SLOVAKIA

SLOVAKIA / SLOVENSKO.

Landscapes.
Green Lake (Zelené pleso).
First stamp in a set of 5, issued on 01.08.1940.
Face value: 5 Slovak halier.
Design: Emil Belluš (1899-1979).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 2,400,000 copies.
Sizs: 22 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 43.
- Michel No. 71YA.
- POFIS No. 47Y.
- Scott No. 45.
- StampWorld No. 79.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 40.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 39.

The Green Lake (Slovak: Zelené pleso) is a moraine lake in the Zeleného plesa Valley. It is located in the Tatra Mountains in the historic Kežmarok area in the north of the country, at an altitude of 1,545 m (5,069 ft) above sea level. It has an area of 1.7855 ha and 4.5 m (14.76 ft) deep. Its striking greenish color has given rise to various legends, incorporated into Slovak folklore. In the stamp you can view the mountain known as Čierny štít (‘Black Shield’), at 2,429 m (7,969 ft).