ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP
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ORIENTAL CARPETS |
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 1. 10. 2003 | |
| Face value: | 9 CZK | |
| Picture size: | 40 x 50 mm | |
| Designer: | Jan Kavan | |
| Engraver: | Václav Fajt | |
| Method of printing: | recess print from flat plates | |
| Colours of the stamps: | yellow, red, blue and brownblack | |
| Subject of the stamp: | a 19th century Anatolian prayer carpet with a stylized mihrab - an alcove in the wall which is oriented in the direction of Mecca, thus giving the believers the direction in which to pray. | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0369 | |
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