Stamp of the nazi-german "protektorat böhmen und mähren" (= protectorate of bohemia and moravia); 1939; definitive stamp drbm michel no. 34b of the issue "landscapes and buildings".;issue of 18 stamps; the stamp motive shows a view to the old moravian town "moravske ostrava" (= czech name; germen "mährisch ostrau" or only "ostrau"). The stamp is showing a view to an industrial plant in the shape of a blast furnace on a industrial area in "moravske ostrava".;probably shows the central motive of this stamp a german: "hochofenkomplex mit winderhitzer" of the "eisenwerke wittkowitz" (german names) in the region "moravian silesia" southwestern of the polish border.;during the nazi-time belonged this industrial plant to the "reichswerke hermann göring".;in this metallurgical complex were produced among others munitions for guns and artillery as well as components for the rocket "aggregat 4" (= "v2").;1942-1945 was this area expanded to the location "ostrava-kunčice" (= germanː "südbau") what was the basis for the later erected "nova hut" (german: "neuhütte").;after 1945 was this areal integrated in "czechoslovakian state possession" and produced metallurgical products under the name "vítkovické železárny klementa gottwalda n. P. " (vžkg) until the 1960s as this areal was modernised with soviet help.;to this stamp exists two different print plates i and ii. At plate i (= michel no. 34a) occurs the effect, that the inner frame line touches the outer frame line in one point in the upper left corner. At the plate ii (= michel no. 34b) this effect appears not.;also the color is obvious more brighter at plate ii.;the nazi-protectorate "bohemia and moravia" existed 1939-1945 as part of homeland of the german empire.;from this time also is originated the depicted stamp.;reasonable for the stamps of the protectorate 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").;mint stamp
stamp: michel: no. 34a; yvert & tellier: no. 33; scott: no. 35; afa: no. 34
color: blackish violet (plate i) or black green blue (plate ii)
watermark: none
nominal value: 4 k (koruna)
postage validity: from 4 november 1939 until 29 march 1943
stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 29. 0 x 23. 5 mm mm. Date: 1 December 1939.
