During the Communist period, the regime declared Tomáö G. Masaryk a non-person. His role in the establishment for Czechoslovakia disappearing from texts and reference books as did his image from all public display. When the United States honored Masaryk as a "Champion of Liberty" in 1960, Czechoslovakia refused to accept letters franked with these stamps. These covers are examples of this procedure. The first day cover was sent to a Bratislava address, but never got beyond Prague where the "Retour" and the "Non admis" label were applied at Praha 120. The second cover was mailed at an APO in Europe on April 11, 1960 and entered the international mail stream in Franfurt a/Main on April 13. It was rejected at Praha 120 on May 6, 1960. Covers with the Masaryk Champion of Liberty stamps were normally returned to the sender.