamp; usually parts of two or more motifs are visible. Once on each printing sheet, a numeral watermark appeared between four crown motifs. On postage and newspaper stamps the watermark occurs upright, while on postage-due stamps it occurs sideways. All four watermark positions occur in both orientations. Both the orientation and the exact position can be determined on every stamp, because the asymmetrical details of the crown motif, as well as the cross on the crown, are sufficient for identification. For collecting watermark positions, the heraldically correct crown is regarded as the basic position.

Watermark orientations and positions

• A1: upright crown, with the cross leaning to the left;
• A2: upright crown, with the cross leaning to the right;
• A3: inverted crown, with the cross leaning to the left;
• A4: inverted crown, with the cross leaning to the right;
• B1: crown lying to the left, with the cross leaning to the left;
• B2: crown lying to the left, with the cross leaning to the right;
• B3: crown lying to the right, with the cross leaning to the left;
• B4: crown lying to the right, with the cross leaning to the right.

Issues on which the watermark occurs

1904 (1906) Turul, 1904 Newspaper Stamp, 1905 (1906) Green Postage Due, 1915 Provisional Postage Due.