ISSUE 174 - June 6, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Landlocked Countries
Czech Area Czechoslovakia, Continued
By Geir Sør-Reime
The 125th birth anniversary of Czech composer Bedrich Smetana was commemorated on two 1949 stamps. The 25th death anniversary of Czech composer Leo Janáek was commemorated 1953 with a single stamp. In 1954 both Smetana and Janáček were portrayed on stamps along with Czech composer Antonin Dvořák. The centenary of Smetana’s opera, “The Bartered Bride”, was celebrated with a 1966 souvenir sheet, and in 2016 the 150th anniversary of the premier of the opera was commemorated on . . .
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