This joint issue of a postage stamp is issued in the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Slovakia. This issue is represented by the most important archaeological findings from the time of the reign of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) and shows the similar cultural aspects of the two, at first glance, very different cultures but thanks to the trade along the Silk Road, associated countries. From the 6th up to the beginning of the 8th century the territory of modern day Slovakia was under the control of the Avars who were...