08/11/2021

YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Bosna i Herzegovina).

Engineering and Architecture.
Jablanica Dam.
Fifth stamp in a set of 17, issued on 12.12.1961.
Face value: 20 Yugoslav dinari.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 24 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 966.
- Michel No. 977.
- Scott No. 633.
- StampWorld No. 1008.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 987.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 856.

The Jablanica Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Neretva River about 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Jablanica in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The dam was constructed between 1947 and 1955 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. It is 85 m (279 ft) high.

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

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