International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Czech Republic
Czech Republic edit
- The first meter was used in 1993 after the breakup of Czechoslovakia. All stamps show “CESKA REPUBLIKA” in the frank. For issues before 1993 see CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
- The stamps are grouped according to usage:
- A. Franks with simulated perforation outer frames
- B. Franks without outer frames
- PO. Stamps generated only by Post Office machines
GROUP A: Stamps for general commercial usage edit
- All have simulated-perforation outer border, straight-line inner border, country name in panel at top, and post horn at bottom.
Sub-group AA: Mechanical (non-digital) stamps edit
AA1. Postalia “D3” (MV).
- Frame is filled in between inner and outer border lines.
- Frank width variable from 26 to 29 mm. Frank frame thickness also variable.
- Value figures thin and narrow.
- Date figures 2, 2½ or 3 mm tall, with or without stops. If with stops, the one between M and Y is closer to the Y.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0000 00.00 00.0o 000.oo 000000
AA2. Francotyp-Postalia “EFS3000/NEF300” (MV).
- As Type AA1 but inner and outer border lines are not filled in.
- Value figures thin and narrow.
- Date figures 3 mm tall, with stops. The stop between M and Y is always closer to the M.
- TM: DC (found with stars or identification number at bottom)
- V/F: 00.00 000.00 0000.00
AA3. Francotyp “C” (MV).
- As Czechoslovakia Type B3 but with new country inscription.
- Wide spacing between TM and frank.
- Frank variable in width from 28 to 32 mm.
- TM: DC
- V/F:
0oo (O) 
000 (G)
AA4. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV).
- Similar to Type AA1 (frame lines filled in) but with larger value figures.
- Frank width variable from 26 to 28 mm.
- Date with stops after D and between M and Y.
- A. "CESKA REPUBLIKA" small
- B. "CESKA REPUBLIKA" large
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000.00 0000.00
AA5. Frama “M/E” (MV).
- Value figures large and thick.
- Country inscription in top panel variable in size.
- Wide date with stops after D and M.
- TM: DC variable in size
- V/F: 000.00
AA6. Frama “EPS” (MV).
- Similar to Type AA2 but date without stops.
- A. Nearly square frank, 27 x 29/30 mm
- B. Frank noticeably taller than wide, 25 x 30 mm
- TM: DC variable in size
- V/F:
000o 000.00
NOTE: Sub-type B appears to be from the Frama EPS machine but this may be inaccurate.
AA7. Pitney Bowes-GB "6900" (MV).
- Smaller frank with relatively small value figures.
- Frank variable in width. Post horn is tiny.
- A. Short letters in top panel
- B. Letters in top panel are taller
- C. As B but frank is much larger
- TM: DC
- V/F: ≋0.00
≋00.00 (C only)
AA8. Pitney Bowes-GB “A900” (MV).
- Frank considerably wider than tall.
- Line under "CESKA REPUBLIKA".
- TM: DC
- V/F: ≋000.00
AA9. Pitney Bowes-GB “A900” (MV).
- Similar to Type AA7 but country name at top without panel line.
- The outer frame consists of two thin lines rather than one thick one.
- TM: DC
V/F: ≋000.00
AA10. Neopost “Electronic” (MV).
- Frank nearly square 25 x 26.5 mm.
- Both date and value figures widely spaced.
- TM: DC
- V/F: ≋0000
Sub-group AB: Digital stamps edit
AB1. Francotyp-Postalia “T1000” (digital).
- Printed in shiny, cherry red through a mylar ribbon.
- Value figures narrow but somewhat thick.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0000.00
AB2. Francotyp-Postalia (digital).
- Nearly square frank, 27 x 29 mm.
- Relatively thin frame line with large points between the simulated perforations.
- Date figures widely spaced.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0000.00
- a. With impression counter number vertical at left of town mark
AB3. Pitney Bowes ”EasyMail” (digital).
- Wide frank, 32 x 24 mm.
- Date figures with stops but tight spacing.
- TM: DC
- V/F: ≋000.00
- a. Abnormal value figures: 00.00
- (The EasyMail model did not normally print value figures like this.)
AB4. Frama “Sensonic” (digital).
- "CESKA REPUBLIKA" variable in size
- Very tall value figures.
- A. Upright frank, 24 x 29 mm
- B. Square frank, 24 x 24 mm
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000.00 0000.00
AB5. Neopost “SM26” (digital).
- Fairly small frank slightly taller than wide, 24 x 26 mm.
- Lettering in top panel is quite small with blank space at either side of text.
- Value figures quite narrow.
- TM: DC
- V/F: ≋000.00
AB6. Neopost (digital).
- Small, nearly square frank,, 24½ x 24 mm.
- Text in top panel is much closer to bottom than to top.
- Post horn at bottom is small
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000.00
AB7. Neopost (digital).
- As Type AB6 but the post horn at bottom is larger.
- The date figures are also larger.
- The decimal in the value figures is smaller and barely displaces the adjacent figures.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000.00
AB8. Unidentified, probably Neopost (digital).
