the war, the documents of the post and the railway were printed again, as well as state forms, bonds, and lottery tickets. For the 1945 election, State Printing House printed the election forms, and tax notes during the 1946 hyperinflation crisis. The company has been producing lottery forms and tickets since 1947. The production of election forms every four years also became a stable part of the production portfolio. Due to the investment in 1957, the capacity was expanded, quality improved and the production of multicolour printed stamps was started. In 1960, the company began to print export stamps. Postage stamps After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the Hungarian government needed to pay for postal and office fees with its own stamp to emphasize national sovereignty and for financial, and administrative reasons. Previously, these fees could be paid for only by parallel-published (Austrian-Hungarian) stamps produced in Vienna. The fee stamps were produced in Hungary from 1869 in the State Printing House was managed by the independent Finance Ministry. The provision of the 1867 Compromise concerning postal services came into effect on 1 May. All of the post offices in Hungary came under the purview of the Hungarian Post Directorate. It was claimed independently published Hungarian stamps should be put used by the Hungarian Post. As the emperor's government approved this claim, the first Hungarian newspaper stamp was published on 20 June 1868; his was printed in the Viennese printing house and a German inscription could be read on the watermark. The first postal stamp produced in Hungary was issued in 1871 after the stamp production line of State Printing House was developed. Privatization After the political transition, most of the state monopolies ceased to exist. After state protection ended, the State Printing House was privatized in 1993. The Company moved to Kőbánya, another district of the capital, from its former building near Buda Castle. The new printing house in Halom Street was opened officially on 4 October 1994. The State Printing House took over the equipment and most of the employees of SZÜV Continuous Form Printing House. From 1997, the company began producing plastic cards and in 1998 a new modern plant was established in Fátyolka Street and was developed further in 2000 to produce chip cards. State Printing House established its Document Security Laboratory in 1999, which does research and development. State Printing House started international expansion in 2005