First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia
SlovakiaHistorical Anniversaries: 150 Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation
Date of Issue : 6 June 2011
The stamp contains the portraits of Š. M. Daxner and J. Francisci, the main organizers of the Memorandum assembly and a young man portraying Slovakia in the background with a woman representing freedom, tearing her chains. The assembled representatives of the nation on the FDC are portrayed by the styled eagle as the symbol of freedom and independence. The stamp contains a lime twig as the modern symbol of the Slavs, as well as the symbol of a meeting place (Under lime-trees).
The special stamp deals with one of the most significant events of the modern Slovak history – declaration of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation on June 6 – 7, 1861 at the national assembly in Martin. At that time the Memorandum was not successful, its ideas, however, were the basis of the Slovak political programme until 1938.
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