GREAT HUNGARIANS – BICENTENARY OF KÁROLY KNEZICH’S BIRTH
Date of issue: 14. March 2008
Károly Knezich (1808–49), a Hungarian army general, was one of the
martyrs of Arad. As a member of the imperial army, in the spring of 1848
he offered his services to the Hungarian army. He took part in the
campaign against the Serbs and in the battles of Tápióbicske and
Komárom. Due to his military successes he was promoted rapidly and, when
János Damjanich was wounded, he became a general and commander of the
third corps. After the battle of Pered, he was relieved of his command
by Artúr Görgey and then Lajos Kossuth appointed him commander of the
Upper Tisza corps and he served in the Ministry of Defence.
Kossuth
wanted to make him governor of Transylvania but, as the military
situation deteriorated, he was put at the helm of an improvised corps.
He surrendered at Világos. He was sentenced to be hung, and was the
fourth of the martyrs to be executed. Source:
http://hu.wikipedia.org
The stamp design shows a portrait of Károly Knezich and in the background a scene of the battle of Komárom on 24 April 1849, based on a contemporary lithograph. On the first day cover there is a reproduction of the memorial plaque and relief in Knezich Street in Budapest. The commemorative postmark is a stylized drawing of a bust of Károly Knezich.
Order code:
2008010010011/stamp
2008010060012/FDC
Perforated size: 40 x 30 mm, 50 stamps/sheet
Date of issue: 14 March 2008
Number of copies: 250,000
Face value: HUF 380
Printed by Állami Nyomda
Printing method: offset
Designed by László Dudás