2008 Hungarian stamp issues: Ethnic Minorities — Germans (May 9 2008)

2008 Hungarian stamp issues: Ethnic Minorities — Germans (May 9 2008)

By Eurostamper — June 20, 2008
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Hungary 2008 German minority stamp
This is the second in a series (the first being the Roma stamp of April 8). This time, the Hungarian minority being celebrated is the German people, who have established a significant presence in the country through several instances of migration throughout history.

The emblem of the National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary The stamp’s basic design is closely related to the Romany issue: it features a full-color woman dancing in the left foreground, and a musical instrument (more faded colors) on the right. In this case, the instrument is an accordion. The more distant background image is a German-Hungarian village, which celebrates the architecture of the group.

In the upper left corner is the emblem of the “Magyarországi Németek Országos Önkormányzatának” (National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary), an elected body dedicated to preserving the German language and culture in German-Hungarian areas.

The stamp bears the phrase “Magyarországi kisebbségek - Németek”, which means “Hungarian minority - German” in Hungarian. The stamp’s value is HUF 275.