Stamp of hungary; 1920; definitive stamp with double overprint of the issue "reapers in field"; 1st overprint from 1919 (three lines in red): "magar / tanács / köztàrsasag" (=hungarian for "hungarian republic of councils" = "hungarian soviet republic") to mark the erection of the communist rule in hungary in 1919; 2nd overprint from 1920 (in black): bundle of wheat ears to mark the end of the communist rule in hungary in 1920); stamp drawing with colored numbers on white background and country inscription "magyar posta" (instead of "magyar kir. Posta"); stamp postmarked
stamp: michel: no. 299 (= no. 273 with overprint (= no. 196 with overprint)); yvert et tellier: no. 271 (= no. 251 with overprint (= no. 171 with overprint)); afa: no. 277 (= no. 252 with overprint (= no. 171 with overprint)); scott: no. 318
color: brown with red overprint with black overprint
watermark: hungary no. 7x (vertical patriarchial crosses)
nominal value: 20 filler
postage validity: from 26 january 1920 until 31 december 1920
stamp picture size (printed area): 19. 0 x 22. 0 mm. Date: 26 January 1920 (first issue day of the stamp).
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