07/05/2021

CROATIA


CROATIA / HRVATSKA.

Landscapes.
Pliva Waterfall in Jajce (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 15.08.1941.
Face value: 0.50 Croatian kuna.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 18,000,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 27.5 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 33.
- Michel No. 48.
- Scott No. 31.
- StampWorld No. 48.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 33.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 33.

Jajce is a municipality and city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the canton of Central Bosnia. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 7,142 inhabitants, with 30,758 inhabitants in the municipality. It is situated in the region of Bosanska Krajina, on the confluence of the rivers Pliva and Vrbas. The town is famous for its 22-meter (72 ft) high waterfall where the Pliva River meets the river Vrbas.

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Thanks to Óscar Valencia for his contribution.

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