Catalog number: ZNHCRA0906

Sheet CZ 2016 - Struggle for Czech Statehood 1916

Sheet Czech Republic 2016 - Fight for Czech Statehood 1916.

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Sheet Czech Republic 2016 - The Struggle for Czech Statehood 1916.
Author: Jan Maget
Printing sheets: 3 AP
Perforation: RZ 11 ¾
Printing method: full-color offset
Quantity: 48,000 pcs
Issue number: A906/907
Release date: 12.10.2016

Specification:
the upper stamp – depiction of historical figures of Czech statehood – St. Wenceslas, Přemysl Otakar II, and Charles IV. The lower stamp represents widows and single mothers in the symbolic shadow of the Austrian eagle.

The path to statehood during the world war of 1916 is the third sheet in a series of sheets dedicated to the war years 1914–8, 100 years later. Against the backdrop of a massive war conflict, opinions on post-war development begin to crystallize. Around the perimeter of the sheet is a frame in the form of a ribbon containing a concise selection of events that laid the foundation for the post-war constitutional arrangement.

source: ceskaposta.cz