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Thesystem of PSČ numbers (PSČ, stands for Slovak: Poštov smerovacie čslo - postal routing number) was introduced in former Czechoslovakia in 1973 and has remained unchanged. The postal code consists of five digits, usually written with a space in the form XXX XX. The first digit indicates a region:

Regions 1 to 7 were reserved for the Czech republic, and are located there. The postal codes of Slovakia and Czech republic do not overlap.

When writing the address, the postal code is put in front of the town name; when typed or printed, 1 space separates the leading 3 digits from the trailing 2 digits, and 2 spaces separate the postal code from the town name, e.g.:

Czech Post is the Czech Republic's state-owned postal service. The company employs roughly 31,000 people and is headquartered in Prague. Czech Post is largely focused on serving the Czech Republic, but it also sends mail to other nations. Česk pošta was founded on January 1, 1993, following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and was separated from both the Slovak postal service and Cesky Telecom. All of these organizations were originally grouped under the Administration of Posts and Telecommunications, but after a decision by the Minister of Economy on December 16, they have broken apart. The APOST automatic postal system was first implemented in 1993. The postal service switched from an "outpatient technique" of sorting things, in which they were processed while traveling, to a system in which all mail was sorted in collecting transport hubs or at post offices on May 29, 1999. The Czech Telecommunication Office assumed responsibility for Česk pošta on April 1, 2005. The service got a certificate of accreditation for the provision of digital signatures on Sember 1st of that year. 593 Post was renamed on Sember 1, 2006, at the request of the Czech Telecommunications Office, so that mail contains the name of the municipality consistently, except in villages with names composed of the names of two villages, where the name of the mail includes only the name of one of the parts. The operation of the branch plant, OZ shipping, and commercial services, and OZ VAKUS was canceled on October 1, 2006, by a decision of the Director-General of Česk pošta (acronym from the original name of Computer and control switchboard connections). The Supervisory Board examined a proposal to turn Česk pošta into a limited company on November 22, 2006, and directed Director-General Karl Kratina to further explore the idea.In May 2007, a new SPU opened in Brno, replacing three previous SPUs in Brno, Beclav, and Jihlava. Later that year, the government approved a plan to turn Česk pošta into a joint-stock company, which would go into effect in mid-2009. In March 2012, legislation was passed to end the service's remaining monopoly: exclusive delivery of items weighing less than 50 grams. This law went into force in January of 2013. In June 2014, Martin Elkn was appointed as the new CEO of Česk pošta. Elkn stated in July 2014 that it would franchise about 200 smaller post offices across the Czech Republic, with 49 franchises already up and running. Roman Knapp was named CEO of Česk pošta on June 18, 2018.

Culturally, the Czechs have been a more urban people with a fairly strong tradition of religious nonconformity, while the Slovaks have been more rural and agrarian and more conservatively loyal to the Roman Catholic Church.

As part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918, the Czech lands were governed by Austria, while Hungary ruled in the Slovak lands. Before independence, the Czech lands were known as Bohemia and Moravia.

In 1918, it became obvious that the Dual Monarchy was losing World War I, which was likely to result in the fall of the Habsburg Empire. Czech and Slovak nationalists united in the Czechoslovak National Council to work for independence.

The council, which would evolve into the provisional government of independent Czechoslovakia, was primarily led by two Czechs, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk and Edward Benes; and one Slovak, Gen. Stefanik.

Educated in Slovakia through secondary school, he went to Prague in the Czech lands for his university education. At Charles University, he studied philosophy, astronomy, optics, mathematics, and physics. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1904.

Through hard work and talent, he became acknowledged as one of the premier astronomers of his day. He traveled the world to view eclipses and other astronomical phenomenon, visiting South America, Central Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, and Tahiti.

The Bolshevik coup in Russia in November 1917 left the Czechoslovak Legion troops in Russia trapped behind Bolshevik lines. Stefanik worked for and organized their withdrawal eastward across Russia and Siberia to the Pacific coast for evacuation via Vladivostok.

On May 4, 1919, he was flying home to Slovakia from Italy in an Italian military plane. The plane crashed while attempting to land near Bratislava, Slovakia, killing all four Italian crewmen and Stefanik.

The Czechs were generally more urban, better educated, and less religious than the Slovaks. The Slovaks tended to resent what they saw as Czech domination of the government and other institutions in the republic.

After Germany was defeated in 1945, the Czech and Slovak lands were reunited as Czechoslovakia, albeit under Soviet occupation. Under pressure from the Western Allies, the Soviets briefly tolerated a coalition unity government in Czechoslovakia.

The 1945 Czechoslovakian 30h Gen. Stefanik stamp (Scott 293) that is the last in the above slider was issued during the period when the Soviet Union tolerated a coalition unity government in Czechoslovakia.

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