HUNGARY

HUNGARY / MAGYARORSZÁG.

25th Anniversary of the Council System in Hungary.
Map showing electoral districts, and coat of arms.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 01.10.1975.
Face value: 1 Hungarian forint.
Design: Éva Zombory (1927-1998).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 3,283,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 41 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2990.
- Michel No. 3068A.
- Philatelia Hungarica No. 3063.
- Scott No. 2374.
- StampWorld No. 3091.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2984.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2451.

Hungary is a unitary State organised on a decentralised basis; the Fundamental Law recognises local governmental system. Hungary comprises 19 Counties (megye) and 3,154 Municipalities (település). In 1950 2,978 village councils were formed, amond which 2,808 were independent village councils and from 371 villages were formed 170 cornmon village ones. The network of village councils, developed nearly all over the country, furthered the direct realization of the aims and activity ofthe central power in transforming the society, as local organs ofthe governamental power.