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Introduction
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SOKOL POSTCARDS
1938 (Click on any image to view an enlarged version)
Official Image, both as a poster and as a postcard. Artist: Karl Minář
The tenth festival, in 1938, took place during the time of growing fascist
threats
from Italy and Germany, but still exceeded the previous Slets in size and
length. Again there were both winter and summer competitions.
For the summer games, ten days of competitions and performances were spread
over one month,
with participation by nearly 350,000 Sokol members, observed by more than
2 million spectators.
Two sets of postage stamps were issued (shown above):
one, with two values depicting a falcon,
for the winter games (Scott Czechoslovakia 241-242), and another, with three
values
depicting Jindrich Fügner, for the summer games
(Scott Czechoslovakia 246-248). All were printed with setenant labels,
in sheets of 100 stamps and 12 labels,
LIKE THIS.
Two series of postal cards were issued, one for the winter games, and another
for the summer,
each of eight cards. All are shown at the bottom of this page.
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The reconstructed strip of ten poster stamps above shows the history
of the All-Sokol Slets prior to 1938. The first stamp, on the left,
is a reproduction of
a famous painting of the All-Sokol Slet of 1882 by
Adolf Liebscher (1857-1919).
The next 8 show photos of the eight Slets from then
to 1928, and the last stamp is an image created for the new celebration
The artist was
Mikoláš Aleš (1862-1913).
His signature - "A" - is visible at bottom left.
These vignettes were issued in five different colors - violet, red, green,
blue, and brown.
The designer of the stamps was Karel Špillar (1871-1939).
8/19/18 - One of my collecting obsessions is large multiples of stamps
and labels. I like to see how they were printed and distributed.
Well today, after searching for many years, I finally found
this image
of a complete sheet of these labels - fantastic!
IV. STŘEDOŠKOLSKÉ HRY-PRAHA 1938
Fourth High School Games
I know nothing about these, except what the name says, but it appears
they were sponsored by the schools/government, rather than the Sokol
organization,
so though held in conjunction with the Slet, they were not officially
a part of it. Note that they are not listed in the schedule on the
poster at the top of this page.
More information is welcome.
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A popular feature at these huge Slets were the re-enactments and
allegorical performances. -------------
As expected for one of these All-Sokol events, many postcards were published.
Below are a few, though two of these are generic, undated cards produced
for general use.
Note the image on the card at right above -
the athlete is throwing a hand-grenade.
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The photograph at left below says it all.
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Below, a special railway ID card for travel to the Slet.
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POSTAL CARDS - WINTER GAMES
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POSTAL CARDS - SUMMER GAMES
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Poster stamp
Slet Exhibition at Výštavisté (an exhibition grounds in
Prague)
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According to Sokol maven Štefan Šuták
of Chomutov, Czech Republic, this stamp was a charity label issued to
raise funds in support of Sokol clubs in border areas where clubs
could not get enough members to be self-sustaining.
"5/29-6/6/1938 - With permission from the authorities,
LETNICE means Pentecost and HRANIČÁŘŮM
means border guards.
"Letnice," or Pentecost, is seven weeks after Easter.
Easter in 1938 was Sunday, April 17, so Pentecost was Sunday, June 5.
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