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Today I have a small selection of beautiful Czechoslovakia stamps... the attention to the detail and the quality of the Artists is a well known attribute of the Czech School of Designers and Engravers... It is the first time I look to Czechoslovakia stamps with this "new" approach (my interest for Designers and Engravers is recent... as you know..)  These stamps offers us great complexity , with many artists working in just one series... it required several  hours of "digging" just to give you the correct data about the first series I present here today...

These are stamps from the series (13) 1954 "Professions"

Perf : 12.5 x 12 or 11.5 x 11

SG(815,816,817,819,...,827) Sc(645.646.647,649,...,657)

[Des] Jan Charles Vondrous (1884/1970) [15h]

          Anna Podzemná-Suchardová (b 1909) [20h,40h]

          Bohumil Matejicek (b 1925) [50h]

          V. Nemecek [75h]

          Zdenek Adámek (1927) [80h, 1.20K]

          Alexandr Vladimír Hrska ( 1890/1954) [1K]

          Vladimir Silovsky (1891/1974) [1.60K]

          Mario Stretti (1910/1960) [2K,3K]

          Cyril Bouda (1901/1984) [2.40K]

           

[Engr] J.A. Svengsbir (1921/1983) [15h,40h,50h]

           Jan Mracek (1909/1987) [20h,75h,1.20K]

           Bedrich Housa (1926) [80h,1.60K]

           Bodhan Roule (1921/1960) [1K,2.40K,3K]

           Jindra Schmidt (1897/1984) [2K]

 

Just one stamp is missing (45h) in the series above .. As you see, 9 Designers and 5 Engravers have worked in the series... this richness of human resources, and the different combinations of Artists are aspects that contributed to the Uniqueness of Czechoslovakia stamps...
Currently , there are many InterNet sites ,Study's , International Philatelic Club's and articles dedicated to Czechoslovakia Philately.. it only show us the great vitality and the constant renewal of the number of Fans... there is a large quantity of stamps available at a low or very low price , what make's it even more appealing..

These are stamps from the (5) 1956 "Five Year Plan".. Now we can see very detailed designs of complex Urban and Industrial Architectural Landscapes.. the focus here goes to the successive plans ,with great emphasis in the energy and structural development , that take place in the Countries of the former Soviet Union during the 50's and 60's...
Perf: 11.5 x 11
SG(907,909,911) Sc(731,733,735)
[Des] Frantisek Hudecek (1909/1990) [5h,25h,60h]
[Engr] Bodhan Roule (1921/1960) [5h], Jan Mracek (1909/1987) [25h], Bedrich Housa (1926) [60h]

                                                           

[Left] sport stamp from a series (3) 1956 "Sport Events 1956" ; these particular stamp show us the 'International Peace Marathon , Kosice 1956'.
Perf: 11.5
SG(927) Sc(764)
[Des] Anna Podzemná-Suchardová (b 1909)
[Engr] [Photo] J.A. Svengsbir (1921/1983)

[Right] Another sport stamp from the series (5) 1958 "Sport Events 1958" ; it show us the 'World Canoeing Championships Prague 1958'.
Perf: 11.5 x 12
SG(1016) Sc(840)
[Des]  Jaroslav Kovar (1910/1966)
[Engr] Jan Mracek (1909/1987)

stamp from a series (2) 1957 "40th Anniv of Russian Revolution"

Perf: 11.5 x 12

SG(1005) Sc(828)

[Des]  Vaclav Fiala (1896/1980)

[Engr] Jindra Schmidt (1897/1984)

[Left] stamp from a (3) series 1958 "Political and Cultural Events" ; represents the '1st World Trade Union Conference of Working Youth, Prague 1958'..

Perf: 11.5 x 12

SG(1038) Sc(838)

[Des] Jan Cerny (1919)

[Engr] Bedrich Housa (1926) [60h]

[Right] from a series (4) 1956 "National Products"

Perf: 11.5

SG(944) Sc(766)

[Des] [Engr] Mario Stretti (1910/1960)

series (4) 1958 "National Stamp Exn, Brno" ; the stamp represents the St. Thomas Church..

