page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia
section_title: Czechoslovak Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia / Czechoslovak Republic
caption_attribution_description: Slovenčina: Poštová známka . Otvorenie železničnej trate Prešov – Kapušany – Vranov – Strážske 5.9.1943. Slovensko.
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia.
  Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres. Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava.
context_section_description: After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovakia and the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Carpathian Ruthenia formed the Czechoslovak Republic. From 1918 to 1939, stamps of the Czechoslovak Republic inscribed either Česko-Slovensko or Československo were used in Slovakia.
caption: A 1943 stamp of the Slovak Republic
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