Description: Thank you for your interest on our eBay items. Please email us if you have any questions. CZ027. CZECHOSLOVAKIA LIBERATION LOCALS 1945 BRNO III - BRNO VIII PROOF PAIRS R! The Czechoslovakian liberation (revolutionary) local issues on the end of World War II in 1945. The existed German, Slovakian, Hungarian and Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia stamps were overprinted with the liberation overprints in limited quantities for temporary local use in liberation zone for continuing the postal service with absence of new official liberated Czechoslovakian issues. The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia A.H. issue obliterated with special black liberation overprint for the temporary local use in Brno in 1945. The stamp pairs with rare proof overprints. Never Hinged. Official overprint. The city was liberated by the Moravian army of Marshal Malinovsky on 26th April 1945. Shortly after the establishment of the NV they asked Traffic Officer V. Hanák and Vice President F. Šidleju, a former senior official in the Postal Directorate, about overprinting the existing range of postage stamps in a way that would fit the new political situation. Hanák went with a clerk from the postal department headquarters to the printer ‘Polygrafie’. The theme for the overprint was Pravda vítezí (Truth prevails) together with the date of the liberation of Brno and the Moravian-Silesian eagle. The eagle design came from Hanák himself since the printer did not have this small font character. There were several trials of the overprint on definitive stamps of the Protectorate and the result was submitted to Red Army Colonel Smolkov, controlling the city, for approval. He refused on the basis that the overprint was on the despised image of Hitler. The NV in Brno had grown and now included the Minister of Posts, F. Hála, and in conversation with the head of the Postal Directorate he expressed his wish that on 12th May 1945 their visit from President Beneš should be marked with a commemorative sheet bearing the new Czechoslovak stamps. It was suggested that the new stamps for the country were in transit and had reached Podivín by car. In these exceptional circumstances the Director of Posts set out by car with an interpreter and two other representatives on 10th May to find out about the new stamps. The stamps were not at Podivín, so they drove on to Bratislava, where they spent the night. From Bratislava they brought about 7 million lower value stamps and postcards. In the meantime, those in Brno worried about what was going on (there was no phone connection) and set out to produce the commemorative sheets on time. The postal headquarters again sought permission for overprints. This time they had the idea of using newspaper stamps that would then be affixed to the commemorative sheets. However, the printer Polygrafie now had no power, so they made trials on transparent paper of the proposed new overprint at the printing works Zár on 11th May 1945. PRAVDA VÍTEZÍ Cs. P. 12. 5. 1945 When the trials for the overprinting were ready in the afternoon, the director of the printing works, V. Šafár, handed them to the Director of Posts, who had just returned by car from Bratislava with the new stamps, and these were used on the commemorative sheets instead. Commemorative sheet for the visit of President Beneš using the stamps from Bratislava. (by Holoubek and R. J. Hill) The auction is for the item above only. Please check my eBay listing for a similar items. We would like to maintain a high level of performance and would like to resolve all problems that may occur. If you have any problems with the item description, communication, shipping time, shipping and handling charges, price, or any others please read the payment/shipment/return terms below or contact me. We answer on emails daily. I will contact you via email after receiving the end of auction notice. Postage combine for multiple lots. Accept PayPal and other payment types. For payments through Paypal according to new eBay charges and Paypal protection program requirements: - For domestic customers making payments through Paypal, the postal charge includes a mail charge with delivery confirmation and the tracking number or/and insurance according to United States Postal Service. - For international buyers making payments through Paypal, the postage charge includes a mail charge and registration with a tracking number according to United States Postal Service. For small purchases the mail can be sent with certificate (proof) of mailing instead of registered mail, but only by a special request and confirmation from the buyer. The buyer is fully responsible if the letter is lost or damaged during the mailing process. I accept other types of payments and can use other mailing options to reach the goal of safe and prompt delivery. Please contact me for other mailing options or if you have any questions. All mail will be securely packed with plastic or special protective paper packets, reinforced with cardboard and sent in regular or brown large envelopes. The mail will be sent within 1 to 10 business days. Unfortunately, we are not able to ship orders every day. Please allow some time for delivery. Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item. Bidding on this item also constitutes acceptance of the term that you have read the auction description fully, and agree to all terms stated therein. A full refund for returned items is guaranteed only in the case when any mistakes have been made in the item description or if the picture doesn't show the hidden faults and they are not described in the item description (not in the item title - the item title only contains common words related to the item for easy search). No refund for the items sells "as is".
Price: 89.99 USD
Location: Sarasota, Florida
End Time: 2025-02-08T06:08:15.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.95 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year of Issue: 1945
Place of Origin: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
Quality: In description
Grade: In description
Certification: Genuine
