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Stamps showing the effigy of Nicholas Horthy or members of his family
Although Horthy was Regent of Hungary for twenty-four years (1920-1944) there are only two sets of stamps showing his effigy. (One design was subsequently repeated twice more.)

1930 Ten-year anniversary set. 8, 16, 20, 22, 40 fillér. 1938 Portrait set. 1, 2, 5 Pengő. 1939 Charity set of 6 values, of which the 20+10 fillér shows Horthy on horseback riding across the bridge at Komárom. 1940 Twenty-year anniversary set of three values, of which only the 6 fillér (Horthy on horseback), and the 10 fillér, shows Horthy's effigy. 1941 Portrait set of three values. 1, 2, 5 Pengő (All three show same portrait as on the year 1939 10 fillér stamp). István Horthy A memorial stamp with the portrait of István Horthy's portrait, who was killed on the eastern front in an unexplained air accident, was issued in 1942 (20 fillér). This stamps was reissued the following year, 1943, (30+20 fillér). The second 1942 Red Cross set featured: István Horthy's widow neé Countess Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai (6f+1P) and Madam Nicholas Horthy, neé Magdolna Purgly, (the Regent's wife) (20f+1P).