Postfila / 0355


		EUROPA - THE ART OF THE POSTER
		COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
Date of issue:		7. 5. 2003
Face value:		9 CZK
Printing sheets:		8 stamps
Size of the stamp:		23 x 40 mm
Graphic Artist:		Zdeněk Ziegler
Engraver:		Miloš Ondráček
Method of printing:		recess print from flat plates in black combined with multicoloured offset
Subject of the stamp:		A poster for the famous Italian film Dolce Vita by Fellini created by Karel Vaca, 1962. The pioneer of the poster was the Frenchman Jules Chéret who used the lithographic technology of printing. He created his first posters in the early decades of the second half of the 19th century. The 1890s saw the rise of Czech poster creation, and around the year 1900 Czech posters began to be recognized all over Europe (such as the posters by Alfons Mucha, L. Marold, J. Preisler, V. Preissig and others). The biggest boom of the poster and publicity pictures occurred worldwide after World War II. Perhaps the highest standards were attained by film posters.
Catalogue No.:		0355



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