POSTAGE STAMPS
(1939)

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MICHEL 10
PORTRAITS and LANDSCAPES
DEFINITIVE STAMP
(15th Jul 1939)

Issued on 15th Jul 1939. The 10th stamp in a Series of 19 definitive stamps consisting of existing Czechoslovakian stamps overprinted "BÖHMEN u. MÄHREN / ČECHY a MORAVA" and former country name obliterted with three horizontal lines. Designed by Bohumil Heinz.

This stamp features Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (7th Mar 1850 to 14th Sep 1937), Czechoslovak president from 13th Nov 1918 until 14th Dec 1935. Masaryk died less than two years after leaving office, at the age of 87, in Lány. He was buried next to his wife in a plot at Lány cemetery. He was succeeded by Edvard Beneš.

VALIDITY: 15th Jul to 15th Dec 1939
VALUE: 1K
COLOUR: blackish pink lilac
WATERMARK: None
PERF: line 12½
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
SIZE: 22 x 25mm
PRINTING TYPE: Recess
QUANTITY PRINTED: 603,000

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