- As Type AB7 but the value figures are not as tall.
- The date figures are more widely spaced than with AB7.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0000.00
AB9. Unidentified, probably Neopost (digital).
- As Type AB8 but the value figures are slightly thicker and more narrowly spaced.
- Identification number with "#" prefix reads up left of the town mark.
- A. The decimal in the value figures is even with the bottom of the numbers
- B. Value figures slightly larger, with decimal below the bottom of the numbers
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0000.00
GROUP B: Stamps without outer frames edit
B1. Neopost "IS-480" (digital), 2014.
- Top line: posthorn logo above the date, "Česká pošta", and alue figures.
- Frank with horizontal 2D barcode at lower left.
- Meter number above barcode.
- A. Private/commercial use stamp, M# with "L87" prefix (used with and without slogan)
- B. Post Office stamp, M# with "L97" prefix (not used with slogan)
- Town identification at right of barcode.
- V/F: 000.00
NOTE: The code "01" appearing below the value figures in the Post Office stamp (B1B) indicates use on bulk mail.
B2. Francotyp Postalia "PostBase 65" (digital), 2017.
- Nearly identical to Type B1A but meter number with "L88" prefix.
- V/F: (00)0.00
B3. Frama, model unidentified (digital), 2018.
- Very similar to Types B1A and B2 but the date figures are larger than with Types B1 and B2.
- The other inscriptions are also somewhat larger.
- Meter number with "L81" prefix.
- V/F: (00)0.00
GROUP PO: Stamps generated only by machines in Post Offices edit
- See also Type B1B for a Post Office stamp.
- PO1. Vývojářské centrum České pošty s.p. - OZ VAKUS (The Czech Post Research Center, State Enterprise - OZ VAKUS) "APost" (digital), 1994.
- Digital stamp printed on a self-adhesive label 41 x 68 mm.
- Label has blue outer border, an underprint of diagonal yellow text, a rectangle for the registration or other special service number, and an inner frank in blue with country name at top.
- Point-of-sale data printed digitally in black: registration number in box at center left (or string of asterisks if usage is not registered), date, ID number, weight, and postage value.
- A. Town identification preprinted at top left
- B. Town identification printed digitally with point-of-sale data
- V/F: (00)0.00
- PO2.1. Vývojářské centrum České pošty s.p. - OZ VAKUS (The Czech Post Research Center, State Enterprise - OZ VAKUS) "APost (second version)" (digital), 1994.
- As Type PO1 but shorter label, 29/30 x 68 mm.
- The inner frank containing the country name and value figures in red rather than blue.
- The town/post office identification is always pre-printed.
- The inner box at left usually contains a number, with or without letter(s) prefix, for registration, insurance or other special service. The date, weight and other point-of-sale codes are printed below the box. For routine mail without a special service, the point-of-sale data can print inside the box with a line of asterisks above.
- A. Yellow underprint somewhat heavy and uniform throughout the label
- B. Yellow underprint is light and is missing or much lighter inside the registration box and the inner frank
- C. Similar to A but with yellow underprint inverted.
- V/F: (00)0.00
- a. With "VSZ" below 0.00 value figures. This indicates the mail piece already had postage affixed. The label provides the registration number.
- b. With "BEZH" below the value figures. This indicates the postage was paid from the mailer's standing account with the post office.
- NOTES:
- Variations exist in both the width of the inner box at left and the font used to print the point-of-sale data. See examples at right. This may be due to system updates or the introduction of new models. More information is needed to describe these with greater accuracy.
- The value figures are found both on the same level as the line of asterisks/registration number and lower. (This may indicate different machine models.)
- NOTES:
- PO2.2. Vývojářské centrum České pošty s.p. - OZ VAKUS (digital).
- As Type PO2.1 but the town/post office identification is not pre-printed but applied with the point-of-sale data.
- Two slightly different types of font have been used. They are most easily distinguished by the 6-pointed asterisks that print when there is no registration number. One font has asterisks with horizontal bar and the other has asterisks with vertical bar.
- V/F: (00)0.00
- PO3.1. Vývojářské centrum České pošty s.p. - OZ VAKUS (digital), 2019.
- Plain white self-adhesive label with Czech Post logo at upper left and a line of text at bottom below a bar. The text repeats the country name in Czech and English twice.
- Through the centre are two or three lines of data:
- The top line shows a registration or other identification number at left and the value figures at right.
- The second line has the date at left and the weight at right with two 3-digit codes of unknown purpose between.
- The third line, when present, shows a two-letter code which is possibly a town code.
- This system is used mostly for valuable mail (RR registered, and VV insured) plus parcels.
- A. Postcode, town and PO number preprinted at top left.
- B. Postcode, town and PO number printed digitally with point-of-sale data
- V/F: (00)0.00
- PO3.2. Vývojářské centrum České pošty s.p. - OZ VAKUS (digital), 2019.
- As PO3.1 but the two data lines in the center show the identification number alone, right justified, above the date, two 3-digit codes, weight, and value figures.
- V/F: (00)0.00