Hungary Stamps
1939

Michel 618
"Protestant church Meeting - Budapest"

Issued: 1st Oct 1939. Printed photogravure on watermarked 9 paper and perf 12:12¼.

This stamp features Adalbert of Prague, known in Czech by his birth name Vojtěch, who was a Bohemian missionary and Christian saint. He was the Bishop of Prague and a missionary to the Hungarians, Poles, and Prussians, who was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity. He is said to be the composer of the oldest Czech hymn Hospodine, pomiluj ny and Bogurodzica, the oldest known Polish hymn, but his authorship of it has not been confirmed.

St. Adalbert was later declared the patron saint of the Czech Republic (as St. Vojtěch), of Poland (as St. Wojciech), and of Duchy of Prussia. He is also the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Esztergom.

Mi 618
20 + 10 fillér
carmine red
Front

Mi 618
20 + 10 fillér
carmine red
Reverse

Valid until: 30th Jun 1940

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Hungary Stamps 1939

Michel 618 "Protestant church Meeting - Budapest"