Hungary Stamps
1939
Michel 620
"Protestant church Meeting - Budapest"
Issued: 1st Oct 1939. Printed photogravure on watermarked 9 paper and perf 12:12¼.
This stamp features Zsuzsanna Lorántffy, anglicized as Susanna Lorantffy (1602 in Ónod, Hungary – 1660 in Sárospatak, Hungary). She was a Princess consort of Transylvania by marriage to György Rákóczi I, Prince of Transylvania. A passionate Calvinist, she assisted her husband in his successful struggle to introduce Protestant reforms in the Transylvanian church.
She founded or sponsored several educational establishments, notably the Reformed College at Sárospatak. Her Protestant religious beliefs compelled her to shun the pampered life of an aristocrat and instead to express her religion through action especially through development of girls' education. While living in Nagyvárad she ensured that girls were taught not only the skills needed to run a home and bring up a family, but also to read, write, and do arithmetic. They were to be versed in the Bible.
She also sponsored the Várad Bible, a completely new translation (and not a reproduction of the Vizsoly Bible).
Mi 620
40 + 20 fillér
dark grey blue
Front
40 + 20 fillér
dark grey blue
Front
Mi 620
40 + 20 fillér
dark grey blue
Reverse
40 + 20 fillér
dark grey blue
Reverse
Valid until: 30th Jun 1940
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