Czech Post prepares special edition of stamps to honour Sir Nicholas Winton

The Czech Post office is preparing to rush out a special edition of stamps in honour of Sir Nicholas Winton, who organised transports of 669, mostly Jewish children, out of Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia before the outbreak of WWII. The move almost certainly saved their lives. Sir Nicholas died at the age of 106 on July 1. The special edition of stamps, in a limited edition of 750,000, should go on sale on September 2. Czech Post said the special edition is intended as a tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton.