Description
The post horn has long been a symbol of the postal service. in the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries, mail carriers on horseback would use a small horn to announce the arrival or departure of the mail. On offer here is a set of 4 postage blocks from Czechoslovakia's 1977 World Stamp Exhibition, featuring historical postal delivery by horses, plus a collector's postcard of Bratislava. ➼ ASK ABOUT COMBINED POSTAGE ON STAMPS! Country: Czechoslovakia Series: Czechoslovakia 1977 World Stamp Exhibition Catalog codes: Michel CS 2377-2380, Sc CS 2116-2119. Themes: Philatelic Exhibitions Issued on: June 8, 1977. Expiry date: 1993-09-30 Colors: Multicolor Format: Stamp Emission: Commemorative Perforation: 11¾ x 11¼. Printing: Photogravure & Recess. Face value: 60 h; 1 Kcs; 2 Kcs; 3.60 Kcs. A nice collection of stamps of historical postal delivery. For example, The 1 KCS stamp shows a post rider standing next to his horse, with the post horn hanging on his side while the 3.60 KCS stamp shows the horse rearing up on its back legs while the postal carrier blows their horn. Also included in a collector's postal card with a commemorative stamp featuring the Slovak capital of Bratislava as it existed in the 16th century. 3.00 KCS face value. Engraver: Miloš Ondraček, Circulation: 452,000 (2289), Perforation: 11 ¾. On a postcard by Press Foto Bratislava, 1977. 4x Czechoslovakia 1977 Mi 2377-2380 World Stamp Exhibition Sc 2116-2119 + Bratislava Stamped Postcard Mnh Mint, Philately, Collecting
