REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Hungary
YEAR PRINTED: 1973
VALUE: 40 forint
This stamp is one of a series of seven issued by Hungary in 1973 to celebrate the Busójárás festival centered around Mohács, Hungary. Busó masks represent devils who parade in goat-skin suits at the end of Farsang (Carnival) to celebrate, or perhaps to frighten away, the end of winter.
