SLOVENIA / SLOVENIJA.
1000th Anniversary of the Town of Bled.
Lake Bled.
Stamp issued on 24.03.2004.
Face value: 218 Slovenian tolar.
Design: Klemen Rodman.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 80,000 copies.
Size: 28.8 x 40.32 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 467.
- Scott No. 552.
- StampWorld No. 445.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 618.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 429.
Lake Bled (Slovenian: Blejsko jezero) is located in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. Its area is 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi); its length is 2.12 km (6,960 ft) and its maximum width is 1.38 km (4,530 ft). In the middle of the lake is the island of Bled (Blejski otok), visible on the stamp, with the Church of the Assumption of Mary (its tower is 52 m, 171 ft), among other buildings. On the northeast coast is the town of Bled, of about 5,000 inhabitants, mentioned for the first time as Ueldes in the year 1004, the date on which the stamp commemorates 1000 years. Next to it is, at 599 m (1865 ft) high, the medieval Bled Castle (Blejski grad), which houses a museum. The area is 55 km (34 mi) from the city of Ljubljana and is a major tourist destination.
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