Awarded stamps
Award-winning stamps
Overview of stamps awarded in international competitions
Animals in our natural environment with their young
1st place in the Praga Ars Philatelica competition in the "Most Beautiful Miniature Sheet" category for 2024.
Artworks on Stamps: J. E. Ridinger – Hunting Prints
2nd place in the Praga Ars Philatelica competition in the category of Most Beautiful Engraved Miniature Sheet for 2024
Industrial Heritage Sites: Dolní Vítkovice
3rd place in the Praga Ars Philatelica competition in the category of Most Beautiful Offset Stamp of 2024
Shakespeare's plays
1st place in the Premio Internazionale d’Arte Filatelica competition, Asiago, Italy, for the best stamp of 2023
Prague Motifs
3rd place at the 2021 Premios Nexofil Awards in Madrid in the category of Best Hand-Engraved Stamp in the World for 2020
The 900th Anniversary of the Premonstratensian Order
3rd place at the 2021 Premios Nexofil Awards in Madrid in the category of Best Offset-Printed Stamp in the World for 2020
Prague Motifs
3rd place for the world’s most luxurious souvenir at the 2021 Premios Nexofil Awards in Madrid for the year 2020
The 30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and Karel Kryl
1st place at the 2020 Premios Nexofil Awards in Madrid in the category of Best Stamp Design in the World for 2019
Artworks on Stamps: Václav Radimský
3rd place at the 2020 Premios Nexofil Awards in Madrid in the category of Best Hand-Engraved Stamp in the World for 2019
Technical Landmarks: The First Horse-Drawn Tram Line
3rd place at the 2020 Premios Nexofil Awards in Madrid in the category of Best Offset-Printed Stamp in the World for 2019
Artworks on stamps: Paulus Pontius
3rd place for the best engraved European Union stamp at the Grand Prix de l'Art Philatélique, Brussels, 2018. The engraving was created by Martin Srb.
Joint issue with Slovakia, the Vatican, and Bulgaria: 1,150th anniversary of Cyril and Methodius
1st prize for the most beautiful miniature sheet from 2013 to 2017 in the MADRID – NEXOFIL competition. The artwork was designed by painter Dušan Kállay, and the engraving was created by engraver Miloš Ondráček.
Collector's Edition of The Bombay Letter
2nd place for the world’s most luxurious souvenir in the 2018 MADRID – NEXOFIL competition. The souvenir was designed by Jaromír, Libuše, and Kamil Knotek.
You can purchase the collector’s edition in the lobby of the Main Post Office, Jindřišská 14, Prague 1, at the stamp shop at counter no. 30.
Francesco da Ponte: The Presentation in the Temple: A Collection of Prints and Engravings
3rd place for the world’s most luxurious postage stamp in the 2018 MADRID – NEXOFIL competition. The engraving was created by engraver Miloš Ondráček.
Jaromír and Libuše Knotek: Zoos II.
2nd place in the 2018 Premios Nexofil competition in Madrid, for stamps issued as a commemorative miniature sheet, in the category THE WORLD’S BEST MIXED PRINTING STAMP (2017) – the world’s best mixed-printing stamp; a combination of gravure and offset printing techniques was used to print the stamps.
Jaroslava Pešicová, engraver Václav Fajt: The Winner
2nd place in the 2018 Premios Nexofil competition in Madrid, for the most luxurious collector’s set of individual color separations and the complete overprint of the stamp, in the category THE WORLD’S BEST DE LUXE PROFF (2017) – the world’s most luxurious postage stamp print; the stamps were printed using the steel engraving technique.
Jaromír and Libuše Knotek: The Crown Jewels
3rd place for a self-adhesive stamp booklet with a stamp in the Premios Nexofil 2018 competition in Madrid, in the category THE WORLD’S BEST STAMP (2017) – the world’s best postage stamp; the stamps were printed using offset printing
Jaroslava Pešicová (1935–2015): The Winner
1st Prize for the Best-Designed Postage Stamp in the World, 2016–2018, in the GOVERNMENT POSTAGE STAMP PRINTERS’ ASSOCIATION competition, in the BEST INTAGLIO STAMP category – the best postage stamp printed using the intaglio (steel engraving) technique
Taras Kushchynsky (1932–1983): Huddled
1st Prize for the Best-Designed Postage Stamp in the World, 2016–2018, in the GOVERNMENT POSTAGE STAMP PRINTERS’ ASSOCIATION competition, in the BEST OFFSET STAMP category – the best postage stamp printed using offset printing technology
Jan Jessenius – a joint publication by the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland
2nd Prize at the 2017 Grand Prix de Bruxelles in the category of Most Beautiful Stamp Engraving
Nature Conservation – Owls – Eagle Owl
2nd place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2015
Franz Kafka
2nd place in the "Most Beautiful Stamp of the Year" competition, category: Innovative and Design-Oriented Approach to Stamp Design, Madrid, 2013
The 1,150th Anniversary of Cyril and Methodius – a joint issue by the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Vatican, and Bulgaria
1st place in the category of the competition for the world’s most beautiful miniature sheet, Madrid, 2013
2nd Prize at the Archangel Gabriel Competition, Legnago near Verona, 2013
800 years since the promulgation of the Golden Bull of Sicily by King Frederick II
5th place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2013
W. A. Mozart
2nd place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2012
3rd place in the competition organized by the Association of German and American Philatelists, "Music" theme group, 2011
Postal Museum
1st place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2010
Karel Plicka (1894–1987) – a joint issue by the Czech Republic and Slovakia
3rd place for the world’s most beautiful steel-engraved stamp at the “Grand Prix de l’Art Philatélique” in Brussels, 2008
Praga 2008 World Stamp Exhibition – Charles Bridge – 650 Years
2nd place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2007
A View of Hradčany
3rd place in the European Union competition for the best stamp engraving of 2006, Brussels
XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin 2006
Silver medal and certificate from the 2009 Prix Olympia, awarded by the IOC Commission in Lausanne
Alois Bubák: On the Edge of Bohemian Paradise
3rd place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2004
Animal Breeding – Parrots
1st Prize for Best Cartes Maxima at F.I.P., France, 2005
Antonín Slavíček: Autumn in Veltrusy
1st place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna in 2003
First Prize in the Intaglio/Engraving category at the Award of Excellence in Krakow for the most beautiful steel-engraved stamp from 2003–2004
Vlaho Bukovac: Divan – a joint publication by the Czech Republic and Croatia
1st Prize for an outstanding engraving at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2004
A Thousand Years of Architecture in the Czech Republic
1st place in the Premio Internazionale d'Arte Filatelica competition, Asiago, Italy
Prague – European City of Culture 2000
1st place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the International Conference of Stamp Printers, Seoul, 2002
Julius Mařák: Landscape with a Marsh
1st place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 2001
Josef Navrátil: The Spinner
2nd place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the WIPA Grand Prix de l'Exposition in Vienna, 1998
Antonín Chittussi: Landscape with the Château de Chantilly
1st place in the competition for the most beautiful stamp at the International Conference of Stamp Printers, 1998
Luděk Marold: A Parisian Woman, 1897
1st place in the competition for the most beautiful postage stamp at the International Conference of Postage Stamp Printers, Berlin, 1995
740th anniversary of the birth of Marco Polo (EUROPA – Discoveries)
1st place in the Premio Internazionale d'Arte Filatelica competition, Asiago, 1995