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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1969Gilbert K. Chesterton
1874-1936Father Brown
20th Century Personalities
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June 17, 1969, Scott #1629, 40h
engraved and photogravure, perf 11½×12
G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown.... on-line
The Wisdom Of Father Brown
Alec Guiness as Father Brown in The Detective (1954),
a film based in part on Chesterton's "The Blue Cross".
Cecil Parker was 'the bishop' alias Flambeau.
the other stamps in the set:
#1628
Pavol Orszagh
Hviezdoslav
1849-1921
Slovak
writer
#1630
Vladimir
Majakovskij
1893-1930
Russian
poet
#1631
Henri
Matisse
1869-1954
French
painter
#1632
Ales
Hrdlicka
1869-1943
Czech-born
American
anthropologist
#1633
Franz
Kafka
1883-1924
Austrian
writer![]()
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