Postfila / 0408


		NATURE CONSERVATION - PROTECTED TREES ŽIŽKA'S OAK TREE
		COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
Date of issue:		8. 9. 2004
Face value:		6.50 CZK
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 ochre, green, blue and brown
Subject of the stamp:		Žižka's Oak Tree in Podhradí near Lichnice, Chrudim Region. The current girth and height of the tree are 9.20 and over 18 m, respectively. The tree was possibly named after the famous Hussite commander Jan Žižka for its internal power to keep up and fight. The famous commander has nothing to do with the medieval love story which took place here. It is said that one of the lords of the castle found his wife and a young knight under the oak. The angry lord ordered his wife to be set alive in masonry and the knight beheaded.
Catalogue No.:		0408



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