Odd Hungarian Stamp (Circa 1945)

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before or knows what it is?

It seems to be some kind of bank stamp (I think it says 'Hungarian People's Bank') converted into a 10 forint postage stamp.

This might be one for Wadmalatz!



Thanks for looking, everyone.

Looks like the postage due set from 1951...this would be the middle value of three. I only have a Classic close at hand right now, but I can check the full set later.

Right on CD, J196 issued in 1951. 20c mint or used.

Thanks for responses, guys!

The original unoverprinted bank stamp had been used in 1945 to authenticate 10,000 pengo banknotes as part of an attempt to control the high inflation of the time:



From Wikipedia: In December 1945, the government tried (and failed) to take the inflation under control by a one-time capital levy. This meant that the 1000, 10 000 and 100 000 pengo banknotes had to be overstamped with a stamp that could be bought for 3 times the value of the banknote. Banknotes without stamp were worth 1/4 of their nominal value after this campaign. Later the 100 000 pengo note was issued again with different colors - this banknote and higher denominations did not fall under the capital levy.

I've wondered about the underlying stamp...thanks for the note/stamp info.