| ISSUES
OF THE REGENCY
Nos.
422-427
TYPE: A30
ISSUED: August 1, 1928 (green, red, ultramarine)
August 1, 1929 (lake, violet, bistre)
PROCESS: Engraved
PAPER: Watermarked four double crosses
PERF. 14½, 14
DESIGNER: F. Helbing
ENGRAVED: At the Hungarian Government Printing Bureau
PURPOSE: In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of
the death of St: Stephen.
DESIGN: St. Stephen
HISTORY: St. Stephen (Stephen I or Istvan I or St. Etienne
977 - 1038) was the first King of Hungary, 998 - 1038,
at that time assuming the title of Stephen I First Christian
King of Hungary. He was one of the great statesmen of
history; his reign resulted in the establishment of the
Hungarian church and the Hungarian state. Stephen was
the son of Geza, Duke of Hungary, and Carlotta, one of
the few Magyar Christian ladies. Stephen spent 25 years
making his country the promised, land, and by the end
of his reign Catholics of all nationalities found refuge
there. St. Stephen was the husband of St. Gisela. He was
canonized a saint in 1083.
NOTE:
The lake, violet and bistre were issued in 1929 in connection
with the St. Stephen Festival.
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