Railway Map of Bohemia (1883)
This very detailed map shows the rail network of Bohemia in or shortly before 1883. A must for postmark
By PDb Maps|2017-11-26T16:41:51+11:00Nov 22, 2017|Austro-Hungarian Empire, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Europe Maps, History, Maps, Postal History, Railroads or Railways, Topicals or Thematics, TPOs (see Travelling Post Offices), Train Archive, Trains, Travelling Post Offices|
This very detailed map shows the rail network of Bohemia in or shortly before 1883. A must for postmark
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:25+11:00Dec 15, 2015|Architecture on Stamps, Art on Stamps, Cathedrals & Churches on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Engravers, New Issues 2013, Religion on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Pictured above: Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A View of Roman Churches, 1762; National Gallery in Prague. Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:48+11:00Sep 3, 2015|Animals on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Designers, Dogs on Stamps, New Issues 2014, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Ceska posta issued a stamp bringing good luck and featuring a sitting dog chewing a four-leaf Clover. The stamp comes
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:48+11:00Sep 2, 2015|Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, New Issues 2015, Postcrossing on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Czech Post has designed and is ready to issue a special stamp on theme “Postcrossing” ‒ a project of global
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:49+11:00Aug 29, 2015|Birds on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, New Issues 2015, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Czech Post has prepared for issuing a special miniature sheet depicting owls – one of the most interesting groups in
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:00+11:00Aug 1, 2014|Cyprus, Czech Republic, Designers, Estonia, Europe, Flags on Stamps, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, New Issues 2014, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Stamp Profiles, Stars on Stamps, Topicals or Thematics|
The new stamp will be issued in the edition of 80 thousand copies with a nominal value of LTL 2.15.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:03+11:00Jun 26, 2014|Architecture on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Handicrafts on Stamps, New Issues 2014, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
In 2002 the paper mill in Velké Losiny was declared a National Historical Landmark. This is one of the oldest
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:29+11:00Apr 14, 2014|Astronomy on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, New Issues 2014, Scientists on Stamps, Space on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
rof. RNDr. Zdeněk Kopal, DrSc. (4. 4. 1914 in Litomyšl – 23. 6. 1993 in Wilmslow, United Kingdom) was a
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:33+11:00Mar 22, 2014|Aircraft on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, First Flights, Flight Archive, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Eugen Čihák´s Airplane: RAPID, 1912 Eugen Čihák was born on 31 May 1885 in Croatia, where his father was employed.
By PDb Directory|2017-10-11T09:21:38+11:00Mar 8, 2014|Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, History, Postal History, Postal Museums|
This image shows the Postal Museum in Prague in the Czech Republic. Well worth a visit! For information, see: http://www.ceskaposta.cz/o-ceske-poste/kontakty/kontakt-na-postovni-muzeum.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:14+11:00Nov 29, 2013|Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Designers, Fish on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This sheetlet was designed by J and L Knotkovi. It featured tropical aquarium fish: 12kc. Betta splendens 14kc. Pterophyllum scalare
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:17+11:00Nov 22, 2013|Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, New Issues 2013, Scientists on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Third Reich, Topicals or Thematics|
Prof. Ing. RNDr. Otto Wichterle, DrSc. was born on 27 October 1913 in Prostějov and died on 18 August 1998
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:18+11:00Nov 21, 2013|Bohemia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Europe Maps, Germany & Colonies, History, Hitler, Maps, Third Reich, World War II|
Schoolboy collections of the post-War period invariably contained mint stamps from the Greater German Reich, as the market had been
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:28+11:00Nov 4, 2013|Austria, Composers on Stamps, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Designers, Engravers, History, Music on Stamps, People on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This issue celebrated the bicentenary of Mozart's birth and the Prague Music Festival. Designed by K. Svolinski and engraved by
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:31+11:00Oct 29, 2013|Czech Republic, New Issues 2013, Religion on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|