Croatian postage stamp wins world award in Italy!

WITH THE MOTIF OF PLITVICE LAKES

Last Sunday, on September 20, the awards ceremony of the world philatelic competition “Premio Internazionale d’Arte Filatelica” was held in the Italian city of Asiago.

The award for first place in the “Tourism” category was won by the Croatian postage stamp with the motif of Plitvice Lakes.

The commemorative block consists of four postage stamps showing a detail of waterfalls on Lake Kozjak, a detail of a waterfall on the Great Cascades between Lakes Gavanovac and Kaluđerovac, waterfalls along the promenades, and a detail of the big Waterfall.

The photographs according to which the design of the commemorative stamps was created are the work of Mario Romulić, Dražen Stojčić, and Ivo Pervan. The authors of the series “Croatian Tourism – Plitvice Lakes” are Zagreb designers Ivana Vučić and Tomislav-Jurica Kaćunić.

 

 

SOURCE: Croatia Week

 

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