Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
ČESKO-SLOVENSKÁ down the sides and the castle skyline.
- 1ČESKO
- 2SLOVENSKÁ
- Inscription
- POŠTA · ČESKO-SLOVENSKÁ · 100
- Meaning
- The same Czecho-Slovak Post design in red; 100 haléřů made one koruna.
- Issued by
- Czechoslovak Republic
- Today
- Czechia and Slovakia
- Year
- 1918. Issued December 1918.
- Made by
- Alfons Mucha (design, died 1939)
One fact
Mucha chose the panorama of Prague Castle because it was the least controversial symbol for the new country.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Mucha died 1939. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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