YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Slovenija).

200th Anniversary of the First Ascent of the Triglav.
Mount Triglav.
Stamp issued on 26.08.1978.
Face value: 2 Yugoslav dinar.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 894,273 copies.
Size: 28 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1740.
- Scott No. 1386.
- StampWorld No. 1774.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1836.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1623.

Triglav, with an elevation of 2,863.65 m (9,395.2 ft), is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak in the Julian Alps. It was also the highest peak in Yugoslavia before Slovenian independence in 1991. It is the centerpiece of Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park, and the preeminent symbol of the Slovenian nation. Triglav's height was first measured on September 23, 1808 by Valentin Stanič. At the top of the mountain is a small metal structure, the Aljaž Tower (Slovenian: Aljažev stolp), which acts as a storm shelter and triangulation point. Triglav's first ascent was achieved on August 26, 1778, at the initiative of industrialist and scholar Sigmund Zois. According to a report published in 1821 by the historian and geographer Johann Richter, those who reached its peak were the surgeon Lovrenz Willomitzer, the chamois hunter Štefan Rožič and the miners Luka Korošec and Matevž Kos.

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Thanks to R. Gómez-Val for his contribution.