| ISSUES
OF THE REGENCY
Nos.
468-479
TYPE: A36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
ISSUED: August 1, 1932.
PROCESS: Photogravure from portraits
PAPER: Watermarked Double Cross on Pyramid
PERF.: 15
DESIGNED: From photographs and original paintings
PURPOSE: To publicize the national heroes.
DESIGNS AND HISTORY:
Imre Madach. 1823-1864, author of the
great Hungarian dramatic poem "The Tragedy of Man."
Janos Arany, 1817-1882, poet whose ballads
and epics are among the fundamentals of national poetry.
Ignaz Semmelweiss, 1818-1865, physician
famed for his prevention of septic fever; writer on medical
subjects.
Roland Eotvos, 1848-1919, distinguished
physicist and inventor of the Eotvos Pendulum for ascertaining
distant earthquakes and presence of water and minerals
in the ground; writer on these subjects.
Count Stephen Szechenyi, 1791-1860, founder
of the Hungarian Academy of Science and instigator of
every intellectual and economic movement in Hungary during
his lifetime. A statesman, soldier, and writer.
Franz Deak, 1803-1876, the wise man of
the nation - a lawyer by profession, he initiated the
peace between Hungary and Austria after the Hapsburg oppression.
Franz Liszt, 1811-1886, famed composer
of Hungarian origin, a pianist. Writer on musical subjects.
Louis Kossuth, 1802-1894, leader in the
struggle for freedom in 1848. Politician, editor, writer,
statesman.
Stephen Tisza, 1861-1918, Prime Minister
of Hungary before and during World War I, and victim of
the Bolshevik movement following the war.
Michaly Munkacay (Michael von Munkacsy)
1844-1900, a celebrated painter, his works being associated
with religion.
Alexander Csoma de Korosi 1784-1842.
Explored Central Asia in a search of that country from
which the Magyars derive their origin.
Farkas Bolyai, 1775-1858, philosopher,
physicist and mathematician.
NOTE: All of the above are known
to exist imperf.
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