Czechoslovakia

Československo

27th November 1961

Gorgeous stamps depicting the following butterflies:

  • Orange tip (Anthocaris cardamines);
  • Southern festoon (Zerynthia hypsipyle);
  • Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo);
  • Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
  • Peacock butterfly (Aglais io);
  • Blue underwing or Clifton nonpareil (Catocala fraxini);
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta);
  • Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni).

Available here in full sheets!

Unfortunately this is a short set in that it is missing the 80 h value depicting the Mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), which has the following catalogue numbers:

Michel CS 1306
Stamp Number CS 1087
Yvert et Tellier CS 1189
Stanley Gibbons CS 1262
AFA number CS 1152
POFIS CS 1222Ia

Catalogue numbers:

Michel CS 1301//1309; catalogue value €284.00 ($406.00 approx.)
Stamp Number CS 1082//1090
Yvert et Tellier CS 1184//1192
Stanley Gibbons CS 1257//1265
AFA number CS 1147//1155
POFIS CS 1217//1225

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