"The embossed outlines of the main motifs of the lacework shown in the stamp designs make this stamp series special.The designer of the motifs of the new Hungarian sewn lace was Árpád Dékáni (1861-1931), while it was Mária Markovics (1875-1954), born in Halas, who made them. Sewn Halas lace made with a unique technique and distinctive powerful outlines first appeared in 1902.The workshop in Halas was taken over in 1909 by the Hungarian Handmade Lace and Handicrafts Company. However, due to a shortage of money and the lack of a designer, its operation could not be guaranteed, and in 1911 the Applied Arts School took over its artistic management. To protect the increasingly popular Halas lace and to prevent misuse of its name, the Chamber of Trade and Industry registered Halas lace as a trademark in the spring of 1943. Halas lace took the motif of three fish from the town’s coat of arms as its trademark. A year later the Lace House was built in Kiskunhalas where the lace collection was kept and the lace workshop operated. The Lace House was closed in 1942 because of the war but work did not stop, Mária Markovics carried on sewing at home and also devoted all her strength to saving the Lace House’s collection from being plundered. The Kiskunhalas Handicraft Co-operative was founded in the 1950s, and the building of the Lace House, empty since the war, was renovated. On its 75th anniversary the Folk Arts Council classified Halas lacemaking as a branch of the folk arts in its own right. In 1992 the Halas Lace Foundation was formed with the principal task of popularising Halas lace in Hungary and abroad, as well as stimulating sales. The world-famous Halas lace containing sixty different decorative stitches is made by fifteen people today. The renovated Lace House was inaugurated in 1997 and a year later the 1st World Lace Exhibition was held, followed by a second in 2000. "