21/12/2020

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


CZECHOSLOVAKIA / ČESKOSLOVENSKO.

20th anniversary of Tatra National Park (now in Slovakia).
Mount Ganek in Tatra Mountains.
First stamp in a set of 6, issued on 08.09.1969.
Face value: 60 
haléřů of Czechoslovak koruna.
Designed and engraving by 
Bedřich Housa and Jaroslav Lukavský.
Print: 4,770,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1892.
- Scott No. 1642.
- StampWorld No. 1889.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1640.

Mount Ganek (or Gánok) in the Tatra National Park (Slovakia), near the Polish border, has an altitude of 2465 m (8,087 ft) at its highest peak.

The Slovak Tatra National Park (there is another in Poland) covers an area of 738 km2 (284.9 sq mi). It was established on January 1, 1949 and is the oldest national park in Slovakia; in 1987 a section of the Western Tatras was added to it. In 1992, together with the Polish park, it was declared a trans-cross-border biosphere reserve by UNESCO.

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