Slovakia FDC on "450th Anniversary of the Birth of Jan Jessenius (1566 – 1621). Joint issue with Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland"

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Slovakia

450th Anniversary of the Birth of Jan Jessenius (1566 – 1621). Joint issue with Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Date of Issue : 22 June 2016

The stamp is an engraving of the period copperplate portrait of Jan Jesenius by the Nuremberg engraver Lucas Kylian in 1618. The coupon takes the form of the title page of his book “Anatomy” which contains a description of the Prague autopsy, published in 1601 in Wittenberg. The style of the First Day Cover envelopes are based on woodcuts from the early 17th century, the imprint is a section of the hand including the astrological symbolism of human anatomy and the postmark forms a contemporary book binding.