SLOVAKIA

SLOVAKIA / SLOVENSKO.

Splendors of Homeland.
Skalnaté Lake.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 25.09,1996.
Face value: 8 Slovak koruna.
Design: Karol Felix (b. Košice, 1961).
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 1,105,000 copies.
Size: 23 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 242.
- Michel No. 261.
- POFIS No. 100.
- Scott No. 253.
- StampWorld No. 269.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 244.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 221.

Skalnaté Lake (Slovak: Skalnaté pleso) is a moraine lake in the lower karst of the Rocky Valley (Skalnata dolina), in the High Tatras, Prešov Region, at an altitude of 1754 m (5,755 ft). It is located at the foot of Lomnica Peak (Lomnický štít), visible on the stamp, to which it is connected by a cable car. As a result of human intervention, the lake’s ability to retain water has been seriously affected: its area has been reduced to 1.23 hectares and a depth of just 2 m (6.56 ft).

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