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18.02.2004     Miniature Sheet: Sorry, no image of the miniature sheet available. First Day Cover:  1 stamp: Issue Date: 18 February 2004 Colour: black / multicolour Printing stamp: Recess / offset Printing FDC: Recess print from flat plates Stamp size: 50 x 40 mm Design: CZK 17.00: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Brno Sheet: 4 stamps + 2 central labels Graphic Artist: Karel Zeman Engraver: Jaroslav Tvrdoň Printer: Post Printing House in Prague On the 18th February, 2004 the Ministry of Communications of the Czech Republic issued a commemorative postage stamp The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the denomination of CZK 17.00 to promote the European Exhibition of Postage Stamps BRNO 2005 which is to be held at the Brno Exhibition Centre in May 10-15, 2005 . The church of the Cistercian nunnery at Mendel Square in Old Brno was established in 1323 by the Queen Eliska Rejcka who was buried by the Holy Cross altar there in 1335. The church is remarkable for its horizontal plan made up of two lateral naves and the technology used to build the church exclusively in brick with only a minimum of stone. After the devastating war catastrophe in 1467 the church was renovated with late gothic elements and reconsecrated. The present baroque interior is from the third quarter of the 18th century. The church houses an extraordinary image of the Madonna, a 13th century icon of the Italian-Byzantine style, the oldest in the Czech Republik, donated in 1356 by Charles IV to the Augustinian monastery of St. Thomas in Brno. It was brought here by the Augustinians after they obtained the site of the nunnery in 1782. In the 19th century the monastery was the centre of education and culture in Brno. The abbot J.G. Mendel (1822-1884) did his genetic experiments here. The stamp shows a total view of the church completed by the text BRNO - THE CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY in Czech. The author of the design of the stamps was ac. painter and graphic artist Karel Zeman, the engravings were the work of graphic artist and engraver Jaroslav Tvrdoň . The stamp, sized 50 x 40 mm, was printed by the Post Printing House in Prague by recess print from flat plates in black combined with coloured offset in arranged printing sheets with four stamps and two labels; the upper one shows a woodcarved decorative element from the monastic library, on the lower one is the logo of the exhibition, the coat-of-arms of Brno town and the text EUROPEAN POSTAGE STAMP EXHIBITION in Czech. There is 1 First Day Cover incl. commemorative cancellation; the cachet is a part of the botanic department of the monastic (convent) library, which Gregor Mendel also used. The cover was printed by recess print from flat plates in blackbrown. The stamp is valid for inland and international postage from 18th February, 2004.
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