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Stamp of the Nazi-German "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" (= Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia); 1940; "supplement issue" to the definitive serie "Lime leaf and Landscapes"; depicted is the stamp DRBM Michel No. 59 with the central motive of a view to "Kroměříž" (= Czech name, German: "Kremsier") in Eastern Moravia near of the town "Zlin" and immediately (southern) of the mouth of the rivers "Haná" and "Moštěnka" in the "March".; 1997 was choiced (and awarded) this town as "Nicest Town of Czechia".; Since 1989 is the town on the list of the UNESCO-World Cultural Herirtage.; The oldest mentioning goes back to the year 1110 as the village "Kroměříž" (then "Great Moravian Empire") was purchased by the then archbishop of Olmütz (Czech: "Olomouc"). Because of his special location on the crosspoint of several merchant ways a speedy development took place and in 1297 this village was called already as "Market town". On proposal of the then Bishop of Olmütz and counsellor of the then Bohemian King "Ottokar II Přemysl", "Bruno von Schauenburg"; was begun there to built a castle around of 1266.; To the same time received the town "Kroměříž" the town law after the paragon of Brünn (Czech: "Brno") by the Bishop "Dietrich von Neuhaus" as representant of the king.; During the Hussites Wars 1419-1436 was this town conquered in 1423/1424 and after the most radical location of the Hussites movement. Firstly 1456 was returned this town to the Bishopric of Olmütz.; 1465-1471 was "Kroměříž" from new the center of warlike operations, this once between the King of Bohemia, Georg von Podiebrad, and the the Hungarian king, Matthias Corvinus, which lasted still until 1479. In the following time experienced "Kroměříž" a period of wealth, not at least under the rule of a "Pivec of Hradschein and Klimstein" as "Captain of the town" and the Bishops (of Olmütz) Wilhelm Prusinovský and Stanislaus Pavlovský.; "Kroměříž" grows in this time to an important cultural and policital center of the "Margraviate Moravia".; During the Thirty-Years-War 1618-1648 was this town complete destroyed after the conquer by Swedish troups under General "Lennart Torstensson" and firstly the Bishop of Olmütz, "Karl II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn" was it which let rebuilt the town with streets, a water supply net and a canalisation.; In 1742 was there a Prussian rule and in 1752 were wide parts of the town destroyed by fire.; In 1805 conquered French troups this town, and 1815-1918 it was Austrian.; At took place the opening session of the new "Österreichischer Reichstag" in the "Sitzungssaal" ("Meeting sale") of the episcopal palace in Kremsier.; In 1887 founded an industrialist with name Ignaz Lorenz the "Maschinenfabrik Lorenz" in Kremsier, which produced mostly machines for the agriculture.; 1918-1939 was the town part of the "Ceskoslovensko" and 1939-1945 part of the Nazi-Protektorate "Bohemia and Moravia".; From this time originates also the depicted stamp.; Depited is as central motive the "Church of the Saint John the Baptist", with a baroque facade but with an romanesque core having gothic elements.; The Nazi-protectorate "Bohemia and Moravia" was erected at and existed until to , although the old Nazi-stamps could official be used until according to an ordinance of the Czechoslovak Postal Administration.; Reasonable for the stamps in the „Protectorate“ was in each case the "Postal Supervision" (German: "Postaufsicht") of the German Empire. Currency until to was 1 Koruna (German: "Krone") = 100 Haléřů (German: "Heller").; mint stamp date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1940-12-31T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1943-03-31T00:00:00Z/11 Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 29.0 x 23.5 mm |
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Author | Postal administration of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | ||||
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Picture description | The "Church of the Saint John the Bapist", beside of the "Judiciary Academy" (German: "Justizlehranstalt") on the "Masarykovo-Square" (contempoarary name), right in the background the tower of the "Episcopal Castle" and left the towers of the "Saint Mauritius Church" in "Kroměříž" |
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Publisher | Postal administration of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
Design | Vladimir Silovsky (1884-1970), (design + engraving) |
Printer | "Böhmische Graphische Union AG", Prague |
Printing technique | Recess printing on normal paper |
Perforation | Line perforation, L 12½ or L 12½ : 14 |
MICHEL Nr. | Deutsche Besetzungsausgaben 1939/45 (Böhmen und Mähren), Nr. 59 |
SCOTT Nr. | German occupation issues (Bohemia and Moravia), No. 46 |
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