THE OLDEST
CZECH VIEWING TOWERS
SLOVANKAIN JABLONEC DISTRICT
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
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TECHNICAL MONUMENTS: THE OLDEST CZECH VIEWING TOWERS SLOVANKAIN JABLONEC DISTRICT |
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 28. 5. 2003 | |
| Face value: | 6.40 CZK |
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| Printing sheets: | 50 stamps | |
| Size of the stamp: | 23 x 30 mm | |
| Graphic Artist: | Adolf Absolon | |
| Engraver: | Martin Srb | |
| Method of printing: | rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in yellow, red, blue and redbrown | |
| Subject of the stamp: | although the Jizery mountains are densely wooded, viewing towers are a typical sight there. The oldest is Slovanka above Hrabětice in Jablonec nad Nisou district. Its metal structure, nearly 12 metres high, was made by the Vienna firm Waagner and mounted on a 3 metre high base at an elevation of 821.5 m above sea level. The grand opening of the tower was on 14th August 1887. In 1999, a society was founded in Lučany nad Nisou to renovate the tower. They dismantled, repaired and reassembled the corroded structure. In the same year it was declared a national technical monument. | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0361 | |
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