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| The Husbandman's League, Sobotište, 1845 | ||
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55 Zdeno Brázdil Rudolf Cigánik Martin Činovský February 8, 1995 Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague, Czech Republic Rotary-recess printing combined with recess printing 1,165,000 |
| FDC Design: | Zdeno Brázdil |
| FDC Engraving: | Martin Činovský |
| Cancellation Design: | Zdeno Brázdil |
| Printing: | Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Print Technology: | Recess printing from flat plates |
| FDC Print Run: | 10,000 |
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1995 is a year of great importance for the Cooperative Movement throughout Slovakia and the world as a whole. It marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the first cooperative society in what is now the Slovak Republic - the Husbandman´s League founded on February 9th 1845 in Sobotište. It was the first cooperative society in continental Europe and the second in Europe as a whole after that formed in the English town of Rochdale. The instigator and founder was Samuel Jurkovič. It was the first cooperative providing loans and, at the same time, performed the functions of a savings bank. It provided for its members - and, in exceptional cases, for non-members in need - cheap credit from funds provided by regular savings deposited in the League´s coffers. |
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