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Stamp of the Nazi-German "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" (= Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia); 1944; commemorative stamp of the issue "600th anniversary of the errection of the Saint-Vitus-Cathedral of Prague“. (contemporary name: "Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenzeslaus and Adalbert“), founded in 930 by "Wenzaslaus I, Duke of Bohemia“ as Roman-Catholic church in the style of a „Romanesque rotunda“. (lived 911-935).; The founder was also called "Václav the Good".; The contemporary cathedral has two famous organs, one built in 1765 by Anton Gardner in the style of the Baroque, and one built in 1929/1931 by Josef Menzel in the style of the Neoclassic.; The construction of the contemprary view of the late-gothic building (3 building masters) in the contemporary view lasted 1344-1399 (construction began ).; The cathedral was heavily damaged during the Hussite Wars (1410-1436) and in 1541 by a flood desaster.; The depicted stamp is from 1944 as one of the last stamps of the Nazi-protectorate "Bohemia and Moravia". This state was erected at and existed until to , although the old Nazi-stamps could official be used until according to an Ordinance of the Czechoslovak Postal Administration.; Reasonable for stamps of the "Protektorat" was in each case the "Postal Supervision" (German: "Postaufsicht") of the German Empire. Currency until to was 1 Koruna (German: "Krone") = 100 Haléřů (German: "Heller").; mint stamp Stamp size: (printed area of a single stamp): 23.5 x 29.5 mm |
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| Author | Postal administration of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | |||
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| Picture description | “Cathedral of Saint Vitus in Prague“ |
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| Publisher | Postal administration of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
| Design | Jindrich Schmidt (1897-1984) |
| Printer | "Böhmische Graphische Union AG", Prague |
| Printing technique | Recess printing on normal paper |
| Perforation | Line perforation, L 12½ |
| MICHEL Nr. | Deutsche Besetzungsausgaben 1939/45 (Böhmen und Mähren), Nr. 140 |
| SCOTT Nr. | German occupation issues (Bohemia and Moravia), No. 88 |
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| current | 14:10, 5 December 2021 | | 954 × 1,144 (579 KB) | Katharinaiv (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Stamp of the Nazi-German "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" (= Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia); 1944; commemorative stamp of the issue "600th anniversary of the errection of the Saint-Vitus-Cathedral of Prague“. (contemporary name: „Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenzeslaus and Adalbert“), founded in 930 by „Wenzaslaus I, Duke of Bohemia“ as Roman-Catholic church in the style of a „Romanesque rotunda“. (911-935).; The founder was al... |
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