Added by | Alain Martineau |
General Description : | Serie: 127, Type: P, Stamps in serie: 1 Motif: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: "The Moving of the Holy House", 1737 The two sanctuaries of The Virgin Mary, Our Lord's Holy Mother, one in Trsat, Croatia, the other in Loreto, Italy, with their roots deep in the Christian tradition of worshiping the Virgin Mary, mark symbolically the spiritual heritage of Mary from Nazareth in Palestine, the homeland of Jesus. The sanctuaries in Trsat and Loreto are closely connected through an old legend about the moving of the Holy House from Nazareth, first to Trsat and later to Loreto. |
Face value | 4 Kuna |
Catalog code (Michel) | HR 305 |
Catalog code | Stamp Number HR 227 Yvert et Tellier HR 278 Stanley Gibbons HR 329 AFA number HR 324 Croatian post Inc. HR 127 |
Series | #127 700th Anniversary of the Virgin Mary's santuary in Loretto |
Stamp colour | multicolor |
Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
Print run | 350,000 |
Issue date | 10/12/1994 |
Designer | Danijel Popović |
Paper type | white 90g, gummed |
Print technique | Multicoloured Offsetprint |
Printed by | Zrinski - Čakovec |
Perforation | 10 ¾ x10 ½ |
Height | 35.50 mm |
Width | 42.60 mm |
Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |