ISSUE 173 - May 2, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Landlocked Countries
Czech Area Czechoslovakia, Continued
By Geir Sør-Reime
Czechoslovakia 1945-92, Continued
The centenary of the Slovak insurrection against Hungary was remembered with three 1948 stamps.
The 30th anniversary of independence was celebrated with two 1948 stamps, and from October 1948 new definitive stamps with the effigy of the new President, Klement Gottwald (1896-1953, President 1948-53). In November 1948 his 57th birthday was celebrated with a stamp and a souvenir sheet.
In 1949, for the first anniversary of his new government, two stamps were issued. The fifth anniversary of the Communist government was celebrated on . . .
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