Theme of the stamp
The Chudobín pine at a time of the maximum water level of the dam, when its beautiful appearance stands out best.
The Chudobín pine is a solitary Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) defiantly rooted on the rocky headland of a dam overlooking a village called Chudobín that was flooded in the 1950s to build the dam. The well-known tree was a frequent object of works by visual artists and photographers even before the dam construction. It is not only an important landmark, but also impressive evidence of high resilience to the vagaries of climate and human activity. It has been growing there for three hundred and fifty years. Unlike the rising and falling water levels, the tree does not change much. Sometimes, its roots are just at the water level. Right now, it towers above it. The tree is mechanically stable and relatively healthy, although it shows signs of reduced vitality due to prolonged drought and probably also water level fluctuations. At maximum swelling of the water reservoir, the root system of the pine is usually completely flooded by water. At low water levels, on the other hand, the pine rises more than 20 m above the dam level. In 2020, the Chudobín pine was voted European Tree of the Year.
Product description
a stamp identified with the letter B corresponding to the price of Ordinary Letter – Standard up to 50 g in domestic Economy service (current price according to the Price List of Basic Postal Services: CZK 19)
Method of printing
Offset printing in the print run of 525 000 stamps