Space and Astronomy Stamps - Czechoslovakia (Československo)

Background information about Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

Issue Date / Set Description

Description

18 May 1935 - Milan Štefánik

Milan Štefánik

circa 1936 - Definitives

John Amos Comenius
Edvard Beneš
Milan Štefánik (deep violet)

24 October 1937 - Bratislava Philatelic Exhibition

souvenir sheet of 2
Poprad Lake
Tomb of Milan Štefánik

21 November 1938 - Milan Štefánik

Milan Štefánik (deep green)

circa 1939 - Milan Štefánik

Milan Štefánik (dark blue)

circa 1940s - Definitives

Milan Štefánik 30h
Edvard Beneš 60h
Milan Štefánik 1k
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1.20k
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1.20
Milan Štefánik 2.40
Edvard Beneš 3k
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 4k
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 5k
Edvard Beneš 7k
Milan Štefánik 10k
Milan Štefánik 20k

circa 1945 - Definitives

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 50h
Milan Štefánik 80h
Edvard Beneš 1.60
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 15k

7 November 1953 - Czech-Soviet Friendship

Flags / Castle / Kremlin
Lomonosov University
Canal

28 March 1957 - John Amos Comenius

Mausoleum
John Amos Comenius Teaching
John Amos Comenius
Sun / Moon / Earth

20 December 1957 - International Geophysical Year

Radio Telescope
Weather Station
Sputnik 1

17 April 1958 - Political & Cultural Advancement

Rocket to the Moon

26 May 1958 - Political & Cultural Advancement

Figure Reaching Starward
Women
Children / Globes

23 September 1959 - Luna 2

Rocket / Moon

7 December 1959 - Radio / Telegraphy

Nikola Tesla
Alexander Popov
Édouard Branly
Guglielmo Marconi
Heinrich Hertz
Edwin Howard Armstrong

6 March 1961 - Space Research

Rocket Launch
Sputnik 3
Venera 1
Sputnik 1
Luna 3
Man in Space

13 April 1961 - Yuri Gagarin

Man in Space 60h
Man in Space 3k

20 June 1961 - Puppets

Puppet 30h
Puppet 40h
Puppet 60h
Puppet 1k (rocket in background)
Puppet 1.60k

22 June 1961 - Yuri Gagarin Visits Prague

Yuri Gagarin / Crowds
Yuri Gagarin / Rocket

circa 1962 - PRAGA ’62

Agriculture
Cosmonaut
sheet of 8 (#s 1128-9)
Child / Flute
Workers
Children / Tree
Bird
Prague (souvenir sheet)
Prague (imperf souvenir sheet)

26 March 1962 - Space Research

Abstract
Rocket Launch
Vostok 2
Rocket in Orbit
Lunar Probe
Communication Satellite

7 November 1962 - Quaddecennial of the USSR

Cosmonaut / Worker
Vladimir Lenin

25 April 1963 - Space Research

Rocket / Sun
Rockets Rising
Lunar Probe
Mars 1
Rocket / Jupiter
Rocket / Saturn
Mars 1 (souvenir sheet)

26 June 1963 - Vostok 5 / Vostok 6

Vostok 5 / Valery Bykovsky
Vostok 6 / Valentina Tereshkova

20 March 1964 - Various

Michelangelo / Moses
Shakespeare / A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Galileo Galilei / Telescope
George of Poděbrady
souvenir sheet of 4

27 April 1964 - First Ten Astronauts / Cosmonauts

Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Pavel Popovich / Andrian Nikolayev
Wally Schirra
L. Gordon Cooper
Valentina Tereshkova / Valery Bykovsky

12 November 1964 - Voskhod 1

Rocket / Crew (souvenir sheet)

15 March 1965 - Space Research

Corona
Sun
Moon
Pair of Probes
Space Station
Mars
Meteorology

17 April 1965 - Astronauts / Cosmonauts

“Gus” Grissom & John Young / Gemini 3
Pavel Popovich 60h
Gemini 3 on the Launch Pad
pair (#s 1303, 1305)
Alexey Leonov 3k
pair (#s 1304, 1306)

10 July 1965 - Various

Joseph Navratil
Author
Jan Hus
Gregor Mendel
Jewelry
Bohuslav Martinů
University of Bratislava
International Telecommunication Union Centennial
Macromolecular Symposium

29 August 1966 - Discovery of Pitchblende

Sun / Atom

31 August 1966 - Warsaw Pact

Jet / Tank / Missile

26 September 1966 - Space Research

Gemini 6A / Gemini 7
Luna 3
Mariner 4
Luna 9
Probe / Saturn
Telstar / Satellite Dish

24 March 1967 - Space Research

Sun / Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
Gemini Spacecraft / Agena / Toroidal Space Station
Man on Moon
Rocket / Solar System
Lunar Orbiter
Moon Base

