Czechoslovakia has invalidated a series of stamps issued earlier this year depicting some of Prague’s most venerated Jewish institutional buildings, such as the “Old New” Synagogue and the Jewish Museum, it was reported here by the Morning Freiheit, a pro-Communist Yiddish newspaper.
According to the newspaper, an Israeli citizen visiting Prague had a letter rejected by the postmaster there because he had used the banned postage stamps. The Prague report also indicated that one of the daily newspapers in the Czech capital, Literaturnya Novini, protested against the postal ban.
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