4 Kuna - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo-The Moving of the Holy House


4 Kuna - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo-The Moving of the Holy House
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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
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