22 August 1967 - International Astronomical Union Congress

Ondřejov Observatory

6 October 1967 - Czechoslovak People’s Army

Rocket / Tank

7 November 1967 - Semicentennial of the Russian Revolution

Aurora
Hammer / Sickle / Red Star
Hammer & Sickle / Hands

4 May 1969 - Milan Štefánik

Milan Štefánik x 2

21 July 1969 - Apollo 11

Astronaut / Moon / Manhattan Island
Lunar Module / John F. Kennedy Airport

17 February 1970 - Various

Ludwig van Beethoven
Friedrich Engels
Maximilian Hell
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Mánes
John Amos Comenius

31 August 1970 - Famous Cannons

Thirty Years War
Hussite War
Prussian-Austrian War
La Columbiad
World War I

20 September 1971 - Pharmaceuticals

Apothecary Jars 30h
Apothecary Jars 60h
Scales
Mortars
Retorts
Mortar

15 November 1971 - Intercosmos

Satellite Dish
Intercosmos 3
Meteor
Vostok
Intercosmos 4
Satellite over City
Rocket

27 March 1972 - Art

Pasture by Vojtěch Sedláček
Dressage by František Tichý
Otakara Kubina by Václav Fiala
The Three Kings by Ernest Zmeták
Woman Dressing by Ľudovít Fulla

12 April 1973 - Space Research

Venera
Intercosmos
Lunokhod
“Gus” Grissom / Ed White / Roger Chaffee
Vladimir Komarov / Georgiy Dobrovolsky / Vladislav Volkov / Viktor Patsayev
Yuri Gagarin

30 April 1974 - Intersputnik Ground Station

Satellite / Woman / Satellite Dish

9 October 1974 - Universal Postal Union Centennial

Universal Postal Union Insignia / Rider
Universal Postal Union Insignia / Mail Coach
Universal Postal Union Insignia / Railroad Coach
Universal Postal Union Insignia / Mail Truck
Universal Postal Union Insignia / Mail Plane
Universal Postal Union Insignia / Satellite Dish

30 September 1975 - International Cooperation in Space Research

Solar Studies
Auroral Research
Ionospheric Research
Radio Astronomy / Nicolaus Copernicus
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

18 December 1976 - Stamp Day

Rider / Satellites

4 October 1977 - Space Research

Sergey Korolyov
Yuri Gagarin
Alexey Leonov
Neil Armstrong
Salyut / Skylab

7 November 1977 - 55th Anniversary of the USSR

Mother Russia / Kremlin / Rocket

2 March 1978 - Soyuz 28

Yuri Gagarin 30h
Yuri Gagarin 3.60k

circa 1979 - Technology

Satellite Dish
Circuits
Airplane
Paper Tape

2 March 1979 - Soyuz 28

Rocket / Capsule
Aleksei Gubarev / Vladimír Remek
Yuri Romanenko / Georgi Grechko
Post Office in Space
Landing
Aleksei Gubarev / Vladimír Remek / Coats of Arms (souvenir sheet)

12 April 1980 - Intercosmos

Biosatellite
Weather Map / Satellite
Television Transmission
Camera / Satellite
Satellite Dish
Insignia (souvenir sheet)
Insignia (souvenir sheet) (imperforate)

5 April 1981 - Vigintennial Aninversary of Vostok 1

sheet of 2
Yuri Gagarin

9 August 1982 - UNISPACE ’82

sheet of 2
International Telecommunication Union Insignia / Earth / Space Station / United Nations Insignia

29 October 1982 - Academy of Sciences

Insignia (Soyuz Spacecraft / Planet Saturn)

7 November 1982 - Sexdecennial of the USSR

Man / Woman
Cosmonauts / Nuclear Power Plant

16 March 1983 - World Communications Year

WCY Insignia / Czech Television Insignia 40h
WCY Insignia / Czech Radio Insignia 1k
WCY Insignia / Universal Postal Union Insignia / International Telecommunication Union Insignia / ‘1983’ 1k
WCY Insignia / Arrows / Various Mail Transport 3.60k

12 April 1983 - Quinquennial of Soyuz 28

souvenir sheet of 2
Crew 6k
Crew 10k

30 September 1983 - World Communications Year

Insignia / Aircraft 50h
Insignia / Aircraft 1k
Insignia / Aircraft 4k

12 April 1984 - Intercosmos

Satellites 50h
Satellites 1k
Satellites 2k
Satellites 4k
Satellites 5k

12 April 1985 - Comet 1P/Halley

souvenir sheet of 2
Probe / Map

12 April 1987 - Intercosmos

souvenir sheet of 2
Soyuz 28 Crew / Rocket Launch
souvenir sheet of 4

6 July 1987 - Union of Czechoslovakian Mathematicians & Physicists

Clock / Functions
Joseph Petzval / Vincenc Strouhal / Vojtěch Jarník
Geography

23 September 1987 - Socialist Communications Organization

Insignia / Satellite Dish