18/05/2021

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Croatian Administration)


BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA 
(Croatian Administration).

International Year of Mountains.
Vran Mountain.
Stamp issued on 11.03.2002.
Face value: 0.40 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark.
Design: Studio eRDe.
Printed by Grafotisak.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 40,000 copies.
Size: 35.5 x 25.5 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 86.
- Scott No. 80.
- StampWorld No. 86.
- Stanley Gibbons No. C87.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 65.

The Vran Mountain (Vran planina), in the municipality of Tomislavgrad (Herzegovina-Neretva Canton), Bosnia and Herzegovina, is part of the Dinaric Alps. It has three peaks: Veliki Vran (‘Great Vran’) 2,074 m (6,804 ft); Mali Vran (‘Little Vran’), 2,017 m (6,617 ft) and Bijela Glava (‘White Head’), 1,990 m (6,529 ft). In the stamp you can see, in the foreground, Blidinje Lake. The name of the mountain (vran means 'raven') is due to its dark appearance.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).

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