Slovakia 1939 First Postage Stamp Issue
Slovakia · 1939 · 50h
This stamp, the first issued by the Slovak Republic, features a design by Jozef Vlček depicting three children against a scenic backdrop of the High Tatras mountains and Strečno Castle. The imagery symbolizes the youth and future of the newly independent nation. It was part of a set of three definitive stamps released to mark Slovakia's sovereignty.
Issued on March 21, 1939, just days after the declaration of the First Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany, following the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.
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Photogravure
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