Stamp 1939 DRBM MiNr009 mt B002, Bohumil Heinz, 15 July 1939

Stamp of the german "protektorat böhmen und mähren" (= protectorate of bohemia and moravia); 1939; definitive stamp drbm michel no. 9; definitive stamp of czechoslovakia (michel no. 350 from 1935) with double line overprint of the new country name "böhmen und mähren / čechy a morava" and fessed old coutry name.;old country name "ceskoslovensko" (without hyphen (with hyphen = drbm michel no. 10)), the stamp motive shows a side-portrait of tomáš garrigue masaryk (1850-1937).;masaryk was a czech philosopher, politician, sociologist and writer.;he was until to the wwi member of the austrian-hungarian "reichsrat" and was 1919-1937 the first president of the new-founded independant republic of czechoslovakia.;he was professor for philosophy on the charles-university in prague.;the initial stamps issued from the government of this protectorate (1-19) were valid until to the (also accepted as mixed frankings). After could only still used the stamps of the german empire or own stamps which were issued from the government of the protectorate. Reasonable was in each case the "postal supervision" (german: "postaufsicht") of the german empire. Currency until to was 1 koruna (german: "krone") = 100 haléřů (german: "heller").;this stamp is certified by "gilbert".;mint stamp stamp: michel: no. 9 (czechoslovakia no. 350 with overprint); yvert & tellier: no. 9 (no. 302 with overprint); scott: no. 9 (no. 212 with overprint); afa: no. 9 (no. 213 with overprint) color: black red on dark lilac red to blackish rose lilac with black overprint watermark: none nominal value: 1 kč (koruna) (abbreviation not "k" !) postage validity: from 15 july 1939 until 15 december 1939 (stamp with overprint) stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 19. 0 x 20. 5 mm print run: - 496,975,500 stamps on sheets à 100 stamps (czech) - 386,000 stamps in sheets à 100 stamps (german). Date: 15 July 1939.