Issue of the commemorative postage stamp Personalities: Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)

On the 5th November, 2014 the Ministry of  Industry and Trade  of the Czech Republic will  issue a commemorative postage stamp in the denomination of 25 CZK from the issue of Personalities: Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564). On the stamp is depicted  a portrait of Andreas Vesalius.
Andreas Vesalius was born on the 31st  December, 1514 in Brussels and died on the 15th  October, 1564 in Greek Zakynthos. He was an anatomist, physician, and the author of a brilliant book primarily about human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (Construction of the Human Body), which had a significant impact on the further development of the field. Vesalius is often mentioned as the founder of modern anatomy.
In 1537 Andreas Vesalius became a professor of anatomy at Padua, at the University made famous for its high levels, especially in the medical field. He was devoted to dissections and in 1538 he published a Latin work of anatomical tables. The first book describes bones and cartilages, the second book muscles and ligaments, the third book blood vessels, the fourth nerves, the fifth the digestive system and the genitourinary tract, the sixth the respiratory tract and the seventh the brain and sensory organs.
It is the first modern textbook of anatomy, formed on the basis of observations and dissections. Vesalius also created an autopsy procedure which is still used today.
In 1559 the work of Vesalius’s pupil Cornaro, describing the circulation of the small vascular system (heart–lung) and the anatomy of the eye, was published in Venice. From 1577 to 1581, Adam Huba lectured in Prague on anatomy, already using Vesalius. The work of Vesalius has been translated into many languages, in the 17th century even into Russian by Slavinský under the title Medical Anatomy (1658).
The author of the design of  the  issue  is  Prof. Zdeněk Ziegler, the engravings are the work of the graphic artist and engraver  Václav Fajt.
The stamp, sized 23 x 40 mm  has been printed  by  the Post  Printing House in Prague  by rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in red and yellow in printing sheets of 50 pcs. 
There  will be  1 First Day Cover incl. commemorative cancellation. In the picture part of the cover is depicted a sheet from his book Anatomical tables. The cover is  printed by recess print from flat plates in red-brown. On the postmark is an element from his book and the text: Praha, 5.11.2014. 
The stamp is valid  from 5th November, 2014.  
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Issue of the commemorative postage stamp
PERSONALITIES: ANDREAS VESALIUS (1514–1564)
Date of issue:  5th  November, 2014
Graphic arrangement:   Prof. Zdeněk Ziegler
Engraver:   Václav Fajt
Picture size:  23 x 40 mm
Face value:  25 CZK
Method of the printing of the stamp:   rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in red  and  yellow
Method of the printing of the FDC:   recess print from flat plates in red-brown
Number of stamps in the printing sheet:   50 pcs 
Number of the FDC´s: 1 pc
Subject of the stamp: a portrait of Andreas Vesalius 
Subject of the  FDC:   a sheet from his book Anatomical tables
Editor:   Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
Producer:   Post Printing House, Ortenovo nám. 16, CZ-170 04 Praha 7
Supplier:   PostFila, Export Department, Ortenovo nám. 16, CZ-170 24 Praha 7