Fraternity-Testvériség, 1958 (36. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1958-10-01 / 10. szám
6 FRATERNITY We are indeed most grateful to the Library of Congress for their generous assistance in arranging this exhibit which I commend to your attention. The life of Lajos Kossuth is a symbol of man's eternal struggle against oppression. It remains so today as peoples throughout the world search for a true and lasting peace based on truth, justice and freedom. The thirst for liberty, for the rights and dignity of man, can never be quenched and will last as long as there is life itself. Lajos Kossuth was the embodiment of this desire of man to live peacefully with his neighbor, and to have his rights respected and upheld by this same neighbor. The Post Office Department is proud to commemorate the sacrifices of Lajos Kossuth by the issuance of this set of “Champion of Liberty” stamps. The design for these new stamps is based on a daguerreotype taken in 1852, and furnished to the Department by Kossuth House in Washington, D. C. The 4>-cent denomination, which will be used primarily for domestic first class letter mail, is printed in green, a predominant color in Hungarian symbology, denoting hope. The 8-cent denomination — for international surface mail — is printed in red, blue and ocher, similar to the previous 8-cent “Champions of Liberty” stamps. The official pictorial cancellation being used today in Washington, D. C., on the Kossuth first-day covers — a reproduction of the Hungarian coat of arms while Kossuth was Governor of a free and independent Hungary — is an added interpretation of the meaning of these stamps. It is now my privilege to present albums of these Kossuth “Champion of Liberty” postage stamps to a group of distinguished persons.
