Expo on postage stamps

The theme of the sheet and stamps is Mucha's first series of decorative panels, The Seasons, published in Paris in 1896. Each stamp depicts one season. These are posters without text, intended purely for artistic use or for decorating interior walls. The set of four panels depicts the seasons as ethereal nymphs whose appearance and mood capture the character of each season.

1. Summer, with red poppies on her head evoking the scent of a hot summer, sits on the riverbank and dips her feet in the cool water.
2. Spring is a delicate blonde playing a lyre made from a branch and her own hair.
3. Autumn, with her hair adorned with a wreath of chrysanthemums, celebrates the annual harvest against the backdrop of a rich tapestry of autumn trees.
4. Winter is a more mature woman wrapped in a robe, warming a small bird stiff with cold.
5. Together, they represent the harmonious cycle of nature.

Together, they represent the harmonious cycle of nature.

The sheet commemorates Czechia's participation in the EXPO 2025 world exhibition held on the artificial island of Yumeshima in Osaka, Japan, from April 13 to October 13, 2025.

Expo Osaka 2025: Czech Pavilion is a commemorative postage stamp sheet. This special issue represents the Czech Republic's participation in the EXPO 2025 world exhibition. With the theme Talent and Creativity for Life, Czechia presents to the world not only Czech glass, music, and art, which the Japanese have admired for generations, but also innovative Czech technologies and regional talents. The main motif of the stamp is the Czech national pavilion, built from modern CLT panels and glass, which pays tribute to the centuries-old glassmaking tradition and at the same time highlights Czech innovation. As the first wooden structure of its kind without a metal frame in Japan, the pavilion is one of the most architecturally interesting pavilions at EXPO 2025. It thus continues the legacy of the award-winning Czechoslovak pavilion at EXPO 1970, which was also held in Osaka.

The stamp also features a linden leaf and the mascot of the Czech participation – the astronaut René, inspired by a glass sculpture by the famous glassmaker René Roubíček. The price of the sheet is CZK 54 and is represented by the letter "Z", which corresponds to the price for a standard international letter weighing up to 50 g – non-European countries. The graphic design of the issue was created by Adam Hoffmeister. The sheet has a print run of 23,000 copies and is available at the Czech Post e-shop or at selected branches.

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