Technical Monuments

    Czech Republic  2004.02.18

    In issue: Stamp(s): 2   

    Printing: rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in yellow, rosy, blue, red

    Issued in: sheets of 50 (5*10) stamps

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 387   Yvert: 359   Scott: 3230  

    Perforation type: 11 ½x11 ¼

    Subject:

    6.5 crowns. Bushek Water forge* in Lniště

    Additional:

    *Bušek's water forging hammer Located in the valley of the Dluhoštský stream, in Lnište nearby Trhové Sviny (part of the municipality in the district Slavce Czech Budejovice). It is an early 19th century hammer owned by several generations of the Bušek family. The tool-making hammer, operated until 1955, was fed with discarded railway tyres and scrap iron. The reconstructed buildings include a low brick house in the post-modern classical style with an exposition of the hammer miller's family housing, the building of the mill and outhouses.