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SOKOL POSTCARDS 1926 - VIII - Prague (Click on any image to view an enlarged version) 1926 Eighth Slet - Above, Special printing of postcard franked with imprinted Masaryk 50 h. green stamp with additional text in red for the All-Sokol Slet of 1926, lines cancelled, addressed to Prague XI. and hearing four differently coloured advertising labels. The written date: 1415 6. Cervence 1926 commemorates the anniversary of 6th July 1415 the date of the burning at the stake of religious reformer Mistra Jan Hus: born 6th July 1369. This day 6th June. in 1926 was the last day of the 1926 Slet in Prague and the writer mentions that coincidence and adds that Hus's death was the beginning of separation from Roman-Cathotic priests and other believers. (See also this card on the page of undated cards.) The eighth festival lasted nine days, and was held on Strahov hill in Prague. Over 180,000 members marched in processions, with over 100,000 participating in the competitions, while over 800,000 spectators observed. Foreign attendance was in the hundreds of thousands - Sokol festivals had become a major international event. A postal card was issued for the occasion, but I do not have an example to show here. A special set of stamps was issued for the event. The four semi-postal stamps previously issued in 1923, depicting President Masaryk, were overprinted with embossed text, "VIII. SLET VSESOKOLSKY / PRAHA 1926". Above, One of the most famous and sought-after Sokol cards, by world-famous Czech Art Nouveau painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha. Note the US flag and english text on the poster stamp above. This is a travel agent's label advertising an ocean liner trip to the 1926 Slet via the ship "Leviathan." Overprinted stamp issued for the occasion