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Exhibition "The Indians of North America" in Ethnographic Museum, Prague (7 stamps in set).

Stamp: Indian hunting bison
Edition type: commemorative stamp
Denomination: 1 Kčs
Date of issue: 1966 Jun. 20
Depiction: Print by George Catlin's painting "The Buffalo Chase (Singling Out)"
Colour: pale green, violet
Paper:
Designer: L. Sindelar
Engraver: Jindřich Schmidt
Perforation: comb. 11,75:11,25
Printing process: roll steel gravure combined with intaglio
Size of a stamp (mm): 44*27
Size of a sheet (mm):
Sheet composition:
Printing run: 4 260 000
Stamp issuing authority: Československá pošta
Printer:
  Special cancellation (ink - black) and art envelope were used in first day of issue.
 
Original Artwork - George Catlin (1796-1872) "The Buffalo Chase", circa 1837. Museum of the City of New York, New York, United States.
Themes: Bison (Bison bison), Indians, Painting, Hunting
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