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| Date of issue | 14. 9. 2011 |
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| Face value | 10 CZK |
| Print sheets | 50 á 50 pcs of stamps, sheets are marked with bar code |
| Size of picture | 23 x 40 mm |
| Graphic designer | Pavel Dvorský |
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Theme
The organ at the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in the Cistercian Monastery in Plasy is a unique early Baroque instrument. Built in 1688 by leading Czech organ builder Abraham Stark from Loket, it had 29 registers and is still counted among the largest organs in the Czech Republic. The first large restoration event in the late 18th century involved a significant change of the overall shape of the instrument. The next partial restoration came in the early 20th century. The organ was last played in 2000 before it entered its next overall reconstruction and restoration project in 2004-2006. The project led by organ builder Vladimír Šlajch and graphic artist Václav Stádník involved restoration of the organ to its original 1688 Baroque sound. Renowned pianist and organist Jaroslav Tůma gave a concert at the inauguration ceremony held on September 29, 2006 in the presence of bishop František Radkovský who consecrated the restored instrument.Printing method
multicoloured offset with line drawing
| Date of issue | 29. 9. 2010 |
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| Face value | 10 CZK |
| Print sheets | á 35 stamps |
| Size of picture | 33 x 33 mm |
| Graphic designer | Dušan Kállay |
| Engraver | Miloš Ondráček |
Theme
Oval post office sign, hand painted, made of cut tin, with the Austrian Postal Administration emblem (Hapsburg eagle and post horn) and the Czech-German inscription 'K.u.K. Post and Telegraph Office - K.k. Post und Telegrafen Amt'. The sign dates back to the period of Franz Joseph I (the initials FJI on the eagle's chest), probably 1870. The drawing is accompanied with a postal map and postal dwarfs holding things typical in postal service, i.e. envelopes, handstamp and post horn.Introduction of stamps in the Austrian postal service faced a lot of trouble and misunderstanding. Long before 1850, when they eventually could be issued for the first time in Austria, a number of postal officers called for stamps to be introduced in postal service, but without success. By detailed report of September 14th, 1849, Karl Ludwig von Bruck, the Austrian minister of trade, industry and public works, charged also with postal service, informed Emperor Franz Joseph I about a meeting of representatives of the ministry, postal administration and the state printing house and their decision to introduce stamps in the Austrian postal service. The ministry then charged Johann Jacob Herz, postal service inspector in Lower Austria, to contact and exchange experience with postal administrations in countries that were already using stamps. The information brought by Herz from his trips to England, Belgium, France and Bavaria in May 1849 was positive: All users were happy, mainly because of the simpler administration due to stamps.
Franz Joseph I officially approved stamps in Austria by decree of September 25th, 1849, on introduction of stamps and the related changes in letter mail tariffs. By letter No. 195 of February 5th, 1850, the Ministry of Trade charged the director of the Court and State Printing House in Vienna, Councillor Alois Auer von Welsbach, to start the printing. The designer of the first Austrian stamp remains unknown. The prevailing opinion today is that the final graphic design was made by Johann Jacob Herz who also submitted it for approval. His design was likely used by an unknown artist or employee of the state printing house for the creation of line drawings (sketches) of the stamp, both in the actual and a larger size.
The picture included the Austrian emblem surrounded by laurel and oak leaves. The field below the emblem was reserved for the face value. Different colours were designed for different face values.
Printing method
Full colour offset, with a black line drawing
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