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Goričko Natural Park (Krajinski park Goričko). 
Minisheet issued on 25.05.2012.
Face value: 1.25 euro.
Design and engraving: EdiBerk (b. 1954) and Kristjan Malačič.
Printing: Offset litography.
Print: 80,000 copies.
Size: 70 x 60 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. A979.
- Michel No. BL62.
- Scott No. 947.
- Slovenika No. BL65.
- StampWorld No. 802.
- Stanley Gibbons No. MS1012.
- Yvert et Tellier No. BF 63.

The Goričko Natural Park (Slovene: Krajinski park Goričko) was established on October 9, 2003 and is an integral part of the trilateral Goričko-Őrség-Raab Natural Park. It covers an area of 462 km² (178 sq mi), which means that it is the second largest nature park in Slovenia. It is the habitat of the best preserved otter (Lutra lutra) population the country, with extensive water networks, lakes, ponds and marshes. The forests are also home to the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). The best-preserved natural ecosystems are oak forests, the habitat of several rare species, such as the oak beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) and the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus). The local deer (Cervus elaphus) is the only native deer population in Slovenia that avoided extermination in the 19th century.