50th Anniversary of the Republic

Czechoslovakia · 1968 · 30h

This stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. The design features the national coat of arms, prominently displaying the Bohemian lion, alongside a linden leaf, a national symbol of the Slavic peoples. The dates '1918' and '1968' mark the significant half-century milestone.

Issued in 1968, this stamp was released during the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization that was ultimately suppressed by a Soviet-led invasion in August of the same year.