Croatia 2015 Europa CEPT Stamps – Old Toys set
📮 Overview: Europa CEPT 2015 – Old Toys
- In 2015 many European postal administrations issued stamps under the EUROPA CEPT program with the theme “Old Toys”. This is a long-running annual set for European stamps promoting common subjects across countries.
📬 Croatia’s Issue
🇭🇷 Croatian Post (Hrvatska pošta) participated in this theme with its own stamps:
- Title: EUROPA – Old Toys
- Issue date: 7 May 2015 (7.5.2015)
- Design / Motifs: The set depicts nostalgic old toys — for example, a porcelain doll on one of the stamps.
- Stamp Details:
- Face value examples (in 2015 Croatian currency HRK): e.g., 7.60 HRK porcelain doll stamp.
- Printed in multi-color offset on gummed paper with perforation.
- Issued in sheets (e.g., 20-stamp sheets) and also available on First Day Covers (FDC).
- Designer: Tomislav Vlainić (for at least one motif).
- Quantity printed: ~300,000 per motif.
- Purpose: Standard postal use but primarily collected as a thematic Europa issue.
📌 Set Composition
The Croatian issue is typically listed as a set of 2 stamps under the common Europa theme Old Toys — though individual stamps are also sold or collected separately.
🧸 About the Theme
The Europa 2015 theme “Old Toys” refers to traditional toys from past generations — like rocking horses, dolls, tops, etc. Countries reflected this nostalgia in their designs.
