25 May 2009: This engraved stamp is part of an ongoing series of stamps dedicated to children, covering famous Czech fairy-tale/cartoon characters, this time with rather bizarre puppets of Spejbl and his son Hurvínek, conceived by Professor Josef Skupa (1892 - 1957) in the 1920s. Apart from the CZK 10 stamp, there is also a special philatelic booklet with coupons. Print run: 1,026,000.
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27 May 2009: A very nice stamp (print-run 194,000, 5 stamps in a sheet plus four coupons) commemorating Judah Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1520 – 17 September 1609), Jewish mystic, philosopher who served as a leading rabbi in Prague, and supposed creator of the golem. Rabbi Loew was also interested in alchemy and was granted an audience with the Emperor Rudolf II, whose Majesty Letter of 9 July 1609 is the theme of the following stamp...
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17 June 2009: CZK 26 stamp (light domestic registered letter rate) commemorating the 400th anniversary of issuing the Majesty Letter by the Emperor and Czech King Rudolf II, legalising a broad religious freedom based on the principle that faith is a gift of God and must not be imposed upon anyone. Print-run 350,000.
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17 June 2009: An offset stamp issued a month before the so-called fire brigade olympics organised by the CTIP (Comité technique international de prévention et d'extintion du feu) in Ostrava, Czech Republic (19 - 26 July 2009). Print-run: 1,500,000.
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2 September 2009: A souvenir sheet of CZK 43! (another lovely stamp impossible to be used on a normal letter) showing the Ceske Stredohori uplands - tertiary volcanic region, northwest Bohemia, botanically richest region in the Czech Republic. The stamp features the ruins of Castle Hazmburk and the early Baroque Chateau Libochovice. The stamp is engraved, the rest of the sheet is printed in offset.
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2 September 2009: A new souvenir sheet called Krivoklatsko Region - the Life of the Forest, in the annual series dedicated to Czech biosphere reserves... and this one is simply breathtaking. Engraved stamps combined with offset coupons, the CZK 17 stamp showing the Castle Krivoklat with the full moon and a barn owl is my this year's favourite. The other stamps feature a red deer, an eagle owl, a black stork, and an emperor moth (Eudia pavonia). Print-run 80,000 sheets.
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23 September 2009: Technical Monuments series: Two engraved stamps showing mills: Ruprechtov (Vyskov District, nor far from where I live) windmill of the Dutch type enhanced by the most efficient Halladay turbine better equipped to withstand heavy winds, reconstructed in 1998, unique not only in the Czech Republic but also in Europe (well, I definitely must go to see it...) + Hoslovice (Strakonice District in South Bohemia) watermill, the oldest and uniquely preserved watermill in Bohemia. The trees used to build the ceiling were cut in 1568-69. Print-runs: 1,500,000 and 1,000,000 copies.
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