0,50 Kuna - Gračac 1995


0,50 Kuna - Gračac 1995
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Serie: 177, Type: R, Stamps in serie: 6
Gračac is the town situated in a Karst valley in the south of Lika, on the crossroads of Gospić-Knin and Obrovac-Donji Lapac roads which in some places climb to 700 or 800 metres. The railway line Zagreb-Split crosses the Gračac valley. Picturesque rivers, a lake and the town large Cerovačke caves in Mt Velebit, south-east of Gračac, complement the beauty of this scenery typical of Lika. The Gračac region acquired its character from the impact left by the Turks, the Napoleonic conquests, the Austrian rule, the Military Cordon and the two world wars. Besides the turbulent centuries of military and political storms, this small town in Lika saw a temporary occupation by the imperialistic Serbian aggressors in 1991. Liberated on August 5, 1995, Gračac became again a part of its original country - Croatia.
Face value 0,50 Kuna
Catalog code (Michel) HR 357
Catalog code (Scott) HR 277
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier HR 332 Stanley Gibbons HR 407 AFA number HR 408 Croatian post Inc. HR 179
Series Croatian Liberated Towns
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Issue date 16/12/1995
Designer Ivica Šiško
Paper type white 115g, gummed
Print technique Offset lithography
Printed by Zrinski - Čakovec
Perforation 14, comb
Height 24.14 mm
Width 38.34 mm
Catalog prices Unused stamp $0.30