Perf: 11.5

SG(1056) Sc(880)

[Des] Eduard Milén (1891/1976)

[Engr] Jindra Schmidt (1897/1984)

stamps dedicated to another of the Development Plans ; from a series (5) 1960 " 3rd Five Year Plan (1st issue)"

Perf: 11.5

SG(1169,1171) Sc(993,995)

[Des] Frantisek Hudecek (1909/1990)

[Engr] Jan Mracek (1909/1987)

series (5) 1958 "Czech Spas (2nd series)"

Perf: 11.5

SG(1044,1046,1047) Sc(863,865,866)

[Des] Antonín Homolka (1909/1964) [40h,80h]

          Jozef Chovan (1911) [1.20K]

[Engr] Bodhan Roule (1921/1960) [40h] , Bedrich Housa (1926) [80h], Jan Mracek (1909/1987) [1.20K]

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Stamps With Personality

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This post is about the so called Personality stamps.. I must say that I don't collect topics, so for me these are just ordinary stamps..they have also the particularity of in some cases , having lots of history attached , to search and "dig"..Czechoslovakia Philately is  rich in this kind of stamps and has created a unique stile of design ... in the 50's, 60's and 70's beautiful stamps of these "topic" were issued, and some of them (a small number... ) are here presented..

These stamps must , like the others, be classified , so I prefer to gather some of them and do a post , for now ( I have much more to present...)

 

I could link each of these stamps to an article in the Net about the personalities shown... I decide not to do so , today , because it will be somehow annoying... I will link just one of the stamps...

Complete set 1952 " 360th Birth Anniv of Komensky (educationist)." 
Perf: 12.5
SG(686) Sc(509)

 stamps from the set 6 1970 "Birth Anniversary's of World Personalities"
1)Ludwig Van Beethoven
2)Friedrich Engels
3)Maximilian Hell
4)Josef Manes
Perf: 11.5 x 11
SG(1871,1873,1874,1876) Sc(1668,1669,1670,1672)

from the set 6 1957 "International  Music Festival Jubilee. Musicians."
1) Ferdinand Laub
2) J.B. Foerster
3) Vitezlav Novak

Perf: 11.5
SG(978,980,981) Sc(802,804,805)

from the set 6 1961 "Cultural Anniversaries"
1) Jindrich Mosna
2) Alois Mrstik
3) Karel V. Rais
4) Josef Hora
It could exist a mistake in the classification of the 3rd of the stamps presented... As you can see in the other 3 stamps a book appears, and We know that the personalities are writers or poets..However, in the catalogs a painter is included in these set.. I think that could be a mistake... this stamp "match" perfectly...I must study this , with time..
Perf: 11.5
SG(1215,1217,1218,1219) Sc(1037,1039,1040,1041)

stamps from set 6 1972 "Cultural Anniversaries"
1) Andrei Sladkovic 2) Janko Kral 3) Antonin Hudecek 4) Frantisek Bilek 5) Jan Preisler
Perf: 11
SG(2041,2042,2044,2045,2046)  Sc(1819,1820,1822,1823,1824)

from the set 6 1989 "Birth Anniversaries of Famous Men"
Perf: 11.5 x 12
SG(2968) Sc(2734)

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A King , A Queen , A President and the saint

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These are two series about King Alexander of Yugoslavia..Reigned from 1921 to 1934 ;

the 1st set 10 1932 "King Alexander (1932/1933)" don't have any inscriptions in the frame below  the king's Head... the other, "King Alexander (1931/1934)" has 14 stamps and a inscription in Cyrillic in the frame.

Perf: 12.5

Sc(78,80,81,82,84,85) (65,67,68)

 This is a stamp from a set 12 1945 "Marshal Tito" ; The so called Marshal of Yugoslavia was leader of the Unified Yugoslav Army and 1st. President of Yugoslavia.

Josip Broz Tito distinguish himself during the II World War, as leader of the Partisans , the Yugoslav Resistance Movement to the Occupation, famous outside their borders because of their fierce resistance and elaborated activity.. During the time of Leadership , Tito struggle to maintain a Unified Yugoslavia , despite the known divergences between Serbs, Croats and Slovens (for some he Was a dictator, to others a hero... what is the true?? I don't know and I think that  it is that kind of "things" that doesn't worry me , as a stamp collector.. YES to Stamps!!! No to Politics!!! when We are working with our stamps , Politics stay's at the door...)

