| ISSUES
OF THE REGENCY
Nos.
487-491
TYPE: A49
ISSUED: April 8, 1935
PROCESS: Photogravure
PAPER: Wmkd. double cross on pyramid
PERF.: 12
DESIGNER: Adam Manyoki
DESIGN: Prince Francis (Ferenc) Rakoczi II, taken from
a portrait, to the left coat of arms, above two diagonal
ribbons containing the dates 1676-1735.
PURPOSE: To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death
of Prince Rakoczi II on April 8, 1735
HISTORY: Born in Transylvania, then a part of Hungary,
not only a great hero but a master strategist; a statesman;
artist and writer. For eight consecutive years fought
for the constitutional and civil rights of the common
people; twice declined to accept the throne of Poland,
and at the end of the revolution he preferred exile rather
than to live under a foreign rule. His body and that of
his beloved mother, were returned and placed in the Cathedral
of Kassa in 1906, but by the Treaty of Trianon, Kassa
and all upper Hungary was ceded to Czechoslovakia, while
his beloved Transylvania was annexed to Roumania.
NOTES:
140,000 sets issued.
Special cancelation used at Budapest on April 8, 1935.
The 10 is known to exist without the moustache.
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