Date of issue: 27. February 2008

Folk customs and folk traditions are also linked to this important Christian holiday, among these one of the most characteristic is the custom of egg drawing and the giving of eggs. The egg with the bird hatching from it is a symbol of the resurrected Christ.
The postage stamp made for the posting of Easter postcards and letters shows the works of Hungarian craftsmanship prize-winning egg drawing applied artist Mrs. Csaba Mosonyi. The graphic design of the first day cover depicts a moment from the process of egg drawing, and the cancellation stamp graphic includes an egg drawing motif.

Mrs. Csaba Mosonyi says the following of her activities: “I inherited this tradition, the egg drawing technique using wax and special pen and the treasure of patterns of the tiny village in Barany county, Kékesd from my maternal grandmother. In this way I learnt the craft of egg drawing before I could write. It was only when I saw my grandmother’s eggs again in the Pécs Museum of Ethnology that I realised I had inherited a treasure… For nearly 40 years I have been preserving and polishing from year to year this branch of Hungarian folk art, the tradition of egg drawing. Now I do not only make these decorated eggs for the Easter celebrations, but it has become a continuous, systematic activity spread over the entire year. It is an inseparable part of my life, this is what makes me happy.”

Order code:
2008014010031/stamp
2008014060032/FDC

Perforation size: 45 x 26.67 mm  (50 stamps/sheet)
Date of issue: 27 February 2008
Printing press: Pénzjegynyomda
Nominal value: HUF 70
Photo artist: József Hajdú
Printing procedure: offset
Graphic designer: Eszter Domé