YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

Airmail definitive stamps.
Waterfalls in the Plitvice Lakes National Park.
Second stamp in a set of 9, issued on 16.06.1951.
Face value: 2 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: Janez Trpin (1908-1973).
Engraving: Kocmut.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 39 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 636.
- Michel No. 645A.
- Scott No. C35.
- StampWorld No. 677.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 676.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 33.

Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatian: Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera), founded in 1949, in 1979 was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, due to its outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes connected by waterfalls. The protected area extends over 296.85 km² (114.61sq mi), and is located in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina; a 90% is part of Lika-Senj County, and the remaining 10% is part of Karlovac County. The highest waterfall is the Large Waterfall (Veliki slap), 78 m (256 ft) high.

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