Perf: 12.5

SG(497)  Sc(167)

 two stamps from a set 12 1945 "Marshal Tito and the Partisans"

Perf: 12.5

SG(505,509)  Sc(176,177)

stamp from set 2 1957 "350th Birth Anniv of M. A. de Ruyter."

Perf: 12.5 x 12

SG(848)  Sc(370)

from the set 2 1948 "Queen Juliana Coronation"

Queen Juliana reigned from 1948 to 1980...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands

Perf: 13 x 14 

SG(672)  Sc(304)

Complete set 1962 that commemorates the 35 Years of marriage of Queen Juliana and  Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Perf: 14 x 13

SG(919,920)  Sc(389,390)

Complete set 1954 "1200th Anniv of Martyrdom of St. Boniface"

Perf: 12.5 x 12

SG(801)  Sc(365)

4 stamps from the set 8 1930 "AIR"

perf: 13.5

SG(311,312,313,134)  Sc(C12,C13,C14,C15)

from the set 3 1947 "Two Year Plan"
Perf: 12.5
SG(488)  Sc(323)

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A Numeral, Coats of Arms and Personalities

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Imperforated stamp from Bavaria 1849 ; the important factor to have in mind when classifying these "remote" numerals is the inner circle.. In this case the circle is cut by the labels... in 1850 a new set is issued with the full circle...

SG(3) Sc(2b)

This set of stamps represents the coat of Arms of Bavaria and was issued from 1870 to 1872.

In these "Coat of Arms" sets the decisive point is the Watermark... there are many similar stamps , only diverging by the wmk. 

Perf: 11.5

Sc (24a)

The stamp is damaged in the right perf and has some rust marks..(nothing that bother's me...)

This set was issued from 1881 to 1906; the

wmk show these vertical wavy lines.

Perf: 11.5

Sc(48)

perf: 11.5

Sc(49)

Complete set 1969 "50th Death Anniv of General Stefanik" 

Perf: 11.5

SG(1826)  Sc(1625)

Complete set of 1968 "25th Anniv of Slovak National Council."

Perf: 11.5

SG(1765)  Sc(1564)

Complete set 1989 "Stamp Day. 5th Death Anniv of Cyril Bouda (stamp designer)"

Perf: 11 x 11.5

SG(3003)  Sc(2769)

Complete set 1991 " Stamp Day (Martin Benka : Stamp Engraver) "

Perf: 11.5 x 12

SG(3083) Sc(2849)

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Some Austrian stamps and a Group of Lenin's

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This is a group of definitive stamps from 1920/1921"Republican Arms" with 9 stamps..There seems to be a problem here , because I have two pairs of the stamp of 2k with different tones of blue...I think that the difference is to great to be just a printing hazard, but these stamps don't intervene in any other series , so I have classified the stamp with the same catalog number ;I will keep the light blue pair as a different tonality... (In this cases , catalogs from the country in question are indispensable..! but I don't have an Austrian catalog , so...)
When I was classifying these stamps I noticed that there are also differences in the quality of the paper.. the 5k and 10k are made of a paper of greater quality..
Perf: 12.5
SG(405,...,408,410)

The Austro-Hungarian Empire have ceased to exist officially in 31/10/1918, near the end of 1st World War.
Austria became a Republic and so these are overprinted stamps of the period 1916/1918 issued at the end of 1918 and 1919.
1st stamp represent the Imperial Crown and 2nd stamp Emperor Karl I.
Perf: 12.5
SG(300,305)

This is a stamp from the definitive set "60th Anniv of Emperor's Accession" ; this set was issued between 1908 and 1913 and have 18 stamps.
Emperor Francis Joseph I
Perf: 12.5
SG (203)

Completed set from 1970 "Birth Centenary of Lenin"
Perf :11.5
SG(1888,1889)

Completed set from 1965 "6th Organization of Socialist Countries' Postal Ministers Conference, Peking"
Perf : 11.5
SG(1506)

Completed set from 1980 "110th Birth Anniv of Lenin "
Perf : 11.5
SG( 2524)

1st stamp: from the set of 2 1962 "40th Anniv of U.S.S.R"
Perf : 11.5
SG(1322)

2nd Stamp: from the set of 6 1970 "Birth Anniversary's"
Perf : 11x11.5
SG(1874)

from the set of 2 1958 "World Cup Football Championship, Sweden."
Perf : 12
SG(2211)






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