Slovakia 2008 Karol Plicka, Folklorist, Photographer
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 12th September 2008
- one value and two labels in a miniature sheet
- Designed: Dušan Kállay
- Engraving by: Miloš Ondráček
- Printed by: Postal Printing House, Prague
- Print process: recess
- miniature sheet format height 81mm x width 109mm
- Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5
Karol Plicka, 1894-1987, Folklorist, Folk Song Collector, Photographer and Cinematographer, Picture Postcard publisher
40skc ~ portrait of Plicka, holding a camera
label: statues on the Charles Bridge, Prague, after Plicka photograph
label: woman in traditional costume of Očovej, after published Plicka picture postcard
- Notes: Plicka published postcards and books of Slovakian costume, views, scenes, and also made the first sound film in the Slovak language, Zem Spieva, the earth sings, in 1932-1933
