CZECH REPUBLIC

CZECH REPUBLIC / ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA.

EUROPA 1999.
Podyjí National Park (Národní park Podyjí).
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 05.05.1999.
Face value: 17 Czech koruna.
Design: Albert Fuchs.
Engraving: Václav Fajt (b. 1952).
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 712,000 copies.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 216.
- Michel No. 216.
- Scott No. 3090.
- StampWorld No. 216.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 236.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 211.

Podyjí National Park (in Czech: Národní park Podyjí), formally declared on July 1, 1991, is in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Adjacent to Austria's Thayatal National Park on the border, together they are referred to as the Inter-National park. It protects near-natural forests along the deep Dyje River valley. It has an area of 63 km² (24 sq mi) and buffer zone of 29 km² (11 sq mi). The park lies in an elevation range of 534–214 m (1,752–702 ft).