In 2005 the Czech Ministry of Informatics as the issuer of postage stamps announced a competition of graphic designers for design of a postage stamp on a free topic. The competition aimed at giving the opportunity to a larger group of designers to become involved in postage stamp design. The organisers received the total 470 designs. The winning design was the postage stamp issued in the last year, featuring the theme Ecology. The second winning design is presented now. It is a postage stamp called Snake by the academic painter I. Štrouf.
