Czechoslovakia

Československo

9th May 1968

Beautiful set issued as part of the "Prague Castle" - Pražský Hrad series. 

Stamps depict:

• Prince Břetislav I (ruled 1034 to 1055), stone sarcophagus figure of the Přemyslid tombs in St. Vitus Cathedral, 1376-1377 created by the German sculptor Peter Parler;
• Romanesque knocker with a lion's head handle, artistically forged center piece from a door of the St. Wenceslas Chapel in St. Vitus Cathedral.

Catalogue numbers:

Michel CS 1789-1790
Stamp Number CS 1537-1538
Yvert et Tellier CS 1639-1640
Stanley Gibbons CS 1740-1741
AFA number CS 1634-1635
POFIS CS 1679-1680