CZECHOSLOVAKIA

CZECHOSLOVAKIA / ČESKOSLOVENSKO.

International Trade Fair of Brno.
Siplified map of Europe.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 14.08.1961.
Face value: 30 haléřů of Czechoslovak koruna.
Design and engraving: Jaroslav Goldschmied.
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 3,750,000 copies.
Size: 44 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1129.
- Michel No. 1283.
- POFIS No. 1195.
- Scott No. 1060.
- StampWorld No. 1280.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1240.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1162.

The city of Brno has a tradition of fairs, which is inseparable from the industrial development of the city, an important industrial, scientific and logistical center in Central Europe. Annual markets and trade exhibitions have been held in Brno since 1243. As a result of the boom in the textile industry in the city, the first trade fairs were held in the 18th century. Since 1821 regular trade exhibitions have been held in Brno. Wholesale traders from Vienna, Linz, Saxony, Hungary and Turkey attended the annual markets in the city 104,000 visitors attended the Imperial Jubilee Exhibition in 1888, the largest exhibition held in Brno. From 1922 to 1927 the Brno Annual Exposition Markets were held regularly, and the tradition has continued until now with the International Trade Fair in the Brno Exhibition Centre (opened in 1928). Brno is also known as "The capital of trade fairs".

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).