Czechoslovakia : ID

Catalogue blindness.

SG numbers or just years will suffice.

Rod, bottom left is Scott 421 from 1950 for the International Students World Congress Aug 12-24, 1950

I know you wanted SG, but you're gonna get Scott


UL: 1989(26Feb1975)
UR: 2378(5Sep1981)
LL: 421(14Aug1950)
LR: 1988(26Feb1975)

I threw in the issue dates for good measure.

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

(Gibbons have both hollar graphics under 1975)

That four-ear cat is pretty scary!

Is the 4 eared cat from a cartoon or childrens story?

Scott's says the cat is from the 8th Biennial Exhibition of Children's Book Illustrations.

Cat holding flower by Etienne Delessert

Cannot locate this one in Scott or Gibbons

any value there?

In the Scott catalog, it is Czechoslovaki #71a(1920). You will need to check the perf and type to get the final ID. Tete beche pair catalogs at $2 in the 2011 catalog.

This pair is SG 199a priced at £1.60 used in 2002.

The wee mouse playing the drum? is nice on the same stamp as the four-eared cat.

Michel is more precise: the perfs are 14 or 13¾ and the tête-bêche pairs are only 13¾. Michel also lists gutter tête-bêche pairs. This pair is Mi 173 KZ.

SG doesn't distinguish the two perfs as they round perf measurements to the nearest ½ but they do note that these tête-bêche pairs come from sheets intended for booklets that in the end were just released nomally in sheet form.

Thankyou very much guys.

For you Puzz......

Delessert wrote and designed

How the Mouse Was Hit on the Head by a Stone and So Discovered the World

a lyrical tale about a five-year-old mouse. The story follows the small rodent, who's lived under the ground for the entirety of his young life, and his attempt to make a room of his own. He digs a tunnel, and no sooner is he able to appreciate his work than a stone from the ceiling bashes him in the head, scaring him blind. The small mouse opens his eyes, and for the first time, he can see his paws and the color of his fur in the light of the day. He looks up and asks the sun, "Who are you? I've never seen you before… Are you the one who is hurting my eyes?" The sun replies, "Yes, because I shine so brightly… I am the sun, and I am very old. I came a long time ago, about the same time as mice." The mouse then asks the sun, how he started to shine. "Once a gentleman lit me with a huge match," the sun replies. "Every morning he throws me high in the sky and I shine; but in the evening he catches me again. Then night takes my place." The little mouse, peering out of his burrow, finds the world comes to him: the wind and the rain, the snow and the petals of flowers. "And those little lights all around you, what are they?" the mouse asks. "Bits of moon?" "No, those are stars," the moon answers. "Stars are little sparks that have gathered together. They shine in the night like cats' eyes." The mouse at last comes out of his hole and joins the sun "for a long trip on which they will meet many new friends."

Thanks Rod, great tale (tail).

I am a tad chafed,
the Sun didn't tell the mouse about Stamp Collecting...
He deserves to be Mooned.