Theme of the stamp
The stamp’s motto is LAWLESSNES - TIMELESSNESS - METAMORPHOSIS. The composition of the stamp, handstamp and FDC is based on an austere geometric module which is also reflected in the booklet.
The stamp portrays a realistic-looking beetle. As a symbol of relentless metamorphosis, not always for the better, the beetle is set in austere, even unsympathetic modules. Franz Kafka - a Prague-born, German-language writer of Jewish origin. He is best known for his novels The Trial, The Man Who Disappeared (also known as America), The Castle, and short story The Metamorphosis. The key part of his work was almost unknown and only a few short stories were published during his lifetime. Kafka became famous posthumously, mostly after World War II. Today, he is considered one of the 20th-century classics and a renowned innovator of the prose narrative form.
A stamp identified with the letter E corresponding to the price of Ordinary Item up to 50 g - European countries in international priority service (current price according to the Price List of Basic Postal Services.
Method of printing
multicoloured offset
Note
Line drawing of the stamp: Miloš Ondráček