HUNGARIAN HORSE RACING IS 180 YEARS OLD

12 June 2007.

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The HUF 62 value impression of the postcard shows the horse statue located at the entrance to Kincsem Park. The picture side of the postcard shows pictures and photographs illustrating the 180 years of Hungarian horse racing, horizontally, in order from left to right: “The tribune of the professionals and their associates”, “Flat race at the renewed Budapest racecourse”, “The trotters have also moved to Kincsem Park” and “Horse racing = sport + fun + entertainment”. The first picture is by Gyula Krúdy - Henrik Pálmai entitled: From start to finish, Budapest, 1922, the others are the photographs of János Bíró. The background of the postcard is a map detail depicting the once three racecourses of Budapest. The special cancellation stamp shows a stylised drawing of a horseshoe.

Order code: 2007003090011

Sales price: HUF 107
Date of issue: 12 June 2007
Printing press: Állami Nyomda
Number of copies: 14,000
Graphic designer: Orsolya Kármán