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OF THE SOVIET REPUBLIC
Nos. 198-202
TYPE: A 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
ISSUED: June 24, 1919
PROCESS: Lithographed
PAPER: Watermarked double cross
PERF: 12½ x 12
DESIGNER: (A 15, 16, 19) Ferenc Bokras; (17, 18) A Gara,
and S. Grof
DESIGN AND HISTORY:
Karl Marx. 1818-1883, writer of "Das
Kapital" from which both Socialists and Communists
obtain their political beliefs.
Alexander (Sandor) Petofi. 1823-1849,
writer of lyrics, embraced the cause of the Hungarian
revolutionists in 1848; was aide-de-camp to General Bern
and distinguished himself in the battle of Deva anEzasz-Sebes;
statue to his memory in Budapest.
Ignas Josef Martinovics, 1755-1795, an
old Franciscan, became one of the most rabid propagators
of democratic ideas in Hungary; on accession of Francis
II he headed a revolutionary movement, was beheaded in
1795 for a plot against the government.
Gyorgy Dozsa, born in the 16th Century,
raised an army from the peasants, attacked Istvan Bathory,
was burned to death on an iron throne with a fiery crown
on his head.
Friedrich Engles, 1820-1895, a German,
Socialist and associate of Karl Marx; edited several of
the volumes of Das Kapital; spent time in England; took
active part in founding of the International in 1864.
Bela Kun's government, the Magyar Tanacskoztarsasag or
Hungarian Soviet Republic (shown on the stamps) lasted
only 143 days, or until some time in July of 1919, when
a Socialist government came into power.
NOTES: There are plenty of forgeries
in the used copies of this set; the correct dates of usage
were between June 24, 1919, and November 23, 1919. The
entire set is known to exist imperforate.
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