COVER N.10 - Czech Republic
Postmark: Illegible place and date, maybe 3.6.21
Posted on the 3th June (?), received on the 11th June.
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I know, letters...., surely a thing from the past, but what a pleasure to read again an actual letter, handwritten on actual paper, only to find (and I hope I’m making no disclosure of intimate details here) that it was written with equal pleasure and joy.
Thank you so much, Michal!
I will
resort to Michal’s own words to describe the two very nice stamps that graced
his most welcome letter.
As such:
The stamp on the right, denominated at 25kĉ, was issued in 23SEP2015 as part of a se-tenant 2 stamp issue on the theme of historic machines (the other identically priced stamp showing the Tatra T3 Tram). It features an image of “the most famous steam paddle boat “Primátor Dittrich”, sailing on the Vlatva river”.
With a little help from the Czech Post website we can also learn that “The paddle steamer Primátor Dittrich was named after the founder of Prague Steamboat Company (1865), Prague’s mayor (in Czech “primátor”) František Dittrich”.
The stamp on the left, issued in 20JAN2021, for the B tariff (Ordinary Letter – Standard up to 50 g in domestic Economy service) commemorates the life and work of Václav Zapadlík “famous Czech painter and illustrator specialised in paintings of historic cars. He did a lot of post stamps with cars also”, in the words of Michal.
The Czech Post website adds that “several foreign museums, mostly in the United States, display permanent expositions of his artwork. He also designed several working car bodies emulating those of old 1930s cars.... In 2012, he started designing Czech postage stamps featuring car drawings...”.
And I do remember watching a documentary on TV about his love for cars (that was also passed on to a close relative... son, nephew..?).
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