Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1939-1945

The postal history of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia begins on 13.4.1939, when the first stamps issued were the 1 K stamp with the portrait of T. G. Masaryk (cat. POFIS 352) and the 30 h Letecká stamp, both with the inscription CZECHOSLOVAKIA. These stamps were prepared as the first stamps for the republic in the post-Monnich era. However, they were never issued again as they were replaced by the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

But the need for stamps was greater and these two values were not sufficient. Therefore, the authorities of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia proceeded to reprint the stamps of Czechoslovakia. A series of the first officially marked postage stamps of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (cat. POFIS) 1-19 - overprint on stamps of Czechoslovakia was created.

Postage stamps of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia are popular as a closed stamp country with a predetermined number of stamps issued, which can be purchased for a reasonable price of literally a few hundred crowns.

You can build up a collection of these stamps almost over a lifetime, as you can add coupons and their variants, plate numbers and plate marks, plate defects and other variants to the basic collection, adding dozens and hundreds of stamp variants to the basic collection, making a comprehensive collection a challenge for many collectors of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia stamps.