Slovakia 1939 Andrej Hlinka Definitive

Slovakia · 1939 · 50h

This stamp features a portrait of Andrej Hlinka, a prominent Slovak Catholic priest, journalist, and politician. As the first stamp issued by the newly formed Slovak Republic, it symbolizes the nation's independence and honors a key figure in the Slovak nationalist movement.

Issued shortly after the declaration of the First Slovak Republic in March 1939, this stamp marks the country's brief period of nominal independence as a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II.