Today I am sharing a
Slovakian cover from my collection. The cover shows an
odd-shaped stamp that was issued on
Philately Stamp Day on 5 December 2014. The magnificent stamp has been impressively shaped as a
trapezium with triangle coupons.
The
trapezium-shaped stamp shows a portrait of
"Severín Zrubec" (1921–2011).
Dr. Severín Zrubec lived, worked and received his degree of Doctor in Laws at the Faculty of Law of the Slovak University (1948) in Bratislava.
Severín Zrubec worked as a lawyer in various organisations, however, the philatelic public knows
Severín Zrubec as a successful exhibitor, journalist and an association member. He took part in organised philately for more than fifty years. He engaged in modern view of philately as a hobby with a significant cultural and social mission.
His activities earned him various awards.
Severín Zrubec worked as a member of the
Thematic Philately Commission of FIP (1974 - 1984) and
International Jury of the Association of Slovak Philatelists (1973 − 2011), as well. His name has been written in golden letters in the Slovak and European philatelic history. The exhibit
“Today Rotary Press Machines Revolve” was displayed at several tens of domestic and foreign exhibitions for
twenty eight years. It was awarded
four gold, seventeen gilded and
seven silver medals at
five world’s fairs under the patronage of FIP and twenty two international exhibitions. When finishing his exhibition activity in 1998,
Severín Zrubec gifted his extensive thematic collection
“Printing and Book” to the
Museum of Book Culture in
Trnava.
The stamp is dominated by his portrait and autograph.
Zrubec’s first gold medal awarded at the
World Postage Stamp Exhibition PRAGA 1962 extends over the right coupon, while a section of the emblem of the
Society of St. Gabriel, he co-founded (1962), is depicted on the left one.
