Monday, August 10, 2026

Czech Stamps with a Canadian Connection

This is from the Czech town of Břeclav. The stamp on the left from 2015 features Bob and Bobek playing hockey. They were characters from a popular childrens TV series but were made IIHF mascots when Czechia hosted the IIHF World Championship in 2015. The Canadian team won that championship. And the stamp on the right celebrates the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada. Czech speed skater Martina Sáblíková won a pair of gold medals at those games.
There are other things happening on this cover. The buildings to the left of the stamps depict Břeclav castle. The line drawing bottom left is the Mariánský most (a cable-stayed bridge) that crosses the Elbe river in Ústí nad Labem. And the little guy top left is a long-legged elf, also from Ústí nad Labem. Dlouhonohých skřítků is a geocaching game created by, I believe, the Ústí nad Labem tourist office. And I'm guessing the handstamp is something you get as part of following or completing a trail or rally related to that.

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