FIRST ELECTRIC RAILWAY
FROM TÁBOR TO BECHYNĚ
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
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100 YEARS OF THE KŘIŽÍK FIRST ELECTRIC RAILWAY FROM TÁBOR TO BECHYNĚ |
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 28. 5. 2003 | |
| Face value: | 10 CZK | |
| Printing sheets: | 50 stamps | |
| Printing sheet (booklet): | á 50 pcs stamps | |
| Size of the stamp: | 40 x 23 mm | |
| Graphic Artist and Engraver: | Jiří Bouda | |
| Method of printing: | rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in yellow, blue and two red coloures | |
| Subject of the stamp: | on 21 June 1903 two electric railway cars began to link the South Bohemian towns of Tábor and Bechyně, later marked with the series numbers M 400.001 and 002. The maximum speed was set at 25 kilometers per hour, and the ride on the route which was 23 kilometers long and had 12 stops took somewhat longer than one hour. The construction of this first electric inter-city railway in Bohemia, sponsored by the Country Committee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and by the two towns which were linked by this project, was headed by the pioneer of Czech electrical engineering, inventor and able businessman František Křižík (1847-1941). | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0359 